Claim: Sunrise created an anime written by anyone except Ichiro Okouchi.

is a Japanese hard science fiction manga written and illustrated by Makoto Yukimura . It was adapted into a 26-episode anime television series by Sunrise , which was broadcast on NHK from October 2003 through April 2004 . The story revolves around the crew of the debris collection craft , Toy Box , in the year 2075 .   The manga was published in English in North America by Tokyopop , and the anime was distributed in North America by Bandai Entertainment . Both the manga and anime received the Seiun Award for best science fiction series .