Uchuu Kyoudai: Space Brothers

[MFauli]

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Uchuu Kyouda - aka - Space Brothers

Once upon a time there were two brothers, Hibito and Mutta. Hibito, the littler brother, had been blessed with good luck since the day he was born. Mutta, the elder, had always had bad luck. One day, looking up at the night sky, the two brothers saw a UFO. This experience made them both promise to become astronauts.

In the year 2025, Hibito has kept his promise and is an astronaut who is part of the first wave of people to live for an extended period of time on the moon. Meanwhile, his older brother Mutta has been fired from his job and is unemployed, but a message from his brother makes him decide to start being an astronaut again.

Unaware of his own talent, elder brother Mutta chases his dreams to get back in front of his younger brother. 32-year-old Mutta will attempt the astronaut candidate examinations to follow his brother Hibito to the moon believing the words "The older brother should always be ahead of the younger one..."

(Source: YTV English)

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Horrible Subs - Episode 01

Horrible Subs - Episode 02

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Let´s get this thread started.
I´m enjoying this more than Moonlight Mile atm, mostly because of the more typical, generic artstyle and overall presentation. Whereas MM felt extremely realistic, both in terms of artstyle and plot progression, Uchuu Kyoudai left me with a more anime-ish impression, if that makes any sense.
While I enjoyed the first two episodes, I cannot quite shake off the fear of this becoming *too* generic. Becoming an astronaut seems to be incredibly easy at this point, and then they kinda spoil you who´ll make the exam, unless they´re going for a surprise. It´s not yet The Knight in the Area-levels of generic, but it could dip down to that. However, that´s really only my biggest fear. It´s enjoyable to watch and I´ll continue to do so.

[MFauli]

Horrible Subs - Episode 03

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Good episode. I liked how they reasonably explained Mutta´s high lung capacity. Made sense.

Though, they make it seem so easy to apply as an astronaut. Sure, Mutta studied and was some kind of inventor, so he´s gotta be really intelligent. But they spent the whole first episode making him look like such a loser. A little bit conflicting, but nothing too bad.

Oh, and do I smell a woman with a father-complex? lol

[Shinji Ikari]

Mutta is a weird name to give someone, in swedish it's slang for female genitalia :P Would be difficult for me to watch this anime and hear that all the time ^^

[shinta|hikari]

This show is absolutely awesome. It is definitely one of those anime that you would recommend to a first time watcher, especially if they have an interest in space (travel).

I love Mutta as a character, and also love Serika. It is going to be fun watching how their relationship develops, and how Mutta struggles trying to make such a thing even remotely possible by passing the exam and staying on the program.

[MFauli]

Horrible Subs - Episode 04

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Well, another nice episode. Though I thought Mutta would turn down Hibito´s invitation. After all, it kinda puts him in a situation where he´s really at an advantage, at least from an outsider´s point of view. Getting to know all those astronauts and seeing the NASA area.

As for Mutta´s "screw up" during the last interview question ... I´m kinda thinking that it´ll turn out that it´s the same answer Hibito gave when he was becoming an astronaut. At least that´s the only thing I can see that could redeem Mutta.

[shinta|hikari]

Redeem him from what? It does not strike me as a question where content matters. If anything, they were testing to see the reaction of the applicant. Learning something new about oneself can be defined in an infinite number of ways depending on the person after all.

[Buffalobiian]

MFauli, are you referring to Mutta redeeming himself for that question, or redeeming himself for the entire exam to date?

I was never good at self-reflection questions. "Why do you want to be xyz?", "What was something new that you learned about yourself recently?". Observation ones are relatively easier than motivation ones, heh.

I enjoyed this show a lot more after Kenji and Serika joined in. Serika especially since it gives Muta somebody to goof over. His depressing, trashy self wasn't exactly fun to watch.

[MFauli]

MFauli, are you referring to Mutta redeeming himself for that question, or redeeming himself for the entire exam to date?

Well, both, depending on how important the answer to that question was to the commission. If all other exam participants answered something good, something showing their vision, then Mutta´s lame reply might prove bad .... EXCEPT if it turns out that his brother, who then became an astronaut, replied the same nonsense. Which could be taken as a hint that Mutta bears the same potential.

Btw. I found it kinda silly how the anime painted Mutta as such a loser, when he´s actually a highly skilled person (he designed a freaking car for mainstream production).

Also, Son-Gohan is a great character, yeah. I mean, Kenji.

[Buffalobiian]

HorribleSubs - Episode 05

[Buffalobiian]

HorribleSubs - Episode 06



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Hah, that's luck for ya. Or would you call that unintentional returns? aka Karma?

[Buffalobiian]

HorribleSubs - Episode 07

[MFauli]

Uwahh, that episode felt incredibly short. So enjoyable to watch.

I´ve gotta say, this is one of the better anime seasons.

[Buffalobiian]

I like it when Mutta does something well, or at least tries to, but when he's thinking about how hard he sucked all the time it starts wearing down on me a bit. Love the dog, btw.

[Buffalobiian]

HorribleSubs - Episode 08

[MFauli]

Finally!

Mutta lying about the criminal incident left a sour note, though. Sure, they explained it as "making use of your luck", but it really was just a lie.

Also, while Mutta is the hero of this anime, I kinda feel bad for that guy that got removed from the selection, even though he had more votes than Mutta. Come on! Doesn´t make much sense.

[Buffalobiian]

Finally!

Mutta lying about the criminal incident left a sour note, though. Sure, they explained it as "making use of your luck", but it really was just a lie.

Also, while Mutta is the hero of this anime, I kinda feel bad for that guy that got removed from the selection, even though he had more votes than Mutta. Come on! Doesn´t make much sense.

Mutta makes people like him (like the Ozzy and Brian).. too bad he's lucky I guess..

His ex-boss made up some stuff about why Mutta got fired too, right? I'll think of it as payback with interest.

I really want to know what happenned to Apo. We didn't get to see him since the criminal incident and while Mutta credits Serika as the reason he pulled through, I credit Apo.

[Buffalobiian]

HorribleSubs - Episode 09

[Buffalobiian]

HorribleSubs - Episode 10

[MFauli]

Did the bus really have no toilet? Seems strange, when they´re on such a long trip, even being served a meal.

My, very obvious, guess about Mutta´s ranking would be: 1. Mutta, 2. Serika, 3. Son-Gohan. I hope we find out about the other applicants´ rankings.

[gos27]

Am loving this series so far.

Had to laugh at the scene when Kenji guessed the old guys age and his little fist pump afterwards when he found out he was right was hilarious.