Houkago no Pleiades “Cutest Mahou Shoujo Anime Ever”
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Feb 1, 2011 05:19 JST
- Tags: Cars, Gainax, Image Gallery, Loli, Mahou Shoujo, Moe, Video Gallery, YouTube
Houkago no Pleiades, an unusual mahou shoujo ONA (“Original Net Animation”) project made by Gainax and sponsored by metal box maker Subaru, has received much praise for exuding the overwhelming cuteness expected of a mahou shoujo anime.
Those wishing to see just how cute it is, or indeed to watch the full episodes, can do so below.
The actual anime is somewhat unusual in format – it is comprised of only 4 episodes, and is distributed via YouTube.
However, a continuation has already been hinted at, so this may yet prove both a new franchise and a new method of supporting anime production.
Episode 1:
Episode 2:
Episode 3:
Episode 4:
The executive digest version:
That a car maker is involved with the project seems to say something interesting about the viewership demographic…
The scene in Shibuya:
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Subaru should make an Itasha Version of the Wrx Sti with all the main cast on the car and decals as well. They should call it the Wrx Sti Mahou Shoujo Edition.
R1s, R2s and Legacies need love too...
you can't go forgetting us svx fans too!
Cutest?
Kinomoto Sakura FTW! :)
Aye, look. Lolis dressed as some magician show assistant. How nice isn't that?
Amen to that.
Glad I'm not alone ^^
Sid You won ^_^
Nice to bring back something long forgotten now and then :P
Long forgotten? No way I could ever forget Cardcaptor Sakura.
Tsubasa's Sakura was a total bore Mary Sue, we want our genki loli original Sakura back.
that's exactly what I was thinking. Complete rip off of Sakura's staff and the entirety of Tomoyo, including her headband. The fuck!
I love the Cardcaptor series to death, but where did that come from? Why are Cardcaptor fans so militant about their love of it? Or is it some creepy CLAMP cult-like fanaticism?
Anyway, I think GAINAX can do an amazing job with a full Magical Girl anime series. They put such a fun twist while making them a visual treat and they even made something like Hanamaru Youchien into something that is a joy to watch visually. Better than seeing other studios roll the dice every time they make a magical girl show for better or for worse.
"Militant?" Sounds like someone's a little butthurt :/
arrr too short i needz MOAR!!!
This is from Gainax?
How...normal.
"However, a continuation has already been hinted at, so this may yet prove both a new franchise and a new method of supporting anime production."
Don't worry, I'm sure the continuation will be a straight up mindfuck / troll anime.
Needs more FLY AWAY NOW...
Is there Yuri?
Yuri is in the heart of the beholder. <.<
You're telling us an unquestionable fact, my friend Aneko.
How can there be when there is a manga/anime ban on that theme? Ishihara MUST DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
when you think about it i think its one of the good point about the ban, since now they'll stop making bad anime where they just put fan service etc and no story......but yeah those will be missed too
Who needs customers, eh?
http://img1.sankakustatic.com/wp-content/gallery/cache/89802__468x_houkago-no-pleiades-mahou-shoujo-moe-image-gallery-010.jpg
Somwhow looks like Lelouch
haha it does.
Sankaku Complex, y u no cover Madoka?
Not ecchi enough
FUCK! We need English Subtitles...NOW!
so... adorable.... hrnnnggggh
yes in order to fulfill our needs......cuz of how this arouses me.............in more ways then 1
All 4 episodes are on anime44.com and youtube subbed now :)
Don't you mean all of the four episodes equal up to 22+ minutes?
Typo: "each 25 minutes long"
This is pretty cute. Hope someone subs it.
Thanks for informing us of this little jewel of an anime.
cutest mahou shoujo? maybe
best mahou shoujo? only one answer : MADOKA
madoka is meeting my magical girl quota for the year, sorry gainax.
Need an insulin shot now!
Ban this, Ishihara, and we'll REALLY gut you like a fish.
Who needs this when we have Madoka?
Because Madoka is GRIMDARK and you need something to recover from...
"it is comprised of only 4 episodes, each 25 minutes long"
together 25 minutes long *fixed*
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epic, I want this in our city
Will this be banned in Sweden?
cute or not, i'm not really that excited
i would prefer Madoka at any days, Badass mahou shoujo ftw
need subtitles now :x
Very cute mahou shoujo ONA.
Yeah and it's so fast that you can enjoy the story without a full 13 episodes season.
"Anime for busy people"
Makes me happy to be an Impreza RSTi owner :)
Someone picked these up fast up to 2
Episode Start 5 Minutes Later Episode End
Its like lovecraft lol make sense yet
A lot of shows lately are for the older group of anime watchers, this would not be a surprise.
You would think only little girls in Japan or wherever would watch these kind of shows right.
You might think that. I know otherwise.
...because little girls like panty shots?
Nah, its mainly lolicons who watch stuff like this.