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Space. The destination of dreams and glory. Humans. The curious pathfinders. Friends. The companions with whom we share ourselves. 

Written by the same author, they have the exact same character design and character development and stories are somewhat similar even though the settings are really different. 

These both have beautiful vistas of two different places that are relatively unknown to humans: outer space and the deep ocean. Both works have a philosophical/mystical outlook about their mysterious settings. 

Both series focus a lot on the psychological development of a main character obsessed with a goal and both have a romantic subplot.  

Solanin and planetes are totally different in concept, but the execution and feeling are the same. Realist, dramatic, nostalgic and inspiring works of fiction about people fighting themselves, the world and striving for something else. Planetes is much more idealistic, Solanin more cynical 

A sense of quirkiness, attention to characters, some romantic development and investigation to psychological issues. Both Planetes and NHK deal with psychological issues present within there independent settings, whilst also containing a similar quirky sense of humour. Planetes differs as a Sci-fi with a much larger cast of characters, whilst also divulging into political and societal issues. While NHK divulges much deeper into a variety of psychological issues present within the constraints of ones home, whilst also presenting a particularly dark sense of humour. If you like one for its focus on characters, investigation into relevant issues and quirky atmosphere, you'll be sure to like the other. read more 

Both hard sci-fi mangas with an important focus on character's introspection. 2001 Nights Stories has a larger scale and is an anthology but if you like one, you should like the other. 

Both of these works are filled with hope and melancholy, love of space, humanity's relations with space and each other 

Planetes and Kanata no Astra are both set in the future and involve space travel. 

Similar art and narrative style. Eden features more graphic violence/sex scenes though. 

Space travel is the central theme in both series.  

Similiar setting, both are mainly slice of life science fiction tales in space and have a quite similiar through provoking kind of narrative styles.  

Both series are about tough futuristic jobs that sound awesome by today's standards but that your average person in the series wouldn't want to do because they are dangerous. They're both relaxing paced reads that showcase humanity's desire to be somewhere else they can see but cannot easily reach (the furthest stars in Planetes, the Earth in Saturn Apartments) and various characters reactions to said desires. They are also both "realistic" sci-fi series where things like gravity and basic science rules apply but things like giant robots and aliens are science fiction, giving their worlds a very similar vibe. 

Both deal with the issues humans face in space travel, though Planetes concentrates a bit more on the human elements compared to Stardust Memories. 

Despite being fictional works, both share a somewhat more realistic approach to the space genre. In Planetes, the author mixes elements of real life science with elements of science fiction to depict the life of a couple of space debris collectors. Uchuu Kyoudai shares a similar mentality by exaggerating elements of real life science to depict one's journey through an astronaut selection program and another's journey as an astronaut headed for space.