Planetarian: The Reverie of a Little Planet(planetarian ～ちいさなほし の ゆめ～,Planetarian: Chiisana Hoshi no Yume)is a Japanesepost-apocalypticvisual noveldeveloped byKey,a brand ofVisual Artswhose previous works includeKanonandAir.It was released over the Internet on November 29, 2004, forWindows,and is rated for all ages. The game was later ported to thePlayStation 2(PS2),PlayStation PortableandNintendo Switch,as well as mobile devices. The story centers on a man who comes across a malfunctioning robot in a dead city. The man, known simply as "the junker", stays with this robot for a time and attempts to fix the projector of theplanetariumwhere the story takes place.
| Planetarian: The Reverie of a Little Planet | |
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 Cover featuring heroine Yumemi Hoshino | |
| Developer(s) | Key |
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| Artist(s) | Eeji Komatsu |
| Writer(s) | Yūichi Suzumoto |
| Composer(s) | |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows,PlayStation 2,Freedom of Mobile Multimedia Access,SoftBank 3G,PlayStation Portable,Android,iOS,Nintendo Switch |
| Release | The Reverie of a Little Planet November 29, 2004 September 3, 2021
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| Genre(s) | Visual novel |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Key definesPlanetarianas a "kinetic novel", since itsgameplayoffers no choices or alternate endings. Instead, the player proceeds through the story solely by reading. The story is written byYūichi Suzumotoand character design is produced by Eeji Komatsu. The game's soundtrack was composed and arranged by Key's signature composersMagome TogoshiandShinji Orito.
Alight novelof short stories set in the world ofPlanetarianwas released in April 2006, and threeaudio dramashave also been produced.David Productionproduced a five-episodeoriginal net animationseries and ananimefilm in 2016.Planetarian'sstory, artwork and music have been praised, and the PS2 version ranked first for console games in terms of satisfaction in 2007.
Gameplay
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Planetarianis apost-apocalypticvisual novelin which the player assumes the role of the junker. Unlike traditional visual novels, no choices are given to the player inPlanetarianto advance the story, and there is only one possible ending; this is what Key referred to as akinetic novel.[1]The player can choose when to advance to the nextdialoguescreen or put the game on auto play. In this respect, the player does not play the game as if it were avideo game,but plays it rather more like one would play a music track on aCDor play aDVDfilm. During gameplay, the player can choose to hide the text from view and go back to any previous lines.[2]The game can be saved at any point in any of the five save slots available, and a load option is available where the player can load any of the automatically saved chapter markers, or choose to load any of the manually saved games.[2]
By length of story,Planetarianis the shortest of Key's games. Excluding the opening and ending sequences, there are 16 parts to the story; the first half is set within the planetarium while the latter half is set outside in the ruined city where the planetarium resides. The novel takes four hours and forty minutes to complete on auto play.[note 1]After the game has been completed at least once, two new options appear on the title screen. The first is a feature that allows the player to view twenty images ofCG artworkobserved in the game. The second option allows the player to listen to eight of the nine music tracks featured in the game.[2]
Plot
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Setting
editThe game is set in apost-apocalypticworld.[2]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 throughbiologicalandnuclear warfare,turning a once prosperous civilization into complete ruin, cast in darkness and poisoned by constant rain[3]fromnuclear fallout.One military invasion in the past was atMare Nectaris.The bloodshed continues 30 years after the war in adystopicworld via automated war machines, which kill anyone trespassing into their territory. Of the remaining humans, there are those known as "junkers" who go around scavenging for anything in order to survive; the protagonist in the story is one.[2]
The main location where most of the story takes place is the fictional FlowercrestDepartment Storein a derelict city. It is based on the realMatsubishi Department StoreofHamamatsu, Shizuokain Japan,[4]although theplanetariumon the rooftop is fictitious. The onset of the story takes place within the planetarium which is where the protagonist first meets Yumemi. The most prominent feature in the room when a show is not taking place is the large black planetarium projector called "MissJena",[note 2]which is placed on a stage in front of the seats. The planetarium has electricity when the protagonist arrives, but only for a short time. Once a year, for 168 hours, electricity in the planetarium is operational, but the projector is broken. The rest of the floors in the department store are in ruins; mold and rats run rampant.[2]
