| Wish Upon the Pleiades | |
| Ja Kanji: | 放課後のプレアデス |
| Ja Romaji: | Hōkago no Pureadesu |
| Genre: | Magical girl |
| Creator: | Gainax |
| Type: | ona |
| Director: | Shouji Saeki |
| Music: | Nobuhito Tanahashi |
| Studio: | Gainax |
| Released: | February 1, 2011 |
| Runtime: | 5–7 minutes |
| Episodes: | 4 |
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| Type: | TV series |
| Director: | Shōji Saeki |
| Music: | Shirō Hamaguchi |
| Studio: | Gainax |
| Network: | ABC, Tokyo MX, GTV, GYT, BS Fuji, AT-X |
| First: | April 9, 2015 |
| Last: | June 24, 2015 |
| Episodes: | 12 |
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is an original net animation series produced by Gainax in collaboration with Japanese automaker Subaru.[1] [2] The series was released on YouTube in four parts on February 1, 2011, with the English-subtitled version appearing six days later. An anime television series aired in Japan between April and June 2015. It was the final anime series to be produced by Gainax before their closure on June 7, 2024.
One day, a girl named Subaru comes across a group of magical girls, among which is her childhood friend Aoi, and becomes one herself. Their duty is to search for fragments of a spaceship belonging to an alien known as a Pleiadian. However, a mysterious boy is seeking the fragments for his own use.
The four-part original net animation series was created by Gainax in collaboration with car manufacturer Subaru.[3] The series was released on YouTube on February 1, 2011, with an English subtitled version released on February 7, 2011.[4]
An anime television adaptation, also by Gainax, aired in Japan between April 9, 2015, and June 24, 2015, and was simulcast by Crunchyroll.[5] The opening theme is "Stella-rium" by Kano while the ending theme is by fragments (Natsumi Takamori, Ayuru Ōhashi, Kanako Tateno, Yui Makino, and Saki Fujita).