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Celestial Method (TV)

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Alternative title:
Sora no Method
天体のメソッド (Japanese)
Themes: School
Plot Summary: Nonoka and her father return to Lake Kiriya City after years in Tokyo, and discover a strange, hovering disk hangs over the city. Before the family moved, Nonoka's mother was alive but she and her father are returning without her. Nonoka also meets the equally mysterious girl Noel, who seems somehow tied to the disk and promises to grant the grieving Nonoka's wishes.
User Ratings: 162 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 3 votes (sub:2, raw:1)
 Excellent: 13 votes (sub:13)
 Very good: 26 votes (sub:25, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Good: 44 votes (sub:42, dub:1, others:1
1 Korean subtitled
)
 Decent: 35 votes (sub:33, dub:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 So-so: 22 votes (sub:18, raw:1, others:3
2 Portuguese subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Not really good: 6 votes (sub:6)
 Weak: 8 votes (sub:7, others:1
1 Korean subtitled
)
 Bad: 5 votes (sub:5)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 304 users, rank: #2987 (of 9583)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.426 (Decent+), std. dev.: 1.7242, rank: #5994 (of 9705)
Weighted mean: 6.391 (Decent+), rank: #6001 (of 9705) (seen all: 6.59 / seen some: 4.67 / won't finish: 4.57)
Bayesian estimate: 6.477 (Decent+), rank: #5274 (of 7286)
Running time: 23 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 13
Episode titles: We have 13
Vintage: 2014-10-05
Opening Theme:
"Stargazer" by Larval Stage Planning
Ending Theme:
"Hoshikuzu no Interlude" (星屑のインターリュード) by fhana
#1: "Hoshikuzu no Interlude (星屑のインターリュード)" by fhána (eps 1-6, 8-10, 12-13)
#2: "Hoshi no Kakera (ホシノカケラ)" by fhána (ep 7)
#3: "Sora no Method ~Quote from Stardust Interlude~ (天体のメソッド~Quote from Stardust Interlude~)" by fhána (ep 11)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Celestial Method (Sub.Blu-ray) 2016-03-22 (from $19.81)
DVD (Region 1)
    Celestial Method (Sub.DVD) 2016-03-22 (from $19.05)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Masayuki Sakoi
Screenplay: Naoki Hisaya
Storyboard:
Hiroyuki Shimazu (6 episodes
eps 4, 6-7, 9-10, 12
)

Masayuki Sakoi (OP; 6 episodes
eps 1, 3, 5, 8, 11, 13
)

