{"product_id":"planetes-deluxe-edition-book-2-hardcover","title":"Planetes Deluxe Edition Book 2 - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMakoto Yukimura\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMakoto Yukimura\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator), \u003cb\u003eYuki Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom manga icon Makoto Yukimura, the creator of \u003ci\u003eVinland Saga\u003c\/i\u003e! \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's 2078, and eighteen astronauts represent all humanity on its first voyage to Jupiter. And their humanity is more precious than the treasure they seek. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHachimaki is determined to break free of Earth's gravity well by joining the crew of the fusion-powered \u003ci\u003eVon Braun \u003c\/i\u003eon its epic first crewed journey to Jupiter. If the giant planet can be successfully reached and harvested for the helium-3 fuel in its atmosphere, the entire solar system will open up to humanity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut it isn't only worlds whose paths are made by unseen orbits through time and space...it's people, and Hachimaki must confront the tension of tightening his human bonds to Earth through marriage, even as he seeks the far frontier--just as his old captain, Fee Carmichael, must seek that invisible balance of forces with the past, present, and future generations of her own earthbound family. And if Fee and crewmates Yuri and Tanabe aboard the space junk removal ship \u003ci\u003eToy Box \u003c\/i\u003ecan't stop the long-feared Kessler Syndrome as a war in space threatens to spin out of control and fill orbit with an inescapable cloud of debris, humanity may never journey beyond Earth again! \u003ci\u003ePlanetes \u003c\/i\u003eis an epic saga of family, friendship, and passion in a future not far away! \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePlanetes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is the ancient Greek word for \"wanderers\"--describing both the planets themselves, and the restless protagonists who dream of reaching those distant worlds against an epic backdrop of family, romance, politics, ambition, and war in creator Makoto Yukimura's saga of the human drama of space exploration! \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDeluxe Edition features: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFront and back covers feature debossed patterns with tactile effect. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMetallic copper gilding on page edges.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7\" x 10\" hardback on high-quality paper.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e44 full-color art pages on special gloss stock.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBook design pays tribute to real astronauts; inspired by elements of the International Space Station.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMakoto Yukimura\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1976 in Yokohama, Japan, and was first inspired by the idea of drawing manga in elementary school, when he encountered Buronson and Tetsuo Hara's famous \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFist of the North Star\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003eWhile attending college, Yukimura learned manga technique and storytelling by working as an assistant to artist Shin Morimura, a onetime collaborator with Garon Tsuchiya (\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOldboy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePlanetes \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003ewas Makoto Yukimura's professional debut at age 22; before being collected to graphic novel, the story was serialized in Kodansha's prestigious weekly manga magazine \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eComic Morning\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, also home to \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat's Michael? \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eas well as titles such as \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVagabond \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eand \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDrops of God\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e. Both the manga and anime adaptation of \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePlanetes \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003ewon Japan's Seiun Award for science fiction, a feat that had not been achieved since Hayao Miyazaki's \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNausicaä of the Valley of the Wind.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 2005, Yukimura began his ongoing manga epic \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVinland Saga\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, published in English by Kodansha, which in 2009 would be awarded the Grand Prize for Manga by the Japan Media Arts Festival, an official event of the national Agency for Cultural Affairs. \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVinland Saga \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003ehas been adapted into a two-season anime series streaming on Amazon and Netflix, winning the 4th Crunchyroll Anime Awards for Best Drama in 2020.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 528\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 10.3 x 7.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 02, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45580416057388,"sku":"9781506750156","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/6260\/8940\/files\/2_5Fe8al0N9781506750156.webp?v=1780051813","url":"https:\/\/littleredgeneralstore.com\/products\/planetes-deluxe-edition-book-2-hardcover","provider":"Little Red General Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}