Japanese manga series
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![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a0/Astra_Lost_in_Space_volume_1_cover.jpg/220px-Astra_Lost_in_Space_volume_1_cover.jpg) First
tank?bon
volume cover, featuring Aries Spring (left) and Kanata Hoshijima (right)
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Genre
| Science fiction
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Written by
| Kenta Shinohara
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Published by
| Shueisha
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English publisher
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Imprint
| Jump Comics+
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Magazine
| Sh?nen Jump+
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Demographic
| Sh?nen
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Original run
| May 9, 2016
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December 30, 2017
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Volumes
| 5
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Directed by
| Masaomi And?
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Written by
| Norimitsu Kaih?
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Music by
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Studio
| Lerche
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Licensed by
| Crunchyroll
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Original network
| AT-X
,
Tokyo MX
,
TVA
,
KBS
,
SUN
,
BS11
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Original run
| July 3, 2019
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September 18, 2019
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Episodes
| 12
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Astra Lost in Space
(
Japanese
:
彼方のアストラ
,
Hepburn
:
Kanata no Asutora
)
is a Japanese
manga
series written and illustrated by
Kenta Shinohara
. It was serialized online from May 2016 to December 2017 via Shueisha's
Sh?nen Jump+
website/app. It was collected in five
tank?bon
volume.
Viz Media
published the series in English. An
anime
television series adaptation by
Lerche
aired from July to September 2019.
Plot
[
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In 2063, space travel has become possible and commercially viable; a group of students from Caird High School departs to the nearby planet of McPa for their Planetary Camp. Soon after the group arrives on the planet, the nine children encounter a mysterious and unforeseen intelligent sphere of light; it attacks them, transporting them into the distant depths of space. Floating in orbit around an unknown planet, they discover an old abandoned spacecraft nearby. Finding it in working order, they resolve to use the ship to return home. To do so, they must cross the 5,012-light-year gulf of space separating them from home by visiting alien planets, the names of which are all anagrams, harboring life to replenish and manage their limited resources.
The long and dangerous journey home aboard their vessel, which they name
Astra
, brings with it new character revelations, strengthening the bonds they share, and the eventual realization that the stakes of their journey are far higher than any of them could ever have realized.
Characters
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- Kanata Hoshijima
(
カナタ?ホシジマ
)
- Voiced by:
Y?suke Kobayashi
[2]
(drama CD),
Yoshimasa Hosoya
[3]
(anime) (Japanese);
Jessie James Grelle
[4]
(English)
- An optimistic guy with good athletic ability and captain in the
Astra
. While he has interest about space thanks to his now-deceased teacher, his father forced him to take a part in athletic activity. His lifelong dream is to be able to explore outer space while captaining his own ship.
- Aries Spring
(
アリエス?スプリング
,
Ariesu Supuringu
)
- Voiced by:
Ayaka Suwa
[2]
(drama CD),
Inori Minase
[3]
(anime) (Japanese);
Megan Shipman
[4]
(English)
- Aries sometimes acts like an airhead and sometimes has flashes of inspiration. She also has an
eidetic memory
. While her eyes are both green, her left eye color is slightly pale compared to the right one. She transferred to the school only a month before the trip.
- Luca Esposito
(
ルカ?エスポジト
,
Ruka Esupojito
)
- Voiced by:
Ayumu Murase
[2]
(drama CD),
Risae Matsuda
[5]
(anime) (Japanese); Ciaran Strange
[4]
(English)
- A naturally curious boy and a talented engineer capable of repairing any damage to the Astra. His father Marco is a controversial senator. It is later revealed that Luca is intersex, having an androgynous body with sexual characteristics of both sexes. Although he identifies himself as a boy, Luca notes that he does not really consider himself a man or a woman, and his identity can change.
- Charce Lacroix
(
シャルス?ラクロワ
,
Sharusu Rakurowa
)
- Voiced by:
S?ichir? Hoshi
[2]
(drama CD),
Nobunaga Shimazaki
[5]
(anime) (Japanese);
Jason Liebrecht
[4]
(English)
- A handsome, intelligent student botanist who uses his cooking and botany skills to ensure the crew is properly fed. Acts as Kanata's first mate. In reality, Charce is actually a member of the royal family of Vixia, sent to assassinate everyone utilizing a wormhole. However, upon meeting Aries and noticing her unique traits, he became convinced that she was a clone of his childhood friend, Seira, and so he changed his plan to bring her back alive.