Ryōma Ebata (ED)
Shin Wakabayashi (ep 2)
Episode Director:
Hiroshi Ikehata (eps 7, 11)
Hitomi Ezoe (ep 6)
Masaki Tachibana (ep 12)
Masayuki Sakoi (OP; eps 1, 13)
Mitsutaka Noshitani (eps 3, 10)
Ryōma Ebata (ED)
Takashi Kawabata (ep 8)
Takayuki Kitagawa (ep 9)
Takeyuki Sadohara (ep 4)
Takuma Suzuki (ep 2)
Yasushi Muroya (ep 5)
Music: Tatsuya Katō
Original Concept: Naoki Hisaya
Original Character Design: QP:flapper
Character Design: Yukie Akiya
Art Director: Hiroshi Itō
Chief Animation Director:
Yousuke Okuda
Yukie Akiya
Animation Director:
Ai Yamazaki (ep 8)
Hideaki Shimada (ep 4)
Hiroki Saitō (ep 4)
Hiromi Nakagawa (eps 7, 11)
Hiroyuki Saita (ep 5)
Keiko Yamamoto (ep 4)
Ken Mukaigawara (eps 8, 10)
Kenji Terao (ep 6)
Madoka Ozawa (ep 5)
Mai Toda (ep 5)
Masashi Wakayama (eps 2, 9, 13)
Miyuki Koga (eps 2, 11)
Mizuka Takahashi (ep 2)
Ripa (eps 2, 9, 13)
Ryōma Ebata (ED)
Shiho Tanaka (eps 9, 11)
Yukari Takeuchi (ep 3)
Yukiko Furusawa (eps 1-2, 7, 12)
Sound Director: Jin Aketagawa
Director of Photography:
Kazuto Izumita (T2 studio)
Executive producer:
Akio Maeda (Bandai Visual)
Hideki Shinmura (Sony PCL)
Hideyuki Nanba (Sotsu)
Hisato Usui (Showgate)
Shigeru Saitō (Lantis)
Takanori Aki (Good Smile Company)
Yoshiyuki Matsunaga (Cospa)
3D CG: Hisashi Akimoto (T2 studio)
Art Setting: Kazushige Kanehira
Assistant Animation Director:
Asuka Kurokawa (ep 8)
Eri Tokugawa (eps 6, 8)
Hiromi Nakagawa (ep 2)
Hiroshi Tatezaki (ep 12)
Hisae Ikezu (eps 5, 7, 11)
Ippei Masui (eps 8, 10)
Keiko Yamamoto (eps 6, 8)
Keita Nagasaka (eps 1-2, 5, 11)
Mariko Goto (eps 6, 10)
Masashi Wakayama (ep 11)
Miyuki Koga (eps 12-13)
Reiko Nozaki (ep 7)
Ripa (eps 1, 5, 11)
Ryousuke Sekiguchi (ep 12)
Sachiko Hakubai (ep 1)
Sakurako Sagano (ep 6)
Shiho Tanaka (ep 13)
Shōta Ihata (eps 7, 12)
Tomoyuki Kawanishi (ep 6)
Yoshie Anzai (ep 6)
Yuka Hasegawa (ep 12)
Yukari Kobayashi (ep 8)
Yusuke Adachi (ep 12)
Associate producer:
Fumiki Yamazaki (Showgate)
Masuhiro Kinoshita (Sony PCL)
Motoki Mukaichi (Bandai Visual)
Color design: Rie Katō
Editing:
Gō Sadamatsu (Satelight)
In-Between Animation:
Ayaka Inaba (Wish; ep 2)
Hideaki Nagata (Studio Boomerang; ep 2)
Mao Yumoto (Wish; ep 2)
Miyuki Hara (ep 2)
Rika Tanaka (Wish; ep 2)
Sumio Kawasaki (Studio Boomerang; ep 2)
Tomoko Fukushima (Studio Boomerang; ep 2)
Key Animation:
Akiko Matsuo (ep 11)
Akiko Seki (ep 7)
Akira Hamaguchi (ep 2)
Akira Ono (ep 13)
Akira Tabata (eps 5, 9)
Asuka Hayashi (ep 9)
Asuka Kurokawa (ep 3)
Atsushi Usui (ep 9)
Ayako Tanaka (ep 2)
Chiaki Abe (eps 1, 9)
Emi Kojima (eps 3, 8)
Eri Akazawa (ep 1)
Eri Nakajima (Studio Live; ep 1)
Hiromi Masuda (ep 1)
Hirotaka Nii (eps 5, 13)
Hiroyuki Itai (ep 6)
Hiroyuki Okuno (eps 2, 7, 9)
Hiroyuki Saita (ep 5)
Hisako Tsurukubo (eps 1, 7)
Kaori Higuchi (ep 2)
Katsuhiko Kitada (ep 2)
Katsunori Shibata (ep 2)
Kazuyoshi Yaginuma (ep 13)
Keita Nagasaka (eps 1-2, 7, 13)
Kenta Taniguchi (ep 2)
Kiyotaka Oshiyama (ep 13)
Kōji Miura (ep 4)
Kōta Sera (ep 17)
Kou Yoshinari (Studio Silver; ep 13)
Kouhei Hashimoto (ep 6)
Kumiko Kakoi (ep 4)
Mai Toda (eps 1, 5)
Maki Ando (ep 3)
Mamiko Nakanishi (eps 9, 13)
Mariko Aoki (ep 5)
Mariko Goto (ep 10)
Mariko Iwasaki (ep 9)
Masashi Wakayama (ep 9)
Masato Numazu (eps 9, 13)
Masayuki Nonaka (eps 1-2)
Masumi Kōketsu (eps 3-4)
Miho Kawasaki (ep 3)
Mizuka Takahashi (ep 2)
Momoko Minegishi (ep 9)
Naomi Okita (eps 2, 7)
Naoto Yoshida (eps 3-4)
Noriyasu Murata (eps 5, 13)
Rika Satō (eps 3-4)
Ryōma Ebata (ED)
Sakurako Sagano (ep 3)
Saori Hosoda (ep 4)
Satoshi Hirayama (ep 7)
Shiho Tanaka (ep 5)
Shingo Nakamura (ep 7)
Shinichi Iimura (ep 4)
Shinichi Yoshikawa (ep 13)
Shinya Uchida (ep 9)
Shūji Takahara (ep 7)
Shunichirō Taniguchi (ep 7)
Takashi Yamamoto (ep 13)
Takayuki Kitagawa (eps 1, 7)
Tatsuya Miki (ep 7)
Tatsuya Urano (eps 7, 13)
Tokuyuki Matsutake (ep 1)
Tomoko Nitta (ep 5)
Toshihiko Masuda (ep 3)
Toshihiro Kikuchi (ep 1)
Tsutomu Kikuchi (ep 13)
Tsuyoshi Kakihara (ep 2)
Yasuko Miyazaki (ep 7)
Yoshie Anzai (eps 6, 8)
Yoshihiro Taniguchi (ep 5)
Yoshimi Imagawa (ep 6)
Yuka Hasegawa (eps 5, 9)
Yukari Kobayashi (ep 4)
Yukie Yoshioka (ep 9)
Yukihiro Urata (eps 5, 9)
Yukiko Furusawa (ep 1)
Yumiko Tachibana (eps 5, 13)
Yuta Tsuchiya (ep 1)
Yuta Yamazaki (ep 2)
Prop Design: Yukiko Furusawa
Theme Song Composition: Junichi Satou (ED)
Theme Song Performance:
fhána (ED)
Larval Stage Planning (OP)
Inori Minase as Noel
Shiina Natsukawa as Nonoka Komiya

