Today we take a look at Space Brothers (Uchū Kyōdai).
This is an anime about two brothers and their childhood promise to one day stand on the Moon together. But more than about the goal, it is about the journey, and their love for space. While the younger Hibito aims for the Moon, the elder Mutta, who thinks he cannot let his your brother outshine him, aims for Mars.
This is a show full of optimism. The belief that in vast emptiness of space, Earth with all its life and humanity is a miracle unto itself. But no matter how great that is, the real astronaut always wants to go deeper into space.
The protagonist, Mutta Nanba has his own problems. He gave up on his dream of going to space when young, and had to watch his younger brother Hibito become an astronaut and go to the Moon. Now he's playing catch-up and rediscovering his love for space.
The show is about testing the budding astronaut's character, and through various trials and tribulations, we see how Mutta grows. At least in anime, he never really gets over his impostor syndrome. He is never really confident, he always thinks he has to put in extra effort in order not to fall behind his colleagues, and he can be his own worst critic. But all these traits make his quirkiness endearing.
The anime loves to repeat certain scenes of formative memories, from Mutta's childhood stargazing to Agony of Doha, and it is a shame that after 99 episodes it ends at a point where things should really get interesting. The manga goes on.
Nevertheless, if you're looking for a show about brotherly love, the cameradery and rivalry that comes with it, a show with everoptimistic outlook on the future, of space exploration, then Space Brothers is a show for you.
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