Wish Upon the Pleiades / Hōkago no Pleiades
Genres: drama, magic, science fiction
Themes: magical girl, moe, school, space, aliens
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.
Number of episodes: 12
Vintage: 2015-04-08
ANN Info Page
Hōkago no Pleiades Official JP Website
Hōkago no Pleiades (ONA) Vintage: 2011-02-01
So, I actually got around to watching this today.
It actually wasn’t too bad, though it is really short, you can only fit so much in 4 5 minute increments, but all in all, they did a pretty good job with it.
I finally got to watch this one as well. It was really cute. I agree that it was a bit short and I’d love to see it expanded upon. But for what it was, it was good.
It was a little confusing at first, since like I said, you can only fit so much in 4 5 minute increments, but what they did fit in was actually rather fun for a short maho shojo.
Since it was a joint project between Subaru & Gainax, I had to have a good laugh…
when they were flying on their staffs (brooms?) because they had Subaru engine sounds.
posted on 2011-05-13 13:15 EDT
Exclusive original footage used to remind movie-goers of manners during films
posted on 2011-05-25 12:00 EDT
Hokago no Pleiades manner movie in June,
posted on 2013-03-21 00:48 EDT
Magical girl collaboration between anime studio & car maker already has net anime
posted on 2013-03-24 12:00 EDT
posted on 2013-12-28 22:54 EST
posted on 2014-02-07 10:35 EST
Magical girl collaboration between anime studio & car maker already has net anime, planned film
posted on 2014-11-24 21:30 EST
Mirai Denki will draw series based on magical girl collaboration between anime studio, car maker
posted on 2014-12-03 10:50 EST
Magical girl collaboration between anime studio & car maker already has net anime, planned film
December 10, 2014 1:30pm CST
TV anime follow-up to anime studio Gainax and automaker Subaru’s 2011 magic girl original next anime planned
posted on 2014-12-16 08:00 EST
Gainax, Subaru collaboration TV anime premieres in Japan in spring 2015
posted on 2014-12-16 13:35 EST
Houko Kuwashima joins cast in spring 2015 TV anime
posted on 2015-03-01 21:30 EST
The series will premiere on Japanese television stations this spring
March 05, 2015 1:30am CST
Web radio program will start streaming on March 19
March 21, 2015 12:50pm CDT
Gainax’s latest TV series kicks off on April 9
posted on 2015-03-21 20:00 EDT
New commercial also streamed; April 9 air date unveiled
Sentai Filmworks announces Wish Upon the Pleiades at Anime Matsuri
