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Sora no Manimani (TV)

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Alternative title:
宙のまにまに (Japanese)
浪漫追星社 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Themes: astronomy, school
Plot Summary: Saku Ooyagi returns to his old hometown in order to start school at Sōei High School. On the first day, he runs into an old childhood friend: a junior named Mihoshi Akeno. As children, the two used to play together, with Mihoshi, or Mii-chan, being extremely fond of astronomy. After convincing Saku to join the school's astronomy club, another girl, Hime Makita, joins the club in hopes of winning over Saku. The anime tells the story of the 6 club members as they soar through their lives, each maturing and changing their outlooks on life.
User Ratings: 325 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 11 votes (sub:11)
 Excellent: 52 votes (sub:48, raw:2, others:2
2 Spanish subtitled
)
 Very good: 75 votes (sub:70, raw:2, others:3
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Good: 103 votes (sub:97, dub:3, raw:1, others:2
1 Italian subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Decent: 50 votes (sub:49, others:1
1 Vietnamese subtitled
)
 So-so: 20 votes (sub:19, others:1
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Not really good: 6 votes (sub:5, dub:1)
 Weak: 5 votes (sub:4, dub:1)
 Bad: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 577 users, rank: #1914 (of 9535)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.209 (Good+), std. dev.: 1.4861, rank: #2864 (of 9642)
Weighted mean: 7.119 (Good), rank: #3021 (of 9642) (seen all: 7.22 / seen some: 6.54 / won't finish: 5.32)
Bayesian estimate: 7.134 (Good), rank: #2766 (of 7243)
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 12
Episode titles: We have 15
Vintage: 2009-07-07 to 2009-09-22
Release dates: We have 6
Opening Theme:
"Super Noisy Nova" by Sphere
Ending Theme:
#1: "Hoshikuzu no Surround" (星屑のサラウンド) by CooRie (eps 1-3, 5-8, 10-11)
#2: "Yami ni Saku Hoshi no Yō ni" (闇に咲く星のように) by CooRie (ep 4)
#3: "Super Noisy Nova" by Sphere (ep 12)
Official website:
宙のまにまに (Japanese)
Trivia: We have 2
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Shinji Takamatsu
Script: Shinji Takamatsu (eps 1-12)
Storyboard:
Ai Yoshimura (eps 6, 12)
Makoto Moriwaki (ep 7)
Masahiro Okamura (eps 3, 9)
Nobuo Tomizawa (eps 4, 10)
Satoshi Ōsedo (eps 5, 11)
Shinji Takamatsu (eps 1, 12)
Takashi Yamamoto (ep 8)
Yūsuke Yamamoto (ep 2)
Episode Director:
Ai Yoshimura (eps 1, 6, 12)
Keiko Oyamada (eps 4, 10)
Makoto Moriwaki (ep 7)
Masahiro Okamura (eps 3, 9)
Naokatsu Tsuda (eps 2, 8)
Satoshi Ōsedo (eps 5, 11)
Original creator: Mami Kashiwabara
Character Design: Hajime Watanabe
Art Director: Kuniaki Nemoto (Kusanagi)
Chief Animation Director: Hajime Watanabe
Animation Director:
Hatsue Koizumi (eps 2, 8)
Hisashi Kawashima (eps 3, 9)
Jun Yukawa (ep 7)
Kumiko Shishido (eps 4, 10)
Mayumi Oda (ep 7)
Shinichiro Kajiura (eps 5, 11)
Yumiko Hara (eps 1, 6, 12)
Art design: Yūho Taniuchi (Kusanagi)
Sound Director: Yoshikazu Iwanami
Cgi Director: Shin Misawa
Director of Photography: Hitoshi Saito (Twinkle)
2nd Key Animation:
Mariko Goto (ep 11)
Yasunori Aoki (ep 11)
Yūko Kiyoshima (ep 11)
Animation Check:
Ai Tsuruta (ep 12)
Hikaru Suzuki (ep 8)
Kana Tamiya (eps 4, 10)
Mina Ōsawa (eps 3, 7, 11)
Mitaka Saitō (eps 4, 10)
Sou Katou (eps 1-2, 6, 9)
Yuzumi Enosawa (ep 5)
Background Art:
Atsushi Yokoyama (Kusanagi)
Ayumi Takasaki (Kusanagi)
Chiemi Mita (Kusanagi)
Daisuke Jinba (Telecom Animation Film)
Kazuhiro Inoue (Kusanagi; ep 5)
Kouji Okamoto (Kusanagi)
Kuniaki Nemoto (Kusanagi)
Miwa Yoshida (Kusanagi)
Rie Takeuchi (Telecom Animation Film)
Takanori Fujimura (Kusanagi)
Tomoe Ookubo (Kusanagi)
Tomoyuki Kanezawa (Kusanagi)
Yuki Umino (Kusanagi)
Yūko Washio (Telecom Animation Film)
Yuriko Satō (Telecom Animation Film)
Background Scan: Hiroaki Hirata
CG Production: Shunsuke Fukui
Color Coordination: Shigenobu Kaihoko
Color Key:
Hatsumi Okada (6 episodes
eps 1-2, 5, 7-8, 11
)

