| Rocket Girls | |
| ロケットガール (Roketto Gāru) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Adventure, Comedy, Science fiction |
| Light novel | |
| Written by | Hōsuke Nojiri |
| Published by | Fujimi Shobo |
| English publisher | Viz Media |
| Magazine | Monthly Dragon Magazine |
| Demographic | Male |
| 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 DLE |
| 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 Japanese light novel series 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 a private Japanese space company called the Solomon Space Association when it is unable to build a rocket that can lift the weight of an adult male.
Rocket Girls was adapted into a 12-episode anime television series that aired between February and May 2007. It was produced with the assistance of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, which included astronaut Naoko Yamazaki voicing herself in Episode 7.[1] Bandai Entertainment had the license and released a subtitled-only Complete Collection DVD on October 28, 2008, before it closed its doors in 2011. Sentai Filmworks announced on September 27, 2018, that it would release the series on a subtitled-only SD-BD set on January 15, 2019.[2]