“Makoto's quest for normal youth derails when he meets alien-claiming cousin Erio and other eccentric girls.”
Ground Control to Psychoelectric Girl
電波女と青春男
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Synopsis
Makoto's quest for normal youth derails when he meets alien-claiming cousin Erio and other eccentric girls.
Makoto Niwa meticulously tallies the amount of positive and negative youthful experiences he engages in as if to grade his own life. When his parents go overseas, he moves to a new town to live with his aunt, welcoming the change and ready for a fresh start. However, as ordinary as he had imagined his adolescence to be, he could never have taken the existence of an enigmatic long-lost cousin into account. Upon moving into his aunt's house, he discovers the cousin he never knew about: Erio Touwa. Despite being Makoto's age, she couldn't be more different: Erio chooses to wrap herself in a futon all day rather than to go to school. She even claims to be an alien, and with a speech pattern and personality to back it up, any chance of Makoto's dreamt-of normal life is instantly tossed out the window. As he meets a string of other eccentric girls in town, Makoto must face the possibility of seeing his youth points in the red. However, he might be surprised by how thrilling an abnormal youth can be.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 62 sampled reviews
What 62 viewers settled on.
Polarized
σ 1.90 · split reception
5.6 pts
Recommenders 8.3 · others 2.8
↑ 0.37
Running avg · Jun 2011 → Sep 2025
- 9 “This is a strange little anime with a lot of charm. There seems to be no point or extreme plot twists yet you feel compelled to watch the next episode.... I'm usually not a fan of harem type anime...”
- 10 “the story was pretty unique, and the comedy felt natural, it was a good blend of comedy along with confronting trauma and deep topics the characters were silly and i love them all dearly ^-^ the...”
- 10 “My second masterpiece rating. Why? Well I'm not usually into a slice of life anime, I cant watch them but my favorites are all action and thrillers. The pace was random I suppose but all perfectly...”
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- Format 12 × 24′ eps × min
- Total runtime 4h 48m all episodes
- Aired Apr 2011 – Jul 2011 Spring 2011
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-5728 catalog
Produced by
- Starchild Records Producer
- TBS Producer
- Movic Producer
- ASCII Media Works Producer
- King Records Producer
Licensed by
- NIS America, Inc. Licensor