Audience reviews
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PizzaPieDoom
(REVIEW THAT ISN'T AN ESSAY + NO SPOILERS)
If you been liking post-apocalyptic settings and sci-fi themes then you'll be probably be liking it. Pretty short watch, but definitely see the movie after watching it, if you enjoyed the show. The movie very much so provides a complete story and closure.
Only a few characters, but they are well-written and interact with each other and the world in ways that make sense. Really interesting philosophical themes that be feeling pretty relevant to modern day. Certainly on the darker side story wise, but it can be good vibes with the movie depending on your own interpretation.
Loved watching it, rare show that actually got some amount of an emotional reaction out of me. Pretty banger music too.
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In a post-apocalyptic world in the distant future. The world has gone through a war which left humankind on the brink of death. The protagonist exploring an abandoned city, comes across an planetarium, that is still being attended by a robot.
This show was honestly kind of good and enjoyable. Tho the show does not offer too much in terms of action or animation, and the story being somewhat generic and basic, the show makes up with the great conversations between the main character and android and the great emotional and honestly well executed ending.
This is honestly a rather solid watch if you enjoy rather solid dialogue between two characeters and if you do plan to give it a watch, please watch this entire season in one sitting, like if it was a movie.
Read at the sourceikerbenijofero
Planetarian is an anime that tells us a small story of how in a post-apocalyptic world, where nothing seems to make sense anymore, there is still a spark of hope.
The lead duo is nice to watch interact and although they don't do anything new or special, what they do, they do well. It's about a female robot who informs people about a planetarium and a man, military looking, who is trying to get to a certain place. How the hell do a robot and a man walking around end up interacting? Well, see it.
For these reasons, among others, I recommend this anime, which also only has 5 episodes so it lasts almost as long as a movie.
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Planetarian es un anime que nos cuenta una pequeña historia de cómo en un mundo post-ap…
Read at the sourceFirechick12012
As of 2024, I have now seen a total of four anime based on Visual Arts/Key's properties: Air, Kanon (The 2006 version, not the Toei version), Clannad, and Planetarian: The Reverie of a Little Planet. I have no plans to watch Little Busters or Rewrite, nor play their visual novels at the moment. Planetarian is based on Key's kinetic novel of the same name. Unlike a regular visual novel, a kinetic novel offers little to no choices or branching paths that affect the plot in any way, and its narrative is completely linear, being more like a digital picture book with music and voice acting than a game, though that's not to say kinetic novels are bad. Planetarian got adapted into an anime in 2016 by David Production and for the most part, it was pretty well received. I actually did watch the fir…
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‘Planetarian: Hoshi no Yume’ is a miracle, and is highly recommended to watch, especially for those who like Key’s style.
The story is short, but it is affecting. The background setting of this anime is an important factor of its success. Post-apocalyptic world is a wonderful stage to show love and devotion. A tiny ordinary spark will create a surge in luminosity in absolute darkness. The cruel order of nature gives an ascension to the values of qualities of figures in the dooming world. The fantastic plot is the dominating factor of the success of this anime. The story is about desperation and hopefulness. The daily scenes of building up of emotions, the climax of devotion, and the passing on of the Hope, are harmonically compactly brought out in the episodes. The transition of the atti…
Read at the sourceSgtSalamander
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. Of course, when the first customer in almost 30 years shows up, it leads to a unique interaction between the two. The story that ensues is pretty simple, but that…
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This is one I was not prepared for going into completely blind. I know visual novels by key have a tendency toward the overly romantic and tragic, but I didn't have a permission slip to this feels trip. We meet our jerk with a heart of gold protagonist as a scavenger in a post-apocalypse near-future city. While looking for supplies he stumbles on a still-functioning android that was left behind by the last humans to live there, and she keeps trying desperately to get him to come see the planetarium. As a side note, I found it mildly amusing as a Christian that they used a traditional hymn as the main theme, as those songs have different musical connotation in Japan and are used more like how we use any European classical music. The name of the tune is "What a Friend We Have in Jesus," but…
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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. You could even call it manipulative, trying to get you to cry. It plays on basic human psychology without actually giving you anything.
Just like a machine, the experience is so…
Read at the sourceUpset_Nimbus
As Yumemi says the planetarium is a time machine. It takes us back not just to see the stars but to experience a time where people can tell stories, memory banks full of smiles and best wishes, an innocence and ignorance to the plights of now that have never existed in simpler times. The reason why it rains forever in that city is that the audience's tears have soaked through the floor and fourth wall'd into the anime! There is too much praise I can offer Planetarian Chiisana Hoshi no Yume is short, only five episodes. Each of those episodes is filled with emotion and the thoughts of a broken robot in a broken world. The main character being a junker to make ends meet could have done a myriad of awful such as scrapping her or just abandoning the waste of time but instead wastes his food, e…
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Antes nunca tinha feito uma avaliação mais esse fiz questão. Uma indicação do próprio MyAnimeList no inicio fiquei meio receoso em assistir pensei que seria chato e tudo mais e então esses dias resolvi da uma chance e foi um dos melhores animes que assisti pra quem e apaixonado por astronomia vai se encantar cena da projeção da sala juntamente com a historia e simplesmente incrível. Num mundo pós guerra numa cidade totalmente devastada conhecida como cidade sarcófago conhecemos primeiramente Kazuya ou como nós é apresentado como lixeiro depois a Yumemi um robô carismático que trabalha num Shop Center. Esse anime te faz refletir de varias formas como foi mostrado Yumemi continuou exercendo suas atividades nesses 30 anos decorridos mesmo sabendo que ninguém cliente viria ela entende que isso…
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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 music was often pretty, but there wasn't that one spectacular piece that really stole the show and commanded my attention. The voice acting from the two leads (in English) felt solid and believabl…
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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 my suggestion and review.
