an anime adaption was produced by j.c.staff and directed by shinichi watanabe. twenty five episodes were broadcast on tv tokyo between october 7, 1999 and march 30, 2000. at the publisher's request, the anime series follows a different storyline from the manga, however rikdo was pleased with the adaptation. victor entertainment produced the music of the series, which was composed and arranged by toshio masuda and directed by keiichi nozaki. director shinichi watanabe wrote the lyrics for the opening and closing themes. the opening theme which were performed by yumiko kobayashi and mikako takahashi who were credited as "the excel♥girls ". the lyrics for the opening theme were written "on the train, five minutes before the deadline". the closing theme was the two themes were released together as a cd single on november 3, 1999.