Audience reviews
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Ayanolouch
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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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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Planetarian is a short and concise story that will most certainly make you cry.
To start off, the plot is fairly simple and straightforward without to many complicated details or mysteries; but that is how it should be. The point of the series is to show how people connect with each other, and become attached to one another through simple action and conversation. There are really only two characters in this series, but that only makes this premise all the more visible. You really get to feel, and understand these characters, not only through their interactions with the other, but also in how they behave. While one is hopeful, and optimistic about the future, the other has seen the realities of the new world they live in, and has a much more cynical view of things. Even though they have th…
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planetarian ~reverie of a little planet~ was the first visual novel I've ever read and completed fully. That was way back in 2014. I remember loving it to death and always wanted to see a movie adaptation of this, since I didn't really think it'd fit for an anime. And here we are with an...anime adaptation of planetarian. While they did manage to execute this fairly well, I still think a movie version would've been better.
Regardless, let's get into the review.
I will not be spoiling anything, I'm gonna give my thoughts and nothing else.
--STORY AND CHARACTERS--
I'm really surprised to say that David did not seem to cut any corners with the planetarian adaptation. If you've read the VN, the anime is pretty much a one-to-one retelling of the VN. The same emotional story that was in the or…
Read at the sourceMufasaEarlVader
You know... I've never written a review before, and let me preface this review by saying; I am not your average viewer, nor will I be your average reviewer. Having said that, lets begin. This will be very short and very simple.
This show made be cry like a little bitch.
"Whaaaaat?" You might be saying, and that is fair.
I am a 26 year old man. The last time I cried was when my mother died when I was 8. I also happen to be a sucker for romance anime/manga and other mushy stuff, and NOTHING has hit my quite like this in some time.
The story is simple, the characters aren't really fleshed out, and the ending left me speechless. So why do I rate this show high? Because it impacted me emotionally. That is how I rate my anime.
Watch this if you want a short, but sweet, heartfelt story. I…
Read at the sourceTrashDax
Why don't you come to the planetarium?
The beautiful twinkling of eternity that will never fade, no matter what.
All the stars in the sky await you.
Story:
Being only 5 episodes long, the story is kept simple. Kuzuya starts out not caring about that ridiculously cute robot at all, but ends up staying in the planetarium anyway, slowly growing fond of her. We all know that feeling, things that shouldn't grow on us (a car, a house or other things) and we have a hard time letting it go. If that "something" is a friendly humanoid robot, it's even easier to understand why Kuzuya can't just leave her as she is. It's a beautiful little story about a man opening up his heart in this heartless world.
9/10
Art:
The starry sky in Yumemis projection is simply beautiful, a stark contrast to the outsid…
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I must say I am impressed. After watching only 5 episodes this anime has done a lot more than most anime I see these days. The story was great, characters were great, and I overall enjoyed it a lot seeing as how I watched through this anime in one sitting.
The story was very well done. It showed us how robots are built for one thing and they can't adapt to others unless we program them to do so. The characters were great even though it really only had two characters. One character knew what the world had become while the other was completely lost. She did not know what had happened and was still doing what she was suppose to be doing. Then the guy starts to grow on the girl even though she is a robot and wants her to live. The ending is truly sad, I am impressed this anime could pull off…
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Key, you did it again. You made me cry again in the end of fifth episode. Now, I have no regrets picking up this series. Now let's get back to the review.
What do I love from this series? It would be all of them. I mean look at it. Look at the animation. It may not too impressive but it's great enough to make me say that the animation is very good. I mean look at the combat sequences. The fluid movements of the combat robots were great. And Planetarian nailed it with combining those great things with a great character development and music.
Planetarian did the character developments smoothly enough to make me want to cry in the end. With only two characters to develop, they dedicated their time to maximize the character developments. They give the feel of hope to the desperate MC with a…
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After nearly a decade of reading and watching Key's works, and now having finished Planetarian's unlikely adaptation, I think I have come to accept that Key does not appeal much to me anymore. I have aged and moved on since those times, as has the anime industry and its community, and no longer feel all too impressed by what their stories had to offer.
At the same time, I recognise that not everybody began watching anime at the same time. Some people have only just gotten into the medium in recent months, and so they may not yet be acquainted with Key's works. For these people, there is still value to be found in Planetarian, for it is actually a surprisingly well-produced, if brief and heavy-handed tale. I cannot feel much of anything towards it, but maybe someone, somewhere, will feel…
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"Are you a Junker ?".... "No... I am a Starteller" This was one of those what if anime for me at first but grew on me after the first episode.. Its always raining and he happens to here about a girl robot in this town from his master and she shows him a world he never saw... It was a good watch even with its 5 episodes its really great and the ending just made me burst into tears... Its defiantly one of those shorts that actually have so much to it that you can't get enough of.
Though I do say if you have not watched this yet its very good.. Not too much action, but it does make up for it in so many ways....
