Men Who Dreamed of Space

うちゅうをゆめみたおとこたち

Aired: 1990

TV special anime based on the space-development arc of the manga 'Eikō Naki Tensai-tachi' by writer Kazunori Itoh and artist Shingo Morita, broadcast on TBS. The documentary-style work traces humanity's drive into space, from rocket pioneer Konstantin Tsiolkovsky's dreams through scientists like Wernher von Braun, the Cold War-era US-Soviet space race, and the Apollo 11 Moon landing in 1969. Carefully depicting historical figures and political maneuvering, it captures the passion and hardship of humanity reaching toward the unknown. The ending theme by Misato Watanabe and Motoharu Sano also drew attention. (C)TBS