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Rocket Girls
Synopsis: When Yukari Morita decided to look for her missing father, who disappeared in the southern seas, she had no idea how far her journey would take her. Just traveling to the Solomon Islands is a long way for a high school girl to stand out, but Yukari finds a Solomon Space Association astronaut, who tried to build a rocket enough to launch a man into space.
Knowing Petite Yukari, however, the director of SSA Nasuda realizes that she is small enough to climb a less powerful rocket that SSA has already built! Then he offers an agreement: If Yukari agree to become her astronaut, the SSA will help find her missing father! Will Yukari have the right things to explode in the wildest search for space of all time?
(Source: Sentai Filmworks)
Table of Content
- Information
- Trailer/OP
- Curiosities
- Characters
- Summary
- FAQ
- Meaning
- Related
Information
Anime Names
- Anime Name: Rocket Girls
- Anime Name in Japanese: ロケットガール
- Anime Name in English: Desconhecido
- Other names: RG
Production information
- Producers: Happinet Pictures
- Licensors: Bandai Entertainment, Sentai Filmworks
- Studios: Mook DLE
Anime Information
- Type: TV
- Episodes: 12
- Date: February 22, 2007 - May 18, 2007 - Fridays at 0000 (JST)
- Genres: Adventure, science fiction
- Subjects: Space
- Target: Seinen
External Links
Anime Reviews
- Rating: 6.941
- Popularity: 2708
Video Trailer/Opening
Curiosities
- The Rocket Girls Anime was based on a Light Novel series written by Housuke Nojiri.
- The history of the anime was inspired by a real project by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) that sought to send a team of female astronauts to space.
- The anime was produced in celebration of Jaxa's 50th anniversary.
- The character Yukari Morita, one of the protagonists, was voiced by Megumi Nakajima, who is also a singer and became famous for playing the character Ranka Lee in Macross Frontier.
- The anime presents several references to Western pop culture, such as Elton John's song "Rocket Man" and the movie Apollo
- Anime director Hiroshi Ayama also directed the success series Eureka Seven.
- The anime was originally aired in 2007 and has only 12 episodes.
Main Characters
- Yukari Morita (Miyuki Sawashiro) - A high school student who becomes astronaut to help her father's company.
- Matsuri Sakuragi (Yui Makino) - A young woman who joins the Yukari astronaut team.
- Akane Miura (Ayako Kawasumi) - A JAXA engineer that helps train Rocket Girls.
- Satsuki Asahikawa (Rie Tanaka) - The leader of the Jaxa Astronaut team.
- Motoko Mihara (Miyuki Ichijou) - The head of the Jaxa training team.
- Hiroshi Arikawa (Kouichi Yamadera) - Yukari's father and president of the space tourism company.
- Kazuya Kinoshita (Daisuke Namikawa) - A journalist who follows the Rocket Girls team.
Summary and events
- Yukari Morita, a high school student, is recruited by Solomon Space Association to become an astronaut.
- Yukari is sent to Russia for training and knows other candidates for astronauts, including the Russian Nataliya.
- Yukari and Nataliya are selected to participate in the Rocket Girls project, which aims to send a team of women's astronauts to the space.
- Yukari and Nataliya face various challenges during training, including adaptation to zero gravity environments and resolution of technical problems.
- The Rocket Girls team is finally thrown into space on a mission to rescue a satellite in orbit.
- During the mission, the team faces various obstacles, including equipment problems and the need to improvise solutions to unexpected situations.
- The team can rescue the satellite and successfully return to Earth, becoming the first women to perform a space mission.
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Meaning of Rocket Girls
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ロケットガール
- ロケット (rokettto) - foguete
- ガール (gaaru) - girl
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