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is a Japanese media franchise created by
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and owned by ForwardWorks, at the time a subsidiary of
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. It primarily consists of a smartphone game, released for
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and
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on September 28, 2017. A Microsoft Windows version by
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was originally announced to be released in Q2 2018, but was ultimately never launched. The game's service ended on May 7, 2019. An
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television series adaptation by
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aired from October 4 to December 20, 2018.
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have licensed the series.


Characters

; : :A 17-year-old girl from
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who went to the city of
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to pursue her dream of becoming a space fisherman. She is very fond of her grandmother, who had raised her as her parents had separated when she was young, as well as cute things such as cats. ; : :A 17-year-old girl from Onomichi who is the most experienced of the group. She initially dislikes Haru due to Haru failing in her first fishing mission. Her favorite food is pancakes. She is descended from the Murakami Navy, a 16th-century navy of seafaring pirates who were active in the
Seto Inland Sea The , sometimes shortened to the Inland Sea, is the body of water separating Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu, three of the four main islands of Japan. It serves as a waterway connecting the Pacific Ocean to the Sea of Japan. It connects to Osaka Ba ...
. ; : :A 16-year-old
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'' girl from
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who joins the group after saving them when a training session went wrong. She calls herself a "spy" and came to Japan in order to find out about Japan's space fishing technology. ; : :A 17-year-old girl from
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who has a shy personality. It is revealed that she decided to become a space fisherman in order to find information on her older brother, who had disappeared in a fishing expedition years before. She is also initially afraid of water due to an incident during her childhood, but later overcomes this fear. ; : :A 17-year-old girl from
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who joined the group at the same time as Haru. She is fond of outdoor activities such as cycling. She also used to date older men as a result of her father, who works in the
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, frequently being away from home. It is later revealed that her father had covered up the disappearance of Maiko's brother during the first space fishing expedition. ; : :A 16-year-old girl from
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who is descended from a line of swordsmiths. She decided to become a space fisherman despite having a fear of water because she wanted to prove her abilities to her family.


Media


Manga

A
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adaptation was serialized by
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in their ''
Dengeki Daioh is a Japanese shōnen manga magazine published by ASCII Media Works (formerly MediaWorks) under the ''Dengeki'' brand. Many manga serialized in ''Dengeki Daioh'' were later published in ''tankōbon'' volumes under ASCII Media Works' Dengeki Comi ...
'' magazine between September 2017 and November 2018. The series was compiled into two ''
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'' volumes.


Anime

An anime television series adaptation was announced on July 25, 2017. Atsushi Nigorikawa directed the anime at
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, and Takashi Yamada is in charge of series composition. Shūhei Yamamoto drawn the character designs. The series aired from October 4 to December 20, 2018, on
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and other channels. The opening theme is by
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,
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, and Momoko Suzuki under their character names, and the ending theme is by
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. The series ran for 12 episodes.
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streamed the series, while Sentai Filmworks have licensed the series.


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