Planetes

- Season 1

(2003)

New recruit Tanabe arrives on the station and reports for work in the debris section, also called the "half section" because it is only 50% staffed. She meets all of her new co-workers and gets partnered up with Hachimaki, who shows her the ropes. They get assigned to save a military satellite from being struck by a peace plate.

Hachimaki is made fun of by his co-workers in the Debris Section and Technora because he dreams of getting his own spaceship by winning the lottery. Tanabe continues her zero gravity training with Hachimaki.

Life insurance salespeople swarm the ISPV-7 while members of the Debris Section write their annual wills. Tanabe and Hachimaki, along with Yuri, recover a space coffin containing a famous astronaut.

Colin Clifford, the spoiled son of the current INTO chairman, visits the ISPV-7 and observes a debris hauling mission with the Debris Section.

Hachimaki, Tanabe, and Fee decide to go to the Moon for their holiday, and happen to end up on a lunar ferry co-piloted by Cheng-Shin.

Hachimaki takes Tanabe to a rundown hotel on the Moon. Unfortunately, the surrounding neighbors are a group of wannabe ninjas who chase after Hachimaki due to a misunderstanding.

After injuring his leg parachuting from the hotel fire, Hachimaki must stay in a hospital on the Moon for a week to recover.

Robbie suspects that Fee is having an affair with Dolf, the Technora Second Division director, and informs the other members of the Debris Section about it.

Gigalt, Hachimaki's extra-vehicular activity former instructor, visits the Debris Section as part of a safety inspection. On a debris hauling run supervised by Gigalt, the crew encounters a group performing illegal debris dumping.

Hachimaki notices that both Tanabe and Yuri have been acting strange lately.

An engineer from an impoverished country called El-Tanica comes to the ISPV-7 to have his new spacesuit tested.

Fee and Yuri take the Toy Box to the Moon for routine repairs. On her way to the smoking room there, Fee narrowly escapes a terrorist attack.

Since the Toy Box has been destroyed, the Debris Section go on a holiday on Earth. Tanabe and Yuri accompany Hachimaki on a visit to his mother and younger brother.

Tanabe and Hachimaki hesitate to realize their feelings for each other, especially after Robbie informs the Debris Section that office romance is prohibited because of the risk of demotion or reassignment.

The Debris Section worries about Edel. During a conference meeting, Gigalt's heart gives out and is sent to the hospital. Hachimaki seems to be struggling on his first date with Tanabe, and they decide to check into a hotel for privacy.

Hachimaki is stuck adrift in space in the middle of a solar flare, yet miraculously survives. However, due to the mental trauma sustained he may be grounded for the rest of his life.

Claire has been reassigned to monitor the flight crew and assist Cheng-Shin because of a string of mistakes. The head designer of the Jupiter Exploration Mission, Werner Locksmith, goes to visit the Debris Section to speak with Hachimaki. He is in search of Goro Hoshino, Hachimaki's father.

Dolph is replaced as director of the Technora Second Division, and the new director wants to shut down the Debris Section.

The Debris Section has won a reprieve after their discovery and destruction of the classified INTO mine. On Earth, Hachimaki and Cheng-Shin both apply to be candidates to join the Von Braun's crew.

Claire has been demoted from the Control Section to the Debris Section, where she replaces Hachimaki and is trained by Tanabe, who is upset about Hachimaki's absence.

The Debris Section has been assigned to the Moon for a month to help collect debris from the Tandem Mirror Drive disaster, with Colin and Lucie tagging along on the flight over.

Philippe, Robbie, and Edel are welcomed by the Debris Section stationed on the Moon. Meanwhile, Hachimaki is called to the Moon for questioning about Hakim's social status and his possible connection with the Space Defense Front.

The Space Defense Front makes a bold attempt at interrupting an ongoing INTO summit by taking control of the Von Braun and jamming all communications in orbit. They take Dolf hostage and force him to shut down the engine, and the Von Braun is redirected onto a collision course with the largest lunar city, which is used as leverage to fore the INTO council to accept the SDF's demands.

The Space Defense Front is about to crash the Von Braun into the largest city on the Moon. Tanabe finds a badly wounded Claire and takes her to an escape pod. Fee and Yuri free themselves aboard the Toy Box and attempt to push the Von Braun away from the city with the help of Cheng-Shin.

Following the Von Braun crisis, Hachimaki sinks into a deep depression, isolates himself, and nearly dies on the lunar surface. Dolf sends Hachimaki and Goro back to Earth for a holiday. Hachimaki makes a chance stop on the ISPV-7 to visit the Debris Section, where he finds Tanabe's will. After spending time with his family but failing to recover, he discovers that Tanabe didn't write anything in her will, which he accidentally brought with him. This moves him to try and drive to Tanabe on his motorcycle to visit her one last time.

Hachimaki and Cheng-Shin visit Claire in prison. After months of intensive physical therapy and a full recovery, Tanabe visits the ISPV-7, and meets Hachimaki there. The members of the Debris Section, as well as some other friends, are happy to see them.