In this podcast episode, Xan tries to stave off space madness and marvel at the universe around us as he reviews arguably one of the greatest scifi manga of all time. So enjoy as he reviews the seinen science fiction drama manga series Planetes by Makoto Yukimura Besides discussing the hard science fiction elements of this story, our host also discusses the vastness of space and the real dangers living in space can have on the human body. Hope you enjoy this episode. ----more---- Music For Episode: Intro Music - Dive in the Sky by Mikio Sakai (Planetes OST), Ending Music -Wonderful Life- by Mikio Sakai (Planetes OST) Our Instagram https://www.instagram.com/spiraken/ Our Email Spiraken@gmail.com Xan's Email xan@spiraken.com Our Twitter Spiraken Xboxlive Gamertag Xan Spiraken Our Amazon Store http://www.amazon.com/shops/spiraken Random Question of the Day: Would you give everything up to go into space?
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