Over the years, the anime industry has produced a great many futuristic space adventures. But which of them are out of this world, and which are merely an empty vacuum?
Dr Duncan Law-Green, space scientist at the University of Leicester, makes a light-hearted orbit around his pick of space anime, from silly otherworldly comedy to serious futuristic drama, and looks at where they touch on the real world of space travel. Don’t worry, there won’t be too much real physics!