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Uninhabited Planet Survive!

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Mujin Wakusei Survive (Uninhabited Planet Survive)
First DVD Box Cover Artwork
無人惑星サヴァイヴ
(Mujin Wakusei Survive)
Genre Adventure, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Action, Slice-of-Life
TV anime
Director Yuichiro Yano
Studio Madhouse
Network NHK, Animax
Original run 16 October 200328 October 2004
Episodes 52 + 3 OVA Specials

Mujin Wakusei Survive (無人惑星サヴァイヴ) or Uninhabited Planet Survive (also known as Planet Survival, sometimes mistranslated as Survival or Desert Planet Survive) is a Sci-Fi/Fantasy and Action/Adventure anime series that aired in Japan on NHK from October 16, 2003 to October 28, 2004. It is a 52 Episode series produced by Telecom Anime and Madhouse Production.

Contents

Story

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. But is the planet really uninhabited, or is there someone or something out there, waiting in the shadows?

Characters

Main Characters (Survivors)

  • Luna (Yukiko Iwai) – Luna grew up with her father on Mars. When her father died, she studied hard and won a scholarship from the Howard Foundation. She moved to Colony Loca A2 along with her pet robot cat- Chako. She is a born leader and always seems to bring out the good in everyone. She seems to always be happy, although the thought of her father's death still holds deep in her heart. She doesn't like to see anyone hurt, and will go out of her way to save someone. Although her plans all have good intentions, sometimes they don't turn out the way she wants them to.
  • Chako (Kiyoe Koiidzuka) – Chako is a robotic cat that was abandoned by her old owner and left for scrap. She was about to be thrown into molten lava when Luna's dad rescued her and rebuilt her to give to Luna as a present. At first, Luna hated Chako. She later found out that she and Chako had a lot in common, and gradually warmed up to her. Chako originally got onto the field trip space ship by sneaking her way aboard. She helps Shingo out with most of the electronic and technical problems.
  • Sharla (Nahoko Kinoshita) – A rather shy girl who Luna becomes friends with when she transfers into the school.
  • Menori (Mabuki Andou, child - Kiyomi Asai) – Class president of the school where Luna transfers.She may sometimes sound cold and insensitive ,but inside shes a good person. She plays the violin.
  • Howard (Akira Ishida) – Son of a wealthy company owner. He is a spoiled and selfish boy, who appears to have no love for his mother.
  • Bell (Akimitsu Takase) – Even though he is kind, he is pressured into doing whatever Howard asks because his father works for Howard's father and Howard threatens to have his father fire Bell's father.
  • Kaoru (Mitsuaki Madono) – Kaoru is relatively quiet and reserved, but when he does talk, he tells the truth, if you like it or not. He prefers to go it alone and not to involve anyone else, risking his life for another without hesitation. Like Luna, he holds a death deep in his heart that has changed his life. He's often resourceful and catches onto something before anyone else. He was the only one-besides Luna- who stood up to Howard at the beginning. He seems to relate to Luna more than anyone, although he'd never say it.
  • Shingo (Junko Minagawa) – He is a genius in Luna's class. He was skipped ahead 2 years due to his high grades, and is a mechanical genius.
  • Adam (Kazumi Okushima) – When Luna, Shingo, Bell, Chako, and Menori accidentally stumbled onto the strange building and entered, they found a strange young alien boy in a cryogenic sleep. Upon awakening, Luna found the boy's name was Alduram Gyet and that she was to take care of him. It wasn't until Howard blurted out the name Adam, that he was given the nickname. It's unclear how he got there or why, but Luna and the other plan to find out.

Secondary Characters

Background Characters

  • Rui/Louis (Makoto Ishii)
  • Farlow (Yasuyuki Kase)

Theme songs

Opening
  1. Bokura no Message (僕らのメッセージ, "Our Message") by Kiroro
Ending
  1. Sunny Side Hill by ROUND TABLE featuring Nino

Episodes

Specials

Aired on English title
January, 2004 Mujin Wakusei Survive, Special!
October, 2004 Mujin Wakusei Survive, Ending Special!
December, 2004 Mujin Wakusei Survive, Christmas Special!

Staff

  • Director: Yuichiro Yano
  • Script: Shoji Yonemura
  • Music: Takefumi Haketa
  • Original Character Design: Hisashi Eguchi
  • Character Design: Teiichi Takiguchi
  • Art director: Makoto Shiraishi
  • Animation producer: Koji Takeuchi & Masao Maruyama
  • Anime Production Supervisor: Keiko Nakaji
  • Arrangement: Akira Shigemi (OP theme)
  • Art Content: Yuichiro Yano
  • CG Production: Hironao Imagawa
  • Color Coordination: Noriko Matsumoto
  • Color design: Tomoko Yamamoto
  • Composition: Chiharu Tamaki (OP theme) & Katsutoshi Kitagawa (ED theme)
  • Coordinator: Yasunaga Tsuji
  • Editing: Yoshihiro Kasahara
  • Music Coordinator: Yutaka Aida
  • Original Story: Masashi Komemura
  • Producer: Hisako Matsumoto
  • Production Manager: Satoru Shimizu
  • Recording Supervisor: Toshio Saitou
  • Series Story Editor: Masashi Komemura
  • Setting: Hisao Yokobori
  • Sound Effects: Shizuo Kurahashi
  • Supervision: Yuichiro Yano

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