Characters
edit- The junker(Tiết phòng,Kuzuya)
- Voiced by:Daisuke Ono(Japanese);David Matranga[5](English)
- The protagonist is a nameless soldier living the life of a "junker" —scavenging useful items among ruined cities to survive. He enters a derelict city searching for undamaged goods and finds an abandoned planetarium on the roof of a building he first thinks is a military facility. There, he meets Yumemi Hoshino, a gynoid designed to look like a young girl who annoys him greatly due to her constant talking.[2]The protagonist has a tough personality that comes from trying to survive in adystopicworld. He carries agrenade launcherwith him and covers himself with a waterproof coat to protect his skin from the toxic rain. For drinking water, his canteen has a water purifier that can purify the rain. He is constantly searching for rarer substances such as cigarettes and alcohol which can be sold at high prices.[2]
- Yumemi Hoshino(ほし の ゆめみ,Hoshino Yumemi)
- Voiced by:Keiko Suzuki(Japanese);Jill Harris[5](English)
- Yumemi is a kindhearted but extremely talkativegynoidattendant of an abandoned planetarium; she is designed to look like a young girl. Yumemi is slightly damaged and completely unaware of the changes that have occurred in the past 30 years,[3][6]as none of the facilities and databases that she connects to exist anymore. Therefore, she treats the protagonist like a regular guest by calling him "Mr. Customer"(お khách dạng,Okyaku-sama),speaks of the world as it was before the war, and fails to understand any information he tells her, other than things related to her job at the planetarium.[2]The name "Hoshino Yumemi" itself is a pun, and can be interpreted as "dreaming of a planet"(Tinh の mơ thấy,hoshi no yume-mi).Yumemi is the only character shown to the audience of the game.[2]
- Yumemi is very adamant about protecting humans and is happiest when she is helping those she serves. When she is unable to help someone, she gets terribly worried that she is incapable of offering assistance and must instead indirectly help a customer by directing him or her to someone who can. Protecting humans is her top priority and will even ignore previous orders to make sure no human is harmed when in her care.[2]
Story
editWhile dodging detection from war machines in a ruined city, the protagonist enters a building with a dome on the roof to search for usable supplies. Once inside the dome, he meets Yumemi, who offers to show him a special commemorative projection especially reserved for the 2,500,000th customer, although he is in fact the 2,497,290th customer. Despite his aggravation with her, he agrees to attend her show. However, the projector device, "Miss Jena", has broken down and is in need of repair. After he repairs it,[3]Yumemi starts the show, presenting a projection of the starry sky, something that cannot be seen from the surface because of the polluted skies. The power goes out in the midst of the show, but Yumemi proceeds through the rest of the event with no visuals at the request of the protagonist.
Afterward, both of them leave the planetarium, as Yumemi insists on escorting him back to his vehicle outside the city walls. The protagonist plans to transport Yumemi out of the city after her battery runs out and find a way to reactivate her. A machine the protagonist calls afiddler crab,due to its design, is guarding the entrance to the city in which he came from, and he devises a plan to destroy it armed with only agrenade launcher.After his initial plan fails and he is forced to face the machine front on, Yumemi tries to protect the protagonist, but is blown in half by the war machine'smachine guns.
Yumemi spends her emergency battery life replaying her pre-war memories to the protagonist using a tiny holographic projector on her ear. When the video fades, she reveals that she had known that the planetarium would never have more customers during the 30 years she was alone, despite her apparent infinite optimism up to this point. In her final moment as she "dies" in front of him, Yumemi ejects the memory card from her artificial brain for his safekeeping. Touched and completely shaken by the loss of the beautiful world she left in his mind, he throws away his gun and puts the memory card in his coat, before wandering off with a broken leg as the fallen war machine's automated backup units are closing in on the scene.
