Aug 12, 2016
planetarian ~reverie of a little planet~ was the first visual novel I've ever read and completed fully. That was way back in 2014. I remember loving it to death and always wanted to see a movie adaptation of this, since I didn't really think it'd fit for an anime. And here we are with an...anime adaptation of planetarian. While they did manage to execute this fairly well, I still think a movie version would've been better.
Regardless, let's get into the review.
I will not be spoiling anything, I'm gonna give my thoughts and nothing else.
--STORY AND CHARACTERS--
I'm really surprised to say that David did not seem
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to cut any corners with the planetarian adaptation. If you've read the VN, the anime is pretty much a one-to-one retelling of the VN. The same emotional story that was in the original translated well in this adaptation in my opinion and overall was executed just as well as in the original VN. For a 5 episode series or roughly a 3 hour visual novel, the story is great. I have nothing to nitpick on, really. Not even the main characters. Normally I would complain about the main male character being the way he is in the anime and VN, however, given the context - it's perfectly understandable. And can I say that Hoshino Yumemi is still one of my favorite robot characters of all time? Because she is.
But yeah, the story is short and sweet, easy to get involved and invested in and easily watchable in 1 clear sitting in less than 2 hours.
--ART AND SOUND--
I'm personally not a fan of David's animation. In my opinion, the same generic animation issues from their adaptation of Hyperdimension Neptunia still persist in their adaptation of planetarian. And while, yes, their animation works for the most part in this adaptation, since there isn't a lot of action going on throughout the majority of the anime, when it gets to the more "intense" scenes is when I feel that David seems to struggle with, since they don't really look that great.
As for the sound - I have NO complaints here. I just love how they reused the beautiful OST from the game rather than making their own remakes, which added a bit of a slight nostalgia trip for me (even though I read the VN 2 years ago) as well as Yumemi's and the main character's voices were done great. While I do wish that they reused the original voices from the VN for Yumemi, I still think that whoever voiced her in this adaptation did a very good job at doing so.
--OVERALL--
This is one of the best VN anime adaptations I've seen, personally. Short and sweet without cutting any corners and with pretty much no change in tone or characteristics from the original VN. David Animation - you definitely outdid yourselves with this and honestly - round of applause to you, good sirs.
Do I recommend to watch this? Just as with the Visual Novel, my answer is a very solid YES. You really have nothing to lose, the VN is just as short as the anime, so either one will do you great justice. planetarian still remains one of my favorites even after 2 years of being an otaku.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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