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The Orbital Children

Chikyuugai Shounen Shoujo · 地球外少年少女

ONA · Finished · Winter 2022 · 6 episodes · 32 min

The anime is set in 2045, where the Internet and AI are commonplace even in space, and centers on a group of children stranded in space after a large-scale accident occurs in a space station. By using narrowband, social networking, and a drone that they can manipulate through smartphones and low-intelligence AI, they overcome many crises.

(Source: Anime News Network)

Note: Also released in Japan as a 2-part film series with the same content, the first part showing in theaters simultaneously with the worldwide Netflix release.

Genres: Adventure, Sci-Fi

Tags: Space, Artificial Intelligence, Survival, Conspiracy, Primarily Child Cast, Software Development, Robots, Ensemble Cast, Female Protagonist, Male Protagonist, Philosophy, Disability

Studio: Production +h

Episodes

  1. Episode 1: Extraterrestrial Emissaries
  2. Episode 2: Mist and Darkness
  3. Episode 3: Lunatic Seven
  4. Episode 4: Seven`s Pattern
  5. Episode 5: A Story Ends
  6. Episode 6: A Story Begins

Reviews

Sorry, Mitsuo Iso. You've made a lot of great things, but this is not one of them.

Reaching For the Stars.

An updated "2001: A Space Odyssey" that answers sci-fi's true calling of imagining the future