Since childhood, 15-year-old Umika Konohoshi has been fascinated by aliens, hoping to one day voyage to outer space and befriend them. Unfortunately, this fixation has caused her peers to label her as odd, intensifying her struggle with severe social anxiety. Nevertheless, Umika's passion for the extraterrestrial persists, and she deeply believes that her true purpose is outside the confines of Earth.
On her first day of high school, Umika's wish of meeting an alien seems to have finally come true when she encounters Yuu Akeuchi—a classmate who claims to have crash-landed on Earth with no recollections of her past. Umika tries to seize this opportunity to make friends with Yuu, but her lack of confidence hinders her. Sensing Umika's distress, Yuu suddenly uses a strange power to delve deep into her mind, thus sparking a friendship that may just help Umika reach her dreams.
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Wszechmistrzyni
As an autistic girl, Umika's social struggles and pervasive sense of alienation are EXTREMELY relatable. It's really common for autistic people to feel like we're aliens waiting to be taken back home or eternal observers, who never really are a part of any social group. Like our words and feelings can't reach other people, because we tend to communicate differently. Still, we do our best to never lose hope that someday. somewhere we'll find our tribe. I know she's just supposed to have a stutter, but I do get strong autistic vibes from Umika. Her being relatively immature for a high schooler and having a specialinterest in space (similiar to mine!) only add into it.
Another character that could fit the description is Raimon, who literally stopped coming to school after she gave up on socializing to focus on her special interest of building robots. This whole "I don't do things I'm not interested in" thing deeply resonates with me. She became avoidant after she got shunned for her unusual interests and what other people perceived as rude remarks - pretty usual autistic experience. Also, feeling like we are more logical than other people is a pretty common coping mechanism among autistics. I went through a similar phase myself, where I was sure "normal" people's perceptions of the world were way more surface level than mine, which is a toxic mindset that's fairly easy to fall into.
julranma
“Bonavu,” If you don't know much about this exclamation, it will inevitably become part of your greeting ritual after watching this anime. Hoshikuzu Telepath is the definition of cute-ness and an anime like no other. The series follows shy, space-loving high school student Umika Konohosi, who has difficulty communicating with others. As a result, she sees space as her true home and wants to befriend an alien. One day the joyful exchange student Yuu Akeuchi comes into her class and promptly claims to be a real alien. Although other classmates quickly take this as a joke, Umika sees this as a chance to finally make her dream cometrue and befriend the mysterious and enchanting alien.
Unfortunately, Yuu has no memories of her home planet and the reason why she was stranded on Earth. Umika and the friendly vice-class speaker Haruno Taragaki (in whose late grandfather's lighthouse Yuu has taken up residence) now want to help her reconstruct her memories and build a rocket with which they can fly into space.
However, since their mathematical skills, which are necessary for building rockets, are developable, they decide to start small and build model rockets ("Moderu roketto"). The unequal quartet is completed by the explosive but technically gifted mechanic Raimon Matataki, who is conspicuous by her absence at school but has a very loose mouth.
Together they want to fulfill their dream and fly to the stars.
That's it. If you are looking for an anime with a dense plot, action, a complex story and multiple tricky plot twists, this is not the one for you. However, if you like quiet, heartwarming slice of life anime, Hoshikuzu Telepath is a goldmine.
The anime is so wonderfully relaxing that it's a real treat to watch. If you look up “Cute” in the dictionary, there should definitely be a picture of Hoshikuzu Telepath in the future. Just Umika mentally talking to her pink mini aliens is one of the cutest things I've ever seen. For example, one episode largely consists of watching the characters shopping for materials to build rockets - which was very entertaining. For me, it's a great art to use those unspectuacular settings and tell such great and beautiful little stories from it.
This anime is definitely carried by its characters. The relationship between Umika and Yuu is particularly captivating. You really notice from the first second that the two are made for each other. But also the other characters. It's one of the few anime where every character can be a potential Best Girl. There isn't a single one where you think, "Uh, she's getting on my nerves."
