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Character: 10/10 We are met by the two main and really only characters one being a robot named Hoshino and the other a junker named Kuzuya.

Hoshino is seemingly oblivious to the condition of the world but in actuality is aware of the "broken" world yet refuses to believe it. She simply accepts it as an error on her part.

Then we have Kuzuya who only sees the world as trash with a few salvageable parts scattered around.

But what truly makes it is the chemistry (not love) between the two. Hoshino's inability to see the world as broken eventually gets to Kuzuya. She ... shows him the beautiful sky, an eternal thing that cannot be shaped by war and destruction. She tells him the story of astronomy, mankind's treasure of curiosity. He is able to forget the current state of the world, even with just the sound of her narration. But what really got me, what really stood out, was that at the very end, he did not define himself as a junker, but as a starteller. He threw out his belief of a garbage world full of only scrap and replaced it with the beauty of the stars, a place of vivid imagination and timeless wonder.


Story: 8/10 Planetarian is an anime that shows the current state of a now dystopian world. The few humans that are left have deserted their past lives to become junkers (scavengers) who are constantly seeking shelter from both the toxic rain and killer robots. But amidst all the despair and destruction is a planetarium seemly cut off from the rest of the world. While the anime offers a very interesting story, we are simply not given enough detail due to the length.


Art: 8/10 This anime had a good style of animation and the few battle scenes were done very well. I also must add that Hoshino was adorable and the view of the stars was magnificent.


Sound: 9/10 I really need to give props to this anime when it comes to sound. At the end of episode 4 the machine's sound effect were done amazingly. I found myself replaying it over and over because I was stunned at the quality.


Enjoyment: 8/10 At first I thought that only someone like me who actually enjoyed the stars would like this slow paced anime but I had friends enjoy it too. The idea of sanctuary within destruction was so enjoyable throughout this anime.


Overall: 9/10 Planetarian offers pretty good art and sound which greatly supports the good story and characters.