Development
editPlanetarianis Key's fourth visual novel, and had a small staff of three main people that did the majority of the work for the game's first release.[1]Unlike previous Key titles,Planetarian's art director position was given to Eeji Komatsu instead ofItaru Hinouewho had held the position for the three previous games.[7]Komatsu was chosen not only because of his specialty in depicting mechanics and robots, but also because he could represent short scenes which touch on a robot's existence to reproduce a person's ideals. Furthermore, Key was not short on staff at the time, and was not forced to outsource the artwork ofPlanetarian.[8]Jun Maeda,Key's main scenario writer and project planner, was left out of the project, andYūichi Suzumotowas given the position of planning and scenario.[1]The music, excluding a single piece composed byShinji Orito,was arranged or composed entirely byMagome Togoshi,one of Key's signaturecomposers.[1]Planetarianwas the first game under the brand nameKineticNovelto be described by the term "kinetic novel".[8]
In the original version, Yumemi is only voiced during the beginning and ending scenes, while other characters are not voiced. WhenPlanetarianwas released forWindowsPCsonCD-ROM,Yumemi had full voice acting.[9]ThePlayStation 2(PS2) port offers full voice acting for the entire cast.[10]Other changes to the PS2 version include a higher resolution for thecomputer graphicsand an extended soundtrack.[11]All other later versions contained full voice acting.
Music
editThe visual novel has one main theme song, the ending theme "Hoshi Meguri no Uta"(Tinh めぐり の ca,Song of Circling Stars)sung byMellofI've Sound,an arrangement of the folk song byKenji Miyazawa.ThePlanetarian Original Soundtrackwas released on August 11, 2006, atComiket 70byKey Sounds Label;it was later re-released on December 28, 2006.[12]The soundtrack contains one disc with twelve trackscomposedand produced byMagome Togoshi,andShinji Orito;themes originally composed byCharles Crozat Converseand Miyazawa were remixed on the soundtrack. All of the tracks werearrangedby Togoshi, except "Human Warrior" which was arranged by Orito. "Hoshi no Sekai (Opening)"(Tinh の thế giới,World of Stars (Opening))and "Itsukushimi Fukaki"(Từ しみ thâm き,Deep Affection)are rearrangements of thehymn"What a Friend We Have in Jesus"by Converse, and their titles reflect this as well:" Hoshi no Sekai "refers to the Japanese version of the hymn named" Hoshinoyo ",[13]and "Itsukushimi Fukaki" is the Japanese translation of the hymn's original title.[14]
Release history
editPlanetarianwas released on November 29, 2004, via download over the Internet playable on Windows PCs, and was first made available only toYahoo! Japan Broadbandusers.[9]The game was opened up for general sale on December 6, 2004.[1][8]Key released a CD-ROM version for Windows PCs on April 28, 2006, in limited and regular editions.[15][16]An updated version ofPlanetariancompatible forWindows VistaPCs was released by Key on July 31, 2009, in a box set containing five other Key visual novels called Key 10th Memorial Box.[17]Another updated version compatible forWindows 7PCs calledPlanetarian: The Reverie of a Little Planet Memorial Editionwas released on April 30, 2010.[18]TheMemorial Editionalso came bundled with the three previously releasedPlanetariandrama CDs.[1]AnHDedition for Windows was released on July 29, 2016.[19]Planetarianwas released onSteambySekai Projectin English for Windows on September 12, 2014,[20]with later support planned formacOSandLinuxdevices.[21]The Steam release was updated on September 17, 2014, to allow the user to switch to the original Japanese version of the game.[22]An English version of the HD edition was released on September 19, 2022.[23]
