#[Stellvia episode 1: Welcome to Stellvia](https://i.redd.it/jwyxlapdryeb1.gif)
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**Screenshot of the Day:** [Conpeito](https://i.redd.it/xxbt0zdtqyeb1.jpg)
**Characters Introduced:**
* Shima Katase (twintails), age 15, described by others as “a little weird”
* Arisa Glennorth (spiky red hair), age 15
* Richard James (beard), school chairman
* Ayaka Machida (purple hair), age 17, upperclassman, lead pilot
* Stellvia, Foundation 2, near-earth space station
I will post a character chart tomorrow.
**Discussion Prompts:**
Q1) What do you think of the character designs? Of the CGI?
Q2) The basic premise requires exposition. What about background details? How do you think the show is balancing show-don’t-tell with tell-don’t-show?
Q3) First impressions of Shima? What could you say about her character?
Q4) Do you like SOL in your mecha? Do you like mecha in your SOL?
**Tomorrow’s Questions Today:**
[Episode 2]>!Q1) Did you or somebody you know or participate in the International Baccalaureate program?
Q2) We got quite a bit more Arisa today. Thoughts on her, the other students, the teachers, and the school?
Q3) Why do they have a giant robot?!<
[REWATCH] Uchuu no Stellvia Discussion Episode 1
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