Houkago no Pleiades (TV)

Wish Upon the Pleiades / 放課後のプレアデス / Afterschool Pleiades / Hokago no Pleiades

Genres: Action, Sci-Fi, Space
Themes: Space
Studios: Gainax
Producers: BS Fuji, Dentsu, Dentsu Razorfish, KlockWorx, Lawson HMV Entertainment, Showgate, SUBARU, Warner Bros. Japan
Licensors: Sentai Filmworks
Rating: 6.7 / 10
Rank: #6053
Popularity: #3980
Users Listed: 38,075
Users Scored: 13,288
NSFW: No
Last Updated: 12/19/2022
Aired: April 9, 2015 – June 25, 2015 (Spring)
Type: tv
Source: original
Age Rating: PG 13
Episodes: 12
Broadcast: Thursday at 02:44 (JST)

Synopsis:

Subaru’s pursuit of astronomical observation takes an unexpected turn when a visit to her school's observatory reveals a hidden garden and a peculiar boy with striking red hair. This idyllic scene quickly dissolves, leaving Subaru with only a strange, mobile creature that guides her to another world entirely. She discovers a group of girls in distinctive attire, including her childhood friend Aoi, and learns the truth: the creature is an alien from the Pleiades, stranded and seeking a way home.

Subaru finds herself unexpectedly chosen to aid his return, embarking on a quest to recover components for his spacecraft engine. This journey is fraught with challenges, as they compete with unknown entities who also desire these powerful artifacts. The series explores themes of friendship, belonging, and the blurring lines between reality and dreams, all set against a backdrop of otherworldly encounters and scientific mystery.

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Episodes:

Episode 1: Meteor Shower Forecast: Rain with Occasional Shooting Stars (Aired: 04/09/2015)
Episode 2: Song of the Traveling Stars
Episode 3: Five Cinderellas
Episode 4: Dream of Sol
Episode 5: A Hat, Ice, and a Princess
... and 7 more episodes

Characters:

Aoi (Main) - Voice Actors: Ohashi, Ayuru
Hikaru (Main) - Voice Actors: Makino, Yui, Uhlig, Charlotte
Itsuki (Main) - Voice Actors: Tateno, Kanako, Ballhaus, Anne
Nanako (Main) - Voice Actors: Fujita, Saki
Subaru (Main) - Voice Actors: Takamori, Natsumi, Jakobs, Samira
Elnath (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Horie, Yui, Pollow, Peggy
Gorou (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Motohashi, Daisuke
Hikaru's Father (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Tsuda, Kenjirou
Hikaru's Mother (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kuwashima, Houko, Eberhard, Gundi
Itsuki's Brother (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ishikawa, Kaito
Itsuki's Father (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kawashima, Tokuyoshi
Itsuki's Mother (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Uetake, Kana
Minato (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kuwashima, Houko, Bösherz, Konrad
Minato's Friend (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kaji, Yuuki
Miri (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ozawa, Ari
Nanako's Brother (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Tanaka, Aimi
Nanako's Father (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Tsukui, Kyousei, Sierich, Bastian
Nanako's Mother (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kimura, Haruka
Pleiadeian (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Fujita, Saki
Rin (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ozawa, Ari, Meyer, Jenny Maria
Subaru's Father (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Katou, Masayuki, Dawn-Claude, René
Subaru's Mother (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Satou, Rina, Kenney, Bettina
Yuki (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Tanaka, Aimi
Yuzuru (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Tanaka, Aimi

Staff:

Fukuda, Jun (Producer)
Hara, Hirokazu (Producer)
Itou, Yukihiro (Producer)
Okada, Akihiko (Producer)
Takahashi, Yuuichi (Producer)
Yamazaki, Fumiki (Producer)
Saeki, Shouji (Director, Episode Director, Script, Storyboard)
Iida, Satoki (Sound Director)
Ibata, Shouta (Episode Director, Storyboard, Key Animation)
Oonogi, Ayano (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Shundou, Kana (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Kimura, Haruka (Script)
Kawamura, Kenichi (Storyboard)
Nakayama, Naomi (Storyboard)
Fujita, Saki (Theme Song Performance, Inserted Song Performance)
Itou, Tsubasa (Theme Song Composition, Theme Song Arrangement)
Kano (Theme Song Performance)
Makino, Yui (Theme Song Performance)
Ohashi, Ayuru (Theme Song Performance, Inserted Song Performance)
Takamori, Natsumi (Theme Song Performance, Inserted Song Performance)
Tateno, Kanako (Theme Song Performance)
Debussy, Achille-Claude (Music)
Dendou, Hisao (In-Between Animation)
Ditama, Bow (Key Animation)
Hamaguchi, Shirou (Music)
Hamanaka, Shoutarou (Key Animation)
Handa, Shuuhei (In-Between Animation)
Hasegawa, Tetsuya (Key Animation)
Hashiguchi, Hayato (Animation Director)
Hoshino, Reika (Key Animation)
Ikeda, Shino (Key Animation)
Ishiguro, Seiji (Director of Photography)
Itou, Yuuki (In-Between Animation)
Kaneda, Hiroko (Key Animation)
Kasano, Atsushi (Key Animation)
Katou, Hiroshi (Art Director)
Kawamura, Akihiro (Planning)
Kawazoe, Akiko (Key Animation)
Kinoshita, Sumie (Key Animation, Animation Director)
Kouzuki, Yousuke (2nd Key Animation)
Kubota, Aya (Special Effects)
Kuga, Moeka (Key Animation)
Matsumoto, Hiroki (Key Animation)
Minagawa, Akari (In-Between Animation, 2nd Key Animation)
Minakata, Manami (Key Animation)
Mishima, Akinori (Editing)
Muramatsu, Hisao (Mechanical Design)
Murata, Yoshikuni (Planning)
Nishimura, Mariko (Animation Director, Key Animation)
Ookouchi, Shinobu (Key Animation)
... and 12 more staff

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