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* ADateWithRosiePalms: Implied in episode one, as they're gathering equipment for the next mission.
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-->'''Tanabe''': Wha... What is that?
-->'''Hachimaki''': In this field of work men and women may have to live together in close quarters for several weeks. If we don't take matters into our own hands something ugly might happen. Here, this is yours. ''(holds up a porn mag supposedly for women)''
-->'''Hachimaki''': This, this, this... And this too. ''(places Hustler magazine in the cart)''
-->'''Tanabe''': Wha... What is that?
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-->'''Tanabe''': Wha... What is that?
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* WhatYouAreInTheDark: [[spoiler:In episode 24 her idealism is put to the test where she is almost out of oxygen but can survive is she steals Claire's who is already severely wounded and no one would know. She ends up not biting and while she survives, it came at a great cost]].
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* {{Gainaxing}}: She apparently [[VaporWear doesn't wear a bra]].
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* IllGirl: Nono is a rare case of a GenkiGirl who is also technically one of these. She's a Lunarian; a human who was born and raised on the moon, and human bodies obviously didn't evolve in 1/6th Earth gravity, which resulted in numerous side effects. Hachimaki is implied to have been developing a crush on her during his stay in the hospital, and has a short-lived BSOD when he realizes that the friendly, attractive woman who's actually a bit taller than him is actually a [[YoungerThanTheyLook twelve-year-old girl]]. She ''lives'' in the hospital because she needs constant treatment just to stay alive, and judging by the looks of her room (which is filled with gym equipment) has to exercise constantly so she doesn't get any sicker. If she actually tried to land on Earth, she would be severely handicapped, and even that's assuming her cardiovascular system wouldn't just give out. She's super-cheerful because she's flourished under the constant care and attention, and proud that her life has improved the lives of pretty much every human being alive; the techniques developed to keep her alive have revolutionized medicine, resulting in countless breakthroughs in treating organ failure, radiation sickness, strengthening muscles and bones, etc.
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* SiblingYingYang: Hachimaki and Kyuutaro. One brother is an astronaut, the other brother wants to build rockets and spaceships. Neither one believes that what the other pursues is a "serious" pursuit of outer-space.
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Tanabe did not speak until she was three years old. Sounds a lot like AlbertEinstein.
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->Voiced by: Creator/UnshouIshizuka (Japanese), Dave Mallow (English)
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!!Toy Box Crew
[[folder:Hachirota "Hachimaki" Hoshino]]
!!Hachirota "Hachimaki" Hoshino
->Voiced by: Creator/KazunariTanaka (Japanese), Creator/KirkThornton (English)
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Hachirota Hoshino is the protagonist of the series.
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* ADateWithRosiePalms: Implied in episode one, as they're gathering equipment for the next mission.
-->'''Hachimaki''': This, this, this... And this too. ''(places Hustler magazine in the cart)''
-->'''Tanabe''': Wha... What is that?
-->'''Hachimaki''': In this field of work men and women may have to live together in close quarters for several weeks. If we don't take matters into our own hands something ugly might happen. Here, this is yours. ''(holds up a porn mag supposedly for women)''
* AlliterativeName: '''H'''achirota '''H'''oshino
* AlmostKiss: Hachimaki and Tanabe nearly have one on the beach in episode 13, until a rocket launched by Hachimaki's brother nearly hits them.
* BabiesEverAfter: In the animé, the very last shot [[spoiler:heavily implies that Tanabe is pregnant with Hachi's child.]]
* BeardOfSorrow: Variation, [[spoiler:Hachimaki sort of Grows a Beard of Contemplation during his week-long Vision Quest on the moon.]]
* BilingualBonus: In the manga version, Hachimaki meets the mother of an astronaut whose life he just saved, who speaks to him in Russian. In Yukimura's typical ShownTheirWork fashion the words are written using the Cyrillic alphabet and are entirely correct. They still don't understand each other at all. We do.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Many of the main characters are really good at their jobs, even if they're a bit eccentric.
* CannotSpitItOut: Hachi has difficulty expressing himself adequately, especially in romantic matters.
* CharacterDevelopment: Quite a few characters [[ADayInTheLimelight get episodes that focus on them]], and we get to learn more about their past as well as why they act the way they do, such as Hachimaki wearing said headband all the time.
* CreditsRunningScene: Hachimaki does this in the intro. It starts off as a slow jog, but towards the end he does a full on sprint, stumbling briefly before picking up his pace again.
* {{Determinator}}: Deconstructed. Hachi almost alienated Ai and his peers with his fanatical commitment to board the von Braun.
* DyingAlone: Hachimaki's dark self constantly reminds himself of this fate in the 2nd half of the season.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler:Both Hachi and Tanabe go through a heck of a lot before finally finding happiness at the very end of the anime.]]
* FirstKiss: While it's not seen, it's heavily implied at the end of episode 14 with Hachimaki and Tanabe.
* FreezeFrameBonus: In episode 20, you can pause and read some of Hachimaki's details as Director Locksmith goes over it.
* {{Hachimaki}}: There's a reason Hachirota is nicknamed Hachimaki.
* {{Heroic BSoD}}: Hachimaki seems to go through one in episode 25 of the anime, which takes place shortly after the Von Braun terrorist incident.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: [[spoiler:Hachi gets dangerously close to this when his zeal for the von Braun mission causes him to nearly kill Hakim.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* MeaningfulName: Hachirota's last name, Hoshino, is spelled "星野" and can be read literally as "star field", but phonetically it can sound like the possessive form, making his full name "星の八郎太" or "Hachirota of the stars".
* MotorcycleOnTheCoastRoad: Hachimaki did this in the past, and does it again in episode 14 when visiting his hometown with Tanabe and Yuri.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: He almost exclusively is referred to as "Hachi" or "Hachimaki".
* ParentalAbandonment: Averted with Hachimaki's mother, but played straight with his dad, who is obsessed with getting humanity's place in space established. Quite a few characters are awestruck by his reputation, but Hachimaki couldn't care less.
* RealityEnsues: A few of the earlier episodes that seem to end a little too close to TastesLikeDiabetes territory include [[TheStinger a final scene]] showing some amusing real-life background or consequences. For example, Tanabe finds out Hachimaki didn't delay scutteling a satelite to give the people it was supposed to be dedicated to a nice show, but because he wanted to cash in some overtime pay.
