It is as if an Arthur C. Clarke or other classic science fiction writer had their work translated to the beautiful art of Anime.

Episodes are about individual planets in our solar system

With Brian Cox, Fran Bagenal, Heidi Becker, Nancy Chabot.

Planetes in japanese puranetesu in ancient greek planhths was a japanese hard science fiction manga by makoto yukimura.

At this point I would call the show very Welcome to the greatest story that's never been told. Garbage in the space.

As the movie comes to the end you realize that you went through all adventures with characters and you fell in love with them! It takes place in the near future but problems with our nature are still the same: love, pride, hope, dreams, hate, anger, moral standards, humanity.

In the year 2075, mankind has reached a point where journeying between Earth, the moon and the space stations is part of daily life.

However, Planetes ends up being so much more than simply a show about people who collect debris in space. Some Japanese animes have this style of starting silly and happy, then suddenly turning all serious and philosophical. I mean the kind of literary science fiction that gets awarded with a Hugo award. 23 out of 25 found this helpful. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Manga/PlanetesBy 2075, the depletion of oil reserves has caused mankind to turn to space to solve its increasing demand for energy, through the mining of Helium-3 isotope deposits from the moon. The opening theme. 0 out of 0 found this helpful. Was this review helpful? recommended. Like many good dramas, it starts itself small in scope with what amounts to simply the futuristic version of salarymen and manages to develop those characters well along with communicating larger themes about humanity in general. The manga was published in English in North America by Tokyopop, and the anime was distributed in North America by Bandai Entertainment.

Well for those of you who are searching for recommendations just watch it. Planetes (in Japanese プラネテス Puranetesu, in Ancient Greek Πλανήτης) was a Japanese hard science fiction television show which aired on NHK from October, 2003 through April, 2004. And you believe it!

The script and series composition was done by Ichiro Okouchi.

Professor Brian Cox reveals the history of Saturn. Professor Brian Cox on tour in Australian talks about the life of our universe to scientists and to space-loving audiences.

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0 out of 0 found this helpful. PLANÈTE+ - Retrouvez la grille complète des programmes TV de PLANÈTE+ avec Télé 7 Jours Ongoing plot elements include an upcoming exploratory mission to The series was animated by Sunrise's Studio 4 and directed by Goro Taniguchi. Was this review helpful? ", the common human trait is that of the desire to aim high whether it be career or just simply life itself because of our constant belief that things will get better that tomorrow will be a better day.

It's Unique with its approach, lots of reasonable hard science along with the realistic portrayal of human society gives it a genuine representation of what our future might look. Explore space, finding asteroids and planets to land on. Its incredible!

Movie shows us problems people will meet in the near future.

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planetes is an anime very particular. Since space is noise less, the soundtrack has to rely on music to achieve the desired dramatic effect.It succeeds admirably.

Was this review helpful? It is slow to start, nothing much happens initially besides us getting introduced to the main characters and this futuristic yet familiar world.

It really is the most realistic and enjoyable sci-fi/comedy/drama film ever, beating out both '2001: a Space Odyssey' and the excellent sci-fi mock-documentary 'Voyage to the Planets' (known in England as 'Space Odyssey') in terms of its devotion to realism. You will need to harvest resources, in order to construct bases, spacecraft, and items. Planetes is a science fiction anime based in the year 2075 with the story revolving around a crew of the space debris collectors. Was this review helpful to you? Each in a heroic struggle against rivals and... The episodes sometimes revolve around debris collection itself, but more often the concept of collecting "trash" in space is merely a storytelling method for building character development. It adds an excellent twist to the sci-fi genre that differs from the norm in anime and the general sci-fi flick.This series isn't running rampart with fanatical ideas but is instead very down-to-earth. 20 out of 23 found this helpful. Brian travels the globe to discuss these topics with examples from our planet and others in the universe.

Both the manga and anime received the Seiun Award for best science fiction series.

This is one of them, and, if it weren't for those stunts in the very last episodes, when they left the outcome of very tense moments for the next two episodes, I would have marked it with a 9. You just got used to them! In a new, ground breaking series we'll be telling the story of the planets as never before. Planetes first aired on NHK on October 2003 with the episode "Outside the Atmosphere", and concluded on April 2004 with the episode "And the Days We Chance Upon…".

Planetes (derived from the Greek word for Planets, which translates to "Wanderers") is a 26-episode anime series, based on a manga series of the same name by Makoto Yukimura, that provides a realistic and dramatic view of life in space in the near future. Millions of years ago incredible forces ripped apart the Earth's crust creating our seven continents - each with its own distinct climate, its own distinct terrain and its own unique animal...