Twin Spica

Synopsis

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.

First Air Date: 2003-11-01

Last Air Date: 2004-03-27

Number of Seasons: 1

Number of Episodes: 20

Networks: NHK BS1

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Top Cast

Akiko Yajima as Asumi Kamogawa
Akiko Kimura as Marika Ukita
Takehito Koyasu as Lion-san
Yuki Kaida as Shuu Suzuki
Fuyuka Ono as Kei Omi
Toshiyuki Toyonaga as Shinnosuke Fuchuuya

Seasons

Season 1 (2003)

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Episodes:

Ep. 1: Launching Fireworks (2003-11-01)

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Ep. 2: Asumi's Dream (2003-11-08)

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Ep. 3: One Step Toward the Stars (2003-11-15)

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Ep. 4: Memory of a Distant Day (2003-11-22)

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Ep. 5: My Mother's Face (2003-11-29)

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Ep. 6: Test Complete (2003-12-06)

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Ep. 7: Space School Entrance Ceremony (2003-12-13)

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Ep. 8: One Person's Dream, Everyone's Dream (2003-12-20)

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Ep. 9: Campanella's Forest (2004-01-10)

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Ep. 10: Even Under Water, There is Space (2004-01-17)

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Ep. 11: Wounded Wings (2004-01-24)

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Ep. 12: Our Star, the Leaf Star (2004-01-31)

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Ep. 13: The Promised Five (2004-02-07)

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Ep. 14: Sad, Smiling Face (2004-02-14)

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Ep. 15: All Alone (2004-02-21)

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Ep. 16: Asumi`s Cherry Tree (2004-02-28)

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Ep. 17: Survival Training (2004-03-06)

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Ep. 18: Marika & Marika (2004-03-13)

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Ep. 19: What You Can Do Now (2004-03-20)

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Ep. 20: Look for Tomorrow (2004-03-27)

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