There is a prologue(snowglobe) and a continuation(Hoshi no hito) available from the drama CDs. These are translated on youtube, then you can buy the raw version on Itunes to support Key.
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I do believe those are continued in the Hoshi no Hito drama CDs (which I really need to listen to one of these days)
I’ll look forward to that, then! 
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Yes, go listen to Hoshi no Hito! It’s pretty much a complete sequel.
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Alright, I’ve just finished Planetarium via Steam. Thanks to a fellow member.
I loved the story, and the MC is adorable. I’m still gazing at the sky and thinking about the end and everything… sigh
Glad to know there’s a sequel. Nevertheless, the story was OK alone, as is.
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This just popped up over at the Steam forums. Currently there are 19 achievements with 16 hidden which are achieved upon certain chapters and hidden to avoid spoilers. You can still see them by opening the achievements tab and selecting “Global Achievements”.
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Yes. The very meeting of the Junker and Yumemi can be considered ‘the Key magic’ in planetarian. Doubley so given how stressed it was that everything required for their meeting was near impossible to happen.
That seems more like fate than Key magic to me. If that does count wouldn’t the powers in Charlotte count as Key magic?
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The powers in Charlotte, whilst not present in everyone, aren’t treated as being uncommon themselves. Whilst Yumemi and Junker’s meeting is basically acknowledged as being a miracle.
I read the iOS version of Planetarian about a month ago. I really enjoyed the voice acting and being able to switch back and forth between Japanese and English. I haven’t read/played any VNs by Key so I don’t have much to compare the mechanics to.
Anyway, the first half of Planetarian was somewhat boring to me, although I did like the interactions between Yumemi and Junker (I guess that’s what we’re calling him). I was not expecting to cry because I thought I didn’t really care about Yumemi that much, but when she died… the scene between the two characters was so touching and I cried anyway.
I don’t particularly care for the soundtrack much. I do like Hoshi no Sekai and Itsukushimi Fukaki. Do most people know these are arrangements of “What a Friend We Have in Jesus”?
One of the first replies on this thread said something about Mattaki Hito being church-sounding, which I found ironic, because Itsukushimi Fukaki is the church one 
Anyway, I also like Human Warrior.
Yeah, I think a lot of people recognize it.
I actually really loved the soundtrack. The whole theme of being in a planetarium and looking at the wide expanse of stars with just you and Yumemi the guide was soothing and almost nostalgic? Nostalgia of something not known.
Anyway, yeah, Yumemi’s death hit me. Not as much because she died, but because of what she said: the whole “don’t let Heaven be split in two” had a great theme of love behind it. I’m super curious to see what they do with Harmonia; it looks similar: robot, abandoned/empty world, he and two others, similar staff as planetarian IIRC…
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And Yumumi’s theme “The Song of Circling Stars” is actually a melody that’s used at planetariums in Japan. It’s the musical rendition of a famous poem about the planets in the sky.
I think that’s the main character of that drama cd.
Wouldn’t that means she’s also a Key heroine ?
That’s Achtneun, which is german; a english translation would be EightNine. She is from the Jerusalem story. She is more of an antagonist than a heroine.
Edit: It’s easier to just refer to her as the nun or sister though.
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Jerusalem-chan is legit.
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Under the pressing recommendation of @Pepe and @HeliosAlpha, I listened to Hoshi no Hito today. While I liked the ambiguity of Planetarian’s ending, some part of me did want to see if the Junker would make it.
Once again written by Suzumoto, we are put in the perspective of three children who find an old man buried in the snow. They soon discover that this man is a Stargazer, who is described as a man who shows people the stars. The Stargazer tells the eager and open-minded children about the stars, and the subject fascinates them much in the same manner as how it fascinated the more close-minded Junker. (Spoilers beyond) The children decide to follow in the Stargazer’s footsteps and become Stargazers themselves, but the judgement of the village, along with the Stargazer’s own demise, crushes their hopes. However, the village recognizes that their ‘goddess’, which turns out to be a trashed robot, has blessed the Stargazer, prompting the village to reverse their decision on letting the children become Stargazers.
One of the great things about this story is that the emotions are distributed quite evenly, knowing exactly how much and when sorrow and hope should be applied. The major reveal of the Stargazer being the Junker did not surprise me, but the scene involving his death was written so beautifully, I could not help but tear up.
I’ll end by saying that Hoshi no Hito is a wonderful listen for anyone who liked Planetarian, and want more out of the story. Thanks to Pepe and HeliosAlpha for recommending it to me!
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I want to talk about Yumemi’s quote “Please do not divide Heaven in two…
that there be no separate Heavens for humans and robots”. Do you think
Yumemi’s prayer conflicts with most religious concepts of afterlife of a
Heaven and Hell?
Despite Yumemi’s religiously acceptive attitude towards various gods (she points out the Greek
pantheon) this belief is pitted against most afterlife beliefs.
the sequel side story when Junker passes away with the robot praying beside
him, he meets Yumemi at the planetarium with her wish to be able to cry
fulfilled, (this is debatebly a hallucination) assume that this is
her ideal Heaven where robots and humans have their afterlife.
Opinions on this religious concept and potential disagreements
that would arise with other beliefs and planetarian’s acceptiveness of other religions?
I haven’t read the prequel side stories but I understand planetarian can make plenty of Christian references but do you think planetarian aligns with a religion?
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You might wanna spoiler tag those side stories
I think planetarian aligns with religion, but in a very human-centric way. A lot of religions tend to be “exclusive”, ergo, salvation is only promised to their followers (not to generalize, of course). Planetarian might somehow spin this concept on its head by making the excluded party not a human, but one with very human elements, and struggles to find that belonging. It’s a bit bittersweet in a way, but what I think it implies is that, despite our differences, Yumemi wishes for an afterlife where all humans, no matter the religion, no matter the biology (Robots are human too!), get along without having to worry about social restrictions. That does truly seem like a paradise.
It is also her own desire to keep helping out humans, as that is the main reason of her existence, whether on earth or in the afterlife.
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