Series synopsis
Ground Control to Psychoelectric Girl, also known as 電波女と青春男 is a Japanese animation comedy drama sci-fi & fantasy television series that premiered on TBS on April 15, 2011. It ended on July 1, 2011. It stars Miyu Irino, Asuka Ohgame, Ai Nonaka and Emiri Kato.
The story revolves around a highschool boy named Niwa Makoto. He lives with his aunt's family since his parents are away on business. It is there where he meets his mysterious cousin of the same age Touwa Erio — who happens to tie a futon mattress around her upper body and is a self-proclaimed alien. Her staple food is pizza. Erio had been missing for half a year and was found floating in the sea. She doesn't remember anything about what happened during that period of time, but she began to thin ...
Premise
The story revolves around a highschool boy named Niwa Makoto. He lives with his aunt's family since his parents are away on business. It is there where he meets his mysterious cousin of the same age Touwa Erio — who happens to tie a futon mattress around her upper body and is a self-proclaimed alien. Her staple food is pizza. Erio had been missing for half a year and was found floating in the sea. She doesn't remember anything about what happened during that period of time, but she began to think that it was the act of an alien and wanders the neighbourhood wrapped in the futon.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Miyu Irino as Niwa Makoto (voice)
- Asuka Ohgame as Touwa Erio (voice)
- Ai Nonaka as Touwa Meme (voice)
- Emiri Kato as Mifune Ryuuko (voice)
- Mai Fuchigami as Maekawa-san (voice)
- Yuka Iguchi as Hoshimiya Yashiro (voice)
Episodes
This series spans 2 seasons with 13 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 1 | February 8, 2012 | February 8, 2012 |
| Season 1 | 12 | April 15, 2011 | February 8, 2012 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Midnight Sun Makoto goes to the summer festival with Ryūko. Afterwards, as promised, he meets up with Erio in an old temple to look at the stars. As they watch the Perseid meteor shower, Yashiro appears to declare that she will leave but not before showing her esper powers. She tells Makoto to step back, and shortly afterwards a meteorite falls in the exact spot where he was previously standing, destroying the torii. He is left with just a small injury and becomes bewildered wondering if Yashiro was actually an esper and/or an alien and that he can't say for sure that aliens and espers are unreal. |
February 8, 2012 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
City of Aliens High school boy Makoto Niwa transfers to a new city, where he is introduced to his aunt, Meme Tōwa. Dreaming of living in a student home by himself, Makoto discovers the house is also inhabited by a girl wrapped up in a futon mattress, who is introduced as Meme's daughter and Makoto's cousin, Erio. After enrolling into his new school, Makoto tries to get to know Erio, who mostly speaks in confusing scientific jargon. While taking her to a supermarket, Makoto is able to undo the mattress, revealing Erio as a beautiful blue haired girl, who claims to be an investigator descended from aliens, and claiming that the Earth is being targeted. |
April 15, 2011 |
| 2 |
Reverie of My Disappearing Adolescence Makoto spends the night eating convenience store dinners with Erio. The next day, Makoto rides home from school with his strange classmate, Ryūko Mifune. The following day, he gets acquainted with another classmate, Maekawa, who gets dizzy if she holds her arms above her head for more than 10 seconds. Later that night, Makoto goes with Erio to the beach, where she randomly walks into the sea, claiming she can fly. On their way back, they run into Maekawa, who reveals that Erio was a former student in their school who disappeared for half a year. Meme later reveals that Erio has no memories of the half a year she was gone and had started to believe in aliens. She also mentions Erio broke her leg while trying to fly on her bike, which caused her to start wrapping in her futon. |
April 22, 2011 |
| 3 |
A Strange Moment for the Girl Bound to the Ground Makoto goes on a day out with Ryūko, who explains her stance on mysteries. Makoto relays what Meme had told him to Erio, though she seems reluctant to respond. Later, Meme tells Makoto not to get involved with Erio. Though he still wants to help her, Makoto decides to dispel her belief in aliens as the first step. He attempts this by taking her on her old bike and riding off a hill to disprove her ability to fly. The hill turns out to be a bit too steep, and they both go flying into the sea. Erio starts to come to terms with her being a simple Earthling and manages to introduce herself properly to Makoto. |
April 29, 2011 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | TBS |
|---|---|
| First aired | April 15, 2011 |
| Last aired | July 1, 2011 |
| Runtime | 24 minutes |
| Status | Ended |
| Schedule | Tuesday at 10:00:00 |