* RelationshipUpgrade: Happens in episode 14 with Hachimaki and Tanabe.
* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: Hachimaki uses this several times when either confronted with his past relationship with Claire, and anytime Tanabe sees him with another woman, and questions him about it.
* SiblingYingYang: Hachimaki and Kyuutaro. One brother is an astronaut, the other brother wants to build rockets and spaceships. Neither one believes that what the other pursues is a "serious" pursuit of outer-space.
* SmokingIsCool: To a lesser extent.
* TakeAThirdOption: Hachimaki's decision regarding the ''von Braun'' Mission and Ai. [[spoiler:He marries her just before he leaves, trusting that she, like his mother, will be happy as a spacer's wife; which ''slightly'' implies SpaceIsAnOcean, at least in respect to temporary widows waiting for sailors to come home.]]
* TakeMyHand: [[spoiler:Hachi to Yuri when the latter nearly falls into the atmosphere saving his wife's compass.]]
* ThreeAmigos: What Hachi, Cheng-Shin, and Claire used to be. A lot of [[UnresolvedSexualTension unresolved baggage]] with Hachi and her own quick climb up the corporate ladder has distanced Claire from the others, who remain close friends.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Hachimaki gives one to his friend Cheng-Shin when the latter mentioned about how he didn't expect to pass the Von Braun tests. Hachimaki yells at his friend for not going all out to make the cut, and how he used his pilot job as a safety net in case.
* WhamLine: Hachimaki gives one at the end of episode 18.
-->'''Hachimaki''': I'm quitting the Debris Section.
* YouAreNotAlone: Hachimaki's dark self tells him that being alone is pretty much the fate of everyone, no matter what they say. It doesn't stop Tanabe however, from trying to invoke this trope on him.
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!!Ai Tanabe
->Voiced by: Creator/SatsukiYukino (Japanese), Creator/JulieAnnTaylor (English)
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Ai Tanabe is the newest member of the Debris Section.
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* AlmostKiss: Hachimaki and Tanabe nearly have one on the beach in episode 13, until a rocket launched by Hachimaki's brother nearly hits them.
* ArtEvolution: Tanabe's a bit ugly in the first volumes of the manga. Fortunately, this changes.
* BabiesEverAfter: In the animé, the very last shot [[spoiler:heavily implies that Tanabe is pregnant with Hachi's child.]]
** [[spoiler:The manga devotes several chapters to Tanabe being pregnant with Hachi's child, and the news of her giving birth to his son reaching him with a delay of several minutes (They're in the orbit of Jupiter, after all).]]
* BreakTheCutie: [[spoiler:Heavens above, Ai Tanabe. Physically, by way of her severe nerve damage, and almost mentally, when she begins to consider taking Claire's O2 tank as her own runs out. She gets better, though.]]
* ClingyJealousGirl: Towards Hachimaki, she gets angry or at least suspicious anytime she sees him hanging out with a woman.
* CooldownHug: In the manga, to stop Hachi's [[TranquilFury UnstoppableTranquilFury]], as the latter is about to [[spoiler:kill Hakim]]. Preceded by a [[spoiler:ShutUpKiss just before Hachi pulls the trigger]], and followed by a [[spoiler:PostKissCatatonia (since the compartment had suffered a hull breach and Ai was already feeling the effects of low air pressure.]]
* CreepyChild: [[spoiler:[[LoveFreak Tanabe]]'s childhood in the manga, when she was also TheVoiceless.]]
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Tanabe did not speak until she was three years old. Sounds a lot like AlbertEinstein.
* DyingAlone: Tanabe feels this trope should be averted, such as when the body of one of the early space pioneers makes its way back to Earth, and she feels he should be buried by his family, rather than sent back into the void of space.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler:Both Hachi and Tanabe go through a heck of a lot before finally finding happiness at the very end of the anime.]]
* FirstKiss: While it's not seen, it's heavily implied at the end of episode 14 with Hachimaki and Tanabe.
* HappilyAdopted: [[spoiler:She was left on Kenji and Yukari's doorstep at the age of about one, but that doesn't really bother anyone.]]
* {{Heroic BSoD}}: Tanabe suffers from one in episode 10 after finding out in the previous episode that [[spoiler:Gigalt, Hachimaki's space teacher]] has cancer and is dying. What makes it worse is that he asks Tanabe not to reveal this information, which would be devastating to Hachimaki, who idolizes the man.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:She survives, but with horrible injuries.]]
* LoveFreak
* MeaningfulName: Ai Tanabe's name is also a pun, as 'ai' is the Japanese word for love, which matches with her belief in love's power.
* NaiveNewcomer: New hire and first-time astronaut.
* NiceGirl: She is willing to do almost anything to help others.
* RelationshipUpgrade: Happens in episode 14 with Hachimaki and Tanabe.
* SecretKeeper: Gigalt asks Tanabe to keep his [[spoiler:cancer]] secret from Hachimaki in episode 9. Then he finds this out anyway in episode 22.
* SempaiKohai: Tanabe does this with Hachimaki, even in the English dub.
* ThePowerOfLove: She very much believes in this.
* WelcomeEpisode: Episode 1 lets the audience follow Tanabe as she arrives at ISVP7, meets everyone down in Debris Section, and is shown the ropes of the job.
* WideEyedIdealist: She has a sort of "love conquers all" attitude.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Fee Carmichael]]
!!Fee Carmichael
->Voiced by: Creator/AiOrikasa (Japanese), Creator/WendeeLee (English)
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Fee Carmichael is the American pilot of the "Toy Box", the debris-collecting ship used by the main characters.
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* AffectionateNickname: Gilgalt calls her "Turbolighter".
* AmbiguouslyBrown: She has a noticably brown-ish complexion.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Many of the main characters are really good at their jobs, even if they're a bit eccentric.
* CulturalCrossReference: In the manga version, a military officer named Colonel Sanders tries to make a deal with Fee to help stop the impending space war. She flatly denies him and tells him to go "sell fried chicken at a gas station." This is made even more hilarious by the fact that his appearance is seemingly based upon a certain other Colonel Sanders.
* {{Gainaxing}}: She apparently [[VaporWear doesn't wear a bra]].
* HappilyMarried: She's married with a young son.
