Stardust Telepath
is a Japanese four-panel manga series written and illustrated by Rasuko Ōkuma. It has been serialized in Houbunsha's seinen manga magazine Manga Time Kirara since May 2019, with its chapters collected into four tankōbon volumes as of September 2023. An anime television series adaptation produced by Studio Gokumi premiered in October 2023. Characters

A young girl who has a fascination with outer space and aliens. However, due to being ridiculed for her belief in aliens, Umika became shy and introverted and finds it difficult to communicate her true feelings to others. Due to the sense of social isolation she suffers, Umika believes she can only communicate with aliens and dreams of traveling to space in a rocket to visit them. A young, energetic girl who happens to be Umika's classmate. She claims that she is an alien from outer space who is stranded on Earth, but everybody believes she's only joking. Umika is the only person who believes her, and the two quickly become friends. Yu suffers from amnesia and doesn't remember her life before coming to Earth, but still desires to return to her home planet. She also claims she possesses the power of "foreheadpathy", where she can read the emotions of a person if she touches her forehead against theirs. The vice president of Umika and Yu's class, Haruno is polite and helpful to everybody, especially towards Umika. She is a self described "lighthouse connoisseur" and also believes Yu is an alien. Her dream is to travel to space to spread Earth's culture to aliens and she quickly becomes friends with Umika and Yu. Media

Manga
Written and illustrated by Rasuko Ōkuma, Stardust Telepath initially started in Houbunsha's Manga Time Kirara magazine on May 9, 2019, as a two-chapter guest work. It began a full serialization in the same magazine on July 9, 2019. The first tankōbon was released on July 27, 2020. As of September 2023, four volumes have been released. Volumes

Anime
An anime television series adaptation was announced on October 7, 2022. It is produced by Studio Gokumi and directed by Kaori, who also supervised the scripts with Natsuko Takahashi. Takahiro Sakai designed the characters and served as chief animation director, and Asuka Sakai composed the music. The series premiered on October 9, 2023, on AT-X and other networks. The opening theme song is  by Miku Itō, while the ending theme song is  by SoundOrion. Crunchyroll licensed the series outside of Asia. Muse Communication licensed the series in Southeast Asia. Episodes

Reception
In 2021, the series was nominated in the seventh Next Manga Awards in the Best Printed Manga category. Notes

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Anime series based on manga
Crunchyroll anime
Extraterrestrials in anime and manga
Houbunsha manga
Muse Communication
Science fiction anime and manga
Seinen manga
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