Space Brothers 宇宙兄弟 2012～2014

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“The older brother should always be ahead of the younger one”

Once upon a time there were two brothers, Hibito and Mutta. When they were little, the boys made a promise to each other as they looked up into the night sky. Jump forward to the year 2025. Hibito has kept his promise and became an astronaut, part of the first wave of people to live for an extended period on the moon.
Meanwhile, the older brother Mutta has been fired from his job and was unemployed. But a message from his brother makes him decide to become an astronaut again.