Series synopsis
At the Mercy of the Sky, also known as 宙のまにまに is a Japanese animation comedy drama television series that premiered on AT-X on July 7, 2009. It ended on September 22, 2009. It stars Tomoaki Maeno, Kanae Itou, Haruka Tomatsu and Ami Koshimizu.
Saku Oyagi returns to his old hometown in order to start school at Soei High School. On the first day, he runs into an old childhood friend: a second year named Mihoshi Akeno. As children, the two used to play together, with Mihoshi, or Mii-chan, being extremely fond of astronomy. After convincing Saku to join the school's astronomy club, another girl, Hime Makita, joins the club in hopes of winning over Saku. This is the story of the 6 club members of the Soei High School Astronomy Club as the ...
Premise
Saku Oyagi returns to his old hometown in order to start school at Soei High School. On the first day, he runs into an old childhood friend: a second year named Mihoshi Akeno. As children, the two used to play together, with Mihoshi, or Mii-chan, being extremely fond of astronomy. After convincing Saku to join the school's astronomy club, another girl, Hime Makita, joins the club in hopes of winning over Saku. This is the story of the 6 club members of the Soei High School Astronomy Club as they soar through their lives, each maturing and changing their outlooks on life.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Tomoaki Maeno as Saku Oyagi (voice)
- Kanae Itou as Mihoshi Akeno (voice)
- Haruka Tomatsu as Hime Makita (voice)
- Ami Koshimizu as Fumie 'Fumin' Kotozuka (voice)
- Junji Majima as Takeyasu Roma (voice)
Guest cast
- Saori Hayami as Sayo Yarai (voice)
- Reiko Takagi as Masashi Edogawa (voice)
- Chiang Li-mei as Haruko Hatori (voice)
- Nozomi Sasaki as Izumi (voice)
- Binbin Takaoka as Shinji Morooka (voice)
- Mai Fuchigami as Mayu (voice)
- Masaya Matsukaze as Nozomu Soma (voice)
- Aki Toyosaki as Aiko Washita (voice)
- Fujiwara Yuki as Boy (voice)
- Kiyohito Yoshikai as Kazuomi Akeno (voice)
- Minako Kotobuki as Emily (voice)
- Takuma Terashima as Haraguchi (voice)
Episodes
This series spans 2 seasons with 20 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 8 | September 2, 2009 | September 29, 2010 |
| Season 1 | 12 | July 7, 2009 | September 22, 2009 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Summer Memories DVD 1 Special. |
September 2, 2009 |
| 2 |
Heartpounding Constellation Meteor Shower DVD 2 Special. Original Music Video. Mihoshi Version. |
September 25, 2009 |
| 3 |
The Meteor Distance DVD 3 Special. |
October 21, 2009 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Welcome to the Astronomy Club! After having moved away several years earlier, Saku Oyagi returns to his hometown to begin his high school life. Saku has always enjoyed simply staying home and reading books, but his childhood friend Mihoshi Akeno used to forcibly take him outside to take part in various activities. On their last day together, Mihoshi fell out of a tree, causing Saku to go to the hospital with a broken arm, and since then Saku has never wanted to see Mihoshi again. However on his first day at high school, he meets Mihoshi as she is trying to recruit members into the astronomy club. Saku attempts to avoid her as well he can, but after Saku realizes that the reason Mihoshi did not see him off years ago was because she too was in the hospital, Saku makes up with Mihoshi, and joins the astronomy club. |
July 7, 2009 |
| 2 |
First Star No one besides Saku has joined the astronomy club, so recruiting tactics are still going on. Hime Makita from Saku's class is annoyed that Mihoshi and other astronomy members come to their class so often when she would rather spend some time alone with Saku. Hime met him on the bus to take the entrance exam of the school they now attend, and was thrilled to see they were put in the same class. After Hime finds out that Saku and Mihoshi are not dating, Hime joins the astronomy club, which finally becomes officially recognized. Another day, the astronomy club members go stargazing far from the city's lights. |
July 14, 2009 |
| 3 |
Planetarium Mihoshi has been bothering Saku too much lately so he takes a break from the club and goes to the library where he meets the student council president Fumie Kotozuka by chance. After talking with her, Saku realizes Mihoshi is merely expressing her feelings honestly like she always has and Saku agrees to accompany her with stargazing. However, the rainy season begins causing Mihoshi to get very depressed over the cloudy skies. With Saku's suggestion, the astronomy club goes to the planetarium and are shown the summer constellations. After the rain ends, Mihoshi wants the club to go on a summer stargazing camp. |
July 21, 2009 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | AT-X |
|---|---|
| First aired | July 7, 2009 |
| Last aired | September 22, 2009 |
| Runtime | 24 minutes |
| Status | Ended |