Aki Toyosaki as Yuzuki Mizusaka
Haruka Yoshimura as Koharu Shiihara
Hiroshi Tsuchida as Shūichi Komiya
Kaito Ishikawa as Sōta Mizusaka
Mikako Komatsu as Shione Togawa

Ai Kayano as Kaori Komiya (Nonoka's mother)
Aya Endō as Yuzuki's mother (ep 5)
Genki Muro as
Student (ep 10)
Tourist (ep 4)
Hitomi Ohwada as Student (ep 9)
Ikuji Nose as
Student (ep 3) 
Teacher (ep 3)
Juri Kimura as Student (ep 4)
Kanehira Yamamoto as Tourist (ep 4)
Kōhei Amasaki as Student (eps 4, 10)
Mari Hino as Announcer (ep 11)
Mariko Higashiuchi as Child (ep 13)
Megumi Han as Sōta Mizusaka (young)
Miho Wataya as Resident (ep 12)
Reina Ueda as Student (ep 4)
Rie Takahashi as Student (ep 9)
Rina Satō as Koharu's mother (ep 5)
Ryōsuke Kanemoto as Official (ep 6)
Seiichirō Yamashita as Student (eps 3, 9)
Shiori Matsuda as Waitress (ep 6)
Taishi Murata as Student (eps 3, 8-9, 11)
Takatsugu Awazu as Receptionist (ep 5)
Tomo Muranaka as Teacher (ep 3)
Japanese companies
3DCGI: T2 Studio
Animation Direction: J-Cube Animation (eps 8, 10)
Animation Production: Studio 3Hz
Art Direction: Kusanagi
Art Setting: Kusanagi
Editing: Satelight
Key Animation:
Hanil Animation (eps 3, 6)
J-Cube Animation (ep 4)
Silver (ep 13)
Studio Live (ep 1)
YABES (eps 3-4, 10)
Music Production: Lantis
Photography: T2 Studio
Photography Direction: T2 Studio
Production Cooperation: Magic Bus (5 episodes
eps 3-4, 6, 8, 10
)

Video Editing: Sony PCL
English staff
English cast
Translation: Jennifer Challenger
Executive producer:
Eiichi Takahashi
John Ledford
Producer: John Ledford

Menu Design: Larry Koteff
Packaging Design: Larry Koteff
Production Coordination: Janice Williams
Production manager: Luke Patterson
Subtitling: Cayla Coats
Technical Assistant: Michael Olesch
(none)
English companies
Broadcaster: Aniplus Asia
Internet Streaming:
Crunchyroll
HIDIVE (Subtitled)
The Anime Network
Licensed by: Sentai Filmworks
French staff
French companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: Anime Digital Network
French cast
(none)

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