My secret star of the series, however, is Raimon Matataki. Not only does she provide one or the other laughs with her lines, but she is also constantly responsible for explaining the physical background in the series. As a physics student, I am particularly fascinated that in this show, a rocket is not just builit casually during the lunch break in a SciFi-way and that technical details such as trajectories, angles and modeling are discussed in detail.
The characters are confronted with realistic hurdles of building model rockets and it is incredibly inspiring to watch them continue to believe in themselves and achieve their dreams.
It's an anime that not only promises a lot of yuri cuteness, but from which you can also learn a lot about yourself.
The art style is very attractive. In particular, Umika's purple hair and everything that has to do with space and sunsets is particularly beautifully implemented.
The seiyuu are mostly newcomers who have been lightly cast in the past - with the exception of Natsumi Takamori, who appropriately plays a teacher who looks after the newcomers. By the way, these are welcome to be filled more often.
Miku Itu's OP invites you to dream of distant stars, before SoundOrion's ED sends you off into the night. The background music also brings out the space-theme very well at times.
The anime really takes you away. You get excited about the characters, to see their development and you can take a lot with you. Umika and her friends teach us to believe in our dreams. This show will always have a special place in my heart. Hoshikuzu Telepath is our Monday dose of cuteness for the fall season and the characters grow on you so quickly that you feel like you're part of the model rocket club yourself.
"Mativuu".
KANLen09
Stardust Telepath - Reach for the stars...(erm, ahem) aliens in the sky...through some rocket building and good ol' tried-and-true friendship tropes. The ever-so-popular Manga Time Kirara's CGDCT-themed anime adaptation has once again struck this season, and it should be a no-brainer that if you've watched one show before of that premise, the rest will be the same no matter what. The differential, however, lies with the plot, and in this fall, brought to you by mangaka Rasuko Ookuma, this is Hoshikuzu Telepath a.k.a Stardust Telepath, a take on the ever-so-loving theme by combining the one element that makes it magical: the Yuri genre. I'm sure that justby the show alone, you would think that this is the first kind of CGDCT show to focus on the outer space side of things while having a "plot" that supports it by shooting rockets into space. But did you know that a similar formula has already been done, and it's by a long landslide of time forgotten? That would be mangaka Quro's Koisuru Asteroid a.k.a Asteroid in Love, which had Doga Kobo's Winter 2020 anime adaptation. For those old enough like me to have watched the latter back in the day, you can tell the inept similarities between both shows almost to the point of uncanniness (despite Koisuru Asteroid's manga coming out much earlier than Hoshikuzu Telepath) in pretty much everything, from the usual cute moe fluffiness to the deep character development moments, which to me, sadly, is almost like a carbon copy when put up in comparison.
But there is a silver lining, and that Rasuko Ookuma's plot is derived from a Hitori "Bocchi" Gotou-like character meeting her support soulmate Nijika Ijichi, if she literally came from outer space. That's the story of Umika Konohoshi, the young girl who has a fascination with outer space and aliens, who became shy and introverted and finds it difficult to communicate her true feelings to others when that same fascination was ridiculed by others to the point of being very closed off. Like Bocchi, Umika develops social anxiety that's only further exacerbated by the amount of social isolation deriving from her liking of the supernatural, and she believes that she can only communicate with aliens and dreams of travelling to space in a rocket to visit them. That's where Yu Akeuchi comes in: the supposed alien character who somehow finds herself crashing on Earth, not knowing how it was ever done, and other than this causal effect that she now suffers from amnesia, she still desires to return home to space. This is where the worlds of both Umika and Yu collide as classmates, where, as much as the latter proclaims that she literally came from outer space, the class chooses not to believe it and takes it as a joke. Not so much for Umika, as she believes that this meeting marks a monumental moment in her life having an extraterrestrial as a dear friend whom she can talk to with her outer space aspirations. That's where the Yuri genre comes in with the tint of Yu's "foreheadpathy": the linking of foreheads with a person (similar to a kiss) that allows her to read their emotions.
