Shout Out / Fly Me to the Moon

Tsukasa’s improvised costumes.

This page is for the Japanese Manga series “Fly Me to the Moon” (also known as Tonikaku Kawaii/トニカクカワイイ or TONIKAWA: Over The Moon For You) by Kenjiro Hata and its animation, not the 2008 animated film of the same name, or the song popularized by Frank Sinatra.

Examples

Anime

Episode 1

• Nasa’s name often amuses others with its similarity to the acronym of NASA.
• There's a statue of Cure Whip on top of the kindergarten.

Episode 2

• When calculating if two people could fit in the bed, silhouettes resembling Chiaki and Hajime◊ from Danganronpa are shown.

Episode 3

• After seeing the breakfast Tsukasa made, Nasa thinks that he didn't expect a Shokugeki this early in the morning.
• According to her father, the microbubble shower that Aya uses on Tsukasa has been passed down in the Arisukawa family for generations.
• When Aya said that she witnessed Tsukasa humming to herself due to thinking that the public bath was empty, the words hit Tsukasa in the form of a red Critical card similar to a Buster Command Card from Fate/Grand Order.

Episode 4

• Aurora, while photographing Nasa with his head in Charlotte's breasts, claims that she's under the effects of a Command Seal.
• While Tsukasa is, falsely, chewing out Nasa, she makes a quip about Lum while the two are walking out of the room.

Episode 5

• Tsukasa is anxious about missing the premiere of Space Jawsnado: Maximum Mission, an obvious stand in for an entry in the Sharknado series.
• Upon Nasa telling her that he doesn’t watch many movies, Tsukasa grills him, asking if he has seen The Terminator, A New Hope, or The Human Centipede, wearing a matching costume for each. Nasa recognises the last one as a movie Tsukino Mito talked about.
• A visual reference◊ to Indiana Jones is made when Tsukasa gives the example of "a popular series finally gets a long-awaited sequel".
• Tsukasa is clearly talking about James Cameron, since as she does so, shots of Piranha Part Two: The Spawning, The Terminator, and Avatar are shown.

Episode 6

• Nasa thinks that his dream of sleeping in the same bed as his wife is comparable to goals of protagonists who wants to be the king of pirates or to eradicate titans from the world.

Episode 7

• Tsukasa remarks that Chitose and the maids are starting to resemble a certain villain trio, emphasized by the three of them wearing mask and fake glasses resembling the Skull Trio from Yatterman.

Episode 10

• Due to his inventiveness, Kaname thinks that Nasa is the reincarnation of a certain armor-clad businessman.

• The second OVA has Tsukasa dressed as Lum as one of the cosplay options.

• Season 2:
  • Episode 3's space themed ride has a lot of nods to Star Wars with robots resembling C3P-O and R2-D2 and a B1 Battle Droid along with a ship that resembles the Millennium Falcon and the hyperspace jump effect.

Manga

Manga

• In the first chapter, Nasa tells his teacher about "perfect superman" who have surpassed emotions, making a Kinnikuman reference. The reference is not included in the anime.
• Chapter 3 of the manga is named (in reference to the marriage procedure) "This is simpler than making a contract with Kyuubey, but more serious than becoming a magical girl", in a reference to Puella Magi Madoka Magica.
• In Chapter 9, Sazae Fuguta, Hana Nono, Homare Kagayaki, Saaya Yakushiji and Hugtan as well as Misae, Shin and Himawari are seen in the bathhouse.
• In Chapter 10, there's a panel featuring Lum, Shinobu and Ryuunosuke
• In Chapter 14, Charlotte holds a sword that looks suspiciously identical to the Dragonslayer from Berserk.
• In Chapter 39, Kaname explains all the innovations made by Nasa to her family's bathhouse and even took the time comparing him to Tony Stark.
• In the first page of Chapter 48, Koro-sensei from Assassination Classroom can be seen in the background of the teacher's lounge.
• In Chapter 55, visitors to the haunted mansion include Yumeko Jabami and Mary Saotome from Kakegurui.
• Also in Chapter 55, the space-themed ride is a clear reference to Star Wars, with the name in similar fonts, the hyperspace jump effect, and a character resembling Princess Leia.
• One of the theme park rides shown in chapter 56 features a logo very similar to that of One Piece, and is named "Pirate of Jump" (after Shonen Jump, where One Piece is published).
• Also in Chapter 56, the diners in the background are the main characters of The Dragon Prince. Link here.
• Once again in Chapter 56, two robots resembling BB-8 and R2-D2 can be seen in the background.
• In Chapter 57, two people can be seen who are dressed as Spider-Man and Spider-Gwen. In the same chapter, Taniguchi's shirt has the Vault Boy from Fallout on it.
• In Chapter 106's cover page, Tsukasa is dressed as Aerith from Final Fantasy VII, and is standing in the latter's church. The chapter itself includes several references to the actual game, such as just stopping short of referring to Aerith by name.
• In Chapter 129, Aya finds a mystical arrow in the haunted mansion. It looks identical to a Stand Arrow from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.

Official illustrations

• For the release of Volume 2 Hata released a series of illustrations featuring Tsukasa dressed as the Virtual YouTubers Kizuna AI, Kaguya Luna, Mirai Akari, Tsukino Mito and Chiyu 12-sai, as well as ME-tan.