The Best Episodes of Orb: On the Movements of the Earth Season 1

A gifted young student plans to study theology at university, but his true passion is astronomy. One day, he meets a mysterious scholar named Hubert.

Director: Kotono Watanabe

Writer: Shingo Irie

Rafał is intrigued by Hubert’s heliocentric theory. Later, Hubert is arrested by an inquisitor but he gives Rafał a pendant before being whisked away.

Director: Hiromichi Matano

Writer: Shingo Irie

Nowak convinces Potocki to admit to Rafal's heresy. Once arrested, Rafal is given a choice: recant his belief in heliocentrism or submit to torture.

Director: Masato Miyoshi

Writer: Shingo Irie

The duelist Oczy wishes for death so he can escape his hopeless world and go to heaven. His colleague finds meaning in life by observing the stars.

Director: Asami Kawano

Writer: Shingo Irie

Gras aborts the mission, placing himself and Oczy in mortal danger from Nowak. They both flee for the mountains, where they find a stone chest.

Director: Masato Miyoshi

Writer: Shingo Irie

Oczy seeks the help of Badeni, the demoted monk who incurred the Church's wrath by turning his curiosity to the riddles of the sky.

Director: Kotono Watanabe

Writer: Shingo Irie

Gifted scholar Jolenta suffers discrimination as the only girl at an astronomy institute. Badeni seeks resources to prove the heliocentric theory.

Director: Kouki Mori

Writer: Shingo Irie

Badeni offers Jolenta a chance to pursue the truth of the skies, but she is overcome with fear. Afterward, she overhears bold words from Count Piast.

Director: Kotono Watanabe

Writer: Shingo Irie

A middle-aged Piast vows to prove his professor's geocentric model. In the present, he agrees to let Badeni use his records — on one condition.

Director: Asami Kawano

Writer: Shingo Irie

Oczy tells Badeni that he is learning to read and write. Later, Badeni's claim that knowledge should be held by a select few bothers a fellow monk.

Director: Hiromichi Matano

Writer: Shingo Irie

Nowak gives two rookie inquisitors a terrifying first taste of their new roles. Badeni meets with Jolenta and tells her he has completed his theory.

Director: Masatoyo Takada

Writer: Shingo Irie

Nowak asks Badeni to show him his research. He inspects Badeni's premises but doesn't find anything incriminating — until he spots a certain item.

Director: Asami Kawano

Writer: Shingo Irie

In a medical area within the inquisition chamber, a wounded Oczy awakes to see Nowak, who has kept him alive in hopes of extracting information.

Director: Masaki Matsumura

Writer: Shingo Irie

Badeni must choose between revealing the location of the heretical documents on heliocentric theory or prolonging Oczy's torture at Nowak's hands.

Director: Kotono Watanabe

Writer: Shingo Irie

Nowak believes his beloved daughter has been executed as a heretic. Father Grabowski comes across a letter from Badeni containing an unusual request.

Director: Masato Miyoshi

Writer: Shingo Irie

Twenty-five years later, Captain Schmidt of the extremist Heretic Liberation Front infiltrates a church and steals an important item.

Director: Asami Kawano

Writer: Shingo Irie

A young nomad woman haunted by poverty devotes her life to obtaining wealth. One night, she discovers the book that Frei hid in the abandoned village.

Director: Hiromichi Matano

Writer: Shingo Irie

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