Series synopsis
Strawberry Panic, also known as ストロベリー・パニック is a Japanese animation drama television series that premiered on TV Osaka on April 3, 2006. It ended on September 25, 2006. It stars Ai Shimizu, Hitomi Nabatame, Mai Nakahara and Junko Noda.
Nagisa Aoi is a new transfer student into one of the three prestigious all-girls Catholic high schools on Astraea Hill: a school called St. Miator (the other two are St. Spica and St. Lelim (known in the anime as Le Rim, for some reason). While getting totally lost on her first day, she stumbles into a clearing with a tree, and also into a girl with long silver hair. Nagisa is immediately smitten with the girl, Shizuma Hanazono, otherwise known as the Etoile of the three schools (the most idoliz ...
Premise
Nagisa Aoi is a new transfer student into one of the three prestigious all-girls Catholic high schools on Astraea Hill: a school called St. Miator (the other two are St. Spica and St. Lelim (known in the anime as Le Rim, for some reason). While getting totally lost on her first day, she stumbles into a clearing with a tree, and also into a girl with long silver hair. Nagisa is immediately smitten with the girl, Shizuma Hanazono, otherwise known as the Etoile of the three schools (the most idolized girl). Shizuma, after picking up a figurine dropped by Nagisa, kisses her on the forehead, leading to Nagisa fainting. After waking up in the school's infirmary, Nagisa then meets her new roommate, Tamao Suzumi. Things, however, will be getting a lot more complicated for the new student than just that.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Ai Shimizu as Tamao Suzumi / Kizuna Hyuga
- Hitomi Nabatame as Shizuma Hanazono
- Mai Nakahara as Nagisa Aoi
- Junko Noda as Miyuki Rokujou
- Chiwa Saito as Chiyo Tsukidate
- Yokote Kumiko as Shion Toumori
- Miyu Matsuki as Hikari Konohana
- Natsuko Kuwatani as Yaya Nanto
Supporting cast
- Saki Nakajima as Chikaru Minamoto
- Sakura Nogawa as Tsubomi Okuwaka
- Saori Goto as Momomi Kiyashiki
- Sayaka Kinoshita as Kaname Kenjou
- Ui Miyazaki as Remon Natsume
- Yukari Fukui as Kagome Byakudan
- Yuhko Kaida as Amane Ootori
Guest cast
- Kotomi Iwamura as Kaori Sakuragi
- Tomoe Oumi
- Fuyuka Ono
- Shiho Kawaragi
- Rie Nakagawa
Episodes
This series spans 1 season with 26 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 26 | April 3, 2006 | September 25, 2006 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Cherry Blossom Hill Nagisa Aoi transfers to St. Miator Girl's Academy and gets acquainted with the school and fellow students, including Tamao Suzumi, her friendly (if somewhat overbearing) roommate, Miyuki Rokujou, the Miator student council president, and Shizuma Hanazono, the Etoile, whom Nagisa finds beautiful and intriguing but also frustrating and perplexing due to her forwardness in her advances. |
April 3, 2006 |
| 2 |
Étoile Tamao invites Nagisa to the Literature Club where she recites a poem she wrote about a rainbow. Shizuma misses an important lunch discussion. Nagisa and Shizuma have a couple chance encounters; Nagisa runs into Shizuma in a hallway where Shizuma flirts with and attempts to kiss her before being interrupted by the toll of a bell, and Nagisa later finds Shizuma with a young Miator student. After the latter event, Nagisa retreats to the library, and Shizuma follows, catching her and again attempting to kiss her before being interrupted. The Miator student council president scolds Shizuma for her behavior toward the new transfer student and for shirking her responsibilities as Etoile, but Shizuma brushes it off. |
April 10, 2006 |
| 3 |
Attic Nagisa is shown around the Strawberry Dorms by Tamao and two of their classmates, during which time Nagisa is surprised by Shizuma yet again, who continues to make advances; Nagisa realizes that she finds herself unable to move whenever Shizuma gazes at her. Shizuma retreats to avoid members of the student council. Later, Nagisa accidentally bursts into a student council presidents’ meeting in the midst of an argument over the Etoile’s continued absence. Lulim's student council president, Chikaru Minamoto, tells Nagisa that her interruption was a relief because it ended the argument regarding Shizuma’s absence early. She explains some responsibilities of the Etoile that Shizuma is shirking as well as some major differences between the three schools, explaining arguments between the other student council presidents. |
April 17, 2006 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | TV Osaka |
|---|---|
| First aired | April 3, 2006 |
| Last aired | September 25, 2006 |
| Runtime | 24 minutes |
| Status | Ended |