Uchuu Kyoudai

Space Brothers / 宇宙兄弟 / Uchuu Kyodai

Genres: Adult Cast, Comedy, Seinen, Space, Workplace
Themes: Adult Cast, Space, Workplace
Demographics: Seinen
Studios: A-1 Pictures
Producers: Trinity Sound, Yomiuri Telecasting
Licensors: Sentai Filmworks
Rating: 8.48 / 10
Rank: #154
Popularity: #1290
Users Listed: 206,083
Users Scored: 55,080
NSFW: No
Last Updated: 03/06/2024
Aired: April 1, 2012 – March 22, 2014 (Spring)
Type: tv
Source: manga
Age Rating: PG 13
Episodes: 99
Broadcast: Sunday at 07:00 (JST)

Synopsis:

In 2006, a shared glimpse of a celestial event ignited a lifelong ambition in brothers Mutta and Hibito Nanba – to reach the stars. While Hibito’s trajectory leads him towards a historic lunar mission, Mutta’s path has taken a more grounded turn, working within the automotive industry. A sudden career change offers Mutta an unexpected opportunity: a chance to join the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut selection program. Haunted by the promise made years ago and grappling with self-doubt, he throws himself into rigorous training, striving to bridge the gap between his current reality and his brother’s extraordinary goal. The series explores themes of sibling rivalry, pursuing long-held dreams, and confronting the challenges of ambition against seemingly insurmountable odds within the context of modern space exploration.

Trailer:

Streaming Platforms:

Crunchyroll

Episodes:

Episode 1: Little Brother Hibito and Big Brother Mutta (Aired: 04/01/2012)
Episode 2: My Shining Star (Aired: 04/08/2012)
Episode 3: The Man with the Advantage and the Running Female Doctor (Aired: 04/15/2012)
Episode 4: Next to Hibito (Aired: 04/22/2012)
Episode 5: Days of Missing (Aired: 04/29/2012)
... and 94 more episodes

Characters:

Nanba, Mutta (Main) - Voice Actors: Hirata, Hiroaki, Sawashiro, Miyuki
Nanba, Hibito (Main) - Voice Actors: KENN, Sanpei, Yuuko
Anime Bangumi no Josei (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Nagasaki, Hitomi
Aotake, Fumi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yukinari, Toa
Apo (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Sawashiro, Miyuki
Azuma, Teijirou (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Nagata, Miyuki
Azuma, Takio (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Nomura, Kenji
Azuma, Kayoko (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kohinata, Miwa
Bison, Larry (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kawahara, Yoshihisa
Bold (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Shiga, Madoka
Bold, Vincent (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Tsuda, Kenjirou
Butler, Jason (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Tachiki, Fumihiko
Cliff, Linda (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yukinari, Toa
Cuomo, Lowry (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Sakamaki, Ryosuke
Davis, Mike (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ishikari, Yuki
Doctor (Supporting)
Emi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Nagata, Miyuki
Fukuda, Naoto (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Bando, Naoki
Furuya, Yasushi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Naitou, Ryou, Nagata, Miyuki
Gates, Walter (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Bifu, Hitoshi
Greco, Carlo (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Shingaki, Tarusuke
Hamilton (Supporting)
Hoshide, Akihiko (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hoshide, Akihiko
Hoshika, Tadashi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ryuzanji, Show
Itou, Machiko (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Miyamoto, Mana
Itou, Serika (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Sawashiro, Miyuki
Itou, Rinpei (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Takashina, Toshitsugu
JAXA Doctor (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Nakanishi, Toshiharu
Jay, Brian (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ootsuka, Akio, Nagata, Miyuki
Jay, Eddie (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Arimoto, Kinryuu, Kohinata, Miwa
Jennifer (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Tachibana, Yuuko
Johnson, Jack (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Katou, Seiji
Jones, Karen (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kohinata, Miwa
Kaneko, Sharon (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ikeda, Masako
Kaneko, Shinichi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Takemoto, Kazumasa
Kitamura, Kei (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Okamoto, Nami
Kitamura, Naoki (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ohba, Takeshi
Kitamura, Kikuo (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kawahara, Yoshihisa
Kitamura, Father (Supporting)
Kitamura, Ena (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Sanpei, Yuuko
Kitamura, Oosuke (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Fusegawa, Kazuhiro
Kitamura, Mother (Supporting)
Komachi, Michiko (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ayado, Chie
Kweller, Damien (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Tsuchida, Hiroshi
Lane, Betty (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Sugimoto, Yuu
Louis, Phillip (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kusunoki, Taiten
Makabe, Fuuka (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Sawashiro, Miyuki
Makabe, Kenji (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Katou, Masayuki
Makabe, Yuki (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kawase, Akiko
Marumiya, Jun (Supporting)
Masuda, Daiki (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Karasuma, Yuichi
McConnell, Zack (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Nishio, Mammoth
Miyata, Atsushi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ohba, Takeshi
Mizoguchi, Yamato (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Asanuma, Shintaro
Morishima, Shigeo (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Shiga, Madoka
... and 39 more characters