A consumer consoleportof the game was released for the PS2 on August 24, 2006, byPrototype.[10][24]A version playable onFOMAandSoftBank 3Gmobile phoneswas released by Prototype throughVisual Arts Mottoon November 28, 2006.[25][26][27]A limited edition version ofPlanetariandeveloped by Prototype playable on thePlayStation Portable(PSP) was available for purchase between February 28 and March 1, 2009, at Key 10th Memorial Fes, an event held in commemoration of Key's ten-year anniversary.[28][29]A downloadable version of the PSP release via the PlayStation Store was released by Prototype on August 24, 2009.[30]Prototype again sold the PSP version at their Prototype Fan Appreciation 2010 event on May 30, 2010.[31][32]The PSP version was re-released on May 12, 2011, as a fundraising release for the2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.[33]Amobile appversion playable onAndroidandiOSdevices was released on November 30, 2011.[34][35][36]An updated iOS version released in January 2013 includes support for English readers.[37][38][39]Prototype released aNintendo Switchversion on January 31, 2019.[40][41]
Snow Globe
editVisual Arts launched a crowdfunding campaign on November 29, 2019, to produce anoriginal video animation(OVA) episode titledPlanetarian: Snow Globe.[42]By the end of the campaign, the final stretch goal had been achieved for Key to produce a kinetic novel version ofPlanetarian: Snow Globefor Windows.[43]TheSnow Globekinetic novel was released on September 3, 2021 with thePlanetarian Ultimate Editionthat also included a re-release of the 2016 HD edition ofPlanetarian: The Reverie of a Little Planetfor Windows, the three previously released drama CDs, and anart book.A downloadable edition ofSnow Globefor Windows was also released at the same time.[44]The staff forSnow Globewas the same forThe Reverie of a Little Planetwith the scenario written by Yūichi Suzumoto and the art by Eeji Komatsu.[45]The music in the game is from theSnow GlobeOVA released asPlanetarian: Snow Globe Original Sound Tracks & Voice Drama CDin January 2021 for backers of the crowdfunding campaign who pledged at least¥13,640.[43]TheSnow Globesoundtrack is composed by Shinji Orito, Donmaru and Ryō Mizutsuki.[45]
Adaptations
edit| Planetarian: The Reverie of a Little Planet | |
| planetarian ～ちいさなほし の ゆめ～ (Planetarian: Chiisana Hoshi no Yume) | |
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| Genre | Drama,post-apocalyptic |
| Light novel | |
| Written by | Yūichi Suzumoto |
| Illustrated by | Eeji Komatsu |
| Published by | Visual Arts |
| Imprint | VA Bunko |
| Demographic | Male |
| Published | April 28, 2006 |
| Original net animation | |
| Directed by | Naokatsu Tsuda |
| Written by |
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| Music by |
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| Studio | David Production |
| Licensed by | |
| Released | July 7, 2016–August 4, 2016 |
| Runtime | 14–24 minutes each |
| Episodes | 5 |
| Original net animation | |
| Planetarian: Snow Globe | |
| Directed by | Jin Tamamura |
| Written by |
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| Studio | Okuruto Noboru |
| Released | August 25, 2021 |
| Runtime | 36 minutes |
| Film | |
Light novel
editAlight novelfeaturing a collection of four illustrated short stories, including aprologueand anepilogue,and based onPlanetarian's story were written byYūichi Suzumotoand illustrated by Eeji Komatsu. The 243-page novel was originally bundled with the limited edition of the CD version ofPlanetarian,and was also included in the limited edition of thePlayStation 2version.[10]The book was re-published as a commercial release byVisual Artsunder their VA Bunko light novelimprinton October 31, 2008, and was the second title on the imprint.[46][47]A downloadable version of the novel titledHoshi no Hito: Planetarian Side StoryonAndroiddevices was released on November 30, 2011, followed by a version oniOSdevices on December 14, 2011.[48][49][50]The first two stories presented occur before the events of the kinetic novel, and the latter two occur during its aftermath. Thefront matterof the book reads, "Starry sky, words, God, robots. A collection of short stories in the key of these four themes."[51]A short preview of the book is available online.[52]
- Snow Globe(Tuyết quyển cầu,Sunō Gurōbu)
- This story occurs before the events of the war that brought the world to ruin; at this point, Yumemi has been working at the Flowercrest Department Store's rooftop planetarium for about ten years. One day, Yumemi begins to act strangely, culminating in her simply walking out and wandering around the town. The staff of the planetarium are bewildered, and one of the workers—a woman named Satomi Kurahashi—is ordered to go follow Yumemi and bring her back. Before long, Yumemi begins to run out of battery power.
