As I mentioned in the Gender, Diversity and Politics post I find Ravi painful to watch.
Debris Section, The Last Day is the episode of Planetes that almost made me like Ravi. Continue reading
17 Sunday Mar 2013
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inAs I mentioned in the Gender, Diversity and Politics post I find Ravi painful to watch.
Debris Section, The Last Day is the episode of Planetes that almost made me like Ravi. Continue reading
05 Tuesday Mar 2013
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inHis Reasons introduces two new characters who will be crucial to the remaining episodes of Planetes. It is not stretching the point to say that one of these characters is an unmitigated bastard.
The disturbing thing is the extent to which Hachimaki and his father are the same as the bastard. Continue reading
03 Sunday Mar 2013
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inIgnition is an astonishing episode of Planetes that confronts psychological trauma, and post traumatic stress, head on. This is extremely rare both in anime and in television in general. The only other example that springs to mind is the season 2 The West Wing episode Noël.
Trigger warnings for mentions of suicide are applicable to this synopsis. Continue reading
02 Saturday Mar 2013
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inIn Her Case is Edel’s Day in the Limelight episode, and one of my favourites of the breed. It is the episode that establishes Edel as one of the few positive gender examples in Planetes. Note that trigger warnings for mentions of abuse apply to Edel’s back story. Continue reading
28 Thursday Feb 2013
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inTurning Point isn’t a bad episode of Planetes, just one that suffers in comparison to its predecessors. The romantic subplots still aren’t really working for me, but are a little easier to deal with when it is Ai and Hachimaki involved. Continue reading