* HeroicSacrifice: What everyone ''thought'' [[NoSmoking Fee]] was doing.
* MissionControl: Fee often plays this role when Hachi, Ai, and Yuri perform EVA operations.
* MistakenForCheating: In episode 8, the Debris Section suspects Fee is having a secret affair with the Second Division director. Except that she's not, and she's not too happy about that accusation when she hears about it.
* MustHaveNicotine: The main driver of episode 12, where Space Defense Front bombings deprive Fee of access to smoking rooms for nearly two weeks. She's so desperate for a smoke by the end that she's willing to ram Toy Box into a missile to save her almost-repaired smoking chamber.
* RammingAlwaysWorks: [[spoiler:Near the end of the series, with the von Braun about to cross the point-of-no-return to crash into Sea Of Tranquility City, Fee and Cheng-Shin decide (separately) that they can at least nudge the ship so it crashes away from the city. But they realize they're too late to make any difference anyway.]]
* SmokingIsCool: In one episode, Fee ''saves outer space'' without knowing it because she is that desperate for a smoke.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Yuri Mikhairokov]]
!!Yuri Mikhairokov
->Voiced by: Creator/TakehitoKoyasu (Japanese), Creator/JamiesonPrice (English)
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/yuri_mihairokoh.jpg]]
Yuri Mihairokov is the Russian member of the Debris team.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: That woman we see in the spacecraft in episode 1 when a stray bolt hits it? [[spoiler:She's the wife of Yuri]], and in episode 10 we get more [[CharacterDevelopment background]] on why Yuri was obsessed with looking for space debris and why he joined the Debris Section in the first place.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Yuri keeps a kennel for the station's officers' pets, because he's ''that'' good with animals.
* MeaningfulName: Yuri Mihairokov shares the name of famous cosmonaut YuriGagarin, who was the first man in space.
* {{Memento MacGuffin}}: Yuri's [[TragicKeepsake wife's compass]]. [[spoiler:Eventually, Yuri decides to send it back into space with a test rocket because he no longer needs it to preserve his wife's memory.]]
* NeverFoundTheBody: [[spoiler:When his wife died in a plane crash shown in episode 1, her body was never found.]]
* TheStoic: He serves as this to the main quartet.
[[/folder]]
!!Debris Section Office Staff
[[folder:Philippe Myers]]
!!Philippe Myers
->Voiced by: Aikou Ogata (Japanese), Doug Stone (English)
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/2cca6970dab80bbb1b73c09074cea5cc9caf1002v2_00.jpg]]
The chief clerk of the Debris Section. He is overweight but jolly, and calls his co-workers by the first syllable of their names.
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* BigFun: He is overweight but jolly.
* KaleidoscopeHair: His hair color changes throughout the series, from very light blonde to reddish-brown. [[spoiler:It was revealed to be a wig in the final episode.]]
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[[folder:Arvind "Robbie" Lavie]]
!!Arvind "Robbie" Lavie
->Voiced by: Tetsuo Goto (Japanese), Steve Schatzberg (English)
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The assistant chief clerk and self-described "Number 2" of the Debris Section who hails from India.
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* MassiveNumberedSiblings: He's a divorced father of 7 kids.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Lavie does something similar in episode 18 when he thinks back to what his kids told him about keeping space safe, and destroys a satellite which was potentially harmful to spaceships. The director threatens to withdraw Lavie's position in another department and tries to disband them right then and there. Lavie destroys the satellite anyway, and later gives a LargeHam news interview discussing how the Debris Section keeps spaceships safe. Due to potential backlash from the public, and in keeping with a good corporate image, the director withdraws his threat to disband the section.
* ShoutOut: Lavie's gag device to break the ice with Section 3's Debris department plays ''[[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey Thus Spake Zarathustra]]''.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Specific to the anime, the Assistant Manager's name is ''pronounced'' "Ravi," but spelled "Lavie."
* TheTrickster: He is portrayed as a trickster or prop comedian.
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[[folder:Edelgard Rivera]]
!!Edelgard Rivera
->Voiced by: Maiko Itō (Japanese), Creator/KateHiggins (English)
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The temporary worker, who does the secretarial and clerical duties of the Debris Section.
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* BrokenBird: Was formerly one.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: She hides a darker past which she wishes to leave behind her.
* DeadpanSnarker: Edel often makes snarky comments around the office of the Debris Section office.
* HypercompetentSidekick: The contracted office employee (see OfficeLady below) is the only one in the Debris Section office to ever be seen consistantly doing any office work. The other desk workers either spend all their time planning their impending retirement or trying to suck up to those higher on the corporate ladder.
* OfficeLady: The debris section's administrative office temp. [[spoiler:Played with a little in regards to her backstory]], but otherwise played straight, especially by the end of the series when [[spoiler:she's hired as a full-time employee and eases up a little.]]
[[/folder]]
!!ISPV 7 Staff
[[folder:Claire Rondo]]
!!Claire Rondo
->Voiced by: Creator/KumikoWatanabe (Japanese), Lia Sargent (English)
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A member of the Control Section, a combination of mission control and air traffic control for spacecraft around or based in the ISPV 7 Space Station.
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* BrokenBird: Increasingly broken as the series goes on.
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:When she joins the Space Defense Front when her life hits one too many speed bumps. It is never stated outright, but Hachimaki dumping her probably started her on her [[SanitySlippage downward spiral]].]]
* ThreeAmigos: What Hachi, Cheng-Shin, and Claire used to be. A lot of [[UnresolvedSexualTension unresolved baggage]] with Hachi and her own quick climb up the corporate ladder has distanced Claire from the others, who remain close friends.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Kho Cheung-Shin]]
!!Kho Cheung-Shin
->Voiced by: Creator/NobuyukiHiyama (Japanese), Creator/StevenBlum (English)
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rfpudtu.jpg]]
A spacecraft pilot based in the ISPV 7 Space Station.
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* AllLoveIsUnrequited: He has a crush on Tanabe.
* {{Bishonen}}
* DescriptionCut: Cheng-Shin assures a friend that Hachimaki is a lot more subdued now than he was the last time they met. Guess who comes running past them playing space-ninja at that very moment?
* RammingAlwaysWorks: [[spoiler:Near the end of the series, with the von Braun about to cross the point-of-no-return to crash into Sea Of Tranquility City, Fee and Cheng-Shin decide (separately) that they can at least nudge the ship so it crashes away from the city. But they realize they're too late to make any difference anyway.]]
