Spotlight Anime: Planetes MAL Anime Information Page: Planetes MAL Score – 8.47 (by 4627 users) Ranked - #77 Popularity - #363 For the next two weeks I would like to have a discussion about the anime that focuses on the key elements that we here on MAL use to critically rate an anime: Animation, Sound, Characters, Story, and Enjoyment. I would like everyone to approach this thread as if you were going to write a review and structure your initial post like this: Animation - insert rating Sound - insert rating Characters - insert rating Story - insert rating Enjoyment - insert rating Animation - discuss any pros and cons of the animation styling used in the series, try to include some specifics. Sound - describe any of the things you liked or didn't care for in regards to the music and sound effects used in the series etc... If you are having trouble writing up a review or coming up with specific pros and cons, please don't worry. Just do the best you can with it and if you can only write two or three sentences about any of the 5 elements then that's OK. Not everyone here is currently at a level which will allow them to articulate their thoughts and opinions. After your initial post is made you can feel free to civilly discuss issues of contention. I am sure there will be many opinions expressed here that some of us will disagree upon and criticise and it is for that reason that this entire club exists. So I hope everyone has fun and I am really looking forward to watching this discussion unfold. Due to voting rule changes, this series is no longer in the re-vote queue and is now permanently inducted in the CnC relations list. RESULTS OF THE YOU DECIDE POLL Planetes was inducted into the club Anime list: 33 Yes - 84.6% 6 No - 13.4% 45 Don't Know - 53.5% of the total number polled On 02/19/2010 Planetes will be voted on for a second and final time[/b] |
Orion1Jun 8, 2014 4:32 PM
| You do not beg the sun for mercy. |
| Truly a unique anime, with an interesting premise and great characters. Animation and sound are admittedly forgettable, however the other aspects make up for this easily. Most of the characters (including side characters) are generally well fleshed out. You see some episodes here and there dedicated to developing a certain character, and yet such episodes don't feel like they're thrown in there just for that purpose. In relation to that, there is no real ongoing story; instead the events that take place seem to be for the purpose of developing the characters, and their relationships with one another. Planetes is in essence a character driven anime, however the setting adds a lot with its sense of realism as well as the fact that it's such an interesting concept. Great from start to finish, 10/10 and yes. |
| I love PLANETES! Lets get the initial stuff out of the way Animation - 9/10 Sound - 8/10 Characters - 9/10 Story - 10/10 Enjoyment - 9/10 ok, now that thats done... I had heard some good things about this title and i picked up the manga and fell in love with it. When I started watching the anime i was sceptical but i found myself falling in love with the series all over again. The story is solid and grounded in todays real world environmental concerns. The characters are identifiable and memorable. The designs aren't outlandish, they are realistic and based on existing designs. The music compliments the series but is careful to not over power it. The animation is crisp and clean. Some of you are wondering: "Wait, Avakar! what about Sub V Dub?!?!" got ya covered, the transaltion is wonderful! I found that there were very few discrepencies between the two, so you aren't going to miss a thing by watching the dub! Its just a great all around series. Its a story that isn't outlandish. It's an actual possibility for our future, Plantes brings real concerns to the surface and shows the consequences for our real world actions in space exploration. Space debris is a concern today for all nations that are involved in space. Dont believe me? call NASA. Planetes is SO different because of this. You get to see a what could happen for someone born on the moon, you get to see how space junkers would do their jobs... HELL you get to see what otaku would do if they were in space! Is this series for everyone? no, but i will say that EVERYTIME i've shown it at an anime viewing its always done well. Few anime have ever been recieved like that by our eclectic club members. This series is a true joy to watch again and again and i can't wait for my son to get a bit older so i can watch it with him. |
| Those among you who, for whatever reason, have felt the urgent need to browse through my list of completed anime might have been a bit puzzled by the fact that I gave Planetes a score of 'average'. To be honest, I am, too. True enough, I don't remember that much of the anime (the manga is a different matter), which places it squarely in the 4-7 range, and I might have felt at the time that too little use was made of the premise and too much time was spent on simply showing the characters doing their things. But what a premise it is! Space debris and the possible problems it may cause for regular travel through near space is a highly plausible, if still rather far-off, danger and equally plausible is the foundation of some sort of organisation dealing with getting rid of it. I can imagine such a job to be not that much different from any decently specialised frontiersman's job, either attracting the kind of people portrayed in the series or making them into such. That said, there really isn't that much of a story to be told regarding cleaning up debris, so Planetes has to make do with a few high profile missions which so neatly fit into American hard science fiction series and a lot of interaction between the characters. Why I can understand that many people enjoyed this latter part - I did - I don't believe it was necessarily good writing, acting or directing. The characters were mostly a bit too strongly role types and their interaction was rather predictable. Some of them were more or less defined by gimmicks, which betrays bad design, while others, among who the protagonist, were defined a bit too strongly by being pushed into a mould that didn't quite fit at first and only turned into an actual character by means of having him face the other characters. The manga has a bit more in the way of a background story (and overall more story), which better explains the hows and whys of the Planetes universe, but the anime does a fair job at this and is more self-contained, focusing more clearly on the space debris issue. Technical designs are realistic, even true, and the action is shown in a manner that very much stays in the possible, bordering on the point where realism takes over entertainment. As Avakar noted, Planetes might not be for everyone, but it is something that can be enjoyed by almost anyone and, moreover and more in particular, will be enjoyed for the exact same reasons. It is fairly value-neutral, a bit slow in pacing but consistent in execution, with enough interesting characters and different aspects of the premise shown to remain interesting over all episodes. That latter point might be a main contributing factor to my vote, even if I remain undecided for the moment: a show that can be enjoyed by most, if not all, audiences seems worthy for induction no matter whether it is in whichever sense brilliant or not. |
| You do not beg the sun for mercy. |
| One of the bestestass anime :O |
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| The realism extends to the physical sciences - bodies in motion in 0g and orbital manuvering is well represented. I rarity in anime, which often steps all over Newton and expects you to buy it. Just another small point add to fleshed out characters and stories you buy in on. A yes from me - again |
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| This anime will get a "No" from me. I did enjoy the first half (even if it was more straightforward), but starting from episode 15 or so they sacrificed the main character and made his behavior atrocious in order to convey a message "you have to be an egoist to get what you want in life". While I think it was a good message and I agree with it to a certain extent and the development of that character was well done, I thought that pay off was not worth it and it was painful to watch the second part because of that. I realize that everything was done on purpose, but I just didn't like their approach at all. |
| I wish I was around to vote "no" too. Nothing was "beyond" the norm that struck me. The characters weren't deep or interesting. Sure they had a few episodes that were fun and "dramatic" but that was it. Forgettable characters, so-so animation, boring episodic episodes (sorry), and the OP/ED was meh |
| Even when I was in crowd, I was always alone |
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