The Girl Who Leapt Through Space

The Girl Who Leapt Through Space
Promotional image of the main characters (front to back): Akiha Shishido, Itsuki Kannagi, and Honoka Kawai
宇宙をかける少女
(Sora o Kakeru Shōjo)
GenreComedy, Mecha
Created byHajime Yatate
Light novel
Sora Kake Girl Prologue: Akiha
Written byHajime Yatate (original author)
Ryō Suzukaze (story)
Illustrated byKazuyuki Yoshizumi
Published byIchijinsha
MagazineChara Mel
PublishedDecember 25, 2008
Anime television series
Directed byMasakazu Obara
Produced byNaotake Furusato
Written byJukki Hanada (1-14)
Tatsuto Higuchi (9-26)
Music byKenichi Sudo
Tomoki Kikuya
StudioSunrise
Licensed by
Original networkTV Tokyo, AT-X, TV Aichi, TV Osaka
Original run January 5, 2009 June 29, 2009
Episodes26 (List of episodes)
Manga
Sora Kake Girl R
Written byKunihiko Okada
Illustrated byKabocha
Published byIchijinsha
MagazineComic Rex
DemographicShōnen
Original runMarch 2009March 2010
Volumes2
Manga
Sora Kake Girl D
Published byASCII Media Works
MagazineDengeki Daioh
DemographicShōnen
Original runApril 2009January 2010
Volumes1
Light novel
Written byTsukasa Seo
Illustrated byKazuyuki Yoshizumi
Published byIchijinsha
ImprintIchijinsha Bunko
DemographicMale
Original runJune 20, 2009August 20, 2009
Volumes2

The Girl Who Leapt Through Space (Japanese: 宇宙をかける少女, Hepburn: Sora o Kakeru Shōjo, lit. "The Spacefaring Girl" and also abbreviated as "Sora Kake Girl") is a Japanese anime television series, created and produced by Sunrise. Based on the original concept by the Sunrise animation staff, the series is directed by Masakazu Obara and written by Jukki Hanada, overseeing a team of animators noted for their previous work on My-HiME and My-Otome.

The anime began airing in Japan on the TV Tokyo television network on January 5, 2009. The series is set in the far future where humans now live in space colonies orbiting far from Earth. A manga adaptation, Sora Kake Girl R, began serialization in the March 2009 issue of Ichijinsha's Comic Rex, and another manga, Sora Kake Girl D, began serialization in the April 2009 issue of ASCII Media Works' Dengeki Daioh. A light novel adaptation began serialization in Ichijinsha's Chara Mel in December 2008, and an Internet radio show has also been created.