Planetarian: Chiisana Hoshi no Yume


Planetarian: The Reverie of a Little Planet

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Japanese: planetarian~ちいさなほしのゆめ~
English: Planetarian: The Reverie of a Little Planet
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Type: ONA
Episodes: 5
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Jul 7, 2016 to Aug 4, 2016
Producers: Visual Arts
Licensors: Funimation
Studios: David Production
Source: Visual novel
Genres: DramaDrama, Sci-FiSci-Fi
Duration: 18 min. per ep.
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 7.551 (scored by 4261542,615 users)
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Ranked: #17852
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Popularity: #2262
Members: 100,293
Favorites: 481

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Aug 4, 2016
Mixed Feelings
After nearly a decade of reading and watching Key's works, and now having finished Planetarian's unlikely adaptation, I think I have come to accept that Key does not appeal much to me anymore. I have aged and moved on since those times, as has the anime industry and its community, and no longer feel all too impressed by what their stories had to offer.

At the same time, I recognise that not everybody began watching anime at the same time. Some people have only just gotten into the medium in recent months, and so they may not yet be acquainted with Key's works. For these ...
Jun 25, 2018
Mixed Feelings
This anime is basically a short story. This is an 'end of the world' type of story, read the description. As for if you should watch this. Well, if you don't have anything else to do and you have watched almost every other anime, then maybe give this one a try.

It had a story, but not really much of a plot. The ending is sad. You don't watch this kind of anime to feel good. Just skip this one and feel good that you saved a few hours of your life to watch something much better. That is ...
Mar 14, 2022
Mixed Feelings
Well, while effective in being "emotional", I feel as though it didn't truly have a point.
When I was done with it, I didn't feel enriched.
Instead, it felt pretty empty and realistically, what would the point even be? It was just kind of cheesy, dumb and sad.

The only thing you can really get out of it is the realization that People sure get attached to things which look like vulnerable girls very easily, even the attachment is for an unfeeling machine that merely imitates feeling which humans have.

While nothing is particularly bad in terms of production, the writing just feels ham fisted, sloppy and preachy. ...
Nov 26, 2019
Mixed Feelings
Planetarian is a short, minimalistic, pleasant little movie much in line with the previous works of Key. If you've enjoyed their other productions you'll likely enjoy this too.

There's a limit to how attached you can get to a character in an hour and a half, so the length, while obviously by design, does have its drawbacks. Nevertheless, while I wasn't absolutely heartbroken by the sad ending of this anime I was emotionally touched more than not at all. I think this could have made for a fine 12 episode anime series, but as a significantly shorter movie I was still pleased with what we got.

The ...
Oct 15, 2022
Mixed Feelings
Going into Planetarian, I was totally unaware that it was an adaptation of a visual novel, but having discovered this after I finished it, it actually makes a lot of sense. Planetarian has a lot of the characteristics that reveal its VN roots, like well-written dialogue, intriguing story concepts, and interesting music. Though, it also harbors some of the notable drawbacks, like flat characters, basic motivations, and sometimes rigid animation. Beginning with the story, it starts with a simple yet engaging concept about a postapocalyptic world where humans are very scarce, and a planetarium robot which still manages to function. ...