Episode 4

"Star of Hope" is the 4th episode of the Astra Lost in Space anime.

Synopsis
In light of their combined effort to prevent the Astra from crashing, the students conclude that the saboteur has a desire for survival as well and decide not to actively investigate for the time being. They land on Shummoor and begin foraging for food and encounter large, friendly bird-like aliens they dub Gruppies. Unfortunately, they discover that most of the edible plants on Shummoor spoil extremely quickly making them unsuitable for long term storage, and the Gruppies are inedible, meaning they do not have enough food supplies for the next leg of the trip. Meanwhile, Yunhua deserts the ship, telling the crew to leave her behind. Kanata goes out to search for her and finds her. Yunhua reveals that her mother emotionally abused her and raised her into believing it was better to avoid the attention of others. At that moment, the large mushrooms scattered around the planet begin releasing poisonous spores, infecting all of the students except Kanata and Yunhua, who were wearing their spacesuits. Charce tells them that there should be an antidote mushroom to counter the poison, and Kanata and Yunhua remember feeding a sick Gruppie a yellow mushroom that cured it. As Kanata gathers the antidote mushrooms, Yunhua begins to sing to calm her sick friends thanks to Kanata encouraging her to pursue her dream to be a singer. Kanata brings the antidote mushrooms back, curing his friends while Yunhua gains more self confidence.

Characters in Order of Appearance

 * Quitterie Raffaeli
 * Zack Walker
 * Funicia Raffaeli
 * Luca Esposito
 * Aries Spring
 * Yun-Hua Lu
 * Kanata Hoshijima
 * Charce Lacroix
 * Ulgar Zweig
 * Wei Lu       (flashback)