is the
anime adaptation of
Disney's Lilo & Stitch franchise and the successor to
Lilo & Stitch: The Series. It debuted in
Japan on October 2008. The show features a Japanese girl named Yuna in place of Lilo, and is set on a fictional island in the
Ryukyus off the shore of
Okinawa instead of
Hawaii. The island is called Izayoi. A second arc of the original series, called began airing in Japan on 13 October 2009, completing
Madhouse's 56 original episodes of the show. A sequel series from the original two-arc anime, entitled aired on
TV Asahi on 6 July 2010, with
Shin-Ei Animation taking over production. Then, a TV special, continuing from the sequel series entitled aired on 16 June 2012. Following this, three years following the release of "Stitch and the Planet of Sand" and announced on 26 June 2015, a TV special entitled aired on August 7, 2015 as part of a
"Stitch! New Specials" series (a line that "Stitch and the Planet of Sand" started), though it is unknown at the moment if Shin-Ei Animation is returning to animate for the special or not.