Show Info

Status: Ended
First Aired: March 31, 2012
Seasons: 2
Episodes: 99
Networks: Nippon TV, YTV
Genres: Animation, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

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Space Brothers(2012)

TMDB Rating: 8.1 (22 votes)

Overview

When they were young, the brothers Mutta and Hibito promised each other they would become astronauts. Now, in 2025, Hibito has followed his dream to become the first Japanese on the moon, but Mutta has just been fired from his job. His brother reminds him of their childhood promise, and Mutta decides once again to aim for space.

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Season 1

51 episodes • 2012

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Little Brother Hibito and Big Brother Mutta	Mar 31, 2012
2	My Shining Star	Apr 7, 2012
3	The Man with the Advantage and the Running Female Doctor	Apr 14, 2012
4	Next to Hibito	Apr 21, 2012
5	Days of Missing	Apr 28, 2012
6	Et Cetera in My Head	May 5, 2012
7	Dear Hibito	May 12, 2012
8	Smoky Heaven	May 19, 2012
9	Individual Resolve	May 26, 2012
10	Running Bus	Jun 2, 2012
11	Trapped Rivals	Jun 9, 2012
12	My Name Is Itou Serika	Jun 16, 2012
13	3-D Ant	Jun 23, 2012
14	Broken Glasses and the Sole of the Foot	Jun 30, 2012
15	Let's Talk About Space	Jul 7, 2012
16	Alarm, but No Clock	Jul 14, 2012
17	The Culprit Is in the Room	Jul 21, 2012
18	Roo-ra! Kenji!	Jul 28, 2012
19	The Day Before Goodbye	Aug 4, 2012
20	The Worst Possible Punishment	Aug 11, 2012
21	A Long-Awaited Glimpse of the Sky	Aug 18, 2012
22	Working on the Dream	Sep 1, 2012
23	Father, Son, and Mutta Claus	Sep 8, 2012
24	The Worst Possible Interviewer	Sep 15, 2012
25	Sonic Little Brother Training Big Brother	Sep 22, 2012
26	Painful Interview	Sep 29, 2012
27	One Question	Oct 6, 2012
28	Miracle of Doha	Oct 13, 2012
29	Night Before Launch	Oct 20, 2012
30	Dog, Old Man, and Alexander	Oct 27, 2012
31	Rocket Road	Nov 3, 2012
32	A Private Place	Nov 10, 2012
33	Moon Rabbit	Nov 17, 2012
34	Pug and Hug on a Moonlit Night	Nov 24, 2012
35	From the Little Corner of a Big Facility	Dec 1, 2012
36	Dancing Astronaut	Dec 8, 2012
37	Two Men in the Park	Dec 15, 2012
38	Eleventh E-mail	Dec 22, 2012
39	Lunar Illusions	Jan 5, 2013
40	Heaven and Hell	Jan 12, 2013
41	Eighty Minutes to Live	Jan 19, 2013
42	Hibito's Choice	Jan 26, 2013
43	Brian	Feb 2, 2013
44	Three Astronauts	Feb 9, 2013
45	Five Blue Rangers	Feb 16, 2013
46	Number One Restless Guy	Feb 23, 2013
47	The First Promise	Mar 2, 2013
48	Always Have a Pedometer in Your Heart	Mar 9, 2013
49	Nitta the Leader	Mar 16, 2013
50	Nitta and Mutta	Mar 23, 2013
51	Living Stone	Mar 30, 2013

Season 2

48 episodes • 2013

#	Episode	Air Date
1	A Big Brother Should Always...	Apr 6, 2013
2	Stand on the Moon Together Alive	Apr 13, 2013
3	Do I Have Good Luck?	Apr 20, 2013
4	Distant Goal	Apr 27, 2013
5	Promise to Drink	May 4, 2013
6	An Engineer's Switch	May 11, 2013
7	Earnest Failure	May 18, 2013
8	Promise Sign	May 25, 2013
9	Sea Diver and Space Diver	Jun 1, 2013
10	Those Who Wait for Hibito	Jun 8, 2013
11	Those Who Dream Far	Jun 15, 2013
12	Young Excitement	Jun 22, 2013
13	Piece of Cake	Jun 29, 2013
14	Wheelchair Pilot	Jul 13, 2013
15	Two Notebooks	Jul 20, 2013
16	Deneil-ized!	Jul 27, 2013
17	Two Keyboards	Aug 3, 2013
18	Next to Hibito	Aug 10, 2013
19	Determination to Give Up	Aug 17, 2013
20	Rehearsal	Aug 31, 2013
21	Hibito's Disorder	Sep 7, 2013
22	A Road on the Roadless Moon	Sep 14, 2013
23	Magic Trick	Sep 21, 2013
24	My Hands	Sep 28, 2013
25	Olga	Oct 5, 2013
26	An Astronaut's Daughter	Oct 12, 2013
27	Out of Time	Oct 19, 2013
28	Olga, Hibito and Gagarin	Oct 26, 2013
29	Secret	Nov 2, 2013
30	Worst Enemy	Nov 9, 2013
31	Space Family	Nov 16, 2013
32	Kenji and I	Nov 23, 2013
33	Supandaman	Nov 30, 2013
34	On the Moon's Surface	Dec 7, 2013
35	For Tomorrow	Dec 14, 2013
36	To the Place Where I Belong	Dec 21, 2013
37	Pretty Dog	Jan 4, 2014
38	Last Words	Jan 11, 2014
39	A Small Note and a Big Lucky Charm	Jan 18, 2014
40	How to Help Hibito	Jan 25, 2014
41	Lonely People	Feb 1, 2014
42	In the Corner of My Heart	Feb 8, 2014
43	Exciting Teamwork	Feb 15, 2014
44	Our History	Feb 22, 2014
45	Astronaut and Father	Mar 1, 2014
46	Won't Go Away	Mar 8, 2014
47	The Ultimate Astronaut	Mar 15, 2014
48	Life Changes, Promises Don't	Mar 22, 2014

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