History Anime / Stitch

** The English dub makes an attempt to connect it to the old continuity by having Jumba claim Stitch ran away from Lilo as she got a boyfriend. [[BrokenAesop What about ʻohana?]] Even more glaring in the dub for season 3, where the explanation given for Lilo and Stitch's separation is not only about the same as the original Japanese version, but directly contradicts Jumba's explanation. Well, [[HandWave Jumba could have just been speculating]]...

* HappyEndingOverride: The anime undos some positive outcomes from the ending of ''Leroy & Stitch”: Gantu is back to working with Dr. Hämsterviel, who has escaped prison, Experiments are on the loose again, and Stitch leaves Lilo to another place to live, contrasting the purpose of ohana.

''Stitch!''[[note]]スティッチ!, ''Suticchi!''[[/note]] also known as ''Yuna & Stitch'' for its German dub, is an {{anime}} TV series spun-off from the ''Franchise/LiloAndStitch'' franchise, in which it serves as its second TV series after ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries''. Three seasons and two post-series TV specials have been produced; the first two seasons--''Stitch!'' and ''Stitch! ~The Mischievous Alien's Great Adventure~'';[[note]]スティッチ! ～いたずらエイリアンの大冒険～, ''Suticchi! ~Itazura Eirian no Daibōken~''[[/note]] yes, with those tildes--were produced by Creator/{{Madhouse}} for a total of 54 episodes and two specials.[[note]]25 episodes for the first season, 29 for the second season, and an after-season special each.[[/note]] Creator/ShinEiAnimation produced the 29 episode[[note]]and one after-season special[[/note]] third season--''Stitch! ~Best Friends Forever~'';[[note]]スティッチ! ～ずっと最高のトモダチ～, ''Suticchi! ~Zutto Saikō no Tomodachi~''[[/note]] tildes still included--as well as the post-series specials, which are known as the ''"Stitch! New Specials"'' series. It ran regularly from 2008 to 2011, while the TV specials--''Stitch and the Planet of Sand''[[note]]スティッチと砂の惑星, ''Suticchi to Suna no Wakusei''[[/note]] and ''Stitch! Perfect Memory''[[note]]スティッチ！パーフェクト・メモリー, ''Suticchi! Pāfekuto Memorī''; alternately titled in English as ''Stitch! A Perfect Memory''[[/note]]--were broadcast in 2012 and 2015, respectively.

''Stitch!''[[note]]スティッチ! ''Suticchi!''; also known as ''Yuna & Stitch'' in the German dub[[/note]] is an {{anime}} series from Creator/DisneyChannel Japan that serves as the second TV series in the ''Franchise/LiloAndStitch'' franchise. Three seasons and two post-series TV specials have been produced; the first two seasons--''Stitch!'' and ''Stitch! ~The Mischievous Alien's Great Adventure~'';[[note]]スティッチ! ～いたずらエイリアンの大冒険～ ''Suticchi! ~Itazura Eirian no Daibōken~''[[/note]] yes, with those tildes--were produced by Creator/{{Madhouse}} for a total of 54 episodes and two specials.[[note]]25 episodes for the first season, 29 for the second season, and an after-season special each.[[/note]] Creator/ShinEiAnimation produced the 29 episode[[note]]and one after-season special[[/note]] third season--''Stitch! ~Best Friends Forever~'';[[note]]スティッチ! ～ずっと最高のトモダチ～ ''Suticchi! ~Zutto Saikō no Tomodachi~''[[/note]] tildes still included--as well as the post-series specials, which are known as the ''"Stitch! New Specials"'' series. It ran regularly from 2008 to 2011, while the TV specials--''Stitch and the Planet of Sand''[[note]]スティッチと砂の惑星 ''Suticchi to Suna no Wakusei''[[/note]] and ''Stitch! Perfect Memory''[[note]]スティッチ！パーフェクト・メモリー ''Suticchi! Pāfekuto Memorī''; alternately titled in English as ''Stitch! A Perfect Memory''[[/note]]--were broadcast in 2012 and 2015, respectively.

