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Planetes #1
Planetes, Volume 1
Haunted by a space flight accident that claimed his beloved wife, Yuri finds a job cleaning space debris from Earth's orbit. His team consists of Hachimaki, a hot shot debris-man with a sailor's affinity for the orbital ocean; Fee, a tomboy beauty with an abrasive edge and a penchant for smoking; and Pops, a veteran orbital mechanic whose avuncular presence soothes the stress of the job. Planetes follows the lives of Yuri and his fellow debris-men as they work and ruminate at the edge of the great empyrean sea.
236 pages, Paperback
First published January 23, 2001
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April 18, 2017
This is a general review for the series
A hard science fiction manga in a near future telling story of Hachimaki, a young astronaut. Astronaut in the story has wide meaning. And for Hachimaki case he was a spacegarbage debris cleaner.
This manga has art that rich in details, and story/plot that equals it. A must try for hard sci-fi. One of the my fav scene is a fighting scene between spacemen that using low G and low air pressure in their fighting techniques.
A hard science fiction manga in a near future telling story of Hachimaki, a young astronaut. Astronaut in the story has wide meaning. And for Hachimaki case he was a space
This manga has art that rich in details, and story/plot that equals it. A must try for hard sci-fi. One of the my fav scene is a fighting scene between spacemen that using low G and low air pressure in their fighting techniques.
September 19, 2011
Most people familiar with the name Planetes are those who've only watched the anime series this manga is based on. That's a real shame, because not only are the two almost wholly different in tone and focus, the books are really something special.
I've heard it said that the difference between genre fiction and literary fiction is the commitment to tell the story of the characters' humanity rather than a story of plot events. By that definition, you can count Planetes as one of the few examples of literary science fiction. It is a story of the personal and societal impacts of near-future space exploration, but underpinning it all is a story about the human passion to reach beyond the earth.
I've heard it said that the difference between genre fiction and literary fiction is the commitment to tell the story of the characters' humanity rather than a story of plot events. By that definition, you can count Planetes as one of the few examples of literary science fiction. It is a story of the personal and societal impacts of near-future space exploration, but underpinning it all is a story about the human passion to reach beyond the earth.
October 19, 2023
واقعا فقط به خاطر اینکه ما توی سیاراتِ دیگه هیچ حیاتی پیدا نکردیم و طبیعتِ اونجا دقیقا چیزی نیست که ما بهش میگیم طبیعت، اجازهی این رو داریم که با اون محیط هر کاری که دوست داشته باشیم بکنیم؟
خیلی عجیب بود، من تا حالا بهش فکر نکرده بودم.
خیلی عجیب بود، من تا حالا بهش فکر نکرده بودم.
May 23, 2023
Nakon drugog čitanja posle godinu dana ovaj strip mi je mnogo bolje "legnuo". Iako mi se na prvu loptu nije dopao sada mi je utisak ipak bolji.
Svemirska odiseja u ne tako dalekoj budućnosti, gde je ljudska vrsta naselila kosmos. Imamo tri lika koja sa različitom pozadinom i različitim motivima da rade posao koji rade a to je da su svemirski skupljači đubreta. Ovaj previ deo nam daje par mini priča, koja se svaka ima fokus na drugom liku ili dešavanju ali su međusobno povezane u jedan kontekst koji ima potencijal da se razvije.
Svemirska odiseja u ne tako dalekoj budućnosti, gde je ljudska vrsta naselila kosmos. Imamo tri lika koja sa različitom pozadinom i različitim motivima da rade posao koji rade a to je da su svemirski skupljači đubreta. Ovaj previ deo nam daje par mini priča, koja se svaka ima fokus na drugom liku ili dešavanju ali su međusobno povezane u jedan kontekst koji ima potencijal da se razvije.
February 4, 2025
Just finished this on my lunch break. I'm so excited to see Hachimaki's journey in the second book. I really hope it ends with the themes I'm hoping for <3
August 8, 2021
Es interesante... pero no tiene apenas nada de ciencia ficción. Es decir, el momento espacio y tal, es solo el lugar de trabajo. Al final es un manga sobre el ser humano, la convivencia, amistad, amor, dolor, pérdida. De la misma manera que existen otros muchos libros sobre un grupo de compañeros de trabajo que son periodistas, bomberos, policias, médicos u oficinistas, éste es el mismo tipo pero con la "originalidad" de que están en una estación especial recogiendo basura.
Que no penséis que es una crítica, ni mucho menos, sino para que podáis catalogarlo dónde corresponde y no os llevéis una percepción errónea.
En cuanto a los casos... es muy nipón. Me ha recordado a muchas otras obras porque al final abarca un poco las mismas problemáticas de siempre. Además tiene también un poco los clichés nacionales que se han visto mucho en este tipo de obras, no solo en carácter, sino tamibén en su físico y cómo se les dibuja y de más. Interesante, pero no especialmente remarcable, en mi opinión.
Que no penséis que es una crítica, ni mucho menos, sino para que podáis catalogarlo dónde corresponde y no os llevéis una percepción errónea.
En cuanto a los casos... es muy nipón. Me ha recordado a muchas otras obras porque al final abarca un poco las mismas problemáticas de siempre. Además tiene también un poco los clichés nacionales que se han visto mucho en este tipo de obras, no solo en carácter, sino tamibén en su físico y cómo se les dibuja y de más. Interesante, pero no especialmente remarcable, en mi opinión.
December 3, 2022
Kraj mi se nije toliko dopao, ali čitaću nastavke.
