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- The Japanese science fiction manga series Twin Spica (ふたつのスピカ, Futatsu no Supika), written and illustrated by Kou Yaginuma, was adapted into a 20-episode anime series in 2003 and a 7-episode live-action series in 2009. All three productions tell a coming-of-age story of teenager Asumi Kamogawa as she trains to become an astronaut at a fictional space academy in the near future. Japanese animation studio Group TAC produced Twin Spica's anime adaptation, which was broadcast by NHK. The series premiered on November 1, 2003, and aired until its conclusion on March 27, 2004. Tomomi Mochizuki directed the anime series, and Rika Nakase wrote its screenplay. Masako Goto designed the characters for animation. When the series reached its conclusion, fewer than 30 chapters of the manga had been published. Chapter 25, which concludes the story of Asumi and her classmates undergoing a test of their survival skills, was the final chapter to be adapted for the anime. Consequently, the series concludes prematurely with Asumi's ghost companion Lion-san leaving when he no longer has anything to teach her and her friends. The manga, however, continues with Lion-san appearing in subsequent chapters and ended serialization on August 5, 2009. The anime series also aired in Japan, other parts of Asia, and Latin America on Animax. The song "Venus Say" by female pop musical group Buzy (band) was used as the opening theme. Male pop group Begin adapted Kyu Sakamoto's 1963 single "Miagete Goran Yoru no Hoshi o" (見上げてごらん夜の星を, lit. "Look Up at the Stars at Night") as the ending theme. NHK announced a live-action Twin Spica adaptation on March 30, 2009, produced in cooperation with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, the country's national aerospace agency. Sixteen-year-old actress Nanami Sakuraba was cast for the role of Asumi Kamogawa. Filming for the series began on April 2, and it was scheduled to air on June 11 but was eventually postponed by one week until June 18. The series aired weekly on NHK General TV and NHK BS Hi-Vision until its conclusion on July 30. Screenplay for the series was written by Shūko Arai and Daigo Matsui. While writing the script, Arai found himself encouraged by the characters who must overcome various struggles in order to achieve their dreams. He also specified hopes and dreams as central themes in the story. Among the changes made in this adaptation is the removal of Lion-san as a central character. Alternative rock band Orange Range's 2009 single "" (瞳の先に, lit. "Ahead of Eyes") was used as the ending theme. The anime adaptation was released in both VHS and DVD formats by King Records. Both were released in five compilation volumes containing four episodes each. A special DVD collection containing the five flashback episodes—episodes 1, 5, 9, 12, and 16—from the anime was released on May 26, 2004, and a five-disc DVD box set was released on July 22, 2004. A three-disc DVD compilation box set of the live-action adaptation will be released by Geneon Universal Entertainment on December 23, 2009. (en)
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- 傷ついた翼 (en)
- いま君にできること (en)
- おかあさんの顔 (en)
- さよなら宇宙学校 (en)
- ひとりの夢 みんなの夢 (en)
- ひとりぼっち (en)
- ふたりの星 はっぱ星 (en)
- アスミの夢 (en)
- アスミの桜 (en)
- カムパネルラの森 (en)
- サバイバル訓練 (en)
- テスト終了 (en)
- マリカとまりか (en)
- 地球は青かった (en)
- 宇宙で弾くピアノ (en)
- 宇宙へのライバル (en)
- 宇宙までの距離 (en)
- 宇宙学校入学式 (en)
- 宇宙飛行士の資格 (en)
- 悲しい笑顔 (en)
- 明日を見つめて (en)
- 星への一歩 (en)
- 水の中にも宇宙 (en)
- 約束の5人 (en)
- 遠い日の記憶 (en)
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- Shū is diagnosed with acute pancytopenia. (en)
- All teams are instructed to line up several thousand tiles for a successful domino effect. Asumi and Kei try to find a nickname for their teammate, but the girl reveals her name as Marika Ukita and asks how Asumi remembered their room number. Asumi tells them that each room number is the distance to a star, and their room number indicates the distance to her favorite star, Spica. Meanwhile, Fuchūya's and Shū's teammate becomes frustrated and threatens to fail the three of them from the examination, but Shū warns him off. On the fourth day, the room experiences a sudden decompression, and the tremor causes all tiles to collapse. Many applicants withdraw when they are unable to withstand the decompression sickness. The incident triggers Asumi's memory as a toddler when she witnessed the Shishigō accident. (en)