* ThreeAmigos: What Hachi, Cheng-Shin, and Claire used to be. A lot of [[UnresolvedSexualTension unresolved baggage]] with Hachi and her own quick climb up the corporate ladder has distanced Claire from the others, who remain close friends.
[[/folder]]
!!Von Braun characters
[[folder:Goro Hoshino]]
!!Goro Hoshino
->Voiced by: Creator/ShozoIizuka (Japanese), Tom Wyner (English)
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The Chief Engineer of the Von Braun Jupiter Exploration Spacecraft and Hachimaki's father.
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* AmazinglyEmbarrasingParent: Given that Hachi is his spitting image, both in looks and in character, you can imagine what a person he is.
* CelibateEccentricGenius: Inverted. He's an eccentric genius, but also married with two kids.
* CoolOldGuy: Mostly in the manga, where he's much better developed.
* DirtyOldMan
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* MarriedToTheJob: His mother is ''extremely specific'' about how lucky he is to have her as a wife, as, by all rights, she should have gotten into an affair by now. It's also implied that Hachi himself is headed this way.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Werner Locksmith]]
!!Werner Locksmith
->Voiced by: Creator/UnshouIshizuka (Japanese), Dave Mallow (English)
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/planetes_ep_17_opening_screenshot_1.jpg]]
The CEO of the Jupiter Mission and Chief Designer of the Von Braun Jupiter Exploration Spacecraft.
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* BunnyEarsLawyer: Many of the main characters are really good at their jobs, even if they're a bit eccentric.
* ByronicHero: The man who can only love spaceships.
* ForScience: Werner Locksmith "can only love space ships". Treated as realistically and thoughtfully as everything else.
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Happens to be delightfully aware of that fact. "I won't get fired even if I blow two or three labs to smithereens".]]
* MeaningfulName: Werner Locksmith shares the name of Werner von Braun, one of, if not the most important rocket designers who ever lived whose designs include the terrifying V-2 for the Nazis, and the mighty Saturn V, the famous moon rocket.
* SociopathicHero: The degree of his detachment from humanity varies from manga to anime. [[spoiler:The graveside scene in the former had him damn near emotional, which is devastating to the reader, let me tell you.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: He seems to be of the mindset that the ends justify the means. This implies getting the Von Braun to Jupiter no matter what the cost is, human or monetary.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Hakim Ashmead]]
!!Hakim Ashmead
->Voiced by: Creator/RyuzaburoOtomo (Japanese), Peter Spellos (English)
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hakim1.jpg]]
A Jupiter Mission candidate, along with Hachimaki.
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* {{Determinator}}: [[spoiler:Hakim's desire to liberate the developing countries eventually made him a shell.]]
* HeelRealization: In the final episode.
* KarmaHoudini
* TheMole: [[spoiler:A top Space Defense Front lieutenant who joined the ''von Braun'' mission in order to sabotage it. Played for even greater effect in the anime, where the character is introduced long before his arc begins, and is given a sympathetic background as Hachimaki's BigBrotherMentor.]]
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Hakim/Hakimu/Hakeem.
[[/folder]]
!!Others
[[folder:Gilgalt Gangaragash]]
!!Gilgalt Gangaragash
->Voiced by: Creator/NorioWakamoto (Japanese), Creator/PaulStPeter (English)
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/99083.jpg]]
A veteran astronaut, formerly of Technora Corporation's Debris Section, and currently with the Orbital Security Agency.
----
* AlliterativeName: '''G'''ilgalt '''G'''angaragash
* BaldOfAwesome
* CoolOldGuy
* TheNicknamer: Very explicitly. He even confesses to Ai that he has trouble remembering people's names, so he makes up nicknames for them to keep track of them. In this continuity, he's the one who gave Hachi his nickname, although the latter was already wearing said item long before Gigalt ever met him. However, there was one person for whom Gigalt was never able to figure out a nickname, and only later, when it's much too late, he realizes that it's because he could never figure out who [[spoiler:Hakim ''[[TheMole really]]'' was]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Harry Roland]]
!!Harry Roland
->Voiced by: Creator/YosukeAkimoto (Japanese), Michael Forest (English)
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/279072.jpg]]
A veteran astronaut who is in love with outer space.
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* BungledSuicide: He attempts suicide when his leukemia threatens his ability to go into space.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Kyutaro Hoshino]]
!!Kyutaro Hoshino
->Voiced by: Creator/SoichiroHoshi (Japanese), Creator/JohnnyYongBosch (English)
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/88070.jpg]]
Hachimaki's younger brother, currently a high school student on Earth and an amateur rocket maker.
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* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Whose love for space manifests not as a desire to be an astronaut, but as a rocket engineer. They often come to blows as to which one is the more legitimate calling.
* BigGuy: Had a growth spurt in the last volume, and by the end of the manga stands at 183 cm (6'1").
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* SiblingYingYang: Hachimaki and Kyuutaro. One brother is an astronaut, the other brother wants to build rockets and spaceships. Neither one believes that what the other pursues is a "serious" pursuit of outer-space.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Nono]]
!!Nono
->Voiced by: Creator/SatomiKoorogi (Japanese), Creator/LaraJillMiller (English)
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nono_7.jpg]]
A twelve-year-old girl who, along with three other children, is a "Lunarian", born and has lived her whole life on the Moon.
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* AffectionateNickname: Gilgalt calls her "Artemis".
* GenkiGirl
* HugeSchoolgirl: She's a [[YoungerThanTheyLook twelve year-old]] that is taller than Hachimaki. Having spent her whole life in the Moon's limited gravity, special attention is made to how hard she has to work to keep her dangerously under-stressed (and therefore unusually tall) body working normally.