October 29, 2023
Bazılarına göre biraz abartacak olabilirim. Şimdiden uyarayım :)
Planetes ile ilişkim çok eskiye dayanıyor. Japon kültürünü araştırmaya başladığım yıllarda ister istemez anime dünyasına da göz atmaya başlamıştım. Üzerinden 15 seneden fazla zaman geçti ama hala anime seyircisi olamadım. Bir genel kültür düzeyi sadece. Popüler seriler sonsuza uzayan shounenlerdi genelde. Daha yetişkin işler aradığımda ise bir türlü sebat edemiyordum. O yıllarda henüz Gerekli Şeyler manga basmıyordu. Belki sadece İthaki’den bir kendine has deneme, “Gon” çıkmış idi. Yani buralar dutluktu tam olarak.
İşte o yıllarda Planetes’in animesi ile karşılaştım. Bitmedi, belki birkaç bölüm seyrettim. Kalitesiz korsan izleme sitelerinden mi, internet imkanları mı, bir türlü kimyamızın uyuşmadığı anime matematiği miydi sebep bilmiyorum. Fakat şunu hiç unutmamacasına hatırlıyorum. Daha konusunu okuduğum an hayran olmuştum. Şu Japonlar ne garip adamlardı. Makro hayaller ve gelecek projeksiyonu içinde böyle minik bir konuyu ancak onlar mevzu bahis ederdi. Herhalde insanın aklına gelecek her konuda yazıp çizmiştir bu adamlar demiştim. +”Uzay çöpçüleri ile ilgili bir şey okumak istiyorum. Çok mu tuhaf? Var mıdır?” -“Yoo olur mu hiç, bak Planetes!” :) Fikir ve hayalgücünden, fikrin ayakları yere basışından çok hoşlanmıştım.
Ayrıca belirtmek lazım. Bu esere/fikre şimdiden bakmak kolay. Hepimiz şehirlerimizin üzerinden bir fener alayı gibi geçen Starlink uydularını seyrettik. Teknoloji parabolik bir hızda ilerliyor. Uzay macerası devlet tekelinden özel girişimlere genişliyor. Planetes’in farklı dillerde mangasını, bir paket yumuşatıcı ve poşet çayla beraber sipariş verebileceğiniz Amazon artık hem ülkemizde hizmet veriyor hem de Blue Origin ile gözünü uzaya dikmiş vaziyette. Ve bu eser nerdeyse SpaceX’den yaşlı! Şimdi yaşlanan nüfusuyla, Dünyanın iki numaralı ekonomisi ünvanını Çin’e kaptırmasıyla, bölgedeki komşularının (kültür sanattan, inovasyona) yarışta artık yavaş yavaş geride bırakmasıyla “Japonya pikini gördü mü acaba” diye bir parça hüzünle düşünüyorum. Ve bu manga da işte o pik ortamın bir mahsulü gibi hissettiriyor. Biraz abartabilirim demiştim :) hislerim bu yönde.
Gelecekteki makroevreni arka planda görsek de ilk cilt itibariyle anlatmayı seçtiği ve benim bayıldığım bir mikro konu olarak (hızla gelişen uzay çağıyla yörüngelerde biriken kalıntılar sorunu için çalışan) enkaz temizleme ekibini okumak çok keyifli. Artık yakın gelecek haline gelen 2075 Yılı uzayını minik biyoloji, fizik detaylarını görmek, işin içine evren ve insan bir arada girince eksik olmayacak hayaller, idealler ve ontolojik değiniler de eksik olmuyor.
Geçmişten gelen bir muhabbetin karşılığını büyük keyifle buluyorum. Bakalım devamı nasıl olacak. Dört ciltte bitecek olması da güzel. Umarım devamıyla tadı damakta kalan bir manga olur.
Planetes ile ilişkim çok eskiye dayanıyor. Japon kültürünü araştırmaya başladığım yıllarda ister istemez anime dünyasına da göz atmaya başlamıştım. Üzerinden 15 seneden fazla zaman geçti ama hala anime seyircisi olamadım. Bir genel kültür düzeyi sadece. Popüler seriler sonsuza uzayan shounenlerdi genelde. Daha yetişkin işler aradığımda ise bir türlü sebat edemiyordum. O yıllarda henüz Gerekli Şeyler manga basmıyordu. Belki sadece İthaki’den bir kendine has deneme, “Gon” çıkmış idi. Yani buralar dutluktu tam olarak.
İşte o yıllarda Planetes’in animesi ile karşılaştım. Bitmedi, belki birkaç bölüm seyrettim. Kalitesiz korsan izleme sitelerinden mi, internet imkanları mı, bir türlü kimyamızın uyuşmadığı anime matematiği miydi sebep bilmiyorum. Fakat şunu hiç unutmamacasına hatırlıyorum. Daha konusunu okuduğum an hayran olmuştum. Şu Japonlar ne garip adamlardı. Makro hayaller ve gelecek projeksiyonu içinde böyle minik bir konuyu ancak onlar mevzu bahis ederdi. Herhalde insanın aklına gelecek her konuda yazıp çizmiştir bu adamlar demiştim. +”Uzay çöpçüleri ile ilgili bir şey okumak istiyorum. Çok mu tuhaf? Var mıdır?” -“Yoo olur mu hiç, bak Planetes!” :) Fikir ve hayalgücünden, fikrin ayakları yere basışından çok hoşlanmıştım.
