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planetarian Anime Project Revealed as Both 5-Episode Net Anime & Film
posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
The official website for the planned anime Key's planetarian ~the reverie of a little planet~ visual novel revealed on Friday that the adaptation will be both a five-episode net anime adaptation and a film. The website is currently streaming a trailer for both projects.
The promotional video and other announcements were made during a Niconico livestream event on Friday.
The five-episode anime is titled planetarian: Hoshi no Hito (planetarian: Star Person). The net anime will premiere on July 7, and the film will open on September 3. The video description of the trailer describes planetarian: Chiisana Hoshi no Yume as "This is a certain woman's story" and describes planetarian: Hoshi no Hito as "This is a certain man's story." The net anime will adapt the main game's story, and the film will be "another story" about what happens to Kuzuya afterward.
The video and official website has also revealed the staff and cast for both projects. The main cast includes:
Daisuke Ono as Kuzuya (lit. The Junk Hunter)
Keiko Suzuki as Yumemi Hoshino
Other cast without role credits include: Tamio Ohki.
Eeji Komatsu's original character designs for animation.
Other staff include:
Original Work Cooperation: Key/VisualArt's
Mechanical Design: Kanetake Ebikawa
Prop Design: Shinya Uchida
Art Setting: Hiroshi Izumi
Color Key: Yūko Satō
Art Director: Yuuko Sugiyama
3D Director: Yoji Nagasawa
Director of Photography: Arimasa Watanabe
Editing: Kiyoshi Hirose
Sound Director: Takayuki Yamaguchi, Naokatsu Tsuda
Sound Effects: Yasumasa Koyama
Music: VisualArt's, Tomohiro Takeshita
Additionally Magome Togoshi is credited for the original work music.
Lia is performing the film's theme song "Hoshi no Fune" (Starship).
The net anime will stream on Niconico as well as the following services: GYAO!, among other services.
Visual Art's/Key (PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable consoles. The story takes place 30 years after a world war put a halt to space development. The protagonist, simply known as "the Junk Hunter," attempts to restore a planetarium's projector after meeting a robot.
released an English version for iOS.
Thanks to Dennis R for the news tip and second embedded video.
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