Comments on: Planetes: It all depends on whose life you slice

By: otou-san

otou-san — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 05:36:17 +0000

Glad to aid in the convincing! This is one of those anime that you instantly want to bash people over the head until they watch (like Haibane Renmei).

By: otou-san

otou-san — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 05:34:57 +0000

haha I don’t know about you but I’m almost certain my pasty ass would not be pretty in HD.

I’ve finished now, and I think in the end I liked the middle episodes the most as well. Later on it becomes more typical anime drama but it’s elevated by how well the characters are set up in those middle eps. Just fantastic stuff.

By: otou-san

otou-san — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 05:33:41 +0000

I’ll be honest I’m not a huge OP fan. But I’ll forgive the show something tiny like that.

By: otou-san

otou-san — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 05:33:06 +0000

it’s an epic scene, and it’s exemplary for how Planetes manages to mix its moods up. The whole episode is outstandingly hilarious, but that funny premise leads into a dramatic and outstanding climax. Great stuff.

By: otou-san

otou-san — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 05:31:59 +0000

I don’t think it’d work out. Hachimaki really just wants a spaceship and Faye… she probably just loves money too much to love a garbageman.

By: Canne

Canne — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 19:37:47 +0000

‘…neither dystopian nor utopian, just our potential future, going through those same slices.’
Oh! this line captures the essence of PlanetES’s first half so well! Politics and actions play bigger role in the later part of the show but it’s still a really great anime. I’ve recently finished this series myself

By: Troubled Walrus

Troubled Walrus — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 19:09:04 +0000

Planetes is a bomb of a series, meaning that it is the bomb.

By: 2DT

2DT — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 04:28:11 +0000

Good stuff. You’re right that it basically boils down to the short version, but I’ve been convinced. Thanks.

By: kadian1364

kadian1364 — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 04:27:21 +0000

If someone sliced your life, chances are the audience would slice their wrists from boredom (sex scenes notwithstanding).

More like they'd slice their wrists because of the the sex scenes, but that's another story. The middles episodes were really my favorite parts, right through the Von Braun trials, and episode 18 was a real highlight. Way back when we were both just starting this, I said some of these characters really annoyed me, but they really grew on me by that point. Shows the strength of storytelling ability, etc etc. Enjoy the rest of your Planetes.

By: schneider

schneider — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 04:14:28 +0000

Fuck yeah, more people need to DIVE IN THE SKY