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PLANETES Archive
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Planetes 1-3 by Makoto Yukimura: B+
Posted on October 8, 2010 | 4 CommentsPlanetes is the story of Hachirota Hoshino, dubbed “Hachimaki” by his crewmates for his propensity to wear a headband (hachimaki), who dreams of earning enough fame and fortune to buy his own spaceship and achieve... -
Planetes Bonus
Posted on March 27, 2010 | No CommentsSpotted on the BBC’s News site today: UK researchers have developed a device to drag space debris out of orbit. They plan to launch a demonstration of their “CubeSail” next year. It is a small... -
Planetes 4
Posted on March 6, 2010 | 4 CommentsThe Plot With Hachimaki off to Jupiter, his former crewmates (and current wife) are left to deal with the garbage in orbit around Earth on their own. Fee, the captain of the Toy Box, is... -
J’s Take on PLANETES Volumes 4.1 and 4.2
Posted on March 6, 2010 | 5 CommentsThe last two volumes of the manga series “Planetes” by Makoto Yukimura are numbered 4.1 and 4.2. As for actual manga content, they really are one volume. Roughly a quarter to half the content of... -
Planetes 1-3
Posted on March 1, 2010 | 3 CommentsThe Plot In the not so distant future, humankind has made orbital space-flight relatively routine. Hakimachi, who dreams someday of the freedom of owning his own space ship, works as a space trash collector, clearing...