Yuna Kamihara is a young girl who lives on Izayoi, a tiny (fictional) island off the coast of Okinawa, with her father and grandmother, although the former works away from home. Much like Kauaʻi in the original film and series, Izayoi is a tropical island full of pineapples, sugar cane, and hibiscus, [[TruthInTelevision all of which are native to both the Hawaiian and Ryukyu Islands]]. Yuna practices UsefulNotes/{{karate}} every day with her friends down at a run-down old dojo, and considers herself to be a "protector" of sorts for the local kids. Her mother is deceased, and she worries for her father's safety. One day, while visiting the Spiritual Stone in the Chitama Forest, she sees an explosion in the distance, and reports start coming in of "blue monster" running amok in town.

While Yuna is taking Stitch back through the forest, he sees the Spiritual Stone. Yuna explains that the stone holds immense power and can grant any wish. Stitch wants to be the strongest being of the universe, and so tries to wish on the stone only to get zapped. Yuna then explains that only those who do good deeds will have their wishes granted. Stitch then makes it his mission to do 43 good deeds to have his wish, to have ultimate power and be ruler of the universe, granted. He and Yuna also meet various {{Youkai}} on the island, becoming close friends with a young, kind, timid youkai named Kijimunaa. Jumba and his partner Wendy Pleakley eventually catch up to Stitch on the island and join him and his new friends in getting his wish granted, with Jumba even making a "good deed counter" to help keep track of Stitch's deeds, both good and bad. Stitch even has some reunions with a couple of [[Characters/LiloAndStitchExperiments his "cousins"]], [[Characters/LiloAndStitchExperiments2Series Sparky]] and [[Characters/LiloAndStitchExperiments0Series Felix]], as well as his girlfriend [[Characters/LiloAndStitchExperiments6Series Angel]], who is now a pop singing sensation on an intergalactic tour. However, Stitch's old nemesis [[WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries Dr. Jacques von Hämsterviel]], who has since gotten out of galactic prison and re-hired Stitch's other nemesis Gantu and Stitch's immediate predecessor "cousin" [[Characters/LiloAndStitchExperiments6Series Reuben]], are going after Stitch once again, and Hämsterviel wants this "ultimate power" the Stone can provide for himself.

Apart from being part of the same franchise with the same characters, it is not related to the {{pilot|Movie}} [[WesternAnimation/StitchTheMovie movie]] for ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries'', which had the same name though followed by "TheMovie". A heavily-edited "re-version" for the international market, which includes the English dub, attempted to connect ''Stitch!'' to the film conclusion of ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'', ''WesternAnimation/LeroyAndStitch'', in the first episode. This wasn't attempted in the original Japanese version [[SheIsAllGrownUp until a third season episode brought her back for a brief reunion with her old friend]]. Due to this, it's often believed that the series was originally intended to be an AlternateUniverse until they finally cemented it as a StealthSequel, possibly due to fan demand.

** "New Town" has a flashback scene showing why Yuna and Stitch are no longer living on Izayoi. The scene shows Yuna and Stitch are sitting on an Izayoi beach where she sadly explains to him that Tigerlily is moving to the main island of Okinawa, and Gramma wants Yuna to move with Tigerlily. The Japanese original revealed that Yuna and Stitch moved with Tigerlily because Izayoi Elementary School would be closing down the next year at that point, and Gramma wanted Yuna to continue her education at New Town's schools. However, the English dub erases this detail, which makes Yuna's move felt more like she was forced to move with her dreaded cousin by her Gramma for no real reason.

* {{Flanderization}}: Oddly enough, a case of ''reverse'' Flanderization. The end of the original movie (and ''Stitch Has a Glitch'') see Stitch speaking in more or less complete sentences, while in ''The Series'', he speaks his alien tongue Tantalog and only scattered fragments of English. Here, he's taken the next logical step and speaks increasingly fluent English/Japanese over time, even losing his famous [[ThirdPersonPerson illeism]].

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: After Dark End's second and final appearance in the episode of the same name, he is permanently taken off the show, and a lot of fans wondered what happened to him. That being said, it was the last regular episode of the series.