- Quitterie Raffaelli
(
キトリ??ラファエリ
,
Kitor? Rafaeri
)
- Voiced by:
Lynn
[2]
(drama CD),
Tomoyo Kurosawa
[5]
(anime) (Japanese); Sakyiwaa Baah
[4]
(English)
- A rich heiress who is the daughter of a famous doctor. She finds it difficult to trust other people besides Zack, who is her childhood friend. She received very little attention from her mother. As a teenager during the 113 days in space, she was the
Astra
'
s ship "doctor".
- Zack Walker
(
ザック?ウォ?カ?
,
Zakku W?k?
)
- Voiced by:
Daiki Hamano
[2]
(drama CD),
Shunsuke Takeuchi
[5]
(anime) (Japanese); Aaron Roberts
[4]
(English)
- A cool and intelligent student who seeks to become a space explorer and has a space pilot license, making him the Astra's main pilot. His father works in the bio-technology industry who is currently working on a project with Quitterie's mother, thus making Quitterie and him childhood friends. His dream is to pilot his own ship with Kanata captaining.
- Funicia Raffaelli
(
フニシア?ラファエリ
,
Funishia Rafaeri
)
- Voiced by:
Aimi Tanaka
[2]
(drama CD),
Hina Kino
[5]
(anime) (Japanese);
Dani Chambers
[4]
(English)
- Nicknamed "Funi", she is Quitterie's adopted sister, who was adopted into the family after the death of her parents. She is a cheerful, positive girl who wants to get along with Quitterie. She carries around a puppet named Beego with her.
- Ulgar Zweig
(
ウルガ??ツヴァイク
,
Urug? Tsuvaiku
)
- Voiced by: Kyousuke Kitayama
[2]
(drama CD),
Koki Uchiyama
[5]
(anime) (Japanese); Christopher Dontrell Piper
[4]
(English)
- A quiet, antisocial, but highly intelligent boy who does not get along well with the rest of the crew. His father is the vice-principal of Caird High. He is good at handling a gun. His late older brother was a freelance journalist who stumbled upon a secret he should not have which resulted in his death, leading Ulgar to despise and hold revenge against Marco Esposito.
- Yun-Hua Lu
(
ユンファ?ル?
,
Yunfa R?
)
- Voiced by:
Saori Hayami
[5]
(anime) (Japanese);
Dawn M. Bennett
[4]
(English)
- A shy, quiet girl who constantly apologizes for everything she does as a result of being emotionally suppressed by her mother, Lucy Lum, a world famous singer. Yun-Hua has a great singing voice, but her mother constantly berated her and told her she should not bring attention to herself, so she distances herself as much as possible.
- Paulina Levinskaya
(
ポリ?ナ?リヴィンスカヤ
,
Por?na Rivinsukaya
)
- Voiced by:
Hitomi Nabatame
[6]
(anime) (Japanese);
Elizabeth Maxwell
[7]
(English)
- A woman whom the crew of the
Astra
discovers has been in cryosleep for twelve years on a ship of a similar but older model than the
Astra
. Her allies were killed, leaving her the only survivor of her crew. They were members of a planetary exploration team looking for other habitable planets.
Media
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Manga
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Astra Lost in Space
, written and illustrated by
Kenta Shinohara
, was serialized on
Shueisha
's digital magazine app and website
Sh?nen Jump+
from May 9, 2016, to December 30, 2017.
[8]
[9]
Shueisha collected its chapters in five
tank?bon
volumes, released from July 4, 2016, to February 2, 2018.
[10]
[11]
In North America, the manga was licensed for English release by
Viz Media
.
[12]
Volumes
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No.
