Aishiteruze Baby
| Aishiteruze Baby | |
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Kippei Katakura and Yuzuyu Sakashita | |
| 愛してるぜ ベイベ★★ (Aishiteruze Beibe★★) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Romance |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Yōko Maki |
| Published by | Shueisha |
| English publisher | |
| Magazine | Ribon |
| Original run | April 2002 – January 2005 |
| Volumes | 7 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Masaharu Okuwaki |
| Studio | TMS Entertainment |
| Original network | Animax |
| Original run | 3 April 2004 – 9 October 2004 |
| Episodes | 26 |
Aishiteruze Baby (愛してるぜ ベイベ★★, Aishiteruze Beibe★★; also known as I Love You, Baby) is a Japanese romance manga series written and illustrated by Yoko Maki. It was serialized by Shueisha in Ribon from April 2002 and January 2005 and collected in seven bound volumes. It was adapted as a 26-episode anime television series produced by TMS Entertainment and Animax, broadcast in Japan on Animax from April to October 2004. The series is about a teenage boy, Kippei, who becomes the caretaker of his five-year-old cousin, Yuzuyu, after her mother abandons her. Both the manga and anime have been praised for successfully mixing serious issues with a light-hearted tone.