For the most part, Umika is a rather tame version of Bocchi, being a lot more quiet, timid, and petit-feeling as compared to the latter's social anxiety that warrants her not wanting to mingle and socialize with people. But what she makes up for in her weaknesses is the "faith as little as a mustard seed" level of confidence that grows over time of her conviction to want to travel to outer space, which Yu fervently supports because that's her only one-way ticket back to her home planet. And both Umika and Yu are never alone in this regard, as their class vice president Haruno Takaragi soon joins them in the same endeavour, aside from the fact that the small town's lighthouse that Yu has designated as her temporary dormitory just so happens to belong to her family, being a "lighthouse connoisseur". Together, the trio starts thinking about how they're going to send Yu back home in space and decides that they're going to start from scratch with the humble bottle rocket. But with their inept knowledge of experimenting with typical bottle rockets, they soon hit their stride and need someone with better expertise at helping them achieve their goal. This is where Matataki Raimon comes in as the mecha robot connoisseur, who has a penchant for mechanics and a passion for robots. However, Raimon is also a character who, like Umika, has her hobbies belittled by people, so much so that she engages in people-warfare by developing an aggressive and solitary disposition, aside from being the class dropout, being bitter, and not wanting to trust people ever again. It took Umika as many times as she could to convince the annoyingly persistent Raimon to help them build better bottle rockets, though this comes at the usual cost, which she has her own ego boost to fulfill while getting alienated by her own peers. And as par for the course of the "usual CGDCT group of 4 girls", their character developments, especially Umika and Raimon, who are peas in a pod, do work their usual charm, which is elevated by Yu's forehead "kiss" that provides that subtle distinction to stand out from the rest. Together with their class teacher, Akane Emihara, the Rocket Research hobby group gets its start in the rocket building mix.
Director Kaori and Studio Gokumi are once again back on the CGDCT train after almost 5 years since Winter 2019's Endro~!, which is still my all-time favourite CGDCT show to ever exist. And I think they each did a decent job on bringing Rasuko Ookuma's story to life, full of its "not-so-much-Koisuru Asteroid" astronomy symbolism that it's as ever delightful to watch from a CGDCT perspective. Even the music can be aesthetically whimsical, from Miku Itou's rather surprisingly good OP song (which definitely fits the show to a T) to SoundOrion's ED song...which sounds rather meh-ish, but does contribute to the show's CGDCT-targeted theme.
Most people would tell you that Hoshizuku Telepath is better than Koisuru Asteroid in terms of the story, plot, and characters. Heck, even to its subtle use of the Yuri elements, which I definitely agree with and found to be more enjoyable. But from a personal perspective, between both shows, I feel more for the latter, thanks to its musicality, which I still fondly remember after almost 4 years, that gives it the touch that edges better than this show.
Still, don't take my word for it: Hoshikuzu Telepath is a good show with little to no problems at all; you might like it even more than I did.
SanaeK10
This is what Koisuru Asteroid should have been. A sweet yet sometimes melodramatic show of Girl meets Girl, with equal focus given to its subject matter (model rockets in this), and the relationships between characters. I suppose there's two things these hobbyist CGDCT shows need to get right: - Making the hobby appealing to people who otherwise do not care about the hobby - Make the characters interesting and fun to follow/easy to empathize with Now, where a lot of hobbyist shows falter in, is to make the show appeal only to people who are already into the hobby, or to make it very boring to everyoneelse. Hoshikuzu Telepath on the other hand, made me care even just a little bit more on model rocket building. In fact, model rocket building itself is also integral to the plot as well as the characters' relationships with each other, with mttk's bitchiness arc book ended by model rocket competitions on the beach.
Speaking of characters, the archetypes presented are nothing new. The show isn't breaking new ground with its characters, but it's a case of doing existing characters well. Of note is Matataki, and I'm surprised the show went kinda far with her bitchiness and perfectionism. Usually characters like these mellow out within an episode or two, but Matataki's character flaws basically drive the plot for a majority of the season's runtime, and the melodrama is done well, showing how much she has pushed back building relationships with others for the sake of her goals.
