Australian distributor Madman Entertainment has picked up another series for release in their market with the Wish Upon the Pleaiades title. The company has set a January 11th, 2017 debut for it – but it’s only getting a DVD release. This doesn’t happen too often, especially when the UK market itself has a Blu-ray release. The show was picked up by Sentai Filmworks in North America and they’re bringing it out next week on separate DVD and Blu-ray releases. Priced at $59.95 AUD, it’ll be two discs for the full twelve episode run with extras to be determined.
Directed by Shouji Saeki with character designs by Mai Otsuka, The series stars Natsumi Takamori as Subaru, Ayuru Ōhashi as Aoi, Houko Kuwashima as Minato, Kanako Tateno as Itsuki, Saki Fujita as Nanako and Yui Makino as Hikaru.
Plot concept: When Subaru goes to her local observatory to prepare for an upcoming meteor shower, she ends up seeing far more of the stars than she expected.
Instead of a simulated viewing of astronomical phenomena, she gets recruited to take part in a fantastic adventure with a mysterious young man, a bizarre alien creature, and a group of girls dressed in cute, magical garb. Together with the other girls (who are suddenly and strangely members of Subaru’s school), Subaru becomes part of a clandestine effort to retrieve fragments of an alien spaceship! However, the fragments are being scattered all over the universe.
Time is limited, and the girls face a nemesis who is seeking to gather all the parts for himself! The space race is on, and the sky is no longer the limit as the legendary animation studio GAINAX sets Subaru’s eyes on the stars in WISH UPON THE PLEIADES!
