Planet Survival, known in Japan as Uninhabited Planet Survive (無人惑星サヴァイヴ, Mujin Wakusei Savaivu), is a Japanese anime television series. It was broadcast on NHK from October 2003 to October 28, 2004. It is a 52-episode series produced by Telecom Animation Film and Madhouse.
Uninhabited Planet Survive! | |
無人惑星サヴァイヴ (Mujin Wakusei Survive) | |
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Anime television series | |
Directed by | Yuichiro Yano |
Produced by | Hisako Matsumoto |
Written by | Shōji Yonemura |
Music by | Takefumi Haketa |
Studio | Madhouse Telecom Animation Film |
Original network | NHK-E |
Original run | 16 October 2003 – 28 October 2004 |
Episodes | 52 + 3 OVA specials[citation needed] |
The story is set in the 22nd century where space travel, planet colonization and anti-gravity basketball are practically everyday things. Planet Earth has become uninhabitable, and therefore people live in colonies on the surrounding planets. On a school field trip, a mistake causes the protagonist, a young transfer student named Luna, her pet robot, and six of her classmates to be thrown through a gravity storm and crash land on a seemingly uninhabited planet. There, with Luna as their leader, the robot cat Chako, the lone wolf Kaoru, the spoiled rich boy Howard, the shy Sharla, the obedient Bell, the prideful musician Menori and the young genius Shingo must fight for their survival.