* IllGirl: Nono is a rare case of a GenkiGirl who is also technically one of these. She's a Lunarian; a human who was born and raised on the moon, and human bodies obviously didn't evolve in 1/6th Earth gravity, which resulted in numerous side effects. Hachimaki is implied to have been developing a crush on her during his stay in the hospital, and has a short-lived BSOD when he realizes that the friendly, attractive woman who's actually a bit taller than him is actually a [[YoungerThanTheyLook twelve-year-old girl]]. She ''lives'' in the hospital because she needs constant treatment just to stay alive, and judging by the looks of her room (which is filled with gym equipment) has to exercise constantly so she doesn't get any sicker. If she actually tried to land on Earth, she would be severely handicapped, and even that's assuming her cardiovascular system wouldn't just give out. She's super-cheerful because she's flourished under the constant care and attention, and proud that her life has improved the lives of pretty much every human being alive; the techniques developed to keep her alive have revolutionized medicine, resulting in countless breakthroughs in treating organ failure, radiation sickness, strengthening muscles and bones, etc.
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: The 12 year-old Lunar girl whose words can disarm even the most bitter and jaded cynic with a well-aimed (but perfectly innocent) critical hit to the heart.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: She's is slightly larger than Hachimaki. In truth, though, she is only twelve: having lived her whole life on the moon, her body had grown taller than normal due to a lack of gravity.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Lucie Ascham]]
!!Lucie Ascham
->Voiced by: Creator/MasayoKurata (Japanese), Creator/MichelleRuff (English)
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/unnamed_5507.jpg]]
----
* ClingyJealousGirl: Towards Chueng-Shin.
* ShipperOnDeck: Lucie tries to do this with Tanabe and Hachimaki, in an attempt to get closer to Cheng-Shin.
[[/folder]]
!!Toy Box Crew
[[folder:Hachirota "Hachimaki" Hoshino]]
!!Hachirota "Hachimaki" Hoshino
->Voiced by: Creator/KazunariTanaka (Japanese), Creator/KirkThornton (English)
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1e3eb69667d8b8e096d80b7231264f89.jpg]]
Hachirota Hoshino is the protagonist of the series.
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* ADateWithRosiePalms: Implied in episode one, as they're gathering equipment for the next mission.
-->'''Hachimaki''': This, this, this... And this too. ''(places Hustler magazine in the cart)''
-->'''Tanabe''': Wha... What is that?
-->'''Hachimaki''': In this field of work men and women may have to live together in close quarters for several weeks. If we don't take matters into our own hands something ugly might happen. Here, this is yours. ''(holds up a porn mag supposedly for women)''
* AlliterativeName: '''H'''achirota '''H'''oshino
* AlmostKiss: Hachimaki and Tanabe nearly have one on the beach in episode 13, until a rocket launched by Hachimaki's brother nearly hits them.
* BabiesEverAfter: In the animé, the very last shot [[spoiler:heavily implies that Tanabe is pregnant with Hachi's child.]]
* BeardOfSorrow: Variation, [[spoiler:Hachimaki sort of Grows a Beard of Contemplation during his week-long Vision Quest on the moon.]]
* BilingualBonus: In the manga version, Hachimaki meets the mother of an astronaut whose life he just saved, who speaks to him in Russian. In Yukimura's typical ShownTheirWork fashion the words are written using the Cyrillic alphabet and are entirely correct. They still don't understand each other at all. We do.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Many of the main characters are really good at their jobs, even if they're a bit eccentric.
* CannotSpitItOut: Hachi has difficulty expressing himself adequately, especially in romantic matters.
* CharacterDevelopment: Quite a few characters [[ADayInTheLimelight get episodes that focus on them]], and we get to learn more about their past as well as why they act the way they do, such as Hachimaki wearing said headband all the time.
* CreditsRunningScene: Hachimaki does this in the intro. It starts off as a slow jog, but towards the end he does a full on sprint, stumbling briefly before picking up his pace again.
* {{Determinator}}: Deconstructed. Hachi almost alienated Ai and his peers with his fanatical commitment to board the von Braun.
* DyingAlone: Hachimaki's dark self constantly reminds himself of this fate in the 2nd half of the season.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler:Both Hachi and Tanabe go through a heck of a lot before finally finding happiness at the very end of the anime.]]
* FirstKiss: While it's not seen, it's heavily implied at the end of episode 14 with Hachimaki and Tanabe.
* FreezeFrameBonus: In episode 20, you can pause and read some of Hachimaki's details as Director Locksmith goes over it.
* {{Hachimaki}}: There's a reason Hachirota is nicknamed Hachimaki.
* {{Heroic BSoD}}: Hachimaki seems to go through one in episode 25 of the anime, which takes place shortly after the Von Braun terrorist incident.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: [[spoiler:Hachi gets dangerously close to this when his zeal for the von Braun mission causes him to nearly kill Hakim.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* MeaningfulName: Hachirota's last name, Hoshino, is spelled "星野" and can be read literally as "star field", but phonetically it can sound like the possessive form, making his full name "星の八郎太" or "Hachirota of the stars".
* MotorcycleOnTheCoastRoad: Hachimaki did this in the past, and does it again in episode 14 when visiting his hometown with Tanabe and Yuri.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: He almost exclusively is referred to as "Hachi" or "Hachimaki".
* ParentalAbandonment: Averted with Hachimaki's mother, but played straight with his dad, who is obsessed with getting humanity's place in space established. Quite a few characters are awestruck by his reputation, but Hachimaki couldn't care less.
* RealityEnsues: A few of the earlier episodes that seem to end a little too close to TastesLikeDiabetes territory include [[TheStinger a final scene]] showing some amusing real-life background or consequences. For example, Tanabe finds out Hachimaki didn't delay scutteling a satelite to give the people it was supposed to be dedicated to a nice show, but because he wanted to cash in some overtime pay.
* RelationshipUpgrade: Happens in episode 14 with Hachimaki and Tanabe.
* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: Hachimaki uses this several times when either confronted with his past relationship with Claire, and anytime Tanabe sees him with another woman, and questions him about it.
* SiblingYingYang: Hachimaki and Kyuutaro. One brother is an astronaut, the other brother wants to build rockets and spaceships. Neither one believes that what the other pursues is a "serious" pursuit of outer-space.
* SmokingIsCool: To a lesser extent.
* TakeAThirdOption: Hachimaki's decision regarding the ''von Braun'' Mission and Ai. [[spoiler:He marries her just before he leaves, trusting that she, like his mother, will be happy as a spacer's wife; which ''slightly'' implies SpaceIsAnOcean, at least in respect to temporary widows waiting for sailors to come home.]]
* TakeMyHand: [[spoiler:Hachi to Yuri when the latter nearly falls into the atmosphere saving his wife's compass.]]