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Original release date
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Original ISBN
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English release date
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English ISBN
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1
| July 4, 2016
[10]
| 978-4-08-880843-7
| December 5, 2017
[13]
| 978-1-4215-9694-5
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2
| November 4, 2016
[14]
| 978-4-08-880869-7
| March 6, 2018
[15]
| 978-1-4215-9695-2
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3
| April 4, 2017
[16]
| 978-4-08-881065-2
| June 5, 2018
[17]
| 978-1-4215-9696-9
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4
| August 4, 2017
[18]
| 978-4-08-881144-4
| September 4, 2018
[19]
| 978-1-4215-9697-6
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5
| February 2, 2018
[11]
| 978-4-08-881314-1
| December 4, 2018
[20]
| 978-1-4215-9698-3
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Anime
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An
anime
television series adaptation was announced on February 5, 2019. The series was animated by
Lerche
and directed by Masaomi And?, with
Norimitsu Kaih?
handling series composition, and Keiko Kurosawa designing the characters.
Masaru Yokoyama
and Nobuaki Nobusawa composed the music.
[5]
It aired from July 3 to September 18, 2019, on
AT-X
,
Tokyo MX
,
TVA
,
KBS
,
SUN
, and
BS11
.
[3]
The first and last episodes aired as one-hour specials.
[21]
[22]
Nonoc
performed the series' opening theme song "star*frost", while the ending theme, "Glow at the Velocity of Light", was performed by
Riko Azuna
.
[23]
Funimation
licensed the series in North America and the British Isles, and streamed it in both subtitled and dubbed formats.
[24]
Episodes
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Reception
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The manga was ranked fifth at the third
Next Manga Awards
in 2017 in the web category,
[25]
it was also ranked third in the 2019 edition of
Takarajimasha
's
Kono Manga ga Sugoi!
guidebook,
[26]
and won the twelfth
Manga Taish?
Awards.
[27]
[28]
It was also nominated for the 23rd
Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize
.
[29]
The anime adaptation won "Best Media" at the 51st
Seiun Award
during the 59th
Nihon SF Taikai
.
[30]
Michele Liu, writing for
Anime News Network
, said that the series is "unique" because Luca is a main character who is born intersex rather than "altered by sci-fi space diseases or external influence," with Liu also describing Luca as bisexual.
[31]
Notes
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References
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Gilson, Che (November 29, 2017).
"Astra Lost in Space [Review]"
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Otaku USA
.
Archived
from the original on November 30, 2017
. Retrieved
April 19,
2021
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話題のマンガを「音」で?しめる無料ボイスドラマコ?ナ?!第2?は『SKET DANCE』篠原健太先生の最新SF物語『彼方のアストラ』!! いざキャラクタ?の?で物語を??しよう!
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Weekly Sh?nen Jump
(in Japanese).
Archived
from the original on December 28, 2022
. Retrieved
March 7,
2024
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"Astra Lost in Space TV Anime Unveils Main Cast, July Premiere"
.
Anime News Network
. March 22, 2019.
Archived
from the original on March 31, 2019
. Retrieved
March 22,
2019
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Glass, Caitlin [@caitlinsvoice]
(July 23, 2019).
"Weds 3pm CST @FUNimation, the dub of Astra Lost In Space w/ this ?? cast: Kanata @JoshGrelle Aries @18moptop Charce @ElCidRecords Quitterie #SakyiwaaBaah Zack @AaronRobertsYes Funicia @SkiniMini07 Ulgar #ChristopherDontrellPiper Yunhua @DawnMBennettVA Luca @CiaranStrange ??"
(
Tweet
)
. Retrieved
July 25,
2019
– via
Twitter
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"Astra Lost in Space Anime Reveals 7 More Cast Members"
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Anime News Network
. May 10, 2019.
Archived
from the original on October 20, 2020
. Retrieved
May 10,
2019
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CHARACTER|TVアニメ「彼方のアストラ」公式サイト
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astra-anime.com
(in Japanese).
Archived
from the original on October 26, 2021
. Retrieved
March 7,
2024
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Glass, Caitlin [@caitlinsvoice]
(September 4, 2019).
"A new crew member joins the Astra! Welcome @AboutElizabethM as Polina! Lots of fun stuff for all you Zack fans out there, including @18moptop, who assisted with directing too! #AstraLostInSpace @FUNimation ??"
(
Tweet
)
. Retrieved
March 7,
2024
– via
Twitter
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篠原健太の新作はとある惑星訪れた高校生のSF、SKET DANCE無料配信も
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Natalie
(in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. May 9, 2016.
Archived
from the original on April 19, 2021
. Retrieved
April 19,
2021
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Ressler, Karen (December 1, 2017).