Now, I do like the show and I do like Matataki a lot, but notice how I barely mentioned the other characters? Well, the show kind of does as well. The manga of course continues developing the rest of the characters further, but what you get in this season is just a sampler of how each character ticks. There is some decent development of Umika and Yuu's relationship, but it feels like a tease for a season 2 that will never come. Haruno is basically only defined by her connection to Matataki and can't stand out on her own.
In spite of this, Hoshikuzu Telepath is still a comfy and at times emotional watch. It's surprisingly rare to get CGDCT shows nowadays, but I'm glad the ones we do get are of a high quality.
8/10
Justykanna
Stardust Telepath is extremely weird, but really started to warm up to me as the series carried on. Through its bubbly characters, it hopes to strike some real emotion into you with its (almost) real, slice-of-life setting. Story: Stardust Telepath takes place in a middle school where the exceptionally anxious Umika Konohashi has a strange fascination with space and aliens. Her dream is to create a rocket to one day travel to outer space, really, without any slight idea on how to do it. However, one day, someone claiming to be an alien named Yuu Akeuchi appears in front of Umika and seemsto notice immediately that Umika’s far too anxious to communicate with any of her peers. Being an alien, Yuu reveals she has the ability to sense someone else’s emotions and feeling by simply tapping her forehead to another human’s, known as Telepathy. Eventually, the pair teams up with two others students, Haruno Takaragi and Matataki Raimon, and form a school club, known as the Rocket Research Hobby Group, that aims to creating model rockets to be able to fly, kind of in parallel with Umika’s dream.
This series starts out exceptionally slow, in which not a whole lot of consequence happens, likely in part to create the setup it needs to carry out the back half of the story. The first half basically consists of Yuu creating her club, recruiting members, finding a home base, and learning the basics of how to create model rockets. Unfortunately, it really is quite bland, even if the series tries its best to appear quick, with our characters moving all over the place. I get it, but such a slow start can chase some audiences away.
That being said, the second half is where this series really starts to pick up the pace. Without spoiling too much, our characters find real life applications to their hobby and find ways that they can have more fun along the way. This creates a lot of really strong storylines, driven by themes such as teamwork, conflict resolution and bouncing back after you’ve been taken a step backwards. The interactions between our characters specifically gets tested as the series goes on, especially when they discover the “sport” side of it. I'm not entirely sure why this series is labeled as a Girls Love series, because it really doesn't hint at anything of the sort. Think of it as a slice-of-life / school series and you're set. (7/10)
Characters: Umika is probably the most anxious anime character that I’ve seen in a lot time, if not, ever. She get nervous at the slightly sliver of personal interaction and doesn’t take criticism well at all. Starting at such a low point does create some room for character growth, and she does take steps to get there by the season wraps up. She wouldn’t be able to take that growth without her group mates though. Yuu isn’t really an interesting character though. She’s mostly there for her Telepathy abilities, and outside of that, she’s mostly an obvious teenager, looking to launch rockets and not learn much along the way. She’d be an okay support character, but she’s easily the weakest of our main cast. Haruno, like Yuu, takes a very carefree and optimistic outlook on her studies and club activities. She’s the most level-headed of the group and I’m not sure the group stays together without her. The story takes a bit of a turn late, where we see that even the best and brightest aren’t invulnerable to breaking down every once in a while. Raimon comes off as harsh, but her inclusion in this story was very welcome from my standpoint. She clearly has the common interest like the other girls, but she’s quick to criticize when she doesn’t feel like others are learning at her pace and yells… a lot. The differences between her and the others are so stark, but that’s why she’s great here.
