Stitch! (スティッチ!, Sutitchi!) is a Japanese anime spin-off of Disney 's Lilo & Stitch franchise. It is the franchise's second television series, succeeding Lilo & Stitch : The Series. The anime series aired in Japan from October 2008 to March 2011, later receiving additional television specials in 2012 and 2015. It features a Japanese girl named Yuna Kamihara, who takes the place of Lilo Pelekai as the best friend of the titular Stitch, and is set on a fictional island in the Ryukyus off the shore of Okinawa called Izayoi instead of Kauai, Hawaii.
The first arc of the series, which serves as the first season outside Japan, was produced by Madhouse and aired from 8 October 2008 to 25 March 2009. A second arc of the original series, called Stitch! ~The Mischievous Alien's Great Adventure ~ (スティッチ! ~いたずらエイリアンの大冒険~, Sutitchi! ~Itazura Eirian no Daibōken~) aired in Japan from 13 October 2009 to 29 June 2010, completing Madhouse's 56 original episodes of the show.