Ani-One to Stream Astra Lost in Space Anime on YouTube

The official Facebook page for Ani-One, owned by Hong Kong distributor MediaLink, announced that they would begin streaming Astra Lost in Space on their YouTube channel from September 1st at 4:30 p.m. IST.

Funimation is streaming the anime series in its respective regions. Lerche is in charge of animation production.

The anime will be available in Brunei, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Singapore, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

When you start watching this, you can tell that it is not like most anime you usually see.

Aside from the plot, the other area that makes the series stand out is the art, of both the alien landscapes and wildlife that the crew visit.

In the year 2063, eight high school students and a kid are flown out to Planet Camp, tasked with surviving on their own for a few days.

But shortly after arriving, an ominous glowing orb warps them to an unknown quadrant of space, nearly 5,012 light-years away.

Now, the only way back home is a slow, dangerous trek across the universe—a journey that’ll test them in ways Planet Camp never could.

Astra Lost in Space is a Japanese manga series by Kenta Shinohara. It was serialized online between May 2016 and December 2017 via Shueisha’s Shonen Jump. It was collected in five tankōbon volumes.

The manga is published in English by Viz Media. They began publishing the chapters online for free in August 2016. They published the fifth and final volume in print in December 2018.

The anime television series adaptation by Lerche aired from July 3rd to September 18th, 2019.

The series is animated by Lerche and directed by Masaomi Andō, with Norimitsu Kaihō handling series composition.

The manga was ranked third in the 2019 edition of Takarajimasha’s Kono Manga ga Sugoi! Guidebook and won the twelfth Manga Taishō Awards. The anime won “Best Media” at the 51st Seiun Award during the 59th Nihon SF Taikai.

About Astra Lost in Space

In 2063, space travel has become possible and commercially viable; a group of students from Caird High School departs to the nearby planet of McPa for their Planetary Camp.

Soon after the group arrives on the planet, the nine children encounter a mysterious and unforeseen intelligent sphere of light; it attacks them, transporting them into the distant depths of space.

Floating in orbit around an unknown planet, they discover an old abandoned spacecraft nearby. Finding it in working order, they resolve to use the ship to return home.

To do so, they must cross the 5,012-light-year gulf of space, separating them from home by visiting alien planets harboring life to replenish and manage their limited resources.

The long and dangerous journey home aboard their vessel, which they name Astra, brings with it new character revelations, strengthening the bonds they share.

The eventual realization that their journey’s stakes are far higher than any of them could ever have realized.

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