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The Orbital Children

Chikyuugai Shounen Shoujo

★ 6.8 community · AniListONA6 episodesFinishedProduction +h
AdventureSci-Fi
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Synopsis

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.

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Studios

Production +hNetflixAvex Pictures

Staff

Mitsuo IsoMitsuo IsoOriginal CreatorMitsuo IsoMitsuo IsoDirectorKazumi TeradaKazumi TeradaAssistant DirectorKenichi YoshidaKenichi YoshidaCharacter DesignMitsuo IsoMitsuo IsoDesign WorksIlya KuvshinovIlya KuvshinovDesign WorksTakahiro IshimotoTakahiro IshimotoDesign WorksRyou KakizakiRyou KakizakiDesign WorksNiyNiyDesign WorksToshiyuki InoueToshiyuki InoueMain AnimatorYuusuke IkedaYuusuke IkedaArt Director Miho TanakaMiho TanakaColor Design

Voice cast (JP)

Touya SagamiTouya SagamiNatsumi FujiwaraNatsumi Fujiwara
Konoha NanaseKonoha NanaseAzumi WakiAzumi Waki
Taiyou TsukubaTaiyou TsukubaKenshou OnoKenshou Ono
Miina MisasaMiina MisasaChinatsu AkasakiChinatsu Akasaki
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Isako NobeyamaIsako NobeyamaEmiko TakeuchiEmiko Takeuchi
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Community Reviews from AniList

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Juliko25Juliko2548/100

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

If you're one of those people who really likes to study the nitty-gritty of animation, like key animators or in-between animators, you've probably come across the name Mitsuo Iso. Mitsuo Iso is an animator who started out working for Studio Ghibli as a key animator (The process of which is explained…

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AnimeDweebAnimeDweeb70/100

Reaching For the Stars.

~~~ #"Mindblown." img100%(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/766670782494408744/936760507447271424/unknown.png) ~~~ <p align="justify"> It's a sentiment that you'll likely be left with upon watching *The Orbital Children* (TOC). This brisk, 6-episode Netflix ONA is very much "Mindblown: The…

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seannyseanny70/100

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

~~~img660(https://i.imgur.com/CYRnNxn.jpg)~~~ I'm predisposed to like this not only because [the people](https://anilist.co/activity/52726981) behind it but because it's a for-real, forward-looking sci-fi. As someone who casually consumes a lot of pop-astronomy content and likes to imagine what a s…

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heychrisfoxheychrisfox85/100

A fun romp that blends the best of different sci-fi stories into one.

Delightful! Orbital Children takes inspirations from some of the best sci-fi narratives in the industry, and dilutes it into something fresh and unique. This series really wears its inspirations on its sleeve. It's a little bit _Interstellar_, a little bit _Gravity_, and a little bit of _Her_ all wr…

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GreenRevueGreenRevue70/100

A show with many issues but many positives, that could've benefited from a lot more episodes. Watch Dennou Coil.

Well. Lots good, lots bad, and lots missing. Feels like a rushed Dennou Coil. Plus Orbital Children has several added issues Iso's first original anime did not have, namely some aspects of the very end I found eye-rolling, a few mildly irritating references to his former work, and the obnoxious st…

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PopkaPopka95/100

I am The Orbital Children Defender

While Mitsuo Iso has had many prominent roles in production, there were many times he had to leave ideas by the wayside. This is too bad, because he definitely has his own ideas that aren't present in the other people's work he contributed to. Maybe this is why Dennou Coil, my favorite anime serie…

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jahverjahver30/100

Lacks the qualities that made Dennou Coil so enduring and collapses under the weight of its own self-importance.

The Orbital Children is a long-awaited misfire from Mitsuo Iso, the sublimely passionate and creative writer behind Dennou Coil, an underrated classic in terms of mid-2000s scifi anime. Orbital Children takes a great deal of inspiration from its predecessor, which somehow ends up being one of its we…

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