Episode guide
Planetes: Season 1
26 episodes · premiered Oct 4, 2003
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- Episode 1: Outside the Atmosphere Oct 4, 2003 · 25m It's the first day on the job for Ai Tanabe as she's introduced to her eccentric co-workers in the Debris Section of space station ISPV-7.
- Episode 2: Like a Dream Oct 11, 2003 · 25m Hachimaki's dream of getting his own spaceship is revealed. Tanabe continues her zero-G training with Hachimaki. Tanabe and Hachimaki are sent on a debris retrieval mission to recover a…
- Episode 3: Return Trajectory Oct 18, 2003 · 25m Insurance salespeople swarm the ISPV 7 space station while members of the Debris Section write their annual wills. During a routine debris collection, Yuri, Tanabe, and Hachimaki recover a…
- Episode 4: Part of the Job Oct 25, 2003 · 25m The spoiled son of INTO chairman, Colin Clifford visits the ISPV 7 space station, and goes on a debris hauling mission with the Debris Section. Among the debris retrieved is Colin's camera…
- Episode 5: Fly Me to the Moon Nov 1, 2003 · 25m Fee, Hachimaki and Tanabe decide to go to the Moon for their holiday. But on the Lunar Ferry, a pickpocket steals Tanabe's wallet while Hachimaki makes his debut as an actor.
- Episode 6: The Lunar Flying Squirrels Nov 8, 2003 · 25m On Hachimaki and Tanabe's visit to the Moon, they meet Tanabe's neighbours... a group of wannabe ninjas who perform ninja techniques through the Moon's lower gravity.
- Episode 7: Extraterrestrial Girl Nov 15, 2003 · 25m While recovering from an injury, Hachimaki must stay on the Moon to recover. He then meets a girl who is a Lunarian, a person born on the Moon. Hachimaki also meets Harry Roland, a veteran…
- Episode 8: A Place to Cling To Nov 22, 2003 · 25m Tanabe suspects that Fee is having an affair with the division manager Technora Corp, Dolph Azalia. However, Fee is not, and actually is being promoted to assistant chief of Control…
- Episode 9: Regrets Nov 29, 2003 · 25m Hachimaki's extra-vehicular activity instructor, Gigalt visits the Debris Section as part of a safety inspection. However, on a debris hauling run supervised by Gigalt, the crew of the Toy…
- Episode 10: A Sky of Stardust Dec 6, 2003 · 25m Tanabe is preoccupied with her discovery of Gigalt's illness. Yuri's involvement in a famous high-altitude shuttle accident is revealed. On a routine debris retrieval mission, Yuri finds…
- Episode 11: Boundary Line Dec 13, 2003 · 25m An engineer from an impoverished country, El Tanika, comes to the ISPV 7 space station to have his new spacesuit tested. No one will have anything to do with his unusual suit because of…
- Episode 12: A Modest Request Dec 20, 2003 · 25m Fee's quest for a smoke leads her to become entangled in a terrorist plot to stop human development in space by initiating the Kessler Syndrome, destroying the Toy Box in the process of…
- Episode 13: Scenery With a Rocket Jan 10, 2004 · 25m Since the Toy Box was destroyed, the Debris Section go on a holiday on Earth. Hachimaki, Yuri, and Tanabe visit the Hoshino household. Meanwhile, Yuri makes friends with Kyutaro…
- Episode 14: Turning Point Jan 17, 2004 · 25m Debris Section get their new debris hauling ship, the Toy Box 2. On a debris retrieval run, the Debris Section become embroiled in company intrigue as they choose to help an orbital…
- Episode 15: In Her Case Jan 24, 2004 · 25m Edel's past finally catches up to her when an old flame comes to the ISPV 7 space station. Meanwhile, Hachimaki struggles with his date with Tanabe.
- Episode 16: Ignition Jan 31, 2004 · 25m Hachimaki is left adrift in space in the middle of a solar flare and miraculously survies. But he is diagnosed with Acute Spatial Disorder and unless he can overcome it, he will be…
- Episode 17: His Reasons Feb 7, 2004 · 25m The chief engineer of the Jupiter Exploration Mission hopes to recruit Hachimaki's father, a veteran of several missions to Mars, but all he wants is to settle down back on Earth.
- Episode 18: Debris Section, the Last Day Feb 14, 2004 · 25m Dolph is replaced as director of the Technora Second Division and the new director wants to shut down the Debris Section while the crew of the Toy Box find a secret INTO orbital mine.
- Episode 19: Endings Are Always... Feb 21, 2004 · 25m Debris Section has won a reprieve after their discovery of a classified INTO military satellite. On Earth, Hachimaki has entered the first round of tests for those wishing to join the Von…
- Episode 20: Tentative Steps Feb 28, 2004 · 25m Claire has been demoted from working in Control Section to replacing Hachimaki in Debris Section. Hachimaki and Hakim encounter unexpected difficulties completing a 10-day group endurance…
- Episode 21: Tandem Mirror Mar 6, 2004 · 25m Debris Section has been assigned to the Moon for a month to help collect debris from the Tandem Mirror Drive disaster. In training as a finalist aboard the Von Braun, Hachimaki learns that…
- Episode 22: Exposure Mar 13, 2004 · 25m Hachimaki is called to the moon for questioning about the explosion aboard the Von Braun. He also learns of the death of his sensei and of Tanabe's prior knowledge of Gigalt's fight with…
- Episode 23: Debris Cluster Mar 20, 2004 · 25m As the final preparations are being made for the Von Braun's maiden voyage to Jupiter, the Space Defense Front makes a bold attempt at interrupting the INTO summit by taking control of the…
- Episode 24: Love Apr 3, 2004 · 25m The Space Defense Front's sinister plan to crash the Von Braun into Luna City is thwarted at the last minute when INTO caves in to the terrorists' demands. Tanabe and Claire are stranded…
- Episode 25: The Lost Apr 10, 2004 · 25m Following the Von Braun crisis, Hachimaki sinks into deep depression and wanders on the lunar surface. He returns to Earth for a holiday, only to encounter Tanabe, who was paralyzed during…
- Episode 26: And the Days We Chance Upon... Apr 17, 2004 · 25m With Tanabe fully recovered, she and Hachimaki visit the ISPV 7 Space Station.