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Wish Upon the Pleiades (TV)



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Alternative title:
Hōkago no Pleiades (Japanese) 
放課後のプレアデス (Japanese) 
Genres: science fiction 
Themes: space 
Objectionable content: Mild 
Plot Summary: Subaru is a junior high student that loves the stars. One day, after school, she meets aliens from Pleiades in outer space. The Pleiadesians said they summoned a helper from Earth to collect engine parts so that they could repair the interstellar immigrant ship that broke down in the Earth's orbit. However, for some reason they summoned one but ended up with five helpers. The five girls assigned to be "wizards" all are lacking something, and even when they try to combine their powers, they're always mismatched and failing. On top of it, a mysterious boy appears. In order to help a hapless alien, with the power of infinite possibilities due to immaturity as their weapon, Subaru and the other four fly around to gather parts while nurturing their friendship. 
Ratings: 77 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Excellent: 5 votes (sub:5)
 Very good: 11 votes (sub:11)
 Good: 28 votes (sub:26, raw:1, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 Decent: 14 votes (sub:14)
 So-so: 13 votes (sub:13)
 Not really good: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Weak: 2 votes (sub:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Bad: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 155 s, rank: #4475 (of 9998)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.545 (Good−), std. dev.: 1.4643, rank: #5809 (of 10155)
Weighted mean: 6.575 (Good−), rank: #5611 (of 10155) (seen all: 6.75 / seen some: 5.46 / won't finish: 4.76)
Bayesian estimate: 6.705 (Good−), rank: #4721 (of 7635)
Running time: 23 minutes per episode 
Number of episodes: 12 
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage: 2015-04-08 
Opening Theme:
"Stella-rium" by Kano 
Ending Theme:
"Koko Kara, Kanata Kara" (ここから、かなたから) by fragment 
Trivia: We have 1
Reviews: Show:
Wish Upon the Pleiades (Sep 2, 2015)
Wish Upon the Pleiades ‒ Episode 12 (Jun 25, 2015)
Wish Upon the Pleiades ‒ Episode 11 (Jun 18, 2015)
Wish Upon the Pleiades ‒ Episode 10 (Jun 11, 2015)
Wish Upon the Pleiades ‒ Episode 9 (Jun 4, 2015)
Wish Upon the Pleiades ‒ Episode 8 (May 28, 2015)
Wish Upon the Pleiades ‒ Episode 7 (May 21, 2015)
Wish Upon the Pleiades ‒ Episode 6 (May 14, 2015)
Wish Upon the Pleiades ‒ Episode 5 (May 6, 2015)
Wish Upon the Pleiades ‒ Episode 4 (Apr 30, 2015)
Wish Upon the Pleiades ‒ Episode 3 (Apr 23, 2015)
Wish Upon the Pleiades (Apr 16, 2015)
Wish Upon the Pleiades ‒ Episodes 1-2 (Apr 16, 2015)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Wish Upon the Pleiades - Complete Collection (Sub.Blu-ray) 2016-10-11 (from $14.98)
DVD (Region 1)
    Wish Upon the Pleiades - Complete Collection (Sub.DVD) 2016-10-11 (from $16.49)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Shouji Saeki 
Screenplay:
Shouji Saeki (7 episodes
eps 1-4, 6, 11-12
)Tatsuhiko Urahata (6 episodes
eps 4-6, 8, 11-12
) 
Storyboard:
Kana Shundo (5 episodes
eps 2, 4, 7-8, 10
)Shouji Saeki (7 episodes
eps 1-4, 6, 8, 12
)Tōru Yoshida (ep 9) 
Episode Director:
Tōru Yoshida (eps 4, 9) 
Music: Shirō Hamaguchi 
Original Character Design: Daisuke Kikuchi 
Character Design: Mai Otsuka 
Art Director: Hiroshi Katō 
Chief Animation Director: Mai Otsuka 
Mechanical design: Hisao Matsumura 
3D Director: Hiroshi Shiroi 
Sound Director: Satoki Iida 
Director of Photography: Toyonori Yamada 
Executive producer:
Tomoyuki Saito 
Producer:
Yukihiro Ito 

2nd Key Animation: Shōta Ihata (ep 8) 
Animation producer: Yūichi Takahashi 
Animation Supervisor: Tomoko Saitō 
Background Art: Kumiko Watanabe (Totonyan) 
Color design: Chie Yoshimura 
Editing: Akinori Mishima 
Finish Animation: Mayu Yoshida (Studio Elle; eps 5-6) 
In-Between Check: Hyung Joon Mubon (Synod; ep 11) 
Key Animation:
Yūichi Nakazawa (Anime R; ep 4) 
Photography: Yoshiki Obata (Graphinica; eps 6-9) 
Planning:
Yoshikuni Murata 
Recording Adjustment: Nobuhira Hirano 
Recording Assistant: Nobutaka Hirooka 
Sound Effects: Kaori Yamada 
Sound Producer: Hiroki Urakari 
Sound Production Manager: Chiyo Kagiyama 
Special Effects: Jun Tamatani 
Theme Song Arrangement: samfree (OP) 
Theme Song Composition: samfree (OP) 
Theme Song Lyrics: Kiyomi Kumano (OP) 
Theme Song Performance:
Yui Makino (ED; as fragment) 
Natsumi Takamori as Subaru 

