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Planetes S1E3 — Return Trajectory

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Planetes•Season 1•Episode 3

Return Trajectory

7.1/10 · 129 votesOct 18, 200325 min

Ranked #25 of 26 in Season 1•−0.9 vs season avg

Insurance salespeople swarm the ISPV 7 space station while members of the Debris Section write their annual wills. During a routine debris collection, Yuri, Tanabe, and Hachimaki recover a space coffin containing a famous astronaut. However, an ideological conflict erupts over the fate of the

Directed byMegumi Yamamoto

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)

Crew4

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Masahiko Itojima

Key Animation

Ichiro Okouchi

Ichiro Okouchi

Writer

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Megumi Yamamoto

Director

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Megumi Yamamoto

Storyboard Artist

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Episode Summary

"Return Trajectory" is episode 3 of Planetes season 1. It scored 7.1/10 from 129 votes, ranking #25 of 26 episodes this season (season average 8.0). Directed by Megumi Yamamoto and written by Ichiro Okouchi, it aired on October 18, 2003.

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