* ThreeAmigos: What Hachi, Cheng-Shin, and Claire used to be. A lot of [[UnresolvedSexualTension unresolved baggage]] with Hachi and her own quick climb up the corporate ladder has distanced Claire from the others, who remain close friends.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Hachimaki gives one to his friend Cheng-Shin when the latter mentioned about how he didn't expect to pass the Von Braun tests. Hachimaki yells at his friend for not going all out to make the cut, and how he used his pilot job as a safety net in case.
* WhamLine: Hachimaki gives one at the end of episode 18.
-->'''Hachimaki''': I'm quitting the Debris Section.
* YouAreNotAlone: Hachimaki's dark self tells him that being alone is pretty much the fate of everyone, no matter what they say. It doesn't stop Tanabe however, from trying to invoke this trope on him.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Ai Tanabe]]
!!Ai Tanabe
->Voiced by: Creator/SatsukiYukino (Japanese), Creator/JulieAnnTaylor (English)
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/anime1.jpg]]
Ai Tanabe is the newest member of the Debris Section.
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* AlmostKiss: Hachimaki and Tanabe nearly have one on the beach in episode 13, until a rocket launched by Hachimaki's brother nearly hits them.
* ArtEvolution: Tanabe's a bit ugly in the first volumes of the manga. Fortunately, this changes.
* BabiesEverAfter: In the animé, the very last shot [[spoiler:heavily implies that Tanabe is pregnant with Hachi's child.]]
** [[spoiler:The manga devotes several chapters to Tanabe being pregnant with Hachi's child, and the news of her giving birth to his son reaching him with a delay of several minutes (They're in the orbit of Jupiter, after all).]]
* BreakTheCutie: [[spoiler:Heavens above, Ai Tanabe. Physically, by way of her severe nerve damage, and almost mentally, when she begins to consider taking Claire's O2 tank as her own runs out. She gets better, though.]]
* ClingyJealousGirl: Towards Hachimaki, she gets angry or at least suspicious anytime she sees him hanging out with a woman.
* CooldownHug: In the manga, to stop Hachi's [[TranquilFury UnstoppableTranquilFury]], as the latter is about to [[spoiler:kill Hakim]]. Preceded by a [[spoiler:ShutUpKiss just before Hachi pulls the trigger]], and followed by a [[spoiler:PostKissCatatonia (since the compartment had suffered a hull breach and Ai was already feeling the effects of low air pressure.]]
* CreepyChild: [[spoiler:[[LoveFreak Tanabe]]'s childhood in the manga, when she was also TheVoiceless.]]
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Tanabe did not speak until she was three years old. Sounds a lot like AlbertEinstein.
* DyingAlone: Tanabe feels this trope should be averted, such as when the body of one of the early space pioneers makes its way back to Earth, and she feels he should be buried by his family, rather than sent back into the void of space.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler:Both Hachi and Tanabe go through a heck of a lot before finally finding happiness at the very end of the anime.]]
* FirstKiss: While it's not seen, it's heavily implied at the end of episode 14 with Hachimaki and Tanabe.
* HappilyAdopted: [[spoiler:She was left on Kenji and Yukari's doorstep at the age of about one, but that doesn't really bother anyone.]]
* {{Heroic BSoD}}: Tanabe suffers from one in episode 10 after finding out in the previous episode that [[spoiler:Gigalt, Hachimaki's space teacher]] has cancer and is dying. What makes it worse is that he asks Tanabe not to reveal this information, which would be devastating to Hachimaki, who idolizes the man.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:She survives, but with horrible injuries.]]
* LoveFreak
* MeaningfulName: Ai Tanabe's name is also a pun, as 'ai' is the Japanese word for love, which matches with her belief in love's power.
* NaiveNewcomer: New hire and first-time astronaut.
* NiceGirl: She is willing to do almost anything to help others.
* RelationshipUpgrade: Happens in episode 14 with Hachimaki and Tanabe.
* SecretKeeper: Gigalt asks Tanabe to keep his [[spoiler:cancer]] secret from Hachimaki in episode 9. Then he finds this out anyway in episode 22.
* SempaiKohai: Tanabe does this with Hachimaki, even in the English dub.
* ThePowerOfLove: She very much believes in this.
* WelcomeEpisode: Episode 1 lets the audience follow Tanabe as she arrives at ISVP7, meets everyone down in Debris Section, and is shown the ropes of the job.
* WideEyedIdealist: She has a sort of "love conquers all" attitude.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Fee Carmichael]]
!!Fee Carmichael
->Voiced by: Creator/AiOrikasa (Japanese), Creator/WendeeLee (English)
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fee_carmichael.jpg]]
Fee Carmichael is the American pilot of the "Toy Box", the debris-collecting ship used by the main characters.
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* AffectionateNickname: Gilgalt calls her "Turbolighter".
* AmbiguouslyBrown: She has a noticably brown-ish complexion.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Many of the main characters are really good at their jobs, even if they're a bit eccentric.
* CulturalCrossReference: In the manga version, a military officer named Colonel Sanders tries to make a deal with Fee to help stop the impending space war. She flatly denies him and tells him to go "sell fried chicken at a gas station." This is made even more hilarious by the fact that his appearance is seemingly based upon a certain other Colonel Sanders.
* {{Gainaxing}}: She apparently [[VaporWear doesn't wear a bra]].
* HappilyMarried: She's married with a young son.
* HeroicSacrifice: What everyone ''thought'' [[NoSmoking Fee]] was doing.
* MissionControl: Fee often plays this role when Hachi, Ai, and Yuri perform EVA operations.
* MistakenForCheating: In episode 8, the Debris Section suspects Fee is having a secret affair with the Second Division director. Except that she's not, and she's not too happy about that accusation when she hears about it.
* MustHaveNicotine: The main driver of episode 12, where Space Defense Front bombings deprive Fee of access to smoking rooms for nearly two weeks. She's so desperate for a smoke by the end that she's willing to ram Toy Box into a missile to save her almost-repaired smoking chamber.
* RammingAlwaysWorks: [[spoiler:Near the end of the series, with the von Braun about to cross the point-of-no-return to crash into Sea Of Tranquility City, Fee and Cheng-Shin decide (separately) that they can at least nudge the ship so it crashes away from the city. But they realize they're too late to make any difference anyway.]]