Ayrıca belirtmek lazım. Bu esere/fikre şimdiden bakmak kolay. Hepimiz şehirlerimizin üzerinden bir fener alayı gibi geçen Starlink uydularını seyrettik. Teknoloji parabolik bir hızda ilerliyor. Uzay macerası devlet tekelinden özel girişimlere genişliyor. Planetes’in farklı dillerde mangasını, bir paket yumuşatıcı ve poşet çayla beraber sipariş verebileceğiniz Amazon artık hem ülkemizde hizmet veriyor hem de Blue Origin ile gözünü uzaya dikmiş vaziyette. Ve bu eser nerdeyse SpaceX’den yaşlı! Şimdi yaşlanan nüfusuyla, Dünyanın iki numaralı ekonomisi ünvanını Çin’e kaptırmasıyla, bölgedeki komşularının (kültür sanattan, inovasyona) yarışta artık yavaş yavaş geride bırakmasıyla “Japonya pikini gördü mü acaba” diye bir parça hüzünle düşünüyorum. Ve bu manga da işte o pik ortamın bir mahsulü gibi hissettiriyor. Biraz abartabilirim demiştim :) hislerim bu yönde.
Gelecekteki makroevreni arka planda görsek de ilk cilt itibariyle anlatmayı seçtiği ve benim bayıldığım bir mikro konu olarak (hızla gelişen uzay çağıyla yörüngelerde biriken kalıntılar sorunu için çalışan) enkaz temizleme ekibini okumak çok keyifli. Artık yakın gelecek haline gelen 2075 Yılı uzayını minik biyoloji, fizik detaylarını görmek, işin içine evren ve insan bir arada girince eksik olmayacak hayaller, idealler ve ontolojik değiniler de eksik olmuyor.
Geçmişten gelen bir muhabbetin karşılığını büyük keyifle buluyorum. Bakalım devamı nasıl olacak. Dört ciltte bitecek olması da güzel. Umarım devamıyla tadı damakta kalan bir manga olur.
January 2, 2018
Oh what a gem Planetes is. Makoto Yukimura is a ridiculously good story-teller and an expert in creating fleshed-out characters in a very limited number of panels. Four is a very small number of volumes to not only create a staggeringly detailed world but also add an array of 3-dimensional and diverse characters who evoke vivid feelings in the reader. All this and there is still more to it. It is brimful of action, drama, comedy, tear-jerkers, space adventures, introspection, conspiracy, world politics, philosophy - all of that tied in a neat little bow of humanity's child-like fascination with space and the great beyond. It is beyond a doubt a sci-fi masterpiece.
It is also effortlessly feminist which was unexpected considering its an old manga. Further proof that we need to hold all works of fiction to a higher standard of criticism. It even addresses racism and handles it very sensitively. It was one of the chapters that almost had me in tears.
Planetes was an emotional, exciting journey that ended on a very hopeful note, one I am sure to visit again and again.
It is also effortlessly feminist which was unexpected considering its an old manga. Further proof that we need to hold all works of fiction to a higher standard of criticism. It even addresses racism and handles it very sensitively. It was one of the chapters that almost had me in tears.
Planetes was an emotional, exciting journey that ended on a very hopeful note, one I am sure to visit again and again.
November 1, 2023
Izgleda da čitam previše mangi za nekog kome one samo povremeno legnu. Poslednji primeri koji mi padaju na pamet su serijali Akira i Alita koji se smatraju remek-delima a meni su sasvim prosečni, čak povremeno i dosadni. Pojedini elementi u tim mangama su fenomenalni (ponekad crtež, nekad akcija ili recimo SF koncepti) ali sve je to uzalud kad su likovi uglavnom nerazumljivi. Njihovi nepostojani karakteri, neuverljiva motivacija i hirovitost u donošenju odluka mi onemogućavaju da uronim u svet i da se saživim sa narativom. Pored svega toga verujem da se plovidba po moru mangi ipak isplati pošto pre ili kasnije obavezno iznedri neki biser. Ovog puta je to kratak serijal “Planetes” autora Makoto Jukimure, u izdanju Čarobne knjige (4 tankobona).
Ova manga se bazira upravo na detaljima koji mi nedostaju kod većine drugih, a to je na prvom mestu građenje uverljivih karaktera i dočaravanje njihovih pogleda na svet. Priča ovde teče sporo i nema klasičnu formu u kojoj se može odrediti uvod, zaplet, rasplet, itd. Ono što vidimo je šarenoliki kolaž suptilnih ljudskih doživljaja i emocija koji su samo igrom slučaja uvijene u SF okruženje. To ne znači da je sama naučna fantastika zapostavljena, čak naprotiv! Jukimura je detaljno prostudirao i razumeo (još pre 20ak godina) šta će nam doneti bliska budućnost u kojoj će istraživanje i eksploatacija svemira postati najvažnija privredna grana. Ovde je vešto provučena paralela sa današnjim vremenom u kome su ekologija, eksploatacija prirodne sredine i izrabljivanje zemalja trećeg sveta uvek aktuelne teme. Pomama za nekim novim tipovima resursa koji će pokretati buduće tehnologije je samo preslikana sa sadašnje Zemlje na svemirski prostor. Nauka, tehnologija, astronautika, ali i efekti dugotrajnog boravka u svemiru na ljudski organizam su obrađeni na jedan izuzetno realističan način, tako da u ovom smislu Planetes gotovo može proći kao prednastavak serijala Prostranstvo (The Expanse). U ovoj fazi kolonizacija unutrašnjih planeta je uveliko u toku, dok se svet polako priprema za sledeći veliki korak, putovanje ljudske posade do Jupitera.
