Uninhabited Planet Survive!

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Mujin Wakusei Survive (Uninhabited Planet Survive)
First DVD Box Cover Artwork
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 2003 – 28 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.

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[edit] 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?

[edit] Characters

[edit] 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. She seems to be able to see other's memories when with her in the Fairy Lake.
  • 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. With Luna's help over time spent in the Island, Sharla has gotten a lot stronger, braver, and more confident of herself. Sharla starts to like Bell and Howard.
  • Menori (Mabuki Andou, child - Kiyomi Asai) – Class president of the school where Luna transfers.She may sometimes sound cold and insensitive, but inside she's a very good person. She plays the violin. When fist on the Island she was the leader but after everyone voted for a new leader Luna was elected as new leader. Even so when Luna is not there Menori takes matters into her own hands. When Menori was little her mother died and her father taught her not to show her emotions to anyone.
  • 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. He is the comidien of the group(seeing as he is always making everyone laugh). He later matures through out the series. He begins to like Sharla.
  • 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. Later thanks to Luna and everyone he stands up to Howard and refuses to obey him. He seems to start developing feelings for Luna, and he tells her during one of the episodes "I will be your family", making Kaoru jealous.
  • 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 and appears to be in love with her, 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 others plan to find out.

[edit] Secondary Characters

  • Porte (Masaaki Tsukada) – Old enough to be the grandfather of the main cast, he is the mechanic of the space transport "Orion". He late dies the day before everyone sets sail to the mainland.
  • Luna's father (Kenji Hamada) - He was the one who found Chako all broken and fixed her up and gave her to Luna. He dies on Mars trying to save Luna.
  • Brindo (Junpei Morita) - He is an escaped prisoner who high jacked The Orion and crashed to the same Island as Luna and the crew. He seems to be the leader of the other two(Zilba & Bob). He seems to be the most intelligent as well.
  • Zilba (Kyoko Hikami) - The only female prisoner of the other two that escaped on The Orion. She seems to enjoy the Island. She has an electric whip and a poison needle gun that she carries around with her.
  • Bob (Mitsuaki Hoshino) - He is a cyborg and the dumbest of the other two. Like Brindo and Zilba he is also an escaped prisoner.
  • Tako (Naoki Bandou) -

[edit] Background Characters

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

[edit] 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

[edit] Episodes

Main article: List of Uninhabited Planet Survive episodes

[edit] 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!

[edit] 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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