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Seikai no Monshō I "Teikoku no Ōjo" Japanese book cover
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星界の紋章
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Crest of the Stars
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Space Opera
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'' ( (some parts could classify as
Military Science Fiction /military space opera) science fiction novels written by
Hiroyuki Morioka . Beginning in 1999, the novels were adapted into
Anime series, the first of which ran for 13 episodes on
WOWOW . The initial trilogy was followed by a second, ongoing novels series, ''
Banner Of The Stars '' (currently 4 volumes, aka ''Seikai no Senki''), which was adapted into three sequel series to the anime -- ''
Banner Of The Stars '' (13 episodes, aka ''Seikai no Senki''), ''
Banner Of The Stars II '' (10 episodes, aka ''Seikai no Senki II'') and both adapting the second novel, two recap movies -- ''Crest of the Stars Special Edition'' and ''Banner of the Stars Special Edition'', and an
OVA '''Crest of the Stars Lost Chapter''' (aka ''
Seikai No Danshō ''). The fourth anime series, adapting the third novel, ''Banner of the Stars III'' (aka ''Seikai no Senki III'') is an
OVA released in Japan in 2005.
The Trilogy is composed of the following books, which were translated and released in English by
Tokyopop in 2006 and 2007:
- '' (星界の紋章I 帝国の王女) (Crest of the Stars I ''"Princess of the Empire"'') (Released September 6 2006 in U.S. by Tokyopop)
- '' (星界の紋章II ささやかな戦い) (Crest of the Stars II ''"A Modest War"'') (Released January 9 2007 in U.S. by Tokyopop)
- '' (星界の紋章III 異郷への帰還) (Crest of the Stars III ''"Return to a Strange World"'') (Released May 8 2007 in U.S. by Tokyopop)
Tokyopop also released a manga adaptation of the Trilogy by Aya Yoshinaga. The manga was illustrated by Toshihihiro Ono and Aya Yoshinaga. Hiroyuki Morioka is also credited on the cover as the original creator.
Much like the anime series, it covers all three novels. Dubbed the first part of the , since two other compainion mangas were also released, adapting
Banner Of The Stars and
Banner Of The Stars II :
- ''Seikai Trilogy, Vol. 1: Crest of the Stars''
''Crest of the Stars'' and ''Banner of the Stars'' (series I and II) follow
Ghintec Linn (aka Jinto Lynn), a young count whose world is taken over by the space-dwelling race of the
Abh . When Ghintec was a young boy, his father, Rock Lynn, under threat of invasion, handed over their world, Martine, to the Abh in exchange for a position within Abh society. Young Ghintec is sent off to school to learn the ways of Abh nobility and the story of ''Crest of the Stars'' picks up as he meets the young Abh
Princess ,
Lamhirh (aka Lafiel) as they are about to travel to military school for Ghintec's further training.
However, in the midst of their travels, Lamhirh and Ghintec (along with the Abh ship ''Gothlauth'', aka ''Gosroth'') find themselves at the very beginnings of a war between the
Abh Empire and the Four Nations Alliance of humankind - an anti-Abh alliance of the democratic nations of the United Mankind, the Federation of Hania, the Republic of Greater Alcont, and the People's Sovereign Union of Planets - a conflict with strong overtones of the
Peloponnesian War between
Sparta and
Athens .
The series -- both the anime and novels -- are particularly notable for the fact that Morioka created for them an entire language,
Baronh (and an accompanying alphabet,
Ath ), which the Abh speak, read, and write. Almost all written text in the anime is in Baronh, with occasional text in other (invented) languages; at least one planet is shown to have adopted Ath to write their own language (although this is not a plot point, and easily missed).
''Crest of the Stars'' was released in Japan in 1999 and in the
United States by
Bandai in 2001. At the end of 2002,
TechTV announced that ''Crest of the Stars'' was to be one of the initial titles as part of their new ''
Anime Unleashed '' programming and began broadcast at the end of 2002 and through 2003.
See Also: Characters in Crest of the Stars
The main protagonists of Seikai series of novels and anime are
Ghintec (Jinto), a genetically "Terran" Abh nobleman, and
Lamhirh (Lafiel), a princess of the empire. The story generally revolves around their evolving relationship. Other characters also give color to the story, the importance of whom underscore the rather difficult and extraordinary circumstances the relationship of the two main characters have to develop under. There of course is their fellow bridge crew on the attack ship Basroil- Sobach, Aicryac, and Samsonn. From the empress on the top to the lowly "grounder" subject, from the Commander-in-Chief of the ''Rüé Spainec (Imperial Armed Forces)'' to the ordinary ''fectodaic (Wing Flyer)'', from the ambassadors of foreign states to their forces in the battlefield, the characters of the Seikai series give depth to its story.
# Invasion
# Kin of the Stars
# Daughter of Love
# Surprise Attack
# The Battle of Gosroth
# Mysterious Conspiracy
# Fortunate Revolt
# The Style of the Abh
# To the Battlefield
# Escape: Just the Two of Us
# Sufugnoff Gateway Battle
# Lady of Chaos
# Trouble Soaring Through Heaven
