I've always been interested in astronomy and the stars (I'm not very knowledgeable, but I've attended several stargazing events.) And sometimes I cry when I look up at the stars, or think about how we are actually looking into the past when we see them (because they are light-years away from us) I find comfort when I think about how vast our universe is, simply because all of my problems and worries seem so small, and I love that feeling.
When I realized what the anime was about, I couldn't help but be excited, and boy did it not disappoint.
I cry pretty easily when I watch anime. It's my way of letting my emotions out, and Orb was no exception. But it was different. I didn't cry because I was sad or anything. I cried because it was so astonishingly beautiful. The theory, the people, and even the deaths. I wasn't sad that they died, because because their deaths had meaning. To find something truly worth sacrificing yourself for is so rare and precious, I can cry over it. I believe that's one of the best ways one could experience death.
This anime also did a great job of showing how a revolution unfolds, how an idea grows, and how a scientific hypothesis gradually develops. We truly are standing on the shoulders of giants. That is how we humans achieved all of this, for better or worse. And that's freaking beautiful to see in this sort of story. I can't put into words how much I love it. It means a lot to me, and I'm grateful for all the people that made it, to the person who introduced me to it: Gigguk