* SmokingIsCool: In one episode, Fee ''saves outer space'' without knowing it because she is that desperate for a smoke.
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[[folder:Yuri Mikhairokov]]
!!Yuri Mikhairokov
->Voiced by: Creator/TakehitoKoyasu (Japanese), Creator/JamiesonPrice (English)
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Yuri Mihairokov is the Russian member of the Debris team.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: That woman we see in the spacecraft in episode 1 when a stray bolt hits it? [[spoiler:She's the wife of Yuri]], and in episode 10 we get more [[CharacterDevelopment background]] on why Yuri was obsessed with looking for space debris and why he joined the Debris Section in the first place.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Yuri keeps a kennel for the station's officers' pets, because he's ''that'' good with animals.
* MeaningfulName: Yuri Mihairokov shares the name of famous cosmonaut YuriGagarin, who was the first man in space.
* {{Memento MacGuffin}}: Yuri's [[TragicKeepsake wife's compass]]. [[spoiler:Eventually, Yuri decides to send it back into space with a test rocket because he no longer needs it to preserve his wife's memory.]]
* NeverFoundTheBody: [[spoiler:When his wife died in a plane crash shown in episode 1, her body was never found.]]
* TheStoic: He serves as this to the main quartet.
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!!Debris Section Office Staff
[[folder:Philippe Myers]]
!!Philippe Myers
->Voiced by: Aikou Ogata (Japanese), Doug Stone (English)
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The chief clerk of the Debris Section. He is overweight but jolly, and calls his co-workers by the first syllable of their names.
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* BigFun: He is overweight but jolly.
* KaleidoscopeHair: His hair color changes throughout the series, from very light blonde to reddish-brown. [[spoiler:It was revealed to be a wig in the final episode.]]
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[[folder:Arvind "Robbie" Lavie]]
!!Arvind "Robbie" Lavie
->Voiced by: Tetsuo Goto (Japanese), Steve Schatzberg (English)
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The assistant chief clerk and self-described "Number 2" of the Debris Section who hails from India.
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* MassiveNumberedSiblings: He's a divorced father of 7 kids.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Lavie does something similar in episode 18 when he thinks back to what his kids told him about keeping space safe, and destroys a satellite which was potentially harmful to spaceships. The director threatens to withdraw Lavie's position in another department and tries to disband them right then and there. Lavie destroys the satellite anyway, and later gives a LargeHam news interview discussing how the Debris Section keeps spaceships safe. Due to potential backlash from the public, and in keeping with a good corporate image, the director withdraws his threat to disband the section.
* ShoutOut: Lavie's gag device to break the ice with Section 3's Debris department plays ''[[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey Thus Spake Zarathustra]]''.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Specific to the anime, the Assistant Manager's name is ''pronounced'' "Ravi," but spelled "Lavie."
* TheTrickster: He is portrayed as a trickster or prop comedian.
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[[folder:Edelgard Rivera]]
!!Edelgard Rivera
->Voiced by: Maiko Itō (Japanese), Creator/KateHiggins (English)
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The temporary worker, who does the secretarial and clerical duties of the Debris Section.
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* BrokenBird: Was formerly one.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: She hides a darker past which she wishes to leave behind her.
* DeadpanSnarker: Edel often makes snarky comments around the office of the Debris Section office.
* HypercompetentSidekick: The contracted office employee (see OfficeLady below) is the only one in the Debris Section office to ever be seen consistantly doing any office work. The other desk workers either spend all their time planning their impending retirement or trying to suck up to those higher on the corporate ladder.
* OfficeLady: The debris section's administrative office temp. [[spoiler:Played with a little in regards to her backstory]], but otherwise played straight, especially by the end of the series when [[spoiler:she's hired as a full-time employee and eases up a little.]]
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!!ISPV 7 Staff
[[folder:Claire Rondo]]
!!Claire Rondo
->Voiced by: Creator/KumikoWatanabe (Japanese), Lia Sargent (English)
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A member of the Control Section, a combination of mission control and air traffic control for spacecraft around or based in the ISPV 7 Space Station.
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* BrokenBird: Increasingly broken as the series goes on.
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:When she joins the Space Defense Front when her life hits one too many speed bumps. It is never stated outright, but Hachimaki dumping her probably started her on her [[SanitySlippage downward spiral]].]]
* ThreeAmigos: What Hachi, Cheng-Shin, and Claire used to be. A lot of [[UnresolvedSexualTension unresolved baggage]] with Hachi and her own quick climb up the corporate ladder has distanced Claire from the others, who remain close friends.
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[[folder:Kho Cheung-Shin]]
!!Kho Cheung-Shin
->Voiced by: Creator/NobuyukiHiyama (Japanese), Creator/StevenBlum (English)
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A spacecraft pilot based in the ISPV 7 Space Station.
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* AllLoveIsUnrequited: He has a crush on Tanabe.
* {{Bishonen}}
* DescriptionCut: Cheng-Shin assures a friend that Hachimaki is a lot more subdued now than he was the last time they met. Guess who comes running past them playing space-ninja at that very moment?
* RammingAlwaysWorks: [[spoiler:Near the end of the series, with the von Braun about to cross the point-of-no-return to crash into Sea Of Tranquility City, Fee and Cheng-Shin decide (separately) that they can at least nudge the ship so it crashes away from the city. But they realize they're too late to make any difference anyway.]]
* ThreeAmigos: What Hachi, Cheng-Shin, and Claire used to be. A lot of [[UnresolvedSexualTension unresolved baggage]] with Hachi and her own quick climb up the corporate ladder has distanced Claire from the others, who remain close friends.
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!!Von Braun characters
[[folder:Goro Hoshino]]
!!Goro Hoshino
->Voiced by: Creator/ShozoIizuka (Japanese), Tom Wyner (English)
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The Chief Engineer of the Von Braun Jupiter Exploration Spacecraft and Hachimaki's father.
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* AmazinglyEmbarrasingParent: Given that Hachi is his spitting image, both in looks and in character, you can imagine what a person he is.
* CelibateEccentricGenius: Inverted. He's an eccentric genius, but also married with two kids.
* CoolOldGuy: Mostly in the manga, where he's much better developed.
