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Planetes S1E16 — Ignition

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Planetes•Season 1•Episode 16

Ignition

8.3/10 · 102 votesJan 31, 200425 min

Ranked #10 of 26 in Season 1•+0.3 vs season avg

Hachimaki is left adrift in space in the middle of a solar flare and miraculously survies. But he is diagnosed with Acute Spatial Disorder and unless he can overcome it, he will be grounded from space for the rest of his life.

Directed byKazuya Murata

Written byIchiro Okouchi

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Seasons1

Cast6

Kazunari Tanaka

Kazunari Tanaka

Hachirouta Hoshino (voice)

Satsuki Yukino

Satsuki Yukino

Ai Tanabe (voice)

Takehito Koyasu

Takehito Koyasu

Yuri Mihailokov (voice)

Ai Orikasa

Ai Orikasa

Fee Carmichael (voice)

Tetsuo Goto

Tetsuo Goto

Arvind Lavie (voice)

Yoshihiro Okada

Yoshihiro Okada

Philip Myers (voice)

Crew6

T

Tomoshige Inayoshi

Key Animation

A

Asako Inayoshi

Key Animation

M

Masahiko Itojima

Key Animation

Ichiro Okouchi

Ichiro Okouchi

Writer

K

Kazuya Murata

Director

K

Kazuya Murata

Storyboard Artist

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Episode Summary

"Ignition" is episode 16 of Planetes season 1. It scored 8.3/10 from 102 votes, ranking #10 of 26 episodes this season (season average 8.0). Directed by Kazuya Murata and written by Ichiro Okouchi, it aired on January 31, 2004.

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