Read at the sourceAyanolouch
This is the second time that I write a review for an anime, and I am brazilian... So again,I would like to say sorry if I make some mistakes...
Before starting the review, I would like to say that this anime is... Underrated...
Sound. (6/10)
It isn't a bad sound... But it's too simple and I did not enjoyed it... So I think a 6 is a fair rate...
Character. (7/10)
They are good characters, they have a great development, but a specific character is a bit... "annoying" Yumemi cof cof*, BUT I still like her,I just think they could do a "better Yumemi" BUT, Kuzuya is a very good character, and he has a good personality and good development.
Art and Animation. (8,5/10)
(Art) (7,5/10)
The art is a "normal" art, but, a good art, I like and I think a better art, is the art that differentiates from t…
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Planetarian is a Japanese post-apocalyptic visual novel developed by Key, whose previous works also include Kanon and Air. It was released over the Internet on November 29, 2004 for Windows PCs, and is rated for all ages. The game was later ported to the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable, as well as to mobile devices. Key defines Planetarian as a ‘kinetic novel’, since its gameplay offers no choices or alternate endings: the player proceeds through the story solely by reading. In 2016 the visual novel receives an anime (which adapts the main game’s story) and a movie adaption. The author describes Planetarian: Chiisana Hoshi no Yume as ‘A certain woman's story’ and Planetarian: Hoshi no Hito as ‘A certain man's story’.
Hoshino Yumemi is the robot working at a shopping mall. She was c…
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This is my first review on MAL.
During the past three months I kept wondering why people seem to have less interest on planetarian anime and finally conclude that: 1st, planetarian is not a good selection for adaptation and 2nd, the way they adapted is not very good.
Before I get started reviewing, Let me introduce the VN. It's a kinectic developed by key's novelist Suzumato, the author who also writes the Kotomi's route in clannad and the "Summer Route" in air. It's the fourth project developed by key, and ranked on the 4th place besides the famous clannad, rewrite, and little buster on VNDB. Most importantly, although it's short, it does earn widely praise from both VN readers and non-VN readers like me and generally considered as the gem-star made by key itself. Readers appreciate the…
Read at the sourceTasoittaja
I found the game version some time ago on steam and was probably the first contender for the "things to give feels". After reading the summary and some Steam reviews it started to sound interesting but I didn't buy the game. Couple years after I finally watched this anime and it was different than I expected but because I misunderstood the plot summary.
Story was nice and simple and well-fitted for the unusual 5 episodes long visual novel (or "series" as I would say). Plot was simple at first but at least for me it started to create small questions I would have had an answer to, like how was Hoshino's life during those years before meeting Kuzuya or why he decided to stay there in the first place.
There were some CGI scenes to make the art look even more pretty, but half of them were com…
Read at the sourceTodokete
Constructing an immersive fictional world is no easy task. It doesn't matter wheater it's a fantasy or a dystopia that's being constructed. Worldbuilding will always be bounded by the same difficulties. For instance, sci-fi may spend its time cultivating the latest gadgets to please our curious minds. Doing so is more than acceptable. After all, maintaining what makes fiction intriguing is key to storytelling. But if it were to waste time with its exposition, it'll waver in an attempt to locate the essence which it was trying to portray. Which reveals a factor in bad worldbuilding; the tendency to cautiously avoid the dreaded influence of The Real World. Ironically enough, a balance between, say, exhilarating magic and reality must be maintained. Said magic just seems conspicuous if no int…
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I haven't been this emotionally devastated in a KEY anime adaptation ever since Little Busters: Refrain.
(There will be SPOILERS in my review)
[Story]: (8/10)
I decided to give this show a shot when I learned that this was an anime adapted from a KEY VN. I kind of knew what I was getting myself into but at the same time, I had no expectations because for the past few years, KEY anime has been disappointing the hell out of me due to poor handling and how rushed they were. Well did Planetarian disappoint me? The answer is.......
No! It did not disappoint me and it's been a while since a KEY anime has made me cry. Hell, this series wasn't even rushed. It was short but it still successfully manage to do what it needs to do, in KEY's style, of course. If you've watched KEY's shows before or…
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This anime is dreadfully boring and is plagued with plot holes and inconsistencies. The main character, who finds a robotic girl working at a planetarium, finds that she is only able to operate for a few hours a day because the power grid has gone down. Yet robot quadruped tanks, that are abandoned left over dregs from a war that ended 29 years ago, have an unending supply of energy. The robotic girl is in some scenes is totally devoid of human emotion like talking to Microsoft Sam but in other portions is suddenly endowed with profound human emotion and intellect. The post apocalyptic setting is very generic and doesn't add anything new to the genre. The pacing is slow and meandering which is a shame because all that wasted time could have been used to answer the many questions I have. Li…
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It's a good thing Planetarian was only 5 episodes long because I don't think I could have slogged trough 12 episodes of this series. The synopsis spoke of war, a "Sarcophagus City" where "Junkers" would scavenge for lost artifacts, and a glorious planetarium worth repairing to see it's wonders. During the series, we get the littlest snippet of only one of these things.
Story: This story is a snooze fest. The main focus of this story is boring and ultimately doesn't pay off at all because of how long it takes to come to ahead. Other scenes, including the series conclusion take what feel like ages to finish and don't nearly reach the emotional payoff it was looking for. Everything feels disjointed, and alot of potential was wasted on these drawn out scenes. I wanted to see more of this cit…
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