Name: Planetes
Released: 2003-10-04T17:00:00.000Z
Cast: Kazunari Tanaka, Satsuki Yukino, Ai Orikasa

TV Show · Anime · Sci-Fi

Ai Tanabe joins the Debris Section of the Technora Corporation as they work to remove the debris left around Earth. As Ai tries to accommodate to space life, she learns more about her crew on the dilapidated 'Toy Box'.

2003 · 25m

Starring Kazunari Tanaka, Satsuki Yukino, Ai Orikasa

Director Gorō Taniguchi, Gorō Taniguchi

EPISODE 1

Outside the Atmosphere

New recruit Tanabe arrives on the station and reports for work in the debris section, also called the "half section" because it is only 50% staffed.

23 min
EPISODE 2

Like a Dream

Hachimaki is made fun of by his co-workers in the Debris Section and Technora because he dreams of getting his own spaceship by winning the lottery.

23 min
EPISODE 3

Return Trajectory

Life insurance salespeople swarm the ISPV-7 while members of the Debris Section write their annual wills.

24 min
EPISODE 4

Part of the Job

Colin Clifford, the spoiled son of the current INTO chairman, visits the ISPV-7 and observes a debris hauling mission with the Debris Section.

23 min
EPISODE 5

Fly Me to the Moon

Hachimaki, Tanabe, and Fee decide to go to the Moon for their holiday, and happen to end up on a lunar ferry co-piloted by Cheng-Shin.

23 min
EPISODE 6

The Lunar Flying Squirrels

Hachimaki takes Tanabe to a rundown hotel on the Moon.

23 min