About this episode

The hosts discuss the anime 'Wish Upon the Pleiades' and its implications on character development and Gainax's legacy.

We've finished Wish Upon the Pleiades which means we can finally lay Gainax to rest. Was their final produced anime any good? Was it way too straight for our liking? Did it make us want to go out an purchase a Subaru? Listen to find out!Anime Discussed: Wish Upon the Pleiades 7-12Next time: Akira + our year rankingsSend us your questions! You can email us at underthekotatsu.anime@gmail.com or DM us on twitter @underthekotatsu and on bluesky @underthekotatsu.bsky.social

People in this episode

Hosts: Daniel, Austin, Danielle

Topics covered

• anime
• character development
• Gainax
• Wish Upon the Pleiades
• Subaru
• year rankings

Keywords

• anime
• Gainax
• Wish Upon the Pleiades
• character development
• Subaru
• Akira
• year rankings

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Gainax

Books & works: Wish Upon the Pleiades

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