Uchūsen Sagittarius

Uchūsen Sagittarius
Members of the team. From left to right: Toppy, Rana, Sebeep, Giraffe, and Anne. In the background is the spaceship Sagittarius.
宇宙船サジタリウス
GenreScience fiction, comedy, adventure
Based onAltri Mondi
by Andrea Romoli
Written byNobuyuki Isshiki
Nobuyuki Fujimoto
Harumi Hisaki
Adai Shirotani
Naomi Furunaga
Mikio Matsushita
Directed byKazuyoshi Yokota
Music byHaruki Mino
Country of originJapan
Original languageJapanese
No. of episodes77
Production
ProducersKyōzō Utsunomiya
Takaji Matsudo
Production companiesTV Asahi
Nippon Animation
Original release
NetworkANN (TV Asahi)
ReleaseJanuary 10, 1986 (1986-01-10) 
October 3, 1987 (1987-10-03)

Uchūsen Sagittarius (宇宙船サジタリウス, Uchūsen Sajitariusu; lit. Spaceship Sagittarius) is a 77-episode Japanese science fiction anime television series directed by Kazuyoshi Yokota and created by Nippon Animation and TV Asahi. It aired between January 10, 1986, and October 3, 1987. The series is based on comics created by Italian physicist Andrea Romoli. The series was a huge success in Japan and even won the Osamu Tezuka's Atom Award at the Tokyo Film Festival.