AnimEigo released the television anime series, the first movie, and the later video anime series, while ADV Films handled the second movie, Kimagure Orange Road: Summer’s Beginning.
Matsumoto’s Kimagure Orange Road manga series ran in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine from 1984 to 1987.
He became unable to sleep due to the severity of the numbness one week prior to his blog post.
The manga inspired a popular 1987-1988 television anime series, two films, and various anime videos.