Mighty Space Miners

Synonyms: Oira Uchu no Tankofu

Aired: Nov 11, 1994 to Jan 27, 1995

Premiered: Fall 1994

Duration: 25m

MAL Score: 6.32

Studios: Triangle Staff

Producers: KSS, Triangle Staff, ADV Films, Discotek Media

In the mid-21st century, mankind has begun the exploration of space, and one company, Planet Catcher Corporation, has pioneered capturing asteroids and comets to mine the resources within them for use on Earth. On one such asteroid, Tortatis, lives 12-year-old Nanbu Ushiwaka - the only child ever to be born in space and survive. But survival itself is no longer guaranteed - a military satellite triggers a disaster during a operation to capture Halley`s Comet, and Ushiwaka and his fellow colonists must find a way to survive when both their country and their company abandon them. Can they escape before the nuclear reactor on the asteroid melts down? Or are they doomed to die as they lived, among the stars?