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Super Sonico The Animation | そにアニType: TV
Episodes: Unknown Status: Currently Airing Aired: Jan 6, 2014 to ? Opening Theme"Beat goes on!" by Super Sonico Ending Theme#1: "LOVE THE WORLD" by First Astronomical Velocity (第一宇宙速度) (ep 1) #2: "Sky Love Hurricane (スカイラブハリケーン)" by First Astronomical Velocity (第一宇宙速度) (ep 2) |
Super Sonico is an 18-year old college student who plays guitar for the three-girl band Fastest Speed in Space and models for pin-ups. In spite of her busy schedule, she still finds time to her grandmother at her restaurant. One night, her band members Suzu and Fuuri, are late to a concert, forcing her to play alone. The result of that show will have far-reaching consequences for Sonico.
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Episode 1
"I'll do my bets!" "Ganbarimausyo~" (がんばりまうｓよ～♪) |
Sonico wakes up late and prepares food for her pet cats. She meets people as she rush towards to the college and still ends up late on her class, which her professor praises her intellect but criticizes for her tardiness. After her class, she engages on a photo shoot with a lecherous client. After an array of shoots, the client requests Sonico to wear a much revealing outfit but thanks to the intervention of Mr. Kitamura, Sonico's manager, she does not. After the photo shoot, she helps her grandmother on a bar where a baseball team is their usual patron giving praises on Sonico's growth. After a phone call from her bandmates, she meets up with Suzu, the bassist, and Fuuri, the drummer. They practice a new song that Suzu composed.
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Episode 2
"First Cosmic Velocity" "Daiichi Uchū Sokudo" (第一宇宙速度) |
Sonico is preparing for a concert with her band, First Astronomical Velocity, but things prove troublesome when a sudden modelling job comes into play.
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Episode 3
"Sonico Goes to Okinawa" "Soniko, Okinawa ni Iku" (そに子、沖縄に行く) |
Sonico goes to Okinawa for a modeling shoot. The first day she meets all the staff, and has dinner with them. The manager, Kitamura, shows Sonico back to her room so she could get some rest, but gets invited to go drinking by the client. Another man approaches when he hears Kitamura speaking so highly of his model. The next afternoon, after the photo shoot, the man calls Kitamura to remind him that he agreed to Sonico appearing in an action film shooting that evening.
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Episode 4
"Daydream" "Deidorīmu" (デイドリーム) |
Sonico gets a postcard from someone with no sender written. It seems to be from a tropical location, and there's only a few words printed. Sonico remembers her past. Everything started when she was into rock during middle school. She couldn't express herself honestly and with as much power as a rock musician, so she wanted to be like one. She finds a upperclassman who teaches her everything.
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Episode 5
"New World" (New World) |
An editor from a local magazine spends the day observing Sonico, where she also comes to learn more about herself.
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Episode 6
"Cruising of the Dead" "Kurūjingu obu za Deddo" (クルージング・オブ・ザ・デッド) |
After Sonico's co-worker Ouka Satsurikuin is made the spokesperson of a fat-reducing ointment, she invites Sonico, Suzu, and Fuuri to join her on a VIP cruise to celebrate the product's launch. That night, however, Sonico and friends find themselves on the run from the other passengers, who have effectively become zombies due to the ointment's side effects.
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Episode 7
"Star Rain" "Sutā Rein" (スターレイン) |
Sonico goes on a trip for some lyrical inspiration, conversing another woman on the way to her stopover in Niigata. Whilst stopping over in Tainai City, Sonico comes across a glassmaker, who teaches her to make a little accessory. The next day, Sonico heads towards the local hot springs, meeting people and encountering many sights along the way. After checking into the hot springs and taking a dip, she tries to find her way to an observatory but gets lost in the woods. However, she manages to follow a raccoon to where the observatory is, becoming awed by the starlit sky.
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Episode 8
"Super Sonico Murder Case" "Sūpā Soniko Satsujin Jiken" (すーぱーそに子殺人事件) |
As First Astronomical Velocity get together at the Supernova studio to rehearse for an upcoming concert, Sonico is found allegedly 'murdered' inside a locked waiting room, though are relieved to find she had only fallen unconscious. Just then, Suzu's younger sister, Ena, appears, deciding she wants to investigate the mystery, coming up with ludicrous theories over who Sonico's 'murderer' is
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Episode 9
"Sonico's Longest Day" "Soniko no Ichiban Nagai Hi" (そに子の一番長い日) |
Sonico and her classmates participate in a college fair, starting off by helping out at a sailor maid café. Her schedule soon becomes busier when she is asked to fill in for both the Light Music Club's guitarist and Ouka's modelling work, due to both of them falling ill. She soon learns she has been entered into a beauty contest, which coincides with her mini-concert, whilst the café suddenly requests her help at the same time
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Episode 10
"Ramen and a Little Rice" "Rāmen ni Han Raisu" (ラーメンに半ライス) |
Sonico takes in a stray Munchkin cat, which she names Rice, to join her five other cats; Cha, Shu, Men, Naruto, and Ajitama. However, Rice doesn't seem to get along well with the other cats, and seems more interested in escaping Sonico's apartment. One day, Rice makes a break out of the apartment in search of its owner, so Sonico and the other cats head off in search for him.
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Episode 11
"A Saint Comes to Town" "Seija ga Machi ni Yattekuru" (聖者が街にやってくる) |
With Christmas approaching, the Musatani Shopping Center finds themselves up against a giant department store that has appeared recently. Suzu, who is asked to help bring younger customers to the shopping center, has Sonico, Fuuri, and various others to act as Santa girls to appeal to customers and increase sales.
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Episode 12
"We're Right Here♪" "Koko ni Imausu♪" (ここにいまうs♪) |
First Astronomical Velocity decide to hold a concert for New Year's Eve, but Suzu ends up overspending her budget, leaving them with no money for speakers. Wanting to go ahead with the concert, each of the members asks for favors from their friends and neighbors to help put the concert together, even helping to stream it on the internet.
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