The Girl Who Leapt Through Space (2009)

Original title

宇宙をかける少女

Directed by

Masakazu Obara

Genre

mecha, science fiction anime and manga

Country

Japan

Length

1 season, 26 episodes

Rated

10

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 10 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The story is set in the far future where humans live in space colonies. It follows a girl who gets involved with robots and artificial intelligence in space.

funlivelywhimsicalcolorfulfast-pacedoptimisticplayfullightheartedenergetic

What happens

The Girl Who Leapt Through Space (Japanese: 宇宙をかける少女, Hepburn: Sora o Kakeru Shōjo; lit. "The Spacefaring Girl" and also abbreviated as "Sora Kake Girl") is a Japanese anime television series, created and produced by Sunrise. Based on the original concept by the Sunrise animation staff, the series is directed by Masakazu Obara and written by Jukki Hanada, overseeing a team of animators noted for their previous work on My-HiME and My-Otome. The anime began airing in Japan on the TV Tokyo television network on January 5, 2009. The series is set in the far future where humans now live in space colonies orbiting far from Earth. A manga adaptation, Sora Kake Girl R, began serialization in the March 2009 issue of Ichijinsha's Comic Rex, and another manga, Sora Kake Girl D, began serialization in the April 2009 issue of ASCII Media Works' Dengeki Daioh. A light novel adaptation began serialization in Ichijinsha's Chara Mel in December 2008, and an Internet radio show has also been created. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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