There aren’t a whole lot of side characters to speak of. Umika’s sister Honami makes a few appearances, but isn’t much of anything. Emihara are the girls’ homeroom teacher and eventual club advisor, but apart from barking the club rules, she really doesn’t do much of anything either. Kei Akizuki, a middle schooler from another school, has some decent moments in the middle of the series and might be the only side character worth anything in the series. (7/10)
Art: Studio Gokumi is in charge of the animation here, and they have a history doing some colourful work in the past with series such as Tsurezure Children and Yuuki Yuuna is a Hero. The animation is very crisp and consistent, and that’s not even to mention Umika’s gorgeous hair colour. Backgrounds likely saw a little less attention, but that’s really not what you’re focusing on in this case. (8/10)
Sound: The sound really didn’t produce anything exceptional or terrible, though both the OP and ED felt pretty suitable for the series. I can’t say anything was particularly off with the VA cast either - they did fine here. (7/10)
Overall: Stardust Telepath definitely has some strong points in where the girls’ club takes them, but getting there is a bit of a hurdle. Still, I’ll definitely take an anime series that starts out slow and finishes strong over the opposite, any day. Our four girls are very different from one another, and apart from the story near the end, it really sticks out as being a strongpoint of the series. I wasn’t sure what to expect out of the series, but I’m happy with the direction they decided to take the girls’ rocket hobby, and would watch more if it continued. (7/10)
ktulu007
Hoshikozu Telepath was a late 2023 anime from Studio Gokumi based off of a manga by Ookuma Rasuko. I have reviewed some Gokumi anime before: Yuuki Yuuna wa Yusha de Aru, Tonari no Kyuuketsuki-san, A-Channel and the god awful Dansai Bunri no Crime Edge. Let's hope this is more like the other stuff I've reviewed of theirs and not that one. Story: Konohoshi Umika is an incredibly awkward girl who doesn't fit in with people in general. I relate. She dreams about going into space and meeting aliens who will understand her. I still relate. Her life is turned upside down when a strange girl arrivesat her school and declares herself to be an alien. Umika is immediately drawn to her. Can't relate to that one but I wish I could. The story involves their budding friendship, which quickly starts growing into more and their quest to build a rocket to take them both into space. Naturally, they start small with various forms of miniature rockets. Fortunately for them, they make some friends who can help them along.
My only real issue with the story is that it stops dead in its tracks multiple times to explain the specifics of building model rockets. It really takes you out of the narrative when Raimon or Kei just starts going into ultra specific details about model rockets. I'm sure someone will argue that "it's educational" but that doesn't make it narratively cohesive. All those PSAs that used to get added to the end of American cartoons were educational too but they were still the worst part.
On the positive side, the anime is insanely cute. I appreciate the fact that its sci-fi elements are toned down to make it more relatable, including having the girls start small and do something within the realm of possibility for High School girls. Though I can get fully behind a more zany, over the top comedy there is something to be said for the more toned down, relatable approach. Most of the jokes are also really good. It also provides a solid sense of hardships and the girls going through a steep learning curve. They don't just become masters through a short montage or have some uncanny knack for building rockets. There's also a great little theme of finding a place to belong that we see all our main characters engage with to varying degrees.
Characters:
The thing I adore about the cast of characters is that they all have complexity, realistic motivations and character flaws. While I maintain that comedic characters don't necessarily need those attributes, it is nice to see ones who have them.
Umika has extreme social anxiety and starts out only being comfortable with Yuu and her own relatives but we start to see her gradually putting an effort into socialising and the group of people she can talk to expands. Yuu has a much more extroverted outlook but that covers up a loneliness and sense of loss over not remembering who she is or where she came from. Haruno has a dream of helping others achieve their goals but in working with the others she starts to discover ambitions of her own. Raimon is obsessed with tinkering and feels isolated because no one can keep up with her so she pushes people away but Umika and the others may just be able to understand her.
It's worth noting that these four also work very strongly together for comedic purposes. Their dynamics provide all kinds of possibilities for strong gags. They're also just downright adorable.
Where the anime falters a bit is with the minor characters. Most of them are perfectly fine. They serve the function they need to and feel real enough. Then we have characters like the teacher or the little sister who just feel under-utilized. The situation will beg for them to do something more substantial than they end up doing.
Art:
I really love the character designs. The differently coloured highlights a lot of the girls have in their hair is really striking and the general designs are basically weaponised cuteness. They also go into great detail to make the various types of model rockets super accurate. The backgrounds are very good too.
