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Stellvia of the Universe is an
anime series which takes place in the near future. In the year 2167 AD
Earth was devastated by a powerful shockwave caused by a nearby star
having gone
supernova. Now 189 years after the shockwave and civilization has been
rebuilt with humanity united together to face the coming of the second
shockwave of the supernova. The second shockwave unlike the first contains
a great deal of matter composed of the remnants of the star itself.
Characters
Katase 'Shipon' Shima
Japanese
Seiyuu:
Nonaka Ai
The hero of the story is Shima (or 'Shipon' as she is dubbed by Alisa)
who joined the Stellvia foundation's space program so that she could "see
the stars while looking forward, rather than having to look up".
After a rocky start to her training, during which she was dead last in
her class at piloting, she took the advice of Otoyama Kouta and realized
she was trying to keep track of far too much information on her ship
displays. Her piloting improved dramatically as a result.
Despite her early setbacks as a pilot, her programming abilities were
top notch from the very start, and she would later learn to combine the
two in order to become even more formidable in the cockpit.
Otoyama Kouta
Japanese Seiyuu:
Mizushima Takahiro
Kouta is a bit of an enigma. He and Shipon have developed a romantic
relationship but there's still a lot about him that is not known. He has
an older sister who runs an astrological observatory in Japan. He
consistently achieves rank C in every class, without exception, regardless
of how easy or hard the subject is. And when he was warned of the
possibility of Ayaka attacking Shipon during training, he displayed
extraordinary piloting abilities beyond what his ship should have been
capable of handling.
Arisa Glennorth
Japanese Seiyuu:
Matsuoka Yuki
Shipon's best friend at the Stellvia foundation. They met on the
shuttle up to the station from Earth, and found themselves rooming
together and in the same class as well. Though Alisa is nowhere near
Shipon in academic or piloting ability, she finds Shipon to be an
inspiration to improve herself, and counts herself as Shipon's #1 fan.
Kazamatsuri Rinna
Japanese Seiyuu:
Hirohashi Ryou
A transfer student from the Ultima foundation, Rinna considers Shipon
to be her chief rival as well as a good friend. Rinna is a few years
younger than Shipon and most of the other students, but because there are
few children at Ultima (it being the newest of the foundations, and still
incomplete), she had little to do with herself but play with simulators.
As a result, she's far better at piloting and zero-G movement than most
people years older than her.
Fujisawa Yayoi
Japanese Seiyuu:
Orikasa Fumiko
One of the older students in Shipon's class, Yayoi had been in
Stellvia's training program 2 years before, but left after a flight
training accident. She was saved by Machida Ayaka... but it turned out the
"accident" was also intentionally caused by Ayaka in the first place.
Recognizing the signs of another "accident" when Ayaka took Shipon out
to train alone, she warned Otoyama Kouta of what might be about to happen.
Kouta was able to prevent another trajedy.
Despite the attacks on herself and Shipon, Yayoi defended Ayaka when it
looked like she might face explusion from Stellvia. Why she was willing to
do this has not yet been explained.
Tayama Akira
Japanese Seiyuu:
Tanaka Rie
A quiet and somewhat taciturn member of Shipon's class, Akira is
Yayoi's roommate. Though she becomes irritated easily when around people
too much, she seems to be learning to enjoy spending time with Yayoi,
Shipon, Alisa and the others of their group. Later on, she starts dating
Joy James.
Machida Ayaka
Japanese Seiyuu:
Toyoguchi Megumi
One of the Big Four of Stellvia, older students who are at the top of
their classes, Ayaka is competative in the extreme. She has something of
an inferiority complex which drives her to be the absolute best, and she
can't tolerate seeing others better than her.
2 years in the past, when Yayoi was her classmate, she arranged an
accident to ensure her own position at the top of the class. Things went a
little out of hand, however, and it looked like Yayoi might lose her life,
so Ayaka rescued her. Yayoi was hospitalized and traumatized, and left
Stellvia for a time. Now with Katase Shima looking like she would surpass
Ayaka as well, the same thing almost happened. Had Yayoi not returned to
Stellvia and recognized the danger Shipon might be in, Ayaka might have
seriously injured or even killed her. Due to Yayoi's defence, Ayaka was
not expelled from Stellvia, but was suspended for a time.
Richard James
Japanese Seiyuu:
Hori Katsunosuke
Head Teacher of Stellvia's Space Academy. He is also the one who
conducted the entrance interview for Shima. He is avuncular and usually
takes the optimistic view of events. Richard also encourages his peers to
put more trust in the prep students when events put them in critical
situations.
Carl Hutter
Japanese Seiyuu:
Tanaka Masahiko
A teacher at Stellvia's Space Academy who appears unemotional and calm
all the time. Usually, Hutter plays the Devil's Advocate against Richard
James' optimism. He is revealed to have a more exotic origin later on in
the series.
Shirogane Jinrai
Japanese Seiyuu:
Fujiwara Keiji
A teacher at Stellvia's Space Academy who appears to be teaching a
science subject. He is particularly obsessed with Astroball, (a game that
has some similarities with hockey), which he played in his student days at
Stellvia. Passionate and determined, Jinrai becomes more than a mere
teacher later on in the series.
Leila Balt
Japanese Seiyuu:
Shindou Naomi
Instructor in charge of Pilot Training at Stellvia. She used to be an
elite pilot, and spent some time wallowing in despair after losing the
"elite" tag. However, she has since recovered from that (after an incident
on a space station that was under construction) and chose to become an
instructor at Stellvia.
Joy Jones
Japanese Seiyuu:
Suyama Akio
Another of Shipon's classmates, JJ (as he is called) is loud and
enthusiastic. He is not very good in his studies nor pilot training and
sometimes get needled because of it. Neverthless, he is not
one-dimensional and eventually starts dating Akira later on in the series.
Najima Gable
Japanese Seiyuu:
Paku Romi
Pierre Takida
Japanese Seiyuu:
Ueda Yuji
Another of Shipon's classmates, Pierre is good looking and a big
talker, but doesn't seem to have a lot more than that going for him. He is
interested in Yayoi, though it's not clear what her feelings for him may
be. He confessed his feelings to her and was turned down, but Yayoi later
hinted he might still have some hope.
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