Planetes

Why?

Planetes offers a grounded, thoughtful take on space travel, focusing on the often-overlooked dangers of orbital debris. Following space janitor Hachirota Hoshino, the story blends realism with quiet ambition and emotional depth. It’s a beautifully drawn, refreshingly human sci-fi manga that proves even small roles can chase big dreams.

Product Description

It's the 2070s, and mankind has conquered space, making interplanetary travel possible and igniting the imaginations of the world. It's also vastly increased the amount of dangerous space debris, and someone has to clean it up. Hachimaki, Yuri, and Fee are a crew on that beat, each with their own goals, tendencies, and personal problems: Hachimaki dreams of deep-space exploration in his own ship, Yuri is still recovering from the death of his wife in an accident caused by orbiting debris, and Fee is secretive, but there's a lot going on under the surface!

Just trying to do their jobs in an age of space-age environmental concerns and new vistas of exploration, the crew deals with Hachi's fear of isolation hampering his hopes of joining an upcoming Jupiter mission, keep an eye on the wreckage for signs of Yuri's lost wife, and become unwitting heroes when the only place Fee can still smoke is threatened by terrorists! Dark Horse Manga is proud to present Makoto Yukimura's award-winning hard sci-fi epic Planetes in two omnibus-sized editions, complete with bonus color pages never before seen in America!

Product Features

• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Dark Horse Manga

• Language ‏ : ‎ English

• Paperback ‏ : ‎ 528 pages

• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1616559217

• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1616559212

• Suggested Retail Price : $24.99