Planetes
Planetes (Japanese: プラネテス, Puranetesu; Greek: Πλάνητες Planētes, "Wanderers") is a Japanese hard science fiction manga written and illustrated by Makoto Yukimura. It was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Morning between January 1999 to January 2004, with its chapters collected into four tankōbon volumes. It was adapted into a 26-episode anime television series by Sunrise, which was broadcast on NHK from October 2003 through April 2004. The story revolves around the crew of a space debris collection craft in the year 2075.
| Planetes | |
First tankōbon volume cover | |
| プラネテス (Puranetesu) | |
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| Genre | Hard science fiction |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Makoto Yukimura |
| Published by | Kodansha |
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| Imprint | Morning KC |
| Magazine | Morning |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Original run | January 1999 – January 2004 |
| Volumes | 4 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Gorō Taniguchi |
| Produced by |
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| Written by | Ichirō Ōkouchi |
| Music by | Kōtarō Nakagawa |
| Studio | Sunrise |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | NHK BS2 |
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| Original run | October 4, 2003 – April 17, 2004 |
| Episodes | 26 |
The manga was published in English in North America by Tokyopop, and the anime was distributed in North America by Bandai Entertainment. Both the manga and anime received the Seiun Award for best science fiction series.