- Jerusalem(エルサレム,Erusaremu)
- This story occurs as the war reaches its height. The South American Unification Army receives reports of a rogue sniper operating deep in the jungles ofPatagonia,and sends a platoon under the command of Master Sergeant Murdock to neutralize the threat. However, the entire platoon is killed off one by one by the sniper, until only Murdock is left. All alone, Murdock catches a glimpse of this mysterious sniper through his binoculars—and is shocked to find that he gazes upon the figure of a beautifulnun.
- Man of the Stars(Tinh の người,Hoshi no Hito)
- This story occurs some time after the events of the kinetic novel, as human civilization struggles in a losing battle against the poisonous rain. Three of the last inhabitants of a nearly abandoned undergroundfallout shelter—named Levi, Ruth, and Job—find a quaint old man collapsed in the snow outside the bunker. When they bring him down, they are surprised to hear the adults calling him "Man of the Stars". The children grow quite interested about his strange nickname, as well as the fact that they have never seen a visitor from the outside world. The old man recovers a bit and has the children help him in putting together a portable planetarium projector. This story offers an ultimate conclusion to the story in the kinetic novel.
- Tircis and Aminte(チルシスとアマント,Chirushisu to Amanto)
- Identical twins Tircis and Aminte study alone in a world of their own. Tircis begins to wonder why he is studying and how long will it go on. This is the story of how the answer reveals itself to Tircis and Aminte.
Drama CDs
edit| Drama CD | Voice actor | Role |
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| Snow Globe | Keiko Suzuki | Yumemi Hoshino(ほし の ゆめみ,Hoshino Yumemi) |
| Akaru Mizuki | Satomi Kurahashi(Thương kiều mỹ,Kurahashi Satomi) | |
| Asahi Morishōji | Gorō Mikajima(Tam ヶ đảo ngô lãng,Mikajima Gorō) | |
| Yumi Hisako | Yuka Morimi(Sâm thấy từ hương,Morimi Yuka) | |
| Yū Watanabe | Akane Koga(Cổ hạ thiến,Koga Akane) | |
| Jerusalem | Akio Ōtsuka | Maddock(マードック,Mādokku) |
| Akira Ishida | David Salinger(デイビッド・サリンジャー,Deibiddo Sarinja) | |
| Yuki Masuda | Sister(シスター,Shisutā) | |
| Keijin Okuda | Manson(マンソン) | |
| Yasumichi Kushida | Gwen Chow(グエン・チャウ,Guen Chau) | |
| Daisuke Endō | Daniel Dias(ダニエル・ディアス,Danieru Diasu) | |
| Man of the Stars | Asuka Tanii | Levi(レビ,Rebi) |
| Yuka Nishigaki | Job(ヨブ,Yobu) | |
| Yuki Matsuoka | Ruth(ルツ,Rutsu) | |
| Masashi Hirose | Old man(Lão nhân,Rōjin) | |
| Hitomi Oikawa | Ezra(エズラ,Ezura) | |
| Masayo Hosono | Jeremiah(エレミヤ,Eremiya) | |
| Tomoka Sakai | Villager 1(Thôn người 1,Murabito 1) | |
| Sami Wakima | Villager 2(Thôn người 2,Murabito 2) | |
| Keiko Suzuki | Yumemi Hoshino(ほし の ゆめみ,Hoshino Yumemi) | |
| Daisuke Ono | The junker(Tiết phòng,Kuzuya) |
Threedrama CDswere released byKey Sounds Labelbased on the short stories in the light novel. The first,Snow Globe,was released on December 29, 2006 at Comiket 71 bearing the catalog numberKSLA-0027;it was later re-released on May 25, 2007 with a different cover.[53][54][55]The opening track takes place one year before the protagonist arrives at the planetarium and the "Snow Globe" story is told as a flashback. The end of the drama CD is where the kinetic novel begins. The second drama CD,Jerusalem,was released on July 27, 2007 bearing the catalog numberKSLA-0029.The insert song "Brave New World" byfripSideis included at the end of the drama CD.[56]The final drama CD,Hoshi no Hito,was released on July 27, 2007 bearing the catalog numbersKSLA-0030–0031.This drama CD covers both the Man of the Stars "and" Tircis and Aminte "stories. A cast of voice actors perform the characters in" Man of the Stars ", but" Tircis and Aminte "is a recited story byKeiko Suzuki,the voice of Yumemi Hoshino.[57]
