Shitamachi Rocket (2011)

Shitamachi Rocket 2011 / 下町ロケット 2011 / Downtown Rocket

Tsukuda Kohei was once in charge of the development of a space rocket. He had resigned from the Agency of Space and Astronautical Science to take responsibility for the failure of the rocket launch and now runs Tsukuda Manufacturing, a small factory in the old downtown district. Meanwhile, Teikoku Heavy Industries announces a project to launch a domestically-made rocket at a press conference. While the project was proceeding smoothly, project manager Zaizen Michio, head of the Aerospace Division, received a shocking report. The patent for the proprietary engine component technology that Teikoku Heavy Industries had gone all out to develop has already been filed by Tsukuda Manufacturing! The rocket could not fly without that component, so a beleaguered Zaizen offered Tsukuda 2 billion yen to transfer that patent. But... ~~ Adapted from the novel ‟Shitamachi Rocket‟ (下町ロケット) by Ikeido Jun (池井戸潤).