History Anime / HoukagoNoPleiades

* CooldownHug: [[spoiler: Subaru gives one to Minato in hopes of freeing him from the evil that possesses him, but unfortunately, it doesn't work, and the evil keeps a hold of him.]]

* FlyingCar/Magitek: [[ProductPlacement The girls' staffs rev up like a car engine, specifically Subaru's relatively unique boxer engine. The staffs also have a piece of metal at the end shaped like the corporate grille Subaru uses on many of their cars.]] The staffs even have wings of light shaped like headlights at the ends of the metal piece.

* ChainsawGood: [[ProductPlacement The girls' weapons rev up like a car engine, specifically Subaru's relatively unique boxer engine.]]

* GainaxEnding: [[spoiler:Subaru enters the artificial garden a second time. She sees that it's night time in there, and there's one flower remaining.]] Though it's not quite as confusing as other endings.

'''Houkago No Pleiades''' (literally ''After School Pleiades'', but known in English as ''Wish Upon the Pleiades'') is a 2011 MagicalGirl original net animation. Born from a collaboration between {{Gainax}} and Subaru -- yes, the car manufacturer [[note]]Subaru is the Japanese name for the star cluster known in the West as the Pleiades, which is featured in their corporate logo.[[/note]] -- each episode is around 6 minutes long.

* BadassLongcoat: [[spoiler:Minato's SuperpoweredEvilSide. Eventually Subaru when she gets Minato's school jacket.]]
* BigBad: [[spoiler:Minato]]
* {{Bishounen}}: Minato.

* EmotionlessGirl: Nanako
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: The President
* EvilRedhead: Minato
* FiveManBand: The main club forms into this in the 2015 Anime.
** TheLeader[=/=][[TheSmartGuy The Smart Girl]]: Nanako, she's the runner of the club and the only one who can translate the President's speech.
** TheHero: Subaru, by default, being the main character
** TheLancer: Aoi, Subaru's best friend
** [[TheBigGuy The Big Girl]]: Hikaru, she's the most combat-oriented of the group
** TheChick: Itsuki, for her kind personality and transportation ability

* MagicalGirl

* MentorMascot: The President.
* PeekABangs: Nanako
* ProductPlacement
* RedEyesTakeWarning: [[spoiler: Minato normally has blue eyes, which turn red in his superpowered form.]]
* SimpleStaff: [[spoiler:Minato is the only one who has one.]]
* SinisterScythe: The girls' weapons look suspiciously similar to scythes, though the blades look like the [[http://carswelove.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/subaruimpreza2008.jpg grille from a Subaru.]]
* SuperpoweredEvilSide: [[spoiler:Minato]]

* WeaponizedCar: Or rather, the car has become the weapon.

* CosmicRetcon: 2nd episode of '2015. Aoi and Subaru collide on their school day start routine. The uniform is the same, the route to school's the same, they reach for the same shoebox and try to sit at the same personal desk in class. Onlookers have signs of unconscious readjustment such as quickly backing out of doubts about who wasn't supposed to be here. Rest of the heroines arrives as another addition to Subaru's class, to confirm that they would find themselves brought together in this fashion each time a new Pleiades member was added.

In April 2015 proper anime series with standard episode length started airing. A movie is also in production.

* InformedAbility: Aoi says that Subaru is an idiot and isn't capable of taking up the MagicalGirl job. This idiocity never shows up in Subaru. In fact, it seems that she gets the most thoughtful dialogue in the 4 short episodes.

* [[spoiler:EvilRedhead]]: Minato

* [[InformedAbility Informed Disability]]: Aoi says that Subaru is an idiot and isn't capable of taking up the MagicalGirl job. This idiocity never shows up in Subaru. In fact, it seems that she gets the most thoughtful dialogue in the 4 episodes.

* [[spoiler:SuperpoweredEvilSide: Minato]]

* HeyItsThatVoice
** Nanako is [[Anime/AngelBeats Yusa]] also a relatively emotionless girl.

'''Houkago No Pleiades''' (literally ''After School Pleiades'', but known in English as ''Wish Upon the Pleiades'') is a 2011 MagicalGirl original net animation. Born from a collaboration between {{Gainax}} and Subaru -- yes, the car manufacturer -- each episode is around 6 minutes long.

* ChainsawGood: The girls' weapons rev up like a car engine.

* RoseHairedGirl: Subaru

* FridgeBrilliance / ContinuityNod: Subaru, the company, is the Japanese name for the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleiades_(star_cluster) Pleiades]], a Star Cluster. [[spoiler: Guess where they're transporting the "President"?]]

* LesYay: Mostly between Subaru and Aoi.

It is available for free on the [[http://www.youtube.com/user/sbrxgx Subaru x Gainax]] {{YouTube}} channel, in Japanese and [[http://www.youtube.com/user/sbrxgx#p/c/BBB14AB4FFDEA445 with English subtitles]].

* [[InformedAbility Informed Disability]]: Aoi says that Subaru is an idiot and isn't capable of taking up the MagicalGirl job. This idiocity never shows up in Subaru. In fact, it seems that she gets the most thoughtful dialogue in the 4 episodes.

[[caption-width-right:225:"You mean you can combine [[{{Lolicon}} Lolis]] and [[CoolCar Cars]]?"]]

* {{Bishounen}}/[[spoiler: {{Bifauxnen}}]]: Minato.

* LesYay

** Nanako is [[AngelBeats Yusa]] also a relatively emotionless girl.