Ayuru Ōhashi as Aoi 
Houko Kuwashima as Minato 
Kanako Tateno as Itsuki 
Saki Fujita as
Nanako 
Pleiades Alien 
Yui Makino as Hikaru 

Aimi Tanaka as
Nanako's Brother (ep 8) 
Yuki (ep 2) 
Yuzuru (ep 5) 
Ari Ozawa as
Miri (ep 3) 
Rin (ep 2) 
Aya Suzaki as Aoi's friend (eps 1, 12) 
Daisuke Motohashi as Gorou (ep 2) 
Emi Shinohara as Hikaru's mother 
Eri Inagawa as Student B (ep 11) 
Haruka Chisuga as Drama Feast Announcement (ep 5) 
Haruka Kimura as Nanako's Mother (ep 8) 
Haruka Mikami as Child B (ep 11) 
Hayato Kimura as
Announcement (ep 11) 
Class Teacher (eps 2, 8) 
Kaito Ishikawa as Itsuki's Brother (ep 5) 
Kana Uetake as Itsuki's Mother (ep 5) 
Kanehira Yamamoto as Janitor (ep 2) 
Kenjirō Tsuda as Hikaru's father 
Kyōsei Tsukui as Nanako's Father (ep 8) 
Masayuki Katō as Subaru's Father 
Miyuki Kobori as Child A (ep 11) 
Natsuko Kuwatani as Nurse (ep 10) 
Rina Honnizumi as Student A (ep 11) 
Rina Satō as Subaru's Mother 
Ruriko Noguchi as Student C (ep 11) 
Shinya Hamazoe as Observatory Staff (eps 4, 8) 
Shouto Kashii as Science Teacher (eps 2, 8) 
Tokuyoshi Kawashima as Itsuki's Father (ep 5) 
Yui Horie as Elnath (eps 10, 12) 
Yūki Kaji as Minato's Friend (eps 7, 11) 
Japanese companies
2D Works: GAINAX 
2nd Key Animation:
Wish 
3DCGI: Graphinica 
Animation Check: Wish (ep 2) 
Animation Production: GAINAX 
Backgrounds: Totonyan 
Broadcaster:
Tokyo MX 
Color Check: Wish (ep 2) 
Editing: Graphinica 
Finish Animation:
Wish 
In-Between Animation:
Wit Studio 
Key Animation:
Synod (eps 6, 9) 
Original Concept: GAINAX 
Photography: Graphinica 
Production:
SUBARU 
Video Editing: Q-Tec 
English staff
English cast
Translation:
John Pickett 
Executive producer:
John Ledford 
Producer:
David Del Rio  (Simulcast)John Ledford 

Menu Design: Andrea Rodriguez 
Packaging Design: Andrea Rodriguez 
Production:
Son Phan Le 
Production Assistant:
Shannon Reed 
Production Coordination: Janice Williams 
Production manager: Luke Patterson 
Subtitle Editor: Laura Wyrick 
Subtitle Timing: Joshua Arce 
Subtitling: Neal Barnes 
Technical Assistant: Michael Olesch 
(none)
English companies
Broadcaster: Aniplus Asia 
Distributor:
Manga Entertainment 
Internet Streaming:
The Anime Network 
Licensed by:
Sentai Filmworks 
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: HIDIVE (Latin America) 
Spanish cast
(none)
German cast
German staff
ADR Director: Rieke Werner 
Script: Timo Schouren 

Cutter: Tomas Fernandez 
Anna Gamburg as Aoi 
Anne Ballhaus as Itsuki 
Charlotte Uhlig as Hikaru 
Konrad Bösherz as Minato 
Rieke Werner as Nanako 
Samira Jakobs as Subaru 

Peggy Pollow as Elnath (eps 10, 12) 

Bettina Kenney as Subaru's Mother 
Jenny Maria Meyer as Aoi's Friend (eps 1, 12) 
René Dawn-Claude as Subaru's Father 

Markus Manig 
German companies
Distributor: Anime House 
Dubbing: Oxygen Sound Studios 
Internet Streaming: Anime on Demand 
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: HIDIVE (Brazil) 
Portuguese cast
(none)

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