yuletide | Fandom Promo 2023!

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Title: Space Brothers

Media: Anime & Manga

Approx length: 99-episode anime plus a movie, 403-chapter manga but for the purposes of Yuletide I'll probably just be nominating the anime

Where to find it: The anime is available on Crunchyroll. You can get the manga through Comixology I think - it's published by Kodansha but I don't think it's even available on their crappy app, and fan translations are patchy.

What is it, in summary?: Two brothers decide to become astronauts as children but come adulthood, the younger brother Hibito has actually become an astronaut while anxiety-ridden older brother Mutta languishes after being fired from a job in the automobile industry. But it's never too late to follow an old dream, and Mutta picks himself to follow in his younger brother's footsteps and become an astronaut.

What do you love about it?: This is a heart-warming and uplifting story that closely follows in well-researched detail the long process of being selected and trained as an astronaut and undertaking near-future space missions. But it's also a story about familial relationships, how different pairs of brothers or parents and children support and encourage each other, and about recovering from trauma and deep loss.

What sort of things are you likely to request for it?: Something platonic that explores the relationship of the two main brothers, or some of their friends and mentors.

Are there sections of canon (rather than the whole canon) that can be consumed by themselves to fulfil your requests, or that showcase particular characters and relationships?: Not exactly. You can certainly watch just a couple of earlier arcs and set fic in those times, though be aware that childhood flashbacks are used as a storytelling device all the way through, so we're always learning more things about characters' backstories as we go along.

Content warnings (ie, rape, incest, racism, gore/violence): The large international cast is hampered by some unfortunate racial and national stereotypes. I find it a bit awkward but not a deal-breaker as characters are developed over time, but YMMV

- Triss_Hawkeye