Shin Oonuma
Director
Twin Spica (2003)
Season 1
Twin Spica is a Japanese seinen manga series written and illustrated by Kou Yaginuma. The "realistic, slice-of-life science fiction series" tells the story of a group of Japanese high school students training to become astronauts in the early 21st century after the country's first human spaceflight launch ends in a disaster that causes many civilian casualties. It was serialized in the seinen manga magazine Comic Flapper from September 2001 to August 2009 and was later published in 16 tankōbon volumes by Media Factory from January 2002 to October 2009.
Released Nov. 1, 2003
Episode 25 min
None+
Genres: Animation, Anime, Anime: School, Anime: Supernatural, Drama, Sci-Fi
Keywords: imdb.seinen, imdb.anime-animation, imdb.anime, imdb.based-on-manga, imdb.coming-of-age, imdb.supernatural-power, imdb.high-school + 22 more, imdb.school-life, imdb.school, imdb.space, imdb.astronaut, imdb.lion, imdb.slice-of-life, imdb.rocket-fails-to-launch, imdb.speculative-fiction, imdb.japanese-high-school-girl, imdb.high-school-students, imdb.high-school-girl, imdb.astronaut-training, imdb.early-21st-century, imdb.japanese-high-school, imdb.dream-of-being-an-astronaut, imdb.wanting-to-be-an-astronaut, imdb.lion-mask, imdb.mask, imdb.death-of-mother, mdblist.anime-dub, imdb.hand-drawn-animation, imdb.seinen-anime-animation
Production Companies: Group TAC
Network: NHK BS1
S1E1 - Launching Fireworks
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Nov. 1, 2003, midnight
S1E2 - Asumi's Dream
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Nov. 8, 2003, midnight
S1E3 - One Step Toward the Stars
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Nov. 15, 2003, midnight
S1E4 - Memory of a Distant Day
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Nov. 22, 2003, midnight
S1E5 - My Mother's Face
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Nov. 29, 2003, midnight
S1E6 - Test Complete
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Dec. 6, 2003, midnight
S1E7 - Space School Entrance Ceremony
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Dec. 13, 2003, midnight
S1E8 - One Person's Dream, Everyone's Dream
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Dec. 20, 2003, midnight
S1E9 - Campanella's Forest
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Jan. 10, 2004, midnight
S1E10 - Even Under Water, There is Space
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Jan. 17, 2004, midnight
S1E11 - Wounded Wings
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Jan. 24, 2004, midnight
S1E12 - Our Star, the Leaf Star
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Jan. 31, 2004, midnight
S1E13 - The Promised Five
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Feb. 7, 2004, midnight
S1E14 - Sad, Smiling Face
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Feb. 14, 2004, midnight
S1E15 - All Alone
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Feb. 21, 2004, midnight
S1E16 - Asumi`s Cherry Tree
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Feb. 28, 2004, midnight
S1E17 - Survival Training
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March 6, 2004, midnight
S1E18 - Marika & Marika
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March 13, 2004, midnight
S1E19 - What You Can Do Now
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March 20, 2004, midnight
S1E20 - Look for Tomorrow
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March 27, 2004, midnight
Network: NHK BS1
Episode Runtime: 25 min.
Season Runtime: 500 min.
Released: Nov. 1, 2003
Last Air Date: March 27, 2004, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: M
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