Planetes
Complete Collection: Box 1

The year is 2075 and space has become polluted by all kinds of debris:abandoned satellites all the way along to bits and pieces lost by shuttles or space stations. The one thing all the debris shares in common is that it proves a hazard to space navigation!

To sort this situation, teams of garbage collectors are formed with the goal of cleaning up space for good, called the "Debris Section". Despite their reputation as "space bin men" - they are the real heroes of the era too, protecting people from needless deaths.The name of the series, "PLANETES", is Greek script for "Planetes", which can be roughly translated as "traveller". This reflects the view that people long ago held about the sky being a giant celestial body, that you could watch but never reach...