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Planetes (2003) is a Japanese sci-fi anime series you can watch online on iFILM. Based on Makoto Yukimura's manga, it follows the people with the least glamorous job in the 21st-century space industry.
By 2075, lunar shuttles run on schedule, orbital stations are routine, and a crewed Jupiter mission is in planning. But decades of launches have packed low Earth orbit with debris — fragments of old satellites and rocket stages that can punch through a hull at speed. Somebody has to collect it. The crew of the ISPV 7 Debris Section does. Hachirota Hoshino (Kazunari Tanaka) has been doing it for years and wants out; newcomer Ai Tanabe (Satsuki Yukino) arrives convinced the work matters.
Hard science fiction that takes orbital physics seriously, built around a character drama that takes people seriously too. That double commitment is unusual. Stream Planetes online on iFILM.
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