The film released by King Records and the fourth in total, , was released in September 2005, with Sayaka Isoyama playing the titular character and Kosuke Suzuki as the director. The fifth full-length film, , was released theatrically in Japan on February 22, 2006. In this film, directed by Minoru Kawasaki, Hanako Nanjo plays Machiko. Yuuri Morishita stars in the sixth film as well as the seventh one, and both are directed by Tenkaku Naniwa. In 2009, a ninth film was released; this time with Hitomi Aizawa playing Machiko and Chū Ueda directing it. Reception The anime series placed in #97 on "Celebrity List" of TV Asahi's survey of Japan's 100 favorite animated television series. References External links Miss Machiko Maicching Machiko-sensei Takeshi Ebihara's Maicching Machiko-sensei Homepage Official TMC Maicching Machiko-sensei live-action website 1980 manga 1981 anime television series debuts Comedy anime and manga Japanese direct-to-video films Japanese sex comedy films Shōnen manga TV Tokyo original programming Pierrot (company) Discotek Media Japanese comedy films