ザスピリットオブワンダー : 少年科學倶楽部
Spirit of Wonder: Scientific Boys Club
The now 50 year old Scientific Boys Club decides to built a ship that sails to Mars on the "Ethereal Current" - a thesis of the wife of a club member which claims that the universe is flooded with Ethereal energy. On this stream they travel to Mars in order to prove an old theory about channels on Mars built by Martians, but there is no life. Many years later, when both theories are considered to be nonsense, a Mars expedition discovers a stone with the inscription "Scientific Boys Club 1954". (Source: Anime News Network)
Names
| Original | ザスピリットオブワンダー : 少年科學倶楽部 (japanese) |
|---|---|
| Romaji | Spirit of Wonder: Shounen Kagaku Club |
| English | Spirit of Wonder: Scientific Boys Club |
| Also known as | Scientific Boys Club |
Facts
| Format | OVA (home video) · 2 ep · 30 min · 1h total |
|---|---|
| Aired | 2001-01-25 → 2001-07-25 (Winter 2001) |
| Status | FINISHED |
| Studio | Ajiado |
| Source | Manga |
| Origin | Japan (Anime) |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Genres | ComedyDramaFantasySci-Fi |
| Themes | AstronomyRuralSpaceHistoricalForeignSeinenPrimarily Adult CastPrimarily Male CastMale ProtagonistFemale Protagonist |
Reception
| Community score | 6.10 / 10 |
|---|---|
| Bayesian score | 7.17 / 10 |
| Composite | 47.3 |
| On lists | 2,467 |
| Favourited | 13 (0.5%) |
| Completion | 84.8% |
| Drop rate | 3.4% |
| In backlog | 58.9% |
| Score spread σ | 1.76 |
Score distribution
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Where it places
| Cohort | Value | Tier | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broadcast season | Winter 2001 | — | 16 of 18 |
| Studio | Ajiado | D | 20 of 26 |
| Year | 2001 | D | 88 of 127 |
| Era | Early 2000s | D | 417 of 687 |
| Demographic | Seinen | D | 539 of 775 |
| Format | OVA (home video) | D | 543 of 944 |
| Length | OVA / Special | D | 761 of 1,260 |
| Genre | Sci-Fi | D | 835 of 1,409 |
| Season (all years) | Winter | D | 897 of 1,557 |
| Genre | Fantasy | D | 1,336 of 2,142 |
| Genre | Drama | D | 1,399 of 1,917 |
| Source material | Manga | D | 2,067 of 3,025 |
| Genre | Comedy | D | 2,072 of 3,488 |
| Origin | Japan | D | 4,227 of 7,157 |
Key staff
| Director | Masafumi Mima, Karin Lehmann, Shunichirou Yoshihara, Takashi Annou |
|---|---|
| Series composition | Karin Lehmann |
| Character design | Yoshiaki Yanagida |
| Music | Hayato Matsuo |
| Original creator | Kenji Tsuruta |
Franchise — ザスピリットオブワンダー : 少年科學倶楽部
Related
| Relation | Year | Title |
|---|---|---|
| side story | 2001 | Spirit of Wonder: China-san Short Stories |
AniList id 2420 · MAL id 2420 · record updated 2026-08-25