Protagonisti čine posadu broda koji sakuplja smeće u zemljinoj orbiti, tj. uklanja otpad koji je decenijama nagomilavan sa hiljadama veštačkih satelita koji su ispadali iz upotrebe. Ovaj na prvi pogled bazičan posao je ustvari kritičan za ambicije Zemlje da se proširi po sunčevom sistemu. Ti mikro fragmenti se kreću izuzetno velikom brzinom i prilikom sudara mogu oštetiti ili unišititi letelice koje izlaze iz zemljine atmosfere, što potom stvara još otpada i tako se ulazi u začarani krug. Sve to deluje pomalo prozaično ali razne situacije koje iskrsnu na tom njihovom poslu donose interesantne zaplete. Ipak, kao što rekoh, fokus je na ljudskim pričama koje nose likovi sa suprotnim pogledom na svet. Tu nastupa taj sporiji tempo gde su protagonisti često zaokupljeni dubokom introspekcijom i kontemplacijom. Nakon jedne takve “seanse” jedan od članova posade čak upada u duboku egizistencijalnu krizu. Preispitivanja nisu samo interne prirode već dolazi i do sukoba među likovima zbog suprostavljenih životnih stavova. Najčešće se vodi polemika o tome kolika je obaveza svakog čoveka da juri svoju strast a koliko je važno da brine o porodici i bližnjima… Koliko na kraju košta ostvarivanje snova kada uzmete u obzir sve ostale stvari koje neizostavno pate zbog toga.
Preispitivanje ovih tema nije u maniru suvoparne filozofske debate već je vešto izvedeno kroz spontanu komunikaciju, koja obiluje neisiljenim humorom. Ipak povremeno bude monologa koji deluju pomalo teatralno i naivno, ali to je već karakteristično za mange pa me ne iznenađuju previše. Još jedna stvar koja se možda forsira u nekim delovima jeste deklamovanje citata poznatih ličnosti (iz domena istraživanja svemira). I treća zamerka koju bih naveo jesu “kao što znaš” ekspozicije koje likovi saopštavaju bez ikakve potrebe osim da se čitalac uvede u neku priču. Pomenuo bih da i ova manga povremeno ima stilizovano crtanje ljudskih lica, koja u formi emotikona trebaju da pojačaju emocije koje osoba u tom trenutku oseća. Mislim da ovo često odbija ljude koji nisu naviknuti na mange, ali ovde samo doprinosi humoru i ne kvari sveobuhvatni doživljaj.
Atmosfera Planetesa mi je zaličila na poslednju mangu koja me je oduševila - Vrh Bogova od Tanigučija. Takođe, u jednom trenutku se navodi rečenica koja me je podsetila na Grifita (iz meni omiljenog Berserka) i njegovu apsolutnu rešenost da stigne do vrha: “Nikad nećeš dotaći zvezde ako ne kreneš da gaziš po drugima”. 'Grifit' ove priče je vođa projekta koji ljudsku posadu treba da odvede do Jupitera. On predstavlja ekstremni primer čoveka koji je opijen ambicijom i ne bira sredstva koja će ga dovesti do cilja. Sa druge strane, posebno su mi se dopali delovi koji preispituju čovekovo osvajanje kosmosa, koje je samo po sebi ironično i evidentno crpi inspiraciju iz stvaraštva Stanislava Lema. Ako vam gorepomenuti motivi deluju interesantno predlazem da obavezno pročitate ovu mangu čak iako niste fan japanske škole stripa.
Ova manga se bazira upravo na detaljima koji mi nedostaju kod većine drugih, a to je na prvom mestu građenje uverljivih karaktera i dočaravanje njihovih pogleda na svet. Priča ovde teče sporo i nema klasičnu formu u kojoj se može odrediti uvod, zaplet, rasplet, itd. Ono što vidimo je šarenoliki kolaž suptilnih ljudskih doživljaja i emocija koji su samo igrom slučaja uvijene u SF okruženje. To ne znači da je sama naučna fantastika zapostavljena, čak naprotiv! Jukimura je detaljno prostudirao i razumeo (još pre 20ak godina) šta će nam doneti bliska budućnost u kojoj će istraživanje i eksploatacija svemira postati najvažnija privredna grana. Ovde je vešto provučena paralela sa današnjim vremenom u kome su ekologija, eksploatacija prirodne sredine i izrabljivanje zemalja trećeg sveta uvek aktuelne teme. Pomama za nekim novim tipovima resursa koji će pokretati buduće tehnologije je samo preslikana sa sadašnje Zemlje na svemirski prostor. Nauka, tehnologija, astronautika, ali i efekti dugotrajnog boravka u svemiru na ljudski organizam su obrađeni na jedan izuzetno realističan način, tako da u ovom smislu Planetes gotovo može proći kao prednastavak serijala Prostranstvo (The Expanse). U ovoj fazi kolonizacija unutrašnjih planeta je uveliko u toku, dok se svet polako priprema za sledeći veliki korak, putovanje ljudske posade do Jupitera.
Protagonisti čine posadu broda koji sakuplja smeće u zemljinoj orbiti, tj. uklanja otpad koji je decenijama nagomilavan sa hiljadama veštačkih satelita koji su ispadali iz upotrebe. Ovaj na prvi pogled bazičan posao je ustvari kritičan za ambicije Zemlje da se proširi po sunčevom sistemu. Ti mikro fragmenti se kreću izuzetno velikom brzinom i prilikom sudara mogu oštetiti ili unišititi letelice koje izlaze iz zemljine atmosfere, što potom stvara još otpada i tako se ulazi u začarani krug. Sve to deluje pomalo prozaično ali razne situacije koje iskrsnu na tom njihovom poslu donose interesantne zaplete. Ipak, kao što rekoh, fokus je na ljudskim pričama koje nose likovi sa suprotnim pogledom na svet. Tu nastupa taj sporiji tempo gde su protagonisti često zaokupljeni dubokom introspekcijom i kontemplacijom. Nakon jedne takve “seanse” jedan od članova posade čak upada u duboku egizistencijalnu krizu. Preispitivanja nisu samo interne prirode već dolazi i do sukoba među likovima zbog suprostavljenih životnih stavova. Najčešće se vodi polemika o tome kolika je obaveza svakog čoveka da juri svoju strast a koliko je važno da brine o porodici i bližnjima… Koliko na kraju košta ostvarivanje snova kada uzmete u obzir sve ostale stvari koje neizostavno pate zbog toga.
