Afterschool Pleiades (放課後のプレアデス) is a short streaming-only anime produced by Gainax and sponsored by the car company Subaru (Subaru is the Japanese name for the constellation Pleiades). By "short" I mean the whole series is less than 30 minutes long, spread out over 4 episodes.
The character designs are very cute, the voice acting is pretty good, and the animation is pretty top-notch considering the medium.
On the other hand, due to its length (or lack thereof) there's almost no characterization, and so they rely heavily on genre familiarity to move the story along. No time for explanations, this is the way things are and you can fill in the detail in your own imagination. Or wait until there's a sequel, I guess.
Afterschool Pleiades is up on Youtube now; links after the jump.
Episode 2
Episode 3
Episode 4
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