Series synopsis
Manabi Straight!, also known as がくえんゆーとぴあ まなびストレート！ is a Japanese animation comedy television series that premiered on TV Tokyo on January 8, 2007. It ended on March 26, 2007. It stars Yui Horie, Ai Nonaka, Aya Hirano and Marina Inoue.
The year is 2035 and schools have been suffering due to declining birthrate, having forced many of them to close. An energetic girl named Manami Amamiya transfers to a new school where she quickly becomes the student council president and starts to bring back vigor in the students' lives.
Premise
The year is 2035 and schools have been suffering due to declining birthrate, having forced many of them to close. An energetic girl named Manami Amamiya transfers to a new school where she quickly becomes the student council president and starts to bring back vigor in the students' lives.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Yui Horie as Manami Amamiya (voice)
- Ai Nonaka as Mika Inamori (voice)
- Aya Hirano as Mei Etoh (voice)
- Marina Inoue as Mutsuki Uehara (voice)
- Saki Fujita as Momoha Odori (voice)
Episodes
This series spans 2 seasons with 13 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 1 | October 10, 2007 | October 10, 2007 |
| Season 1 | 12 | January 8, 2007 | March 26, 2007 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
It's Summer! It's Manabi! It's a Training Camp! It’s summertime and the whole Student Council decided to go to a summer trip, for relaxation and ideas for the Festival. Their plans though quickly go wrong when the area they where to visit is under heavy rain and they are caught unprepared. Forced to change their hotels, they learn that wherever they go they have fun as good friends, location doesn’t matter. The setting for the episode is between episode 6 and 7. |
October 10, 2007 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Extraterrestrial Manami Appears Manami Amamiya transfers to the all-girl Seioh Private High School and arrives with a bang. Before long, Manami is elected the student council president due to her vigorous personality. |
January 8, 2007 |
| 2 |
Go Straight Manami and Mika start to clean up the student council room but after initially finding it a daunting task, Mutsuki, Momoha, and even Mei help out to turn the room into a café where the students in the school can hang out. |
January 15, 2007 |
| 3 |
Too Late on Monday As an effort to get the other schools to work together, Manami plans a dodgeball tournament. Afterwards, when the student councils from the five participating schools meet, they start to discuss what to do for their respective upcoming school festivals. Manami initially gets discouraged that she isn't able to help very much during the discussion. |
January 22, 2007 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | TV Tokyo |
|---|---|
| First aired | January 8, 2007 |
| Last aired | March 26, 2007 |
| Runtime | 24 minutes |
| Status | Ended |