Preispitivanje ovih tema nije u maniru suvoparne filozofske debate već je vešto izvedeno kroz spontanu komunikaciju, koja obiluje neisiljenim humorom. Ipak povremeno bude monologa koji deluju pomalo teatralno i naivno, ali to je već karakteristično za mange pa me ne iznenađuju previše. Još jedna stvar koja se možda forsira u nekim delovima jeste deklamovanje citata poznatih ličnosti (iz domena istraživanja svemira). I treća zamerka koju bih naveo jesu “kao što znaš” ekspozicije koje likovi saopštavaju bez ikakve potrebe osim da se čitalac uvede u neku priču. Pomenuo bih da i ova manga povremeno ima stilizovano crtanje ljudskih lica, koja u formi emotikona trebaju da pojačaju emocije koje osoba u tom trenutku oseća. Mislim da ovo često odbija ljude koji nisu naviknuti na mange, ali ovde samo doprinosi humoru i ne kvari sveobuhvatni doživljaj.
Atmosfera Planetesa mi je zaličila na poslednju mangu koja me je oduševila - Vrh Bogova od Tanigučija. Takođe, u jednom trenutku se navodi rečenica koja me je podsetila na Grifita (iz meni omiljenog Berserka) i njegovu apsolutnu rešenost da stigne do vrha: “Nikad nećeš dotaći zvezde ako ne kreneš da gaziš po drugima”. 'Grifit' ove priče je vođa projekta koji ljudsku posadu treba da odvede do Jupitera. On predstavlja ekstremni primer čoveka koji je opijen ambicijom i ne bira sredstva koja će ga dovesti do cilja. Sa druge strane, posebno su mi se dopali delovi koji preispituju čovekovo osvajanje kosmosa, koje je samo po sebi ironično i evidentno crpi inspiraciju iz stvaraštva Stanislava Lema. Ako vam gorepomenuti motivi deluju interesantno predlazem da obavezno pročitate ovu mangu čak iako niste fan japanske škole stripa.
May 21, 2025
Que no us enganyin els dibuixets. Una obra de hard science fiction on la humanitat comença l'exploració de l'univers en busca de recursos.
Ho té tot: comèdia, drama, política, economia, filosofia... tot a través d'uns personatges molt humans. El recomano moltíssim.
Ho té tot: comèdia, drama, política, economia, filosofia... tot a través d'uns personatges molt humans. El recomano moltíssim.
June 18, 2017
(low-key spoilers)
Поначалу я вознамерилась проглотить Planetes залпом (всего-то 4 тома? пффт), но уже к третьей главе стало ясно, что я здорово ошиблась в своих расчетах. Вместо юморной вакханалии о мусорщиках в вакууме я получила глубокую и задумчивую симфонию о простых людях в космосе. О космосе, что крепко пробрался в их кости. О космосе, что страшит и не отпускает одновременно.
Да, есть тут и комическая компонента - например “как Фи пыталась покурить” - но даже она прокручивается в компании вопросов экспансии, радикальных группировок и героизма на грани идиотизма. Planetes умеет удивлять и растирать стереотипы в порошок. Чего стоит семейное положение капитана - почему-то это меня поразило больше всего. Насколько же голова привыкла к образу волка-одиночки, что отринул прошлое и не имеет связей-ниточек, полностью сосредоточен на работе и не умеет отдыхать. Фиг же :)
А один из героев вместо четкой цели и устремлений приволок набор проблем с головушкой (и это у него еще потрясающе устойчивая психика), и по мере расширения круга действующих лиц становится понятно, что он скорее не герой-любовник всея вакуума (чего можно было ожидать от типичного персонажа, метящего в протагонисты), а простой смертный, что сам не может разобраться в том, чего хочет. И хочет ли вообще. А может, ему нравится иметь цель и идти к ней вечно.
Первый том принес тихий шторм, когда очередной раз накатывает осознание, что человек со своими трагедиями - это песчинка в масштабах вселенной. И все это не на фоне “спасителей человечества” и абстрактного сеттинга, а в компании простых мусорщиков и бесстрастных законов физики. Прекрасный тандем сай-фая и драмы.
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Поначалу я вознамерилась проглотить Planetes залпом (всего-то 4 тома? пффт), но уже к третьей главе стало ясно, что я здорово ошиблась в своих расчетах. Вместо юморной вакханалии о мусорщиках в вакууме я получила глубокую и задумчивую симфонию о простых людях в космосе. О космосе, что крепко пробрался в их кости. О космосе, что страшит и не отпускает одновременно.
