Starship Troopers (OVA)
Starship Troopers (宇宙の戦士, Uchū no Senshi, lit. "Universal Warriors", "Universal Soldiers" or "Soldier of Space") is a six-part anime OVA produced by Sunrise and released in 1988. It is based on the 1959 book Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein. The OVA was dedicated to Heinlein who died before the first part of the series was released.
| Starship Troopers | |
.gif) Cover of official handbook on the series showing Johnny Rico inside the power armor design from the OVA. | |
| 宇宙の戦士 (Uchū no Senshi) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Mecha, military science fiction |
| Created by | Based on Starship Troopers 1959 novel by Robert A. Heinlein |
| Original video animation | |
| Directed by | Tetsurō Amino |
| Produced by | Hironori Nakagawa Minoru Takanashi |
| Written by | Tsunehisa Ito Shō Aikawa |
| Music by | Hiroyuki Namba |
| Studio | Sunrise |
| Released | October 25, 1988 – December 17, 1988 |
| Runtime | 25 minutes |
| Episodes | 6 |
Mecha design
Kazutaka Miyatake of Studio Nue originally designed the mobile infantry powered armors in the OVA for a Japanese edition of the novel (published by Hayakawa Publishing, Japan's largest science fiction publisher) in the early eighties.[1] A mecha based on this design also appears on the DAICON III and IV Opening Animations from 1981 and 1983, a few years before the OVA was released.
Episode list
- "Johnny"
- "Hendrick"
- "Maria"
- "Greg"
- "Cherenkov"
- "Carmencita"
References
- Gundam Century (1st Edition), p.146. Minori Shobo. September 22, 1981.
External links
- Starship Troopers (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Starship Troopers at Gears Online
- Uchu No Senshi (1988) at IMDb
- Armored Fighting Suit (Archived)
- Armored Fighting Suit Cont.. (Archived)
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