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The only thing more confusing than the existence of visual novels is the fucking awful fanbase that tend to be behind the popular ones, who will chastise you to no end for being a filthy casual who didn't play the game if you so much as sneeze on the anime adaptation of their messiah. I mean when a video game to movie adaptation turns out horrible, everyone is united in declaring its poor quality. And when a JRPG to anime adaptation turns out horrible, the fans cry about how it ruined the game and that anyone within a ten-mile radius of their tears should play the damn thing and ignore this tarnish on its legacy. But whenever a visual novel to anime adaptation graces our presence and follows the game's story closely (preferably with decent production), suddenly the fans ignore the obvious…
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This show takes place in a post-apocalyptic world, like many stories we got the past few years. I'm not usually a fan of the genre, but what got me is that the story set in the atmosphere is quite different compared to what we are used to see : here the survival or wandering parts are not the center, it's all about the encounter between a junker (human) and a robot that has been waiting for years for a customer to come in the "planetarian", it's workplace.
Kuzuya, after years of wandering in this dangerous environment, will come to the planetarian and meet yumemi, a robot who is here to take care of the customers. Since it's not an AI, it can't realize the environment is different from what it was 30 years ago, and will treat the junker more or less like an ordinary customer.
Kuzuya didn'…
Read at the sourceHidamariSeashore
Have you wondered what kind of world it'll be when it's ended? Perhaps, will it be one where we can no longer look up at the sky and gaze at the stars during the night? The anime I'm reviewing started out as a visual novel (a kinetic novel, to be exact) from Key, and I actually played it over a year before the anime adaptation was even announced because I just love Key's works; although it started off as a bit of a disappointment, it gradually got a lot better and left me close to tears in the end. With how short it was, however, I thought it would never get an anime adaptation, and when it was, I thought for a second that it was a joke, since it WAS April Fool's Day. However, it turned out to be real (albeit in the form of an ONA), and luckily, it ended up being enjoyable.
Ladies and gen…
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"Why don't you come to the planetarium?
The beautiful twinkling of eternity that will never fade, no matter what.
All the stars in the sky are waiting for you."
Planetarian has always been a bit of an outsider for a Key work. Unlike the company's most famous visual novels, Planetarian is fairly simplistic and very short. However, that doesn't mean it's bad and it also comes with the advantage of being extremely easy to adapt. While it may have been somewhat overshadowed by Rewrite this season, the difference is that this is actually a good adaptation.
The story takes place in a dystopian future world in a seemingly ruined city. Hostile robots guard the streets and all human inhabitants have long since abandoned the place. It is here we find our nameless protagonist: a middle-aged soldier…
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Character: 10/10 We are met by the two main and really only characters one being a robot named Hoshino and the other a junker named Kuzuya.
Hoshino is seemingly oblivious to the condition of the world but in actuality is aware of the "broken" world yet refuses to believe it. She simply accepts it as an error on her part.
Then we have Kuzuya who only sees the world as trash with a few salvageable parts scattered around.
But what truly makes it is the chemistry (not love) between the two. Hoshino's inability to see the world as broken eventually gets to Kuzuya. She shows him the beautiful sky, an eternal thing that cannot be shaped by war and destruction. She tells him the story of astronomy, mankind's treasure of curiosity. He is able to forget the current state of the world, even with…
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Based on the visual novel made by Key, a Planetarian adaptation is what fans have been dreamed for years. It’s been far too long but now, it’s a reality. With that out of the way, fans should anticipate and expect this to be a neat clean series that isn’t too short or long to take all in. Taking place in a dystopian world nearly 30 years after the failure of the Space Colonization Program, Planetarian’s storytelling is pretty simple. Humanity is mostly gone and the main protagonist (a Junker, someone who scavenges for useful goods) seeks refuge at an abandoned planetarium. It’s there that he meets a mysterious robot girl named Yumemi Hoshino. And it’s there where the real magic happens.
As most Key series go, it starts off somewhat slow paced but introduces our main characters well. There…
Read at the sourceKashirou
"Planetarian is an one in many futuristic possibilities of our world."
Humanity is almost extinct due to some type of biological attack 30 years ago. Out of the people left some are called "Junkers", who scavenge for foods and goods from the destroyed cities to survive. Now one such "Junker" Kuzuya is searching for supplies in one such ruined city called Sarcophagus City, escaping from some bots he enter into an old military facility where he meets a robot who has been on sleep for almost 30 years. The robot Hoshino Yumemi is a companion type robot who used to work in this Planetarian, she as a robot believes the Junker to be his first customer in 30 years and treats him accordingly but the machines being inactive for a long time have damaged so as it turns out Kuzuya somehow is trying t…
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Would you consider yourself that you admired or loved a robot once? Even if that robot has a malfunction or not stable? Out of this world, would you still accept it that robots are robot and cannot feel the same as you.
Planetarian: Chiisana Hoshi no Yume was originated in a PSP game and it is a Visual Novel (I think because I have played this in my PSP not long ago.
This anime is set in a post-apocalyptic setting. It is said that due to the depletion of natural resources, overpopulation, and the failure of the Space Exploration Project, humanity has virtually eradicated itself through biological and nuclear warfare, turning a once prosperous civilization into complete ruin, cast in darkness and poisoned by constant rain from nuclear fallout.
What I can see in the anime. There is a gu…
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