Planetes

Article summary

is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Makoto Yukimura. It was serialized in Kodansha's manga magazine Morning between January 1999 to January 2004, with its chapters collected into four volumes. The story revolves around a crew of a space debris collection craft in the year 2075. It was adapted into a 26-episode anime television series by Sunrise, aired on NHK from October 2003 through April 2004. The manga was published in English in North America by Tokyopop, and the anime was distributed in North America by Bandai Entertainment. Both the manga and anime received the Seiun Award for best science fiction series.

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1. publication date: 2001-01-23 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. publication date: 2003-10-07 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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