One of my personal favorites for anime and one of the best sci-fi series out there.

>>41
Could not agree with you more! This show made me laugh, cry, scream with frustration, and, at some points, rethink several elements of my life. And that was for pretty much all of the episodes.

It's been sitting on my hard drive for some time now. I really need to watch it already.

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>>130
Do it already, sir! You will not be disappointed. Also, off topic, sorry, but how do you sage around here? I am still getting used to the interface.

>>130

I've also been meaning to watch it at some point, but my backlog is already big enough so I've been holding off for now.

In the unlikely event that anyone cares, here's my backlog (i.e. anime sitting on my hard drive waiting to be watched):
- Amagami SS
- Bakemonogatari
- Black★Rock Shooter
- Cowboy Bebop
- K-ON (I know, I know)
- Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magika
- Mirai Nikki (Does anyone know if this is good or not? I heard good things about the manga so I was interested in watching it)
- Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt (The art style has put me off this so far, but I've been hearing nothing but good things about it so I suppose I have to give it a try)
- THE iDOLM@ASTER
- To Aru Kagaku no Railgun

So yeah, I think Planetes will have to wait a little while, heh.

>>133
Dude, you can easily bump Planetes up over some of those shows, for example, K-on (which, while it did hit the spot sometimes, really did not make me too interested in itself or the characters), Madoka (Cool art, interesting characters, but not as revolutionary as some people will tell you), PSG(only managed to choke through the first episode, watched the last one due to the hype, just went "What??" and shut off the media player), Idolmaster (Unless you are a fan of the game, which, I presume, you could be, I would steer clear of that), and Railgun (While better than Index, it is still pretty crappy, at least in my subjective opinion.) But good luck, and good watching!

Possibly my favorite anime of all time. Anyone know anything else like it?

>>145
Starship Operators, perhaps? Decent and pretty believable space operations and combat, and sort of weird concept. It is not exactly "garbagemen in space," but it does have a similar feel to it, I found.

>>147

Cool, I'll download it, thanks man.

>>162
Good watchings man! Do post your opinion on it, once you finish!

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anyone who enjoyed planetes is likely to also enjoy twin spica (AKA futatsu no spika)

>>173
"The story about teenage fantasy of Asumi, a girl aiming to become an astronaut, and her friends. A refreshing tiny story, cute but painful Science-Fiction Fantasy.
Lion's space vehicle fell from the sky and crashed. Unfortunatelly, the accident also killed Asumi's mother. Asumi then met the spirit of Lion, who told Asumi stories of space. Listening to these stories, Asumi began to realize her dreams for the future"

You've sold me! Will download, will watch!

>>133
there's a mirai nikki anime!? goddamn, I've been reading the manga and it is indeed good, though it seems like something that could easily fall victim to the usual cliches if turned into an anime. I'm going to be checking out, even if you don't

>>180
Oft overused image from the anime. Also, here is Mirai Nikki anime description for you. It is real.

http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=anime&aid=8395

I was once on drugs and spent a few minutes contemplating that picture, fervently hoping that the fellow(?) in the suit reaches that screw-like object.

>>217
I laughed. Thanks for that.

>>217
Thanks for the laugh dude. I needed that. That fellow does, in the end, reach the screw, I believe.

Planetes is my favorite all time.

1. Planetes
2. Techxholynize
3. Outlaw Star
4. S-Cry-Ed
5. Fist of the North Star

Thanks all for reminding me that I really want to see this.

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This was a good series. Started off slow, like a Sci-fi SoL, but then it started going into the characters' backstories; why they went into space, etc. Really nice, you get an unnameable feel for each episode without it getting too dramatic. Well except in the terrorist arc. Still not bad.

Also it had a godly OST.

Watching it right now. it is pretty, pretty,... prettypretty ok. I'm only on episode 5 right now, its not the most entertaining one so far but the concept for the show is very intruiging. im hoping the characters start to really develop soon. Overall a fun series.

I just started this after having it on my list for quite a while. I like it so far. I like the combination of workplace comedy with hard sci-fi. It's a great concept and well executed in terms of production values, and the English dub is good.

I'm with >>646 in that I hope the character development is done right because, as solid as this series is conceptually and in execution, I can see it wearing really thin and over-staying its welcome if the characters don't go anywhere. As it stands right now, it's been fairly static in that regard, but there is a lot of potential here for a good balance between satisfying hard sci-fi, workplace comedy/drama, and exploring the ambiguous political situation in which they are living.

So far, it has touched on some interesting themes, but only touched. If I'm not happy with how certain issues are explored, I can see this getting old long before 26 episodes are up.

Awesome series

>>67
I laughed at the thought of a grown man screaming with frustration while watching anime

I just recently rewatched this and have one gigantic complaint.

That awful sequence of events in season 2 where Tanabe goes against the wishes of the dead astronaut floating and space and bitches and complains his body shouldn't be left alone to wander space.

Who is this cunt to decide a dead man's wishes, especially based on her personal beliefs? She is the worst part of this show. If it only followed Hachimaki I think it would be one of the best space anime ever.

>>748
Excellent point. Fucking Tanabe, let the man die how he wants to die, it's his life, his death, and his decision.

>>700
Sorry for taking months to get back to you. It's a good series. The dialogue is almost entirely yelling, which gets really really tiresome, but that's anime I guess :/ It's a great exploration of a corporatized space exploration system. The way it looks at inequality is surprisingly nuanced. Most space shows have this united humanity going out into the galaxy, as if the only possibility is that going into space will unite us all and solve all our problems. But Planetes goes for a different future, where all of our earth-bound inequities just go with us out into space.

So overall: good character drama, especially the latter half of Hachimaki's arc. Nuanced portrayal of a possible structure of for-profit space exploration. Some genuinely funny and genuinely moving moments. Too much over-the-top dialogue and voice delivery. Fucking Tanabe.