Planetes
Planetes treats working in orbit as a job shaped by risk, budgets, and unglamorous daily routines. Crunchyroll is its legal streaming home, giving viewers access to the complete 2003 TV series. Across 26 episodes, it balances grounded science fiction with workplace drama, romance, and the quieter rhythms of a slice-of-life story. It suits viewers who want space travel to feel physical and consequential, especially when routine labor collides with private ambition. The series is finished, so the ideas and relationships have room to reach a real conclusion.
About
Regular travel beyond Earth has left a dangerous trail of discarded machinery and loose fragments in orbit. A corporate debris crew is assigned to collect that material before it damages spacecraft or threatens the people aboard them. The workers receive little prestige for a task that keeps everyone else safe. One experienced crew member longs to own a ship, while a newly arrived colleague brings an idealistic view of human connection to a department accustomed to compromise. Their assignments turn orbital cleanup into tense, practical work, but the story spends equal time on office pressures, clashing beliefs, and the personal cost of pursuing a future in space. The premise stays intimate even as its questions grow larger.
Information
- Japanese
- ใใฉใใใน
- Premiered
- October 4, 2003
- Episodes
- 26
- Duration
- 25 min per ep.
- Status
- Finished Airing
- Studio
- Sunrise
- Source
- Manga
- Themes
- angst, drama, female protagonist, japanese production, love polygon, speculative fiction
FAQ
Crunchyroll is the legal streaming option named for Planetes. Subscribers can start there and watch the finished TV series in order.
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