Lion-san

Azumi met quotLionsanquot on the day of her mothers funeral. He is the ghost of a passenger from the illfated rocket that crashes on their town. They met again in the spirit world when Azumi got drowned and her soul went to the other world but this time Mr. Lion is unmasked. As Lionsan relates to Asumi his unfulfilled dream of making it to space the girl makes it her personal dream to travel to space. Source: AnimeNfo