Sound:
The cast is excellent. Funato Yurie, Fukagawa Seria, Aoki Shiki & Nagamuta Moe all have amazing performances. The music is great. Sakai Asuka did a phenomenal job.
Ho-yay:
There's a lot. All four of the major girls, Umika, Yuu, Haruno & Raimon have a level of les-yay that would make a polyamorous relationship amongst them believable. And it's ceaselessly adorable. Even the fact that they touch foreheads in multiple affectionate scenes like they adopted Jeremiah Rossa is cute. The les-yay is strong betwixt Umika & Yuu. They have so many exceptionally cute moments.
Areas of Improvement:
1. We don't need long explanations of model rockets. Yes, they make it clear that you did your research but they also aren't very entertaining.
2. The series really needs to do more with the bigger supporting characters. Even just a few extra lines to help flesh them out.
3. More cute Sapphic moments would work a treat since they are one of the strongest aspects of the series.
Final Thoughts:
Hoshikozu Telepath stands alongside Gokumi's best work, Tonari no Kyuuketsuki-san. It's an excellent series with some minor issues. My rating is going to be a 9/10.
MarlsMarsBars
This anime completely blindsided me. On the surface, Stardust Telepath might just seem like your typical CGDCT anime, but for me, this anime means a lot. What makes this the most underrated anime of this season (and the year) has to be the character dynamics. To be completely honest, all four main characters on their own probably wouldn’t stand on their own narratively speaking without the relationships with each other. Umika Konohoshi is an overly shy and introverted character who struggles to interact with literally anyone, but despite this, has big and literal otherworldly dreams that she wants to accomplish. I’d say that every othercharacter is written in a similar way: they have a very distinct personality with either big motivations or something they emotionally hold on that helps define who they are in the show. Yes, these characters are one-dimensional but what balances this out is the fact that the main four work better together as a group/pairs rather than individually being a strong character. This might seem like a downside, however this anime uses those dynamics to constantly push each character to aspire to be the best version of themselves. This means that the character development for someone like Umika and even Haruno Takaragi are very consistent and compelling. The other two main characters, Yuu Akeuchi and Haruno Takaragi, are your typical cute girls who act and do cute things but the writing in this series allow for these two to both help push the other characters to better themselves and form strong bonds with the main group as a whole. Akeuchi is honestly the glue that holds these four together since she is the most outgoing and vibrant character out of the four.
Another aspect that I really appreciate from Stardust Telepath is that not everything is all sunshine and rainbows for our main cast. Throughout the twelve episodes of this season, all of the characters have their own personal struggles and desires that either sometimes clash with what the other characters want, or will have some emotional hiccups along the way. All four main characters have something that they struggle with that the others help fill the void in. This aspect alone is what made this such a special anime for me, since some of the things that all of the characters have to endure are things I have been through, which makes some episodes emotionally mean a lot to me. The drama in this series feels very real without being toxic and ultimately helps grow each character. Stardust Telepath is a great comfort anime while also dealing with very grounded personal struggles that I think many other people who have seen this anime can relate to. This anime is somewhat like the Bocchi the Rock of this season without the comedy and music; a series that consists of characters who represent many types of personalities, all with both collective and individual goals that pushes them out of their comfort zones in a way that helps them grow. I seriously need a second season of this now.
bossunhimeswitch
This was one of my favorites of its core. The characters were cute and earnest. The space theme and wanting to build a rocket was a nice switch up from other similar shows more grounded in reality. It also had a good ending for the amount of story told, though I would love to see another season from it. Of course it's one of those where instead of kisses there are forehead touches but it was still nice to see such genuine love and affection without things getting pervy like in other shoujo ai series. I didn't really have any complaints. I had a goodtime every episode.
If you enjoy shoujo ai especially the cute ones then you'll like this one. If you are annoyed by characters who lack confidence and need to grow a bit, then you're going to be annoyed by one of the main characters. Personally I don't mind the extremely socially anxious types of protagonists so that wasn't a detractor for me.