* DirtyOldMan
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* MarriedToTheJob: His mother is ''extremely specific'' about how lucky he is to have her as a wife, as, by all rights, she should have gotten into an affair by now. It's also implied that Hachi himself is headed this way.
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[[folder:Werner Locksmith]]
!!Werner Locksmith
->Voiced by: Creator/UnshouIshizuka (Japanese), Dave Mallow (English)
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The CEO of the Jupiter Mission and Chief Designer of the Von Braun Jupiter Exploration Spacecraft.
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* BunnyEarsLawyer: Many of the main characters are really good at their jobs, even if they're a bit eccentric.
* ByronicHero: The man who can only love spaceships.
* ForScience: Werner Locksmith "can only love space ships". Treated as realistically and thoughtfully as everything else.
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Happens to be delightfully aware of that fact. "I won't get fired even if I blow two or three labs to smithereens".]]
* MeaningfulName: Werner Locksmith shares the name of Werner von Braun, one of, if not the most important rocket designers who ever lived whose designs include the terrifying V-2 for the Nazis, and the mighty Saturn V, the famous moon rocket.
* SociopathicHero: The degree of his detachment from humanity varies from manga to anime. [[spoiler:The graveside scene in the former had him damn near emotional, which is devastating to the reader, let me tell you.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: He seems to be of the mindset that the ends justify the means. This implies getting the Von Braun to Jupiter no matter what the cost is, human or monetary.
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[[folder:Hakim Ashmead]]
!!Hakim Ashmead
->Voiced by: Creator/RyuzaburoOtomo (Japanese), Peter Spellos (English)
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A Jupiter Mission candidate, along with Hachimaki.
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* {{Determinator}}: [[spoiler:Hakim's desire to liberate the developing countries eventually made him a shell.]]
* HeelRealization: In the final episode.
* KarmaHoudini
* TheMole: [[spoiler:A top Space Defense Front lieutenant who joined the ''von Braun'' mission in order to sabotage it. Played for even greater effect in the anime, where the character is introduced long before his arc begins, and is given a sympathetic background as Hachimaki's BigBrotherMentor.]]
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Hakim/Hakimu/Hakeem.
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!!Others
[[folder:Gilgalt Gangaragash]]
!!Gilgalt Gangaragash
->Voiced by: Creator/NorioWakamoto (Japanese), Creator/PaulStPeter (English)
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A veteran astronaut, formerly of Technora Corporation's Debris Section, and currently with the Orbital Security Agency.
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* AlliterativeName: '''G'''ilgalt '''G'''angaragash
* BaldOfAwesome
* CoolOldGuy
* TheNicknamer: Very explicitly. He even confesses to Ai that he has trouble remembering people's names, so he makes up nicknames for them to keep track of them. In this continuity, he's the one who gave Hachi his nickname, although the latter was already wearing said item long before Gigalt ever met him. However, there was one person for whom Gigalt was never able to figure out a nickname, and only later, when it's much too late, he realizes that it's because he could never figure out who [[spoiler:Hakim ''[[TheMole really]]'' was]].
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[[folder:Harry Roland]]
!!Harry Roland
->Voiced by: Creator/YosukeAkimoto (Japanese), Michael Forest (English)
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A veteran astronaut who is in love with outer space.
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* BungledSuicide: He attempts suicide when his leukemia threatens his ability to go into space.
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[[folder:Kyutaro Hoshino]]
!!Kyutaro Hoshino
->Voiced by: Creator/SoichiroHoshi (Japanese), Creator/JohnnyYongBosch (English)
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Hachimaki's younger brother, currently a high school student on Earth and an amateur rocket maker.
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* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Whose love for space manifests not as a desire to be an astronaut, but as a rocket engineer. They often come to blows as to which one is the more legitimate calling.
* BigGuy: Had a growth spurt in the last volume, and by the end of the manga stands at 183 cm (6'1").
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* SiblingYingYang: Hachimaki and Kyuutaro. One brother is an astronaut, the other brother wants to build rockets and spaceships. Neither one believes that what the other pursues is a "serious" pursuit of outer-space.
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[[folder:Nono]]
!!Nono
->Voiced by: Creator/SatomiKoorogi (Japanese), Creator/LaraJillMiller (English)
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A twelve-year-old girl who, along with three other children, is a "Lunarian", born and has lived her whole life on the Moon.
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* AffectionateNickname: Gilgalt calls her "Artemis".
* GenkiGirl
* HugeSchoolgirl: She's a [[YoungerThanTheyLook twelve year-old]] that is taller than Hachimaki. Having spent her whole life in the Moon's limited gravity, special attention is made to how hard she has to work to keep her dangerously under-stressed (and therefore unusually tall) body working normally.
* IllGirl: Nono is a rare case of a GenkiGirl who is also technically one of these. She's a Lunarian; a human who was born and raised on the moon, and human bodies obviously didn't evolve in 1/6th Earth gravity, which resulted in numerous side effects. Hachimaki is implied to have been developing a crush on her during his stay in the hospital, and has a short-lived BSOD when he realizes that the friendly, attractive woman who's actually a bit taller than him is actually a [[YoungerThanTheyLook twelve-year-old girl]]. She ''lives'' in the hospital because she needs constant treatment just to stay alive, and judging by the looks of her room (which is filled with gym equipment) has to exercise constantly so she doesn't get any sicker. If she actually tried to land on Earth, she would be severely handicapped, and even that's assuming her cardiovascular system wouldn't just give out. She's super-cheerful because she's flourished under the constant care and attention, and proud that her life has improved the lives of pretty much every human being alive; the techniques developed to keep her alive have revolutionized medicine, resulting in countless breakthroughs in treating organ failure, radiation sickness, strengthening muscles and bones, etc.
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: The 12 year-old Lunar girl whose words can disarm even the most bitter and jaded cynic with a well-aimed (but perfectly innocent) critical hit to the heart.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: She's is slightly larger than Hachimaki. In truth, though, she is only twelve: having lived her whole life on the moon, her body had grown taller than normal due to a lack of gravity.
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[[folder:Lucie Ascham]]
!!Lucie Ascham
->Voiced by: Creator/MasayoKurata (Japanese), Creator/MichelleRuff (English)
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* ClingyJealousGirl: Towards Chueng-Shin.
* ShipperOnDeck: Lucie tries to do this with Tanabe and Hachimaki, in an attempt to get closer to Cheng-Shin.
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