Uchūsen Sagittarius (宇宙船サジタリウス) is a 77-episode Japanese science fiction anime television series directed by Kazuyoshi Yokota and created by Nippon Animation and TV Asahi. It aired between January 10, 1986, and October 3, 1987. The series is based on comics created by Italian physicist Andrea Romoli.[1] The series was a huge success in Japan and even won the Osamu Tezuka's Atom Award at the Tokyo Film Festival.
Story
The series depicts the adventures of four astronauts who travel through space and visit many planets. On each planet they have an adventure. Each adventure seems to have a moral, such as the value of friendship or the protection of endangered species.
Setting
The series takes place in a seemingly not so distant future. The world greatly resembles the world of the late 20th century, but there is a considerable amount of futuristic technology: interstellar travel is common place (the spatial agency which employs the characters is a modest private agency not related to the government), laser weapons