- Years later, Asumi is studying for an entrance examination into the Tokyo Space Academy's inaugural astronaut training course. She hides the desire to enroll from her father due to the family's financial restrictions and worries about leaving him alone. Asumi's father later discovers the application forms and becomes angry, but Asumi tells him that she is withdrawing from the process. Lion-san tells Asumi that her father is not angry at the application but because she stopped talking about her dreams to him. When Asumi visits her father at his workplace that night, he tells her not to withdraw and gives his savings to pay for the application fee. He also reminds her of the space travel ticket she made for him years earlier. (en)
- Several weeks after the funeral of her mother, Asumi receives an assignment in elementary school to draw a family member. She begins drawing her mother, whose head is entirely wrapped in bandages. That night, Asumi's father tells her that those who have died must cross the Sanzu River into the afterlife. At the riverbank the next day, Asumi's sketchbook falls into the water, and she also falls in while attempting to retrieve it. Fuchūya discovers her unconscious downstream and alerts her father. Asumi enters the spirit world and finds Lion-san but does not recognize him without the lion head costume. He warns Asumi not to reveal her name while in the spirit world. She also encounters a woman whose entire body is wrapped in bandages and realizes it is her mother. The woman asks for Asumi's name, but she lies and says she has forgotten it. Asumi decides to draw her mother again and gives it to her. The woman later regains her sight realizes she was helped by her daughter upon seeing the drawing. She tells Asumi to continue on living, at which point Asumi wakes up in the hospital. (en)
- Asumi finds out that her childhood friend and classmate Shinnosuke Fuchūya is also an applicant to the academy. At the end of the examination, they are taken by bus to another facility in order to take a second examination in a closed environment. Asumi is assigned a room with Kei Ōmi and another girl who does not reveal her name and acts condescendingly toward the two. Fuchūya is grouped with Shū Suzuki and another applicant. Once in their rooms, the teams find out they will be locked in for one week with the provided supplies. They are also assigned a project that is stored in a safe with an electronic lock. The lock, which can only be opened by typing in the randomly assigned room numbers, baffles those who have already forgotten them, but Asumi remembers the numbers clearly. Inside the safe, they find that the project involves dominoes. (en)
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- All Alone (en)
- Look for Tomorrow (en)
- Wounded Wings (en)
- Survival Training (en)
- Astronaut Qualifications (en)
- Asumi's Cherry Tree (en)
- Asumi's Dream (en)
- Campanella's Forest (en)
- Distance to Space (en)
- Even Underwater, There is Space (en)
- Farewell Aerospace School (en)
- Marika & Marika (en)
- Memory of a Distant Day (en)
- My Mother's Face (en)
- One Person's Dream, Everyone's Dream (en)
- One Step Toward the Stars (en)
- Our Star, the Leaf Star (en)
- Piano to Play in Space (en)
- Rivalries Toward Space (en)
- Sad Smiling Face (en)
- Space Academy Entrance Ceremony (en)
- Test Complete (en)
- The Earth is Blue (en)
- The Promised Five (en)
- What You Can Do Now (en)
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- Kizutsuita Tsubasa (en)
- Ashita o Mitsumete (en)
- Asumi no Sakura (en)
- Asumi no Yume (en)
- Chikyū wa Aokatta (en)
- Futari no Hoshi, Happa Hoshi (en)
- Hitori no Yume, Minna no Yume (en)
- Hitoribocchi (en)
- Hoshi e no Ippo (en)
- Ima Kimi ni Dekiru Koto (en)
- Kamupanerura no Mori (en)
- Kanashī Egao (en)
- Marika to Marika (en)
- Mizu no Nakani mō Uchū (en)
- Okāsan no Kao (en)
- Sabaibaru Kunren (en)
- Sayonara Uchū Gakkō (en)
- Tesuto Shūryou (en)
- Tooi Hi no Kioku (en)
- Uchū Gakkō Nyūgakushiki (en)
- Uchū Hikōshi no Shikaku (en)
- Uchū Made no Kyori (en)
- Uchū de Hiku Piano (en)
- Uchū e no Raibaru (en)
- Yakusoku no Gonin (en)
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- The Japanese science fiction manga series Twin Spica (ふたつのスピカ, Futatsu no Supika), written and illustrated by Kou Yaginuma, was adapted into a 20-episode anime series in 2003 and a 7-episode live-action series in 2009. All three productions tell a coming-of-age story of teenager Asumi Kamogawa as she trains to become an astronaut at a fictional space academy in the near future. (en)
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