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "28-nen to 87-nichi" (28 năm と87 ngày28th Year and 87th Day) | 3:43 |
| 2. | "Bug" (バグBagu) | 5:48 |
| 3. | "Nichijō" (Hằng ngàyOrdinary) | 6:37 |
| 4. | "Dassō" (Thoát điEscape) | 9:00 |
| 5. | "Kawaru Mono, Kawaranai Mono" (変わる vật, 変わらない vậtThings Change, Things Remain) | 7:58 |
| 6. | "Snow Globe" (Tuyết quyển cầuSunō Gurōbu) | 7:17 |
| 7. | "29-nen to 81-nichi" (29 năm と81 ngày29th Year and 81st Day) | 10:47 |
| Total length: | 51:10 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Kanenone to Jūsei to" (Chung の âm と súng thanh とChimes and Gunshots) | 2:33 |
| 2. | "Shōrō Sniper" (Gác chuông の thư kích tayBell Tower Sniper) | 6:28 |
| 3. | "Mission Complete..." (Làm chiến kết thúcMisshon Konpurīto) | 10:07 |
| 4. | "Sister" (Tu đạo nữShisutā) | 7:40 |
| 5. | "Kami no Kuni" (Thần の quốcThe Country of God) | 11:50 |
| 6. | "Gōka" (Nghiệp hỏaHell Fire) | 9:09 |
| 7. | "Kanenone to Shokuzai to" (Chung の âm と chuộc tội とChimes and Atonement) | 14:30 |
| Total length: | 62:17 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Levi to Job to Ruth" (レビとヨブとルツRebi to Yobu to Rutsu) | 3:13 |
| 2. | "Raihōsha" (Khách thămVisitor) | 8:20 |
| 3. | "Natsukashiki Hibi" (Hoài かしき ngày 々Nostalgic Days) | 15:57 |
| 4. | "Tōei Kashi" (Hình chiếu bắt đầuProjection Commencement) | 15:45 |
| 5. | "Takaramono" (Bảo vậtTreasure) | 6:58 |
| 6. | "Megami" (Nữ thầnGoddess) | 7:37 |
| 7. | "Hoshi no Hito" (Tinh の ngườiMan of the Stars) | 18:45 |
| Total length: | 76:35 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Tircis to Aminte" (チルシスとアマントTircis and Aminte) | 5:16 |
| 2. | "Tircis to Aminte" (チルシスとアマントTircis and Aminte) | 8:26 |
| 3. | "Tircis to Aminte" (チルシスとアマントTircis and Aminte) | 7:12 |
| 4. | "Tircis to Aminte" (チルシスとアマントTircis and Aminte) | 5:21 |
| 5. | "Tircis to Aminte" (チルシスとアマントTircis and Aminte) | 5:32 |
| 6. | "Tircis to Aminte" (チルシスとアマントTircis and Aminte) | 10:22 |
| 7. | "Tircis to Aminte" (チルシスとアマントTircis and Aminte) | 8:40 |
| Total length: | 50:49 | |
Anime
editA five-episodeoriginal net animation(ONA) adaptation was produced byDavid Productionand directed by Naokatsu Tsuda. The series was streamed onNiconicoand other online services from July 7 to August 4, 2016. The screenplay is written by Tsuda and Shogo Yasukawa. Hitomi Takechi based the character design used in the anime on Eeji Komatsu's original designs. Sound and music direction is headed by Tsuda and Takayuki Yamaguchi. Katsuichi Nakayama and Shunsuke Machitani are the series directors. The anime's music is composed by Magome Togoshi, Shinji Orito, Donmaru and Tomohiro Takeshita. The main ending theme of the ONA series is "Twinkle Starlight" by Sayaka Sasaki. A single titled "Twinkle Starlight / Worlds Pain" performed by Sasaki andCeuiwas released on July 27, 2016.[58]"Hoshi Meguri no Uta" by Mell from the visual novel was used for the ending theme of episode five. The series was released on a single Blu-ray compilation volume on September 28, 2016.[59]
The same staff also produced an anime film titledPlanetarian: Storyteller of the Starsthat premiered in Japanese theaters on September 3, 2016.[60]Funimationsimulcasted the ONA series on their website,[61]and later released the ONA series and film on physical media on August 14, 2018.[62]
