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DVD : Planetes: Complete CollectionIn association with Amazon.comstarring: Nao Nagasawa  List Price: $49.98 Amazon.com's Price: $44.99 You Save: $4.99 (10%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1Audience Rating: Unrated Binding: DVD EAN: 0669198263064 Format: Animated, Box set, Color, DVD-Video, Subtitled, NTSC Label: Bandai Manufacturer: Bandai Number Of Items: 6 Publisher: Bandai Region Code: 1 Release Date: November 28, 2006 Running Time: 650 minutes Studio: Bandai Sales Rank: 19825 MPN: 26306 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Amazon.com: The sci-fi adventure Planetes (2004) opens in 2075, as eager but maladroit Ai Tanabe arrives at Space Station ISPV-7--and discovers she's been assigned to the Debris Section, the department charged with cleaning up the orbiting junk that threatens interplanetary navigation. Ai immediately begins squabbling with her instructor, veteran astronaut Hachirota "Hachimaki" Hoshino. The set-up of a feisty newcomer joining a team of eccentric grunts recalls Patlabor: the oddballs in the Debris Section are also under-appreciated and underpaid, but hardworking and dedicated. In the first few episodes, the relationship between Tanabe and Hachimaki feels like anime boilerplate, but the filmmakers deftly unfold their back stories, transforming standard characters into intriguing individuals. Hachimaki has to wrestle with his fears and dreams as well as his relationship with Tanabe. Whenever Planetes risks falling into formula, the filmmakers veer off in a new direction. In a less imaginative series, when Hachimaki quits the Debris Section to try out for the experimental ship making the first voyage to Jupiter, he'd realize he'd made a mistake and go back to working and squabbling in the Debris Section. Instead, director Goro Taniguchi and his artists involve the characters in a deadly plot launched by the terrorist Space Defense Front. The extras include photographs of real space debris that's fallen to Earth and a discussion with NASA officials, who warn there may be 15,000 objects 10cm or larger orbiting the planet at speeds approaching 8 km./sec. (Rated 13 and older: violence, minor risqué humor, alcohol and tobacco use) --Charles Solomon (1. Outside the Atmosphere, 2. Like a Dream, 3. Return Trajectory, 4. Part of the Job, 5. Fly Me to the Moon, 6. The Lunar Flying Squirrels, 7. Extraterrestrial Girl, 8. A Place to Cling to, 9. Regrets, 10. A Sky of Stardust, 11. Boundary Line, 12. A Modest Request, 13. Scenery with a Rocket, 14. Turning Point, 15. In Her Case, 16. Ignition, 17. His Reasons, 18. Debris Section's Last Day, 19. Endings Are Always… 20. Tentative Steps, 21. Tandem Mirror, 22. Exposure, 23. Debris Clutter, 24. Love, 25. The Lost, 26. And the Days We Chance Upon) Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Excellent and super-realistic sci-fi comedy/dramaThis is anime for those who liked 'From the Earth to the Moon', 'The Right Stuff' and perhaps 'The Office'. It really is the most realistic and enjoyable sci-fi/comedy/drama film ever, beating out both '2001: a Space Odyssey' and the excellent sci-fi mock-documentary 'Voyage to the Planets' (known in England as 'Space Odyssey') in terms of its devotion to realism. Although the series is set 70 years in the future, the show uses only the science we use now and that we can be fairly sure ... Read More Rating:  - An empowering space adventureI'll definitely say this was an interesting series and I did end up enjoying it overall. At first it felt like the characters would really get on my nerves, but as I got into them more they got less annoying to me. Or maybe because of what they went through they got less annoying in the show. Either way, by the end of this series I was hooked and wanted to see what happened to them! Planetes has a very unique premise in my opinion and the show works a lot more like a sitcom rather than ... Read More Rating:  - A good series but flawed.If you like Hollywood Horse-feathers, I guess this is well done. Frankly, I think it should have been darker and grittier. The 'all you need is love to salve the hearts of the disenfranchised and dead' message is worthless. The dialog and plot are worthless for the same reasons. I have the same problem with this series that I have with most horror: if you have the antagonist down... kill him, cut his throat, put a bullet in his head and scatter his limbs to the four winds. If someone just slaughtered your ... Read More Rating: - Great DVD!! Fast Shipping!!This was a great buy. It was shipped fast and was in great condition. I love the DVD and the box set came just as advertised. Thanks. Rating: - many changes, but the theme remains the same...as a fan of the original manga, I was pleasantly surprised by the transition to anime; they've vastly increased the cast, and changed some of the emphasis in the plot to draw from additional themes like Japanese office ettiquette, behind the scenes corporate maneouverings and the messy state of geopolitics. Some elements seem to be there just to pad things out, others are actually quite interesting takes on the original plots. The Planetes take on life as an orbital garbage collector is as keen as ever, with ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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