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Orb: On the Movements of the Earth
After learning heretical teachings about the Earth and the Sun, a child prodigy searches for his master's hidden research while evading the Inquisition.
- Language:
- Japanese
- Country:
- Japan
- Network:
- NHK G
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Season 1
Episodes
E01
Episode 1
★ 7.7Heliocentrism. How About That?
2024-10-05 · 25mA gifted young student plans to study theology at university, but his true passion is astronomy. One day, he meets a mysterious scholar named Hubert.
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E02
Episode 2
★ 7.6And Now... I'm Going to Move the Earth
2024-10-05 · 25mRafał is intrigued by Hubert’s heliocentric theory. Later, Hubert is arrested by an inquisitor but he gives Rafał a pendant before being whisked away.
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E03
Episode 3
★ 8.2I... Believe in Heliocentrism
2024-10-12 · 25mNowak convinces Potocki to admit to Rafał's heresy. Once arrested, Rafał is given a choice: recant his belief in heliocentrism or submit to torture.
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E04
Episode 4
★ 7.3The Fact That This World Is Far More Beautiful Than Heaven
2024-10-19 · 25mThe duelist Oczy wishes for death so he can escape his hopeless world and go to heaven. His colleague finds meaning in life by observing the stars.
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E05
Episode 5
★ 7.1Even If I Die... This World Will Continue
2024-10-26 · 25mGras aborts the mission, placing himself and Oczy in mortal danger from Nowak. They both flee for the mountains, where they find a stone chest.
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E06
Episode 6
★ 7.6Move... The World
2024-11-02 · 25mOczy seeks the help of Badeni, the demoted monk who incurred the Church's wrath by turning his curiosity to the riddles of the sky.
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E07
Episode 7
★ 6.8Matters of the Truth
2024-11-09 · 25mGifted scholar Jolenta suffers discrimination as the only girl at an astronomy institute. Badeni seeks resources to prove the heliocentric theory.
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E08
Episode 8
★ 7.2We Must Become Icarus
2024-11-16 · 25mBadeni offers Jolenta a chance to pursue the truth of the skies, but she is overcome with fear. Afterward, she overhears bold words from Count Piast.
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E09
Episode 9
★ 7.5This Is What It Means... To Learn Something, I Think
2024-11-23 · 25mA middle-aged Piast vows to prove his professor's geocentric model. In the present, he agrees to let Badeni use his records — on one condition.
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E10
Episode 10
★ 7.2Truth
2024-11-30 · 25mOczy tells Badeni that he is learning to read and write. Later, Badeni's claim that knowledge should be held by a select few bothers a fellow monk.
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E11
Episode 11
★ 7.2Terror
2024-12-07 · 25mNowak gives two rookie inquisitors a terrifying first taste of their new roles. Badeni meets with Jolenta and tells her he has completed his theory.
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E12
Episode 12
★ 7.7Heliocentrism Is My Faith
2024-12-14 · 25mNowak asks Badeni to show him his research. He inspects Badeni's premises but doesn't find anything incriminating — until he spots a certain item.
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E13
Episode 13
★ 7.7Freedom
2024-12-21 · 25mIn a medical area within the inquisition chamber, a wounded Oczy awakes to see Nowak, who has kept him alive in hopes of extracting information.
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E14
Episode 14
★ 7.2Tonight's Sky...
2024-12-28 · 25mBadeni must choose between revealing the location of the heretical documents on heliocentric theory or prolonging Oczy's torture at Nowak's hands.
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E15
Episode 15
★ 7.3Is It... My Turn?
2025-01-04 · 25mNowak believes his beloved daughter has been executed as a heretic. Father Grabowski comes across a letter from Badeni containing an unusual request.
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E16
Episode 16
★ 6.3It's Time to Begin the Operation
2025-01-11 · 25mTwenty-five years later, Captain Schmidt of the extremist Heretic Liberation Front infiltrates a church and steals an important item.
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E17
Episode 17
★ 6.7I Could Make a Lot of Money with This Book… Maybe
2025-01-18 · 25mA young nomad woman haunted by poverty devotes her life to obtaining wealth. One night, she discovers the book that Frei hid in the abandoned village.
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E18
Episode 18
★ 6.8To Liberate Information
2025-01-25 · 25mBishop Antoni orders Draka to hand over the book, but Schmidt’s men suddenly intervene. Determined to change her fate, she takes a bold action.
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E19
Episode 19
★ 6.8Wandering Is How You Find What's Right
2025-02-01 · 25mHoping to track down the people who stole the book, an inquisitor seeks advice from Nowak, who now spends his days drowning his sorrows.
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E20
Episode 20
★ 6.8I Love Heliocentrism
2025-02-08 · 25mAs the Heretic Liberation Front prepares to depart, Jolenta entrusts Draka with a letter. Soon after, Nowak and the inquisitors approach the barn.
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E21
Episode 21
★ 7.0The Times Are Changing
2025-02-15 · 25mSchmidt and the others regroup with their Liberation Front comrades and begin printing the book. However, a traitor brings their operation to a halt.
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E22
Episode 22
★ 7.0Neither of You Will Be Known to History
2025-02-22 · 25mAs Nowak's group attacks the Liberation Front, Draka and Schmidt begin their escape. Upon reaching town, Draka makes a proposition to Bishop Antoni.
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E23
Episode 23
★ 7.2Comrades
2025-03-01 · 25mA deluded Nowak turns against Antoni and attempts to burn down the church. Draka fights back and escapes but incurs a terrible wound.
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E24
Episode 24
★ 6.5Thaumazein
2025-03-08 · 25mAlbert goes to deliver an order of bread to a church. While there, he encounters a mysterious priest who encourages him to confess his sins.
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E25
Episode 25
★ 6.7『?』
2025-03-15 · 25mAlbert leaves the academic gathering and returns home to an awful sight. In the present, the priest gives Albert advice and makes his own confession.
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