Rocket Girls


Rocket Girls is a Japanese light novel series by Hōsuke Nojiri. Set in the Solomon Islands, it follows the exploits of high-school girl Yukari Morita, who is pressed into service as an astronaut by the Solomon Space Association when it is unable to build a rocket that can lift the weight of an adult male.
Rocket Girls was adapted into a 12-episode anime television series that aired between February and May 2007. It was produced with the assistance of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, which included astronaut Naoko Yamazaki voicing herself in Episode 7. Bandai Entertainment had the license and released a subtitled-only Complete Collection DVD on October 28, 2008, before it closed doors in 2011. Sentai Filmworks announced on September 27, 2018, that it will release the series on a subtitled-only SD-BD set on January 15, 2019.

Characters

There are a whole lot more listed on the Japanese Wikipedia page: :ja:ロケットガール

Spacecraft

LS-5 Rocket

The LS-5 is a multistage expendable rocket used by the Solomon Space Association to launch the first Japanese manned spaceflight. Although older than the LS-7, this rocket has had more successful launches. This rocket was also used to test the new hybrid-fuel. Three rockets of this type has been constructed so far. Their Command Module have been called Tanpopo and Coconut.

LS-7 Rocket

The LS-7 was a multistage expendable rocket used by the Solomon Space Association . However, after several failed launches, the rocket was retired and replaced by the older LS-5.

List of Light Novels

The anime adaption covers titles 1 and 2.
Viz Media released the first volume with English translation in 2010.

Episode list

OP/ED songs