Да, есть тут и комическая компонента - например “как Фи пыталась покурить” - но даже она прокручивается в компании вопросов экспансии, радикальных группировок и героизма на грани идиотизма. Planetes умеет удивлять и растирать стереотипы в порошок. Чего стоит семейное положение капитана - почему-то это меня поразило больше всего. Насколько же голова привыкла к образу волка-одиночки, что отринул прошлое и не имеет связей-ниточек, полностью сосредоточен на работе и не умеет отдыхать. Фиг же :)
А один из героев вместо четкой цели и устремлений приволок набор проблем с головушкой (и это у него еще потрясающе устойчивая психика), и по мере расширения круга действующих лиц становится понятно, что он скорее не герой-любовник всея вакуума (чего можно было ожидать от типичного персонажа, метящего в протагонисты), а простой смертный, что сам не может разобраться в том, чего хочет. И хочет ли вообще. А может, ему нравится иметь цель и идти к ней вечно.
Первый том принес тихий шторм, когда очередной раз накатывает осознание, что человек со своими трагедиями - это песчинка в масштабах вселенной. И все это не на фоне “спасителей человечества” и абстрактного сеттинга, а в компании простых мусорщиков и бесстрастных законов физики. Прекрасный тандем сай-фая и драмы.
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June 16, 2017
Despite the lackluster space initiatives in the past two decades, there's already just a crapton of junk floating in orbit around the Earth. It's incredibly plausible to me that astronaut garbagemen could be a thing in the future. Especially if we 1. finally allocate more money to our space programs and 2. keep up our wasteful human habits while doing so.
The more things change, the more they stay the same, eh?
There's some really excellent technical art in this series, from the junker shuttles to the bits and bobs that make up their atmospheric suits.
Yuri's Level Four Tragic Backstory gets me right in the feels. His wife (presumably) dies in a traumatic crash and he spends the next six years tirelessly looking for her body, likely floating in the wilds of space. He avoids moving on at all costs. Yuri serendipitously finds her talisman during the course of a routine mission and in an emotionally charged moment, he lets her go. He realized that while she's forever lost to him, he has found a new space family in Fi and Hachimaki ... lots of dust in my eyes, okay. It happens.
P.S. Yuri and Hachimaki seemed to have switched hair colors starting in the third chapter?? Am I crazy? what heck
The more things change, the more they stay the same, eh?
There's some really excellent technical art in this series, from the junker shuttles to the bits and bobs that make up their atmospheric suits.
Yuri's Level Four Tragic Backstory gets me right in the feels. His wife (presumably) dies in a traumatic crash and he spends the next six years tirelessly looking for her body, likely floating in the wilds of space. He avoids moving on at all costs. Yuri serendipitously finds her talisman during the course of a routine mission and in an emotionally charged moment, he lets her go. He realized that while she's forever lost to him, he has found a new space family in Fi and Hachimaki ... lots of dust in my eyes, okay. It happens.
P.S. Yuri and Hachimaki seemed to have switched hair colors starting in the third chapter?? Am I crazy? what heck
September 15, 2015
Planetes is a manga which spans 5 volumes (well, technically 1-3, then 4.1 and 4.2...but hey who's counting?). Unfortunately the series is out of print at the moment so some of the volumes can be pretty hard to get hold of.
This is really sad because its such a fantastic series! I think anyone who likes sci-fi would enjoy this series, comic/manga reader or not.
Its set in the 2070s and is about the crew of a space debris collection ship. The characters are very well realised: at turns feisty, thought-provoking and funny. The story follows different characters' point of view over the years that the book spans, so you get to experience a lot of different perspectives on this world of the near-future:
- The captain with a family back home
- The astronaught with no ties to Earth
- The budding space pilot, determined to get to Jupiter if it kills him
- The rookie who still gets sick in zero G
And tons of interesting side characters too.
The art is top-notch: everything is drawn to an excellent standard throughout. Non-manga fans should also enjoy this as it does not have that big sparkly-eyed look that some people associate with all manga.
This is really sad because its such a fantastic series! I think anyone who likes sci-fi would enjoy this series, comic/manga reader or not.
Its set in the 2070s and is about the crew of a space debris collection ship. The characters are very well realised: at turns feisty, thought-provoking and funny. The story follows different characters' point of view over the years that the book spans, so you get to experience a lot of different perspectives on this world of the near-future:
- The captain with a family back home
- The astronaught with no ties to Earth
- The budding space pilot, determined to get to Jupiter if it kills him
- The rookie who still gets sick in zero G
And tons of interesting side characters too.
The art is top-notch: everything is drawn to an excellent standard throughout. Non-manga fans should also enjoy this as it does not have that big sparkly-eyed look that some people associate with all manga.
February 4, 2014
A student of mine did a presentation on this last year and I immediately grabbed it as a potential assigned reading for some future course. This treads on a lot of familiar ground for the "spacethink" genre, most notably connecting to the ideas of Solaris, but also 2001 and even, to a certain extent, the Alien film series. Told as an anthology, each chapter shifts its focus to a different member of a small spaceship crew, as well as their family and friends. Themes of exploration, environmentalism, existentialism and probably some other e-words I can't think of. It's a well written and designed book, and one of the few modern mainstream manga series I've read that's not an allegory for dating in highschool. Of course by the time I'm gearing up to teach comics again, the book is already out of print -- Viz/Tokyopop, whyfor you can't keep books in print for more than a year?
October 31, 2021
Історія про космічних сміттярів, яка чимось нагадує "Ковбоя Бібопа", але без перестрілок. Сміттярі виловлюють космічне сміття, а між сеансами цієї безумовно корисної для освоєння космосу справи переживають різноманітні пригоди. Темп у мінісюжетів різний, герої розкриваються поступово. Перший том - дуже спокійна наукова фантастика, в яку заклали трохи корисних фактів про космонавтику, і це не виглядає, як спроба переказати підручник з фізики чи астрономії. Навіть психологычних проблем персонажам додали. Головне, щоб це потім не скотилося у вічну боротьбу героїв з космічними депресіями (я не дивився аніме за мотивами, тому не знаю, що там далі). Мотивація одного з головних персонажів розкривається аж під фінал стартового тома, що не дуже добре для читачів, які звикли, аби їх одразу чіпляли на гачок.
