Planetes Omnibus Volume 1

Its the 2070s and mankind has conquered space making interplanetary travel possible and igniting the imaginations of the world. Its also vastly increased the amount of dangerous space debris and someone has to clean it up. Hachimaki Yuri and Fee are a crew on that beat each with their own goals tendencies and personal problems: Hachimaki dreams of deep-space exploration in his own ship Yuri is still recovering from the death of his wife in an accident caused by orbiting debris and Fee is secretive but theres a lot going on under the surface!. Just trying to do their jobs in an age of space-age environmental concerns and new vistas of exploration the crew deals with Hachis fear of isolation hampering his hopes of joining an upcoming Jupiter mission keep an eye on the wreckage for signs of Yuris lost wife and become unwitting heroes when the only place Fee can still smoke is threatened by terrorists! Dark Horse Manga is proud to present Makoto Yukimuras award-winning hard sci-fi epic Planetes in two omnibus-sized editions complete with bonus color pages never before seen in America!. Planetes has it all: strong themes interesting characters and great art. -Anime Fringe