Stitch! (スティッチ! Suticchi!, also titled Yuna & Stitch in the German dub) is a Japanese anime spinoff of the Lilo & Stitch franchise that ran from 2008 to 2011, with post-series television specials that broadcasted in 2012 and 2015. It serves as the franchise's second TV series (after Lilo & Stitch: The Series and before Stitch & Ai) and is the first spin-off series where Lilo Pelekai is removed as a main character. In this series, Stitch left Lilo and Hawaii during her college years over a misunderstanding, then years afterward he ends up on an island in Japan's Okinawa Prefecture. There he meets a local human girl named Yuna Kamihara, and she becomes his new best friend. Many experiments and alien characters from the previous Western-produced films and series return in this show, while new ones are also introduced.

Different companies produced this show. Seasons 1 and 2—the latter season subtitled ~The Mischievous Alien's Great Adventure~—were produced by anime studio Madhouse, while season 3—subtitled ~Best Friends Forever~—and the two post-series specials—known as the Stitch! New Specials—were produced by Shin-Ei Animation. The Madhouse seasons sees Yuna and Stitch living together in the fictional Izayoi Island as Stitch tries to do 43 good deeds (which can be taken away) to have his wish of becoming the "ruler of the universe" granted, though his penchant for mischief makes this difficult and the return of his enemies Dr. Hämsterviel and Gantu, the latter who has since been dismissed from the United Galactic Federation again and rehired by Hämsterviel alongside Gantu's partner Reuben. They also meet various yokai who live on the island along the way. The third season, which significantly differs from the first two seasons, has Yuna and Stitch move to a fictional Okinawan city called New Town and sees the show become a wackier slice of life comedy with Yuna meeting new classmates at her new school, while Hämsterviel partners with a tall, humanoid alien woman named Delia who has an apparent history with him and Jumba Jookiba and wants to capture Stitch to retrieve a power cell within him to make an evil experiment of her own. The two post-series specials, Stitch and the Planet of Sand and Stitch! Perfect Memory (or Stitch! A Perfect Memory), have their own self-contained plots set after the events of season three.

Characters introduced in this show with tags here:

Introduced in seasons one and two:

• Yuna Kamihara – The show's deuteragonist, who replaces Lilo.
• Gramma – Yuna's grandmother.
• Kijimunaa – A yokai who is friends with Yuna and Stitch.
• Bojo – A yokai who can paint things that come to life, though they fade away.
• Taro – A friend of Yuna's who is very cowardly.
• Piko/Penny – Yuna's rival in the first two seasons. She is very similar to Mertle Edmonds from the original parts of the franchise.
• Kouji/Kenny – Penny's older brother who is bossed around by her.
• Sae/Sandra "Sasha" – A character who appears in the second season as Yuna's new friend, similar to Victoria from Lilo & Stitch: The Series.
• BooGoo – A mysterious yet cute alien insect with some shapeshifting abilities who serves as a pet for the show's main characters.
• Skunkuna – An experiment created by Dr. Hämsterviel (according to the English dub), and thus does not fall under Jumba's numbering scheme.
• Welko – Experiment 074.
• Cyber – "Experiment Zero", made before Jumba started numbering experiments.
• Kijimaggie – Kijimunaa's younger sister, who only appears in the post-season special of ~The Mischievous Alien's Great Adventure~, "Son of Sprout".

Introduced in season three and the post-series specials:

• Delia – An evil alien woman who serves as the main antagonist of the third season.
• Reika/Jessica – Yuna's rival in the third season.
• Toyoda-san/Dolores – One of Yuna's friends and classmates in the third season.
• Pop – Experiment 009.
• Hertz Donut – Experiment 022.
• Lorider – Experiment 047.
• Toons – Experiment 112.
• Dorkifier – Experiment 122.
• Bragg – Experiment 145; misnumbered 021 (the experiment number of "Twang") in the Japanese original and named "Flute" in the English dub.
• Mrs. Sickly – Experiment 255; looks a lot like her husband (according to the show) Mr. Stenchy and has a similar ability to him.
• Witch – Experiment 610.
• Dark End – A genetic experiment made by Delia.
• Ani Pelekai – A Hawaiian girl from an episode of the third season who is the daughter of Lilo.
• Tila-3000 – An android from the second post-series special Stitch! Perfect Memory.

External links:

• Wikipedia article
• IMDb page
• Disney Wiki article
• TV Tropes article