July 3, 2022
This is another one that's been sitting on my shelf for too long. Planetes is kind of a "hard SF" story, which is unusual for manga. The artwork is more realistic than most manga too, though it's still exaggerated at times.
I liked this a lot. The setting and stories are reasonably well-grounded. The characters are interesting. And I like that the future presented here is neither utopia nor dystopia; the main characters are basically "working class" astronauts, and they work hard, but they seem to have decent health care and adequate time off work.
I liked this a lot. The setting and stories are reasonably well-grounded. The characters are interesting. And I like that the future presented here is neither utopia nor dystopia; the main characters are basically "working class" astronauts, and they work hard, but they seem to have decent health care and adequate time off work.
November 6, 2022
Recommendation: A good "What if?" manga that imagines what life would be like for a world in which space travel is commonplace in the late 21st-century economy.
Critique: Given the initial premise - in 50 years space travel is cheap enough to be commonplace and people live and work in cities on the Moon and in satellites around the Earth - this is really well done. The artwork for the characters is very consistent, and the detailed depiction of spacecraft, the lunar landscape, and the vastness of space itself is very satisfying (though I had some issues with some sequential panels depicting the surface of the Moon in which the starfield changes randomly in the background rather than remaining stationary). It's a solid vision of humanity in such a future.
But the plot really isn't about much more than the premise; there isn't a larger conflict on which to focus our attention. The point is to present lives of people who are in this world (and the philosophical conflict such a world naturally creates), so for me there was some dissonance with the implausibility of such a world. It's weird, because I love science fiction, and there's a lot of science fiction that starts with semi-realistic space travel in our solar system which I accept as given gladly (The Expanse, Tales of the Continuing Time, and Cowboy Bebop spring to mind). But here, for some reason, I was bothered by the handwaving away the practical hurdles toward realizing such a world. Perhaps it is because there's so little story aside from the world itself? Or perhaps it's because the characters are so motivated by finances that I found myself really focused on the economics of it?
The book explicitly tells us that mankind has exhausted the petroleum reserves on Earth, and so were forced to mine fuel (a helium isotope) from the Moon in order to continue to power human civilization. How then are they launching spacecraft so easily? Space travel is cheap in this story. Space travel is so inexpensive in this story that it is cheaper to pay people to clean up orbital junk than it is to set up automated collectors or sweeps to do it.
That said, I'm interested enough in this to seek out the next volume and continue reading.
Review: The overarching story could be thought of as "the crew of an orbital space cleanup crew." But aside from Yuri's tragic story () and the captain's comic story of nicotine addiction (), the story really centers of the junior member of the crew, an ambitious Japanese astronaut named Hachi who is determined to earn enough money to buy his own spaceship. We see him.... In a way, the story is really about him, which is kind of a shame, because he's the least-interesting, -likeable, and -relatable character on the crew. In another light (like a lot of good manga), the story is about a conflict between two philosophies: the economic exploitation of space versus the preservation of the natural world. This is primarily presented from the point of view of the characters - all the protagonists have fully bought into the careers of working in space - so it is very sympathetic to the economic exploitation of space. But even though it presents the environmentalist view as synonymous with murderous terrorism, the book is constantly, subversively reminding us that space expansion/exploration isn't a solution to or an escape from our problems of exploitation. The main characters are a cleanup crew paid to clean up human pollution, after all. The whole purpose of the Jupiter mission is to exploit that planet for profit (and enabling further spaceflight to exploit more planets). The characters aren't focused on this at all, but Yukimura makes sure to keep this tension between the romance of space travel versus the voracious despoiling of everyplace we humans go in our face the whole time. It's very clever, and yet makes no decisions about it. Which way is right, which way is wrong? It is what it is; the tension is what makes it interesting.
Critique: Given the initial premise - in 50 years space travel is cheap enough to be commonplace and people live and work in cities on the Moon and in satellites around the Earth - this is really well done. The artwork for the characters is very consistent, and the detailed depiction of spacecraft, the lunar landscape, and the vastness of space itself is very satisfying (though I had some issues with some sequential panels depicting the surface of the Moon in which the starfield changes randomly in the background rather than remaining stationary). It's a solid vision of humanity in such a future.
But the plot really isn't about much more than the premise; there isn't a larger conflict on which to focus our attention. The point is to present lives of people who are in this world (and the philosophical conflict such a world naturally creates), so for me there was some dissonance with the implausibility of such a world. It's weird, because I love science fiction, and there's a lot of science fiction that starts with semi-realistic space travel in our solar system which I accept as given gladly (The Expanse, Tales of the Continuing Time, and Cowboy Bebop spring to mind). But here, for some reason, I was bothered by the handwaving away the practical hurdles toward realizing such a world. Perhaps it is because there's so little story aside from the world itself? Or perhaps it's because the characters are so motivated by finances that I found myself really focused on the economics of it?
The book explicitly tells us that mankind has exhausted the petroleum reserves on Earth, and so were forced to mine fuel (a helium isotope) from the Moon in order to continue to power human civilization. How then are they launching spacecraft so easily? Space travel is cheap in this story. Space travel is so inexpensive in this story that it is cheaper to pay people to clean up orbital junk than it is to set up automated collectors or sweeps to do it.
That said, I'm interested enough in this to seek out the next volume and continue reading.
