<P> The film's story is about two highly eccentric and mischievous individuals: a Hawaiian human girl named Lilo Pelekai who lost her and her older sister's parents in a car accident, and an extraterrestrial creature originally named Experiment 626 who gets adopted by Lilo as her "dog" called "Stitch". Stitch, who is genetically engineered by his creator to cause chaos and destruction, initially uses her to avoid being captured by an intergalactic federation, but the two individuals develop a close bond through ʻohana, a Hawaiian concept of extended family . This bond causes him to reconsider and later defy his intended destructive purpose in order to keep his newfound family together . </P> <P> The success of the film eventually started a franchise: a direct - to - video sequel, Stitch! The Movie, was released on August 26, 2003 . This was followed by a television series, Lilo & Stitch: The Series, which ran from September 20, 2003 to July 29, 2006 . A second direct - to - video sequel, Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch, was released on August 30, 2005 . A third sequel, a television film titled Leroy & Stitch, was released on June 23, 2006, as the conclusion to the TV series . An anime that succeeded Lilo & Stitch: The Series, Stitch!, ran in Japan from October 8, 2008 to June 19, 2011, with TV specials broadcast in 2012 and 2015 . A Chinese animated series succeeding the Stitch! anime, Stitch & Ai, debuted on March 27, 2017 . Other animation studios produced the sequel films and series; Stitch! The Movie, Lilo & Stitch: The Series and Leroy & Stitch were produced by Walt Disney Television Animation, Stitch Has a Glitch was produced by Disneytoon Studios, Stitch! was produced by Madhouse for its first two seasons and then Shin - Ei Animation for its third season and two post-series specials, and Stitch & Ai is produced by Anhui Xinhua Media and Panimation Hwakai Media . </P> <P> Dr. Jumba Jookiba is arrested and put on trial by the Galactic Federation for illegal genetic experimentation, evidenced by his creation "Experiment 626", a small sentient creature with unparalleled intelligence and strength but also a propensity to cause chaos . Jumba is imprisoned while Experiment 626 is sentenced to exile on a desert asteroid. 626 manages to steal a spaceship and activates the hyperdrive, causing its guidance systems to malfunction and randomly set a course for Earth . 626 crash - lands on Kaua ʻi, Hawaii only to be knocked unconscious by passing trucks and taken to an animal shelter . The Grand Councilwoman dispatches Jumba and Agent Pleakley, the Council's expert on Earth, to the planet to have 626 captured discreetly . </P> <P> On Kaua ʻi, a young woman named Nani has been struggling with caring for her rambunctious, disobedient, and lonely younger sister, Lilo, following the death of their parents . A social worker named Cobra Bubbles expresses increasing concern that Nani is unable to take adequate care of Lilo . To reduce Lilo's grief of not having any friends, Nani decides to let Lilo adopt a dog . At the shelter, Lilo immediately takes a keen interest in Experiment 626, who is impersonating a dog . In spite of Nani's doubts, Lilo names 626 "Stitch" and shows him around the island . </P>

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