Planetarian: Hoshi no Hito (2016)

Original title

planetarian ～星の人～

Directed by

Katsuichi Nakayama, Shunsuke Machitani, Naokatsu Tsuda

Genre

post-apocalyptic film, dystopian film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 57m

Rated

12

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 28 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An old man travels through a destroyed world carrying a mobile planetarium projector. He shows people the stars, reminding them of a time before the war.

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What happens

Planetarian: Storyteller of the Stars (Japanese: planetarian～星の人～, Hepburn: Planetarian: Hoshi no Hito; literally "Planetarian: Man of the Stars") is a 2016 Japanese animated post-apocalyptic film directed by Naokatsu Tsuda. The film is based on the Planetarian: The Reverie of a Little Planet visual novel by Key and the "Man of the Stars" short story from the Planetarian light novel written by Yūichi Suzumoto. The film was animated by David Production and distributed by Asmik Ace. It premiered in Japanese theaters on September 3, 2016. The story is set in a dystopian future where nuclear warfare has left a once prosperous civilization in complete ruin. The film tells the story of an old man traveling around with a mobile planetarium projector to show people the stars. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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