Review: The overarching story could be thought of as "the crew of an orbital space cleanup crew." But aside from Yuri's tragic story () and the captain's comic story of nicotine addiction (), the story really centers of the junior member of the crew, an ambitious Japanese astronaut named Hachi who is determined to earn enough money to buy his own spaceship. We see him.... In a way, the story is really about him, which is kind of a shame, because he's the least-interesting, -likeable, and -relatable character on the crew. In another light (like a lot of good manga), the story is about a conflict between two philosophies: the economic exploitation of space versus the preservation of the natural world. This is primarily presented from the point of view of the characters - all the protagonists have fully bought into the careers of working in space - so it is very sympathetic to the economic exploitation of space. But even though it presents the environmentalist view as synonymous with murderous terrorism, the book is constantly, subversively reminding us that space expansion/exploration isn't a solution to or an escape from our problems of exploitation. The main characters are a cleanup crew paid to clean up human pollution, after all. The whole purpose of the Jupiter mission is to exploit that planet for profit (and enabling further spaceflight to exploit more planets). The characters aren't focused on this at all, but Yukimura makes sure to keep this tension between the romance of space travel versus the voracious despoiling of everyplace we humans go in our face the whole time. It's very clever, and yet makes no decisions about it. Which way is right, which way is wrong? It is what it is; the tension is what makes it interesting.
March 20, 2023
Kovaa scifiä hyvillä ideoilla ja novumeilla. Tykkään paljon. Kaikki loputkin lukuun.
Toinen lukukerta muutama vuosi myöhemmin edelleen kultaa. Tässä välissä olen kokeillut lukuisia eri mangasarjoja ja tämä on edelleen selkeä ykkönen.
Toinen lukukerta muutama vuosi myöhemmin edelleen kultaa. Tässä välissä olen kokeillut lukuisia eri mangasarjoja ja tämä on edelleen selkeä ykkönen.
September 4, 2021
4 volumes
This manga series takes place in 2070s and tells a story about a group of space garbage (debris) collectors. Apparently, even today the Earth's orbit has tons of artificial / human-made debris that can damage satellites and spacecrafts (remember the movie 'Gravity'?), and the situation is going to get even worse.
I'm fascinated by anything related with space exploration, so all kinds of curious scientific facts and details mentioned in 'Planetes' got me interested from the very beginning. There are also a few theme-related topics that are touched in the series, like space terrorism, mental health problems and obsession with space. The problem is, the author turned out pretty bad at storytelling and seems like he was terribly indecisive on how to push the story further. The result is a mess. The story constantly loses focus, many characters are underdeveloped, the stupid anime tropes are present, and to top it all the final volume feels like a long and boring side-story after which manga comes to an abrupt end.
This manga series takes place in 2070s and tells a story about a group of space garbage (debris) collectors. Apparently, even today the Earth's orbit has tons of artificial / human-made debris that can damage satellites and spacecrafts (remember the movie 'Gravity'?), and the situation is going to get even worse.
I'm fascinated by anything related with space exploration, so all kinds of curious scientific facts and details mentioned in 'Planetes' got me interested from the very beginning. There are also a few theme-related topics that are touched in the series, like space terrorism, mental health problems and obsession with space. The problem is, the author turned out pretty bad at storytelling and seems like he was terribly indecisive on how to push the story further. The result is a mess. The story constantly loses focus, many characters are underdeveloped, the stupid anime tropes are present, and to top it all the final volume feels like a long and boring side-story after which manga comes to an abrupt end.
October 16, 2022
3.5
Don't get me wrong, this is really good, in a kind of introspective and quiet, sometimes sad way, but I was looking for some more thrills (well, there's a bunch too), or, better said, for more of an space adventure?
Yeah, I'm not making much sense, because 'Planetes' indeed has all those things, but for some reason it didn't feel engrossing enough as a story for my current mood, and I'm not hundred percent sure I'll go for the next volume...
Don't get me wrong, this is really good, in a kind of introspective and quiet, sometimes sad way, but I was looking for some more thrills (well, there's a bunch too), or, better said, for more of an space adventure?
Yeah, I'm not making much sense, because 'Planetes' indeed has all those things, but for some reason it didn't feel engrossing enough as a story for my current mood, and I'm not hundred percent sure I'll go for the next volume...
May 29, 2023
Zanimljiva naučnofantastična avantura, doduše pomalo razbacana pričom što smanjuje užitak. Imam osećaj da čitam nešto između romana i serije kratkih priča o istim ličnostima. Izvanredna detaljnost grafičkog prikaza i naučne zamisli doprinosi uverljivosti sveta u kome se radnja događa.
Ovo je prva od četiri knjige - videćemo kuda ovo sve vodi.
Ovo je prva od četiri knjige - videćemo kuda ovo sve vodi.
August 25, 2018
A surprisingly moving collection of five separate stories that build on and reference each other. A fully realized future of humanity in space by 2070. And questions about whether we should expand beyond Earth. With great scientific detail and history of rocketry (including a 300 year old Japanese festival).
March 26, 2019
Kiinnostava mangasarja avaruuden roskakuskeista.
December 28, 2019
space janitors got me hella emotional
March 30, 2023
Coup de coeur <3
September 26, 2025
me reading this book:
:'( .... :) .... :/ .... :(( .... :o
excellent artwork, very existential
:'( .... :) .... :/ .... :(( .... :o
excellent artwork, very existential
January 3, 2026
My first manga, absolutely loved the story and artwork. Will definitely check out the following volumes.
September 23, 2018
Good in a slow and philosophical-ish way.
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