"Astra Lost in Space Manga Ends on December 30"
.
Anime News Network
.
Archived
from the original on April 19, 2021
. Retrieved
April 19,
2021
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a
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彼方のアストラ 1
.
Shueisha
(in Japanese).
Archived
from the original on February 7, 2019
. Retrieved
May 22,
2019
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a
b
彼方のアストラ 5
.
Shueisha
(in Japanese).
Archived
from the original on March 16, 2022
. Retrieved
May 22,
2019
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"Viz Media to Publish Astra Lost in Space Manga by Sket Dance's Shinohara Online"
.
Anime News Network
. July 21, 2016.
Archived
from the original on February 7, 2019
. Retrieved
February 5,
2019
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"Astra Lost in Space, Vol. 1"
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Viz Media
.
Archived
from the original on June 21, 2019
. Retrieved
May 22,
2019
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彼方のアストラ 2
.
Shueisha
(in Japanese).
Archived
from the original on February 7, 2019
. Retrieved
May 22,
2019
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"Astra Lost in Space, Vol. 2"
.
Viz Media
.
Archived
from the original on June 21, 2019
. Retrieved
May 22,
2019
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彼方のアストラ 3
.
Shueisha
(in Japanese).
Archived
from the original on February 7, 2019
. Retrieved
May 22,
2019
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"Astra Lost in Space, Vol. 3"
.
Viz Media
.
Archived
from the original on June 21, 2019
. Retrieved
May 22,
2019
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彼方のアストラ 4
.
Shueisha
(in Japanese).
Archived
from the original on February 7, 2019
. Retrieved
May 22,
2019
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"Astra Lost in Space, Vol. 4"
.
Viz Media
.
Archived
from the original on June 21, 2019
. Retrieved
May 22,
2019
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"Astra Lost in Space, Vol. 5"
.
Viz Media
.
Archived
from the original on June 21, 2019
. Retrieved
May 22,
2019
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"Astra Lost in Space Anime Premieres on July 3 With 1-Hour Special"
.
Anime News Network
. June 13, 2019.
Archived
from the original on September 10, 2019
. Retrieved
June 13,
2019
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「彼方のアストラ」最終話は1時間スペシャル!
(in Japanese). astra-anime.com. September 12, 2019.
Archived
from the original on June 27, 2020
. Retrieved
September 12,
2019
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"nonoc, Riko Azuna Perform Astra Lost in Space Anime's Theme Songs"
.
Anime News Network
. May 17, 2019.
Archived
from the original on May 24, 2019
. Retrieved
May 17,
2019
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Loo, Egan (June 28, 2019).
"Funimation to Stream Astra Lost in Space, BEM TV Anime This Summer"
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Anime News Network
.
Archived
from the original on September 10, 2019
. Retrieved
June 29,
2019
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「次にくるマンガ大賞」?表?、上位入賞者による記念イラストも公開
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Comic Natalie
(in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. August 23, 2017.
Archived
from the original on December 31, 2017
. Retrieved
July 18,
2023
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"Kono Manga ga Sugoi! Reveals 2019's Series Ranking for Male Readers"
.
Anime News Network
. December 10, 2018.
Archived
from the original on March 23, 2019
. Retrieved
February 5,
2019
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"12th Manga Taisho Awards Nominate 13 Titles"
.
Anime News Network
. January 21, 2019.
Archived
from the original on March 23, 2019
. Retrieved
February 5,
2019
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"Kenta Shinohara's Astra Lost in Space Wins 12th Manga Taisho Awards"
.
Anime News Network
. March 19, 2019.
Archived
from the original on May 13, 2022
. Retrieved
March 19,
2019
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"23rd Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Nominees Announced"
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Anime News Network
. February 25, 2019.
Archived
from the original on November 7, 2020
. Retrieved
February 14,
2022
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"Astra Lost in Space, Batman Ninja, 'How Many Light-Years to Babylon?' Win at 51st Seiun Sci-Fi Awards"
.
Anime News Network
. August 23, 2020.
Archived
from the original on September 22, 2022
. Retrieved
August 23,
2020
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Liu, Michelle.
"Best LGBTQ+ Characters of 2019"
.
Anime News Network
. Archived from
the original
on January 8, 2020
. Retrieved
July 12,
2020
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