"ai yori aoshi" anime was directed by masami shimoda. it was written by kenichi kanemaki and animated by j.c.staff. the series was made into an anime in 2002. a sequel, , set two years later started running in 2003. the anime was released in north america by geneon. the manga was released in english by tokyopop. four visual novels were also released for the playstation 2, and for windows 98.