Rocket Girls
| Rocket Girls | |
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ロケットガール (Roketto Gāru) |
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| Genre | Adventure, Comedy, Science fiction |
| Light novel | |
| Written by | Hōsuke Nojiri |
| Published by | Fujimi Shobo |
| English publisher | Viz Media |
| Demographic | Male |
| Magazine | Monthly Dragon Magazine |
| Original run | 25 March 1995 – 25 August 2007 |
| Volumes | 4 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Hiroshi Aoyama |
| Written by | Rika Nakase |
| Music by | Shinkichi Mitsumune |
| Studio | Mook Animation |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | WOWOW |
| Original run | 21 February 2007 – 17 May 2007 |
| Episodes | 12 |
Rocket Girls (ロケットガール Roketto Gāru?) is a light novel written 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 is adapted as a 12-episode anime television series that began airing in February 2007. It was produced with the assistance of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, which included astronaut Naoko Yamazaki voicing herself in Episode 7.
The LS-5 is a multistage expendable rocket used by the Solomon Space Association (SSA) to launch the first Japan 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 (CM) have been called Tanpopo and Coconut.
The LS-7 was a multistage expendable rocket used by the Solomon Space Association (SSA). However, after several failed launches, the rocket was retired and replaced by the older LS-5.
The anime adaption covers titles 1 and 2.
Viz Media released the first volume with English translation in 2010.
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