Staff:

Nagai, Kouji (Producer, Planning)
Watanabe, Ayumu (Director, Episode Director, Storyboard)
Kobayashi, Katsuyoshi (Sound Director)
Aritomi, Kouji (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Asaki, Yukihiko (Episode Director)
Asami, Matsuo (Episode Director)
Ezaki, Shinpei (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Harada, Takahiro (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Ishii, Toshimasa (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Kamata, Yuusuke (Episode Director, Animation Director)
Kugimiya, Hiroshi (Episode Director, Storyboard, Key Animation)
Maezono, Fumio (Episode Director)
Naka, Tomohito (Episode Director, Storyboard, Key Animation)
Negishi, Hiroki (Episode Director)
Shibayama, Tomotaka (Episode Director, Storyboard, Animation Director, Key Animation)
Shishido, Jun (Episode Director)
Suzuki, Yoshio (Episode Director)
Tokumoto, Yoshinobu (Episode Director)
Tomita, Hiroaki (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Tsuchiya, Yasuo (Episode Director)
Tsukushi, Daisuke (Episode Director)
Ueda, Shigeru (Episode Director, Storyboard, Key Animation)
Ueda, Shigeru (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Uehara, Hideaki (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Kakihara, Yuuko (Script)
Katou, Youichi (Script, Series Composition)
Machida, Touko (Script)
Nemoto, Toshizou (Script)
Uezu, Makoto (Script, Series Composition)
Hatsumida, Shiyo (Storyboard)
Kimura, Satoshi (Storyboard)
Kou, Yuu (Storyboard)
Mochizuki, Tomomi (Storyboard)
Oka, Yoshihiro (Storyboard)
Shimura, Hiroaki (Storyboard)
Aki, Angela (Theme Song Performance, Theme Song Lyrics, Theme Song Arrangement, Theme Song Composition)
DOES (Theme Song Composition, Theme Song Arrangement, Theme Song Lyrics, Theme Song Performance)
Eguchi, Ryo (Theme Song Arrangement)
FAST LANE (Theme Song Composition)
Flower Companyz (Theme Song Performance)
Fujifabric (Theme Song Performance)
Fukuhara, Miho (Theme Song Performance)
Hata, Motohiro (Theme Song Composition, Theme Song Lyrics, Theme Song Performance)
K., Carlos (Theme Song Composition, Theme Song Arrangement)
Kasarinchu (Theme Song Performance)
Kondou, Akihisa (Theme Song Composition, Theme Song Performance, Theme Song Lyrics)
Magokoro Brothers (Theme Song Performance)
Merengue (Theme Song Arrangement, Theme Song Performance)
Rake (Theme Song Performance, Theme Song Composition, Theme Song Lyrics)
SKY BEATZ (Theme Song Composition, Theme Song Arrangement)
... and 110 more staff

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Animated Movie for 'Uchuu Kyoudai' Announced for Summer 2014 (12/14/2013)
Sentai Filmworks Announcements at Anime Expo (07/03/2012)
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