Naoko Takashita (eps 4, 10)
Takashi Nagata (eps 3, 6, 9, 12)
Tomoko Yamamoto (ep 4)
Design Assistant: Yumiko Hara
Digital Paint:
Ai Kobayashi (D-COLORS)
Aiko Miyazaki (Telecom Animation Film)
Akane Yamazaki (D-COLORS)
Chiharu Hashimoto (D-COLORS)
Kyōko Yoshida (Telecom Animation Film)
Maki Kanemori (D-COLORS)
Masako Ogasawara (D-COLORS)
Masumi Ootsuka (Telecom Animation Film)
Mayumi Oikawa (D-COLORS)
Minori Nishida (D-COLORS)
Satsuki Kamoi (D-COLORS)
Sayaka Kubo (Telecom Animation Film)
Tomoko Isobe (Telecom Animation Film)
Tomoyo Kobayashi (Telecom Animation Film)
In-Between Animation:
Akane Hosobuchi (ep 12)
Ayako Takarada (eps 4, 10)
Azusa Yada (eps 4, 10)
Chie Nishihara (eps 4, 10)
Chieko Haga (eps 1-2, 5-9)
Daisuke Chiba (eps 4, 10)
Hikaru Suzuki (9 episodes
eps 1-2, 5-9, 11-12
)

Kaoru Yanagisawa (8 episodes
eps 3, 5-9, 11-12
)

Kaoruko Hirata (eps 4, 10)
Kazuyasu Mine (ep 4)
Kōhei Kita (ep 4)
Madoka Togami (ep 10)
Maho Satsuki (ep 4)
Mami Shimamoto (eps 3, 5-6)
Megumi Itoi (ep 4)
Mina Ōsawa (8 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-6, 9, 11-12
)

Mizue Ōmoto (eps 3, 5-9, 11)
Narumi Shimoji (10 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-9, 11-12
)

Natsumi Tomobe (ep 4)
Rie Ōtani (eps 4, 10)
Saeri Ogawa (8 episodes
eps 3, 5-9, 11-12
)

Saori Matsumoto (eps 4, 10)
Satoko Shimoji (9 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-9, 12
)

Satoshi Ikōki (eps 4, 10)
Shūya Kakizaki (ep 12)
Toshihiko Tanaka (ep 10)
Yasutomo Kimura (7 episodes
eps 3, 5-6, 8-9, 11-12
)

Yui Kusakabe (ep 10)
Yui Ōsone (ep 10)
Key Animation:
Ai Tsuruta (ep 12)
Akira Ono (eps 4, 10)
Ayano Shimizu (ep 8)
Daisuke Takemoto (Anime R; eps 3, 7, 12)
Dong Gyu Lee (eps 3, 6)
Dong Nam Kim (ep 7)
Fujiko Aoyagi (ep 6)
Fumiyo Saito (eps 2, 8, 11)
Hatsue Koizumi (ep 1)
Hideaki Yokoi (eps 6, 12)
Hiroaki Noguchi (ep 10)
Hiroshi Kanazawa (eps 5-6, 9)
Hiroshi Kawashima (ep 5)
Hisashi Kawashima (ep 1)
Jun Yukawa (eps 5, 12)
Kanako Ōyabu (eps 2, 8)
Katsuki Hiroe (ep 6)
Katsuya Kikuchi (ep 11)
Kazuhiro Fukuchi (eps 1, 7, 11)
Kazuyuki Asaka (ep 6)
Kazuyuki Fujita (ep 6)
Ken Mukaigawara (eps 5, 11)
Kenichi Iino (ep 3)
Kenichirō Yamamoto (Anime R; eps 2, 7)
Kimiko Matsushita (ep 7)
Kumiko Kakoi (eps 2, 8)
Mariko Iwazaki (eps 4, 10)
Masahiro Okamura (eps 1, 7, 9)
Masayuki Yagi (5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 5, 8-9
)