Visual Arts launched a crowdfunding campaign on November 29, 2019, to produce anoriginal video animation(OVA) episode titledPlanetarian: Snow Globe.[43]The OVA was animated byOkuruto Noboruand directed by Jin Tamamura, with Yasukawa returning to write the screenplay and Takechi returning to design the characters.[42]People who backed the campaign received a copy of the OVA on Blu-ray in January 2021,[63]and it was released to the general public on August 25, 2021.[64]
| No. | Title[65][b] | Original air date | |
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| 1 | "The Robot's Bouquet" "Robotto no Hanataba" (ロボット の bó hoa) | July 7, 2016 | |
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A man living the life of a "junker" —scavenging useful items among ruined cities to survive—enters a derelict city only to be chased by automated anti-personnel machines. He takes refuge in a former department store building and finds that it still has working electricity. On the top floor, the junker is greeted by Yumemi Hoshino, the friendlygynoidattendant of the department store's planetarium. Yumemi treats the junker as a customer and repeatedly implores him to watch a special presentation reserved for the 2,500,000th customer, but the projector is in need of repair. The junker attempts to leave the following day, but he has second thoughts after talking with Yumemi. | |||
| 2 | "Repairing the Projector" "Tōeiki Shūri" (Hình chiếu duy tu lý) | July 14, 2016 | |
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The junker returns to the planetarium and begins repairs on the projector. Yumemi tells him that she has been in energy-saving mode for the past 30 years and is only active for one week in a year. Yumemi helps with the repairs by testing spare light bulbs for the projector. The junker brings up the subject of God, and suggests that Yumemi pray to the god of robots for the projector to get fixed sooner. Although Yumemi has no knowledge of a god of robots, she shows the junker a related holographic recording of her talking to the planetarium staff about a heaven for robots. The next day, the junker completes his repairs to the projector. | |||
| 3 | "Yumemi's Projection" "Yumemi no Tōei" (ゆめみ の hình chiếu) | July 21, 2016 | |
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Yumemi begins the projection, but just as the special presentation is about to start, the power goes out. The junker discovers that the electrical power that had been running to the building has now permanently shut off. However, the junker tells Yumemi to continue the presentation with only her explanations. Following the presentation, the junker goes to leave the planetarium, but Yumemi is concerned over the junker's return home. He tells her he has a car not far from the planetarium, so she offers to escort him. | |||
| 4 | "Drunk with Alcohol" "Sake ni You" (Rượu に túy う) | July 28, 2016 | |
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The junker and Yumemi begin their trek through the ruined city, but are forced to take frequent stops to allow Yumemi's overheated components to cool. They come across a liquor store, and the junker finds a lone unbroken bottle ofScotch whiskyinside. Close to the edge of the city, the junker sees a large search and destroy robot. The junker implores Yumemi to leave the city with him, but Yumemi cannot comprehend everything the junker is telling her about the abandoned city. Before he leaves to destroy the robot, the junker tells her to think over his offer and stay put. The junker fires a grenade launcher at the robot, but the grenade misfires, causing the robot to retaliate with arailgun. | |||
