The Orbital Children
The Orbital Children
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The Orbital Children

7.3
Yr 2022
Status Ended
Animation Action & Adventure Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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Series Brief

Overview

In 2045, two children born on the moon and three kids from Earth try to survive after an accident on their space station leaves them stranded.

Critical Reception

What critics are saying

Score 80 /100

The Orbital Children received largely positive reviews, with critics admiring its striking visuals, engaging survival premise, and effective blend of science-fiction themes with a compelling coming-of-age emotional core. Reviewers frequently lauded the animation, sound design, and the narrative's ability to balance suspenseful peril with mysterious and haunting moments.

“a capitvating and beautiful coming-of-age series with striking visuals”

“a great series, consisting of a gripping and watertight plot alongside fantastic animation and sound design”

“One thing I loved about this series is how effectively it rides the line between being beautifully mysterious and downright haunting.”

“At just six episodes, the series manages to pull on nearly every emotional string, process the fear of death, and the future in a way that feels real.”

Transmission Paths

Where to Watch

Netflix
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Why fans love it

The 2022 release The Orbital Children navigates the immediate panic of a catastrophic station failure through the eyes of five young survivors. By focusing on a mix of moon-born children and Earth visitors, the series shifts the typical space adventure into a claustrophobic test of adaptability. Technology serves as both the lifeline and the primary threat as these kids grapple with artificial intelligence and complex environmental systems in a reality set in 2045.

Natsumi Fujiwara leads a cast that balances youthful vulnerability against the weight of a near-future crisis. The animation style mirrors the disorientation of drifting through a broken station, maintaining a tight focus on the frantic problem-solving required when adult guidance is removed from the equation. It is a calculated take on the survival genre that prizes technical ingenuity over standard action tropes.

Production Board

Crew

Director
Satoshi Furuhashi Asuka Kuroda
Storyboard Artist
Satoshi Furuhashi Yojiro Arai Kazuya Murata Ilya Kuvshinov
Key Animation
Satoko Morikawa Toshiyuki Inoue
Animation Director
Izumi Seguchi Hisafumi Nakahara
Sound Director
Yoji Shimizu
Compositing Artist
Akihiro Fujishima
Executive Producer
Ryo Oyama Yasushi Ogawa
Sound Mixer
Takeshi Imaizumi
Background Designer
Mao Izawa Shunsuke Negishi Nguyen Trang Takahiro Koyama Hinata Takizawa Kou Yoshinari Shizuka Sekiguchi Wang Baoqi Kaisei Kobayashi
Character Designer
Kenichi Yoshida
Original Music Composer
Rei Ishizuka
Producer
Tomohiko Iwase
Art Direction
Yusuke Ikeda
Sound Effects
Tomoko Ohtsuka Makoto Muranuki
Signal Match

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Keywords

technology space travel distant future anime
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Details

First Aired
January 28, 2022
Status
Ended
Origin
JP
TMDB Votes
80