Wish Upon the Pleiades

Story

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.

Characters

Subaru (すばる)

Voiced by: Natsumi TakamoriThe main heroine, a clumsy girl

Aoi (あおい)

Voiced by: Ayuru ŌhashiSubaru's friend, who is often worried about her attitude.

Itsuki (いつき)

Voiced by: Kanako TatenoA kind girl.

Hikaru (ひかる)

Voiced by: Yui MakinoA frank girl whose father is a pianist.

Nanako (ななこ)

Voiced by: Saki FujitaA girl who is often seen wearing a black witch's outfit even outside of magical form. She has a generally monotone personality which changes when translating for the Pleiadian.

The Pleiadian (プレアデス星人, Pureadesuseijin)

Voiced by: Saki FujitaA small green alien who is searching for the scattered fragment of his spaceship engine.

Minato (みなと)

Voiced by: Houko KuwashimaA boy who resides in a mysterious greenhouse, who is also stealing the fragments of the star.

Original net animation

The four-part original net animation series was created by Gainax in collaboration with car manufacturer Subaru. The series was released on YouTube on February 1, 2011, with an English subtitled version released on February 7, 2011.

Television series

An anime television adaptation, also by Gainax, aired in Japan between April 9, 2015 and June 24, 2015 and was simulcast by Crunchyroll. The opening theme is "Stella-rium" by Kano while the ending theme is "Koko kara, Kanata kara" (ここから、かなたから, From Here, From Far Away) by fragments (Natsumi Takamori, Ayuru Ōhashi, Kanako Tateno, Yui Makino, and Saki Fujita).