Orb: On the Movements of the Earth - Opening Theme

[frustratedmbbs]

Goat series, following human curiosity, fear, hate

[Kira-uvpt]

The concept of idea being the main character is such a great concept.

[draganamadjarac]

This is definetely going to be the most underrated anime of the year.

[desumiFGO]

First time hearing: This is peak
After second hearing: NANDODEMO

[A_Nobbit]

I'm obsessed with astronomy ever since I was a kid.
I've been watching this anime 12 epsodes in so far, and I've resonated with the main characters so much.
Who would've thought that the pursuit of knowledge of the cosmos could be so, so dramatic back then.

[LaplacexX]

1:15 very striking. Still giving me goosebumps.

[Jonas-hkmk]

I like all of the characters but Badeni and Oczy were a great duo. They had the best episodes in my opinion

[thekiwigamr]

This anime caught me by surprise bro. Such a banger

[AnikRahman]

The mix of historical mystery, theory, psychological horror, learning, tragedy and science fiction in this anime is overwhelming and satisfying. I don’t think I have ever experienced this with many anime and that says a lot. Ive watch many popular and obscure ones. This one stands out so broad for some reason

[ratedrana]

And the beginning of the op changed with the recent ep, had to come back to this version to make sure.

[bobr]

It literally gives me hope to fight for my convictions. Goosebumps.

[NoNTrvaL]

One of the best animes out there. I guarantee that it's worth your time.

[Creepersons]

I haven't watched yet but this reminds me of the goat Vinland Saga so I'm looking forward to it

[DragonZhan]

The Orb anime speaks to me on a personal level.

There are little details specific about the persecution that religion imposes on scientists that happened to me in my life. It captures the unique intersection of the deconversion process from religion of a scientist and the undeniable draw of science that you just can’t forsake.

I was never one of the greats, and I wasn’t born in a time where my defiance would result in some great illumination for the world. But I was born into a cult that refused to acknowledge evolution was real. I had been taught that the evolution theory was the work of heathens, the demon-possessed, that believing in it was heresy and would mean I couldn’t go to heaven, that the evolution of infinite forms most beautiful was blasphemy against a creator who had to have made everything with a perfect design from inception.

I remember the first time I heard of evolution explained with clarity in a way that wasn’t just “Satan put dinosaurs in the rocks to trick us”. It was only a few words but suddenly it clicked, and I didn’t have a full picture but suddenly I had walked through a door that I couldn’t leave through again. Something took over, and I couldn’t stop, I had to *know*. When naively I voiced my new thoughts, I was beaten brutally, I was punished, I was threatened with death by my own family and forced to recant. I remember my uncle growing so angry that he had to be held back from whatever it was he wanted to do to me.

There was this buzzing in my head all day and all night that something was wrong, that I had been wrong my whole life. I *wanted to not know what I now knew*, I wanted to forget it, to go back to being secure in my place in heaven. But something pushed me onwards and alone, I kept pushing. I read all those heretical texts my captors told me not to and risked much to secretly obtain them and read them. I knew what the consequences were for holding these thoughts in the cult. The spark that seized me didn’t care.

When I began this awakening, I was still religious. I struggled, I pleaded internally to make some smorgasbord of compromise to hold on to my religion while incorporating evolution. It was such a strange scary time to think I would go to hell, to wonder if I had lost god’s protection and if the anxiousness I felt having to look over my shoulder was god’s disapproval looking down on me and demons creeping in. I remember disguising my research in my teen years as something more benign, that would not be seen as direct support of evolution. I was just annotating a genome. I was just comparing genomes to each other. It was just statistics about relatedness. As long as I didn’t mention “evolution” it wouldn’t set off any alarms.

I’m not sure when it happened, but there was a moment where finally, I was free, finally I was atheist, finally I could study the science that compelled me.
That heretical idea became everything that I am. I’m an evolutionary biologist. My biggest contribution to science has been the invention of new technologies that used directed evolution to create them.

They screamed of sacrifice, of mine in the name of isaac, son of abraham. I screamed of sacrifice in the name of Isaac too, but of Newton, of the laws of thermodynamics that could not be denied.

Anyway, go watch Orb.

[allstarraven]

I love how everyone in the comments has a personal experience with this anime, it's like it really attracted curious people from around the world and now we share more things in common ✨✨ I'm so happy that my fav japanese band created the opening for one of my new fav animes from all time ✨

[NeneAmanoCh]

Absolute peak. Might end up being one of my favorite anime ever. Every episode leaves my jaw wide open. Real deep stuff in here. Floored.

[pablomejia]

The song and the phenomenal direction of the op was enough to sell it for me, I'll be watching it

[kirosoir]

May have started late but damn this series has a hold on me I can’t quite explain

[XerpollAnimation]

The ending where the orb necklace gone in Rafal's hand is magnificent😢

[Lukiro]

So.. next week the last episode will air.
This has become my #1 favorite anime.
The plot, the writing, the characters, the beautiful scenery, the score. Everything is just so good.
And also one of the super rare anime that got me tearing up on specific episodes. What a masterpiece.
I'm so happy we still get anime with deeper meaning :)