Yokkamarché

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Yokkamarché as seen from space.

Yokkamarché is the 43rd stage station planet on the Galaxy Highway, not known for anything in particular tourism-wise. Yokkamarché is a heavily industrial planet, with its entire surface covered by highly automated factories. The development of technology lead to the locals not having to work a lot and also to a vastly improved healthcare, which guarantees them long, healthy lives.
Appearance-wise, the Yokkamarchése look similar to Earthlings – the key differences are that they have cable-like antennae growing out from the top of their heads and conical ears. Thanks to their advanced healthcare, they have a lot of free time to spend on their hobbies – a prominent one is watching anime made on Earth through viewing reruns broadcast into space network. As they have access only to the reruns, the currently most popular series are from the previous century.

Industrialised surface of Yokkamarché.
A group of Yokkamarchése.

The Yokkamarchése have a strong desire for collecting materials of any kind related to their hobby, regardless of their quality – if Armeni can serve as an example for the entire population, they will even value these above any amount of money and resort to unethical means for obtaining something they want.
This planet was visited in episode 9.

Trivia[edit]

Yokkamarché is named after Yokkaichi, which was also a station of the original Tōkaidō. Nowadays Yokkaichi is an industrial town.