| 5 | "Yumemi's Wish" "Yumemi no Negai" (ゆめみ の nguyện い) | August 4, 2016 | |
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The junker survives the attack and manages to hit it on his second attempt, but the robot continues to attack. Yumemi tries to intercede, but the robot blows her in half while the junker successfully disables the robot. Yumemi uses some of her emergency battery life replaying some of her memories from the planetarium using a holographic projector. The junker tells her that he had come to the city to take her to her new workplace where she can serve new customers forever. Assuming him to be the god of robots, Yumemi asks him not to split up heaven so that she may always serve humans. After Yumemi's batteries are depleted, the junker takes the memory card with all of her memories and exits the city. The junker is found by three other junkers collapsed outside the city walls, but he tells them that he is a starteller. | |||
Reception
editIn a review by Marcus Estrada ofHardcore Gamer,he praisedPlanetarianfor having a "beautiful story," gorgeousCGsand a soundtrack that "sets a melancholic, but hopeful mood fitting with the story." He also noted that "even as an aging propertyPlanetarianstill looks and sounds good. "[66]Planetarianis one of several kinetic novels featured in theLycèe Trading Card Game;Yumemi and the planetarium are playable cards in the second Visual Arts card set.[67]In the February 2007 issue ofSoftBank Creative'sGemagamagazine, the PS2 version ranked first for console games in terms of satisfaction;[10]the game had ranked fourth in the previous issue.[68]In the Japanese video game magazineFamitsureleased on September 8, 2006, it was reported that the PS2 version ofPlanetariansold 8,170 units the week of August 21 to August 27, 2006 (the PS2 version was originally sold on August 24, 2006).[69]When the PSP version was re-released as a fundraising event for the2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami,16,663 units were pre-ordered by the day of its release on May 12, 2011. From these sales, Prototype and Visual Arts donated 22,415,069 yen.[70]
See also
editNotes
edit- ^The stated time assumes that the default auto play speed is used, which allots 0.07 seconds per character with a minimum time of 0.3 seconds. This reflects about the average time it takes the text to be read aloud at a normal pace. Quick readers can easily go through the entire novel in less than half of this stated time.
- ^Jena is a manufacturing city in Germany, specializing in precision machinery, pharmaceuticals, optics and photographic equipment, and is home to the Zeiss optics plant. In 1926, the world's first modern planetarium was built by the Zeiss company in the Damenviertel district of the town. The projector inPlanetarianis based on theZeiss Universal Mark II optical planetarium projector.
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PS2 8170／8170 Planetarian: The Reverie of a Little Planet
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External links
edit- Key'sPlanetarianwebsite(in Japanese)
- KineticNovel'sPlanetarianwebsiteArchived2011-07-22 at theWayback Machine(in Japanese)
- Prototype'sPlanetarianwebsite(in Japanese)
- Anime official website(in Japanese)
- Planetarian: The Reverie of a Little PlanetatThe Visual Novel Database
- Planetarian: The Reverie of a Little Planet(anime) atAnime News Network's encyclopedia