The Orbital Children

The Orbital Children
Original Title	地球外少年少女 (Chikyūgai Shōnen Shōjo)
Original Language	Japanese
Dubbing Studio	Studiopolis
Voice Director	Suzanne Goldish
Translation & Adaptation	Jeff Nimoy
Recorded	2021
Dub Country	United States
Original Country	Japan
Episodes	12
Year	2022

The Orbital Children is a 2022 web anime original film series written and directed by Mitsuo Iso.

Kenichi Yoshida provided the character designs for the anime and is also the animation director, while Toshiyuki Inoue is the main animator. The film's soundtrack was produced by Rei Ishizuka. The theme song, "Oarana," was written and composed by Vincent Diamante and performed by virtual rap singer Harusaruhi.

The film was released in two parts in Japan for two weeks each, with Part 1 released on January 28, 2022, and Part 2 released February 11.

Netflix announced in November 2021 that it has acquired the global distribution rights, and released the film as a six-episode series on January 28, 2022 to coincide with Part 1's debut in Japan.

Synopsis In the year 2045 in outer space, where AI, the internet and social networking sites are widespread. A massive accident occurs on a newly opened Japanese commercial space station, and a group of children are left behind. With no hope of rescue from adults, their lifeline is a barely surviving narrowband, a social network, a free application of low-intelligence AI and a drone controlled by a next-generation mobile device called "Smart". Using these tools with the help of AI, they take actions to survive, and arrive at the "true meaning" of a terrifying prophecy from the most intelligent AI in history. Will they be able to survive the crisis?

Voice Cast

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor
	Touya Sagami	Natsumi Fujiwara	Griffin Burns
	Konoha Б Nanase	Azumi Waki	Cassandra Lee Morris
	Taiyo Tsukuba	Kenshō Ono	Adam McArthur
	Mina Misasa	Chinatsu Akasaki	Tara Sands
	Hiroshi Tanegashima	Yumiko Kobayashi	Colleen O'Shaughnessey
	Nasa Houston	Mariya Ise	Abby Trott
	Mayor Sagami	Eiji Hanawa	Ray Chase
	Bright	Tokuyoshi Kawashima	Christopher Swindle
	Isako Darmstadt Nobeyama	Emiko Takeuchi	Julie Nathanson
	Chief (Kokubunji)	Jin Urayama	Kyle McCarley
	Twelve	Moichi Saitō	Elijah Ungvary

Additional Voices

• Ray Chase
• Kyle McCarley
• Cassandra Lee Morris
• Keith Silverstein
• Elijah Ungvary

Notes

• The English dub cast along with the English credits was uncredited though the dub is produced by Studiopolis. The only voice acting confirmations came through Twitter until the full cast was credited on January 30th.
• This is Julie Nathanson's first anime dub at Studiopolis.
• This is Elijah Ungvary and Abby Trott's first new anime dubbing roles at Studiopolis since Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress and Boruto: Naruto Next Generations in 2017 and 2018 respectively.

Transmission via Streaming

Company	Date	Category	Format	Classification	Country
	January 28, 2022	Anime / Netflix Original series	Digital	13+	United States

External Links

• The Orbital Children at the Internet Movie Database.
• The Orbital Children on the Anime News Network's encyclopedia.