An American Writer's Thoughts on Japanese Animation

Yes, You Are Projecting – Planetarian Spoiler Review

So, this is not my typical fare. Planetarian (also known as Planetarian: The Reverie of a Little Planet) is a short anime, consisting of just five episodes, on average a little short of 20 minutes. It’s more the size of a movie which, while I do hope to take on more in the future, is not what I typically review. Still, some variety once in a while is fine.

Planetarian is also a title that tends to come up if you delve into robot stories in anime, one of a few that I haven’t covered that’s consistently referenced in discussions of others I have perhaps addressed. I’ll avoid naming other names right now but suffice to say, for such a little thing, it seems to have left a big impact on a certain crowd.

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