Masuyo Hayakawa (ep 1)
Michiko Uno (ep 6)
Natsuko Iimori (eps 4, 10)
Nobuo Tomizawa (ep 10)
Nobuyuki Tokinaga (eps 1, 5, 11)
Noriko Takahashi (Anime R; ep 7)
Rarisa Tada (ep 10)
Rikako Sakaki (eps 1, 5, 11)
Ryōko Fujikawa (eps 2, 5-6, 12)
Sachiko Iwamura (Anime R; ep 7)
Satoshi Yamashita (ep 11)
Shinichi Wada (eps 2, 8)
Shinichiro Kajiura (ep 2)
Shōji Endō (ep 11)
Shuta Osabe (eps 4, 10)
Sou Katou (eps 1-9 odd, 12)
Takahiro Sasaki (ep 11)
Takahisa Ichikawa (ep 11)
Takayuki Chiba (eps 3, 9)
Tatsuo Honda (eps 1, 7, 11)
Tetsuya Koshizaki (eps 2, 5, 8)
Tetsuya Tsukamoto (eps 2, 9)
Toshiharu Kumaoka (eps 5, 11)
Yasunori Aoki (eps 3, 9)
Yasuyuki Noda (ep 12)
Yoshihiro Nakamura (Anime R; eps 2, 7, 12)
Yoshinobu Michihata (eps 4, 10)
Youichi Takada (eps 4, 10)
Yuichiro Masuda (eps 5, 11)
Yūji Shibata (ep 8)
Yukiko Ibe (ep 12)
Yukiyoshi Shikiji (Anime R; ep 7)
Yūko Kiyoshima (eps 2-3, 5, 8)
Yumiko Hara (ep 1)
Yurie Kuniyuki (ep 11)
Line Producer: Akihiro Sekiyama
Music Performance: Hideyo Takakuwa (Flute)
Photography:
Aiko Miyazaki (Telecom Animation Film)
Junko Miyakawa (Telecom Animation Film)
Koji Sawada (Studio Twinkle)
Naho Mitsuishi (Telecom Animation Film)
Saori Takagi (Studio Twinkle)
Takashi Aoki (Studio Twinkle)
Tomofumi Fujita (Studio Twinkle)
Yoshihiro Kasahara (Telecom Animation Film)
Yoshihiro Musha (Studio Twinkle)
Yukihiko Ichikawa (Telecom Animation Film)
Yumi Negishi (Studio Twinkle)
Production Advancement:
Sadashi Kaneyo (eps 5, 11)
Satomi Ochiai (eps 6, 12)
Shinji Yamada (eps 2, 8)
Shūhei Nakazato (ep 2)
Takeshi Tajima (eps 3, 9)
Sound Effects: Noriko Izumo
Special Effects:
Junko Miyakawa (eps 4, 10)
Naoko Takashita (eps 4, 10)
Naomasa Fukuda
Youichi Takada (eps 4, 10)
Theme Song Performance:
Aki Toyosaki (OP - Sphere)
Ayahi Takagaki (OP - Sphere)
CooRie (ED)
Haruka Tomatsu (OP - Sphere)
Minako Kotobuki (OP - Sphere)
Sphere (OP)
Kanae Itō as Mihoshi Akeno
Tomoaki Maeno as Saku Ōyagi

Ami Koshimizu as Fumie Kotozuka
Haruka Tomatsu as Hime Makita
Junji Majima as Takeyasu Roma
Li-Mei Chiang as Haruko Hatori
Masaya Matsukaze as Nozomu Soma
Miyuki Sawashiro as Ayumi Oumi
Reiko Takagi as Masashi Edogawa
Saori Hayami as Sayo Yarai

Aki Toyosaki as Aiko Kawashita
Aoi Yūki as Maibara
Ayahi Takagaki as Sayuri Minami
Binbin Takaoka as Shinji Morooka
Daisuke Ono as Musa (ep 9)
Hisafumi Oda as Yuuji Segawa
Ikumi Hayama as
Yoshinari
Yuriko Isoyama
Juri Aikawa as Miku Edogawa
Kana Hanazawa as Yukie An
Mai Fuchigami as
Mayu
Miyamae
Shouko Shiratori
Mariya Ise as Sakuragawa
Masaaki Tsukada as Principal
Megumi Takamoto as Akina Kawamura
Minako Kotobuki as
Emiri
Sayaka Akiyama
Yahata
Mitsuki Saiga as Teruko Sakai
Nozomi Sasaki as Izumi
Reiko Takagi as Kahoru Ōyagi
Rie Todzuka as Nana Aizawa
Saori Hayami as Saku Ōyagi (child)
Tadashi Miyazawa as Tadao Horimori
Takuma Terashima as Haraguchi
Teruyuki Tanzawa as Youkaichi
Tōru Ohkawa as Sayo's father
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
FAI International
Wao World
Animation Assistance: Telecom Animation Film (eps 4, 10)
Animation Production: Studio Comet
Backgrounds:
Kusanagi (eps 1-9, 11-12)
Telecom Animation Film
Broadcaster:
Aichi Television Broadcasting (2009-07-07)
AT-X (2009-07-07)
Chiba Television (2009-07-07)
Sun TV (2009-07-07)
Television Saitama Co., Ltd. (2009-07-11)
Tokyo MX (2009-07-07)
CG Production: SUBARU
Key Animation: Anime R
Sound Production: delfi Sound
English staff
English companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: Viewster
English cast
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Licensed by: Mighty Media Co., Ltd.
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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