Seikai no Monshou (Crest of the Stars)

In the distant future, humanity is under attack by the Abh Empire, a race of advanced humanoid beings possessing vastly superior technology. As countless worlds fall to the Abh, mankind establishes the Four Nations Alliance—a resistance faction made up of the United Mankind, the Republic of Greater Alcont, the Federation of Hania, and the People's Sovereign of Union Planets.

Seikai no Monshou tells the story of Jinto Linn. When he was young, his father—the president of Martine—sold their world in exchange for a high position in the empire. Now a young count, Jinto must learn the ways of Abh nobility and live among those who subjugated his people. Helping him is Lafiel Abriel, an austere Abh princess whom Jinto quickly befriends. While traveling to Jinto's new school in the Abh homeland, their ship is caught in a violent space battle between the fleets of the Alliance and the Abh. Jinto and Abriel are thrust into the conflict, unaware that this skirmish marks the beginning of a full-scale war between the Abh Empire and mankind.

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Adaptation:	Seikai no Monshou
Sequel:	Seikai no Senki
Prequel:	Seikai no Danshou: Tanjou
Summary:	Seikai no Monshou Special

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Abriel, Lafiel

Main

Kawasumi, Ayako
Japanese

Linn, Jinto

Main

Imai, Yuka
Japanese

Spoor, Beneej

Supporting

Fukami, Rica
Japanese

Abriel, Dusanyu

Supporting

Shiozawa, Kaneto
Japanese

Lexshue, Plakia

Supporting

Takashima, Gara
Japanese

Tlaïmh Borgh Ybdér, Laimsairh

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Kosugi, Juurouta
Japanese

Atosryua Syun-Atos Febdash Lyuf Raika Febdac, Srumh

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Mugihito
Japanese

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Jou, Haruhiko
Japanese

Kyte

Supporting

Ikemizu, Michihiro
Japanese

Entryua, Rei

Supporting

Ishizuka, Unshou
Japanese

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Nagaoka, Yasuchika

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Kobayashi, Katsuyoshi

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Shinohara, Toshiya

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Yoshinaga, Aya

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"Opening Theme" by Katsuhisa Hattori

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"Ushinawareta Aozora" by TimeSlip-Rendezvous

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Dec 7, 2021

666

Recommended

Crest of the Stars is one of the best sci-fi series that I have ever watched and I will try my best to formulate my opinions in a simplistic manner. Having said that let's not dwell too much about the synopsis and get straight into the review.

Crest of the Stars does nothing short of an outrageously amazing job of depicting a space-age saga without ever losing its way. In the first episode, everything gets very clear that this is heavily influenced by imperialism. You get thrown into this not world but a galaxy of endless possibilities of places to discover and inhabit. With the ... introduction of Linto one of two main characters who is the heir of the human empire. He's thrown into the life of Abh nobility which is the most powerful empire in the entire universe. Abhs are best described as humans without flaws. In every single practical sense, they're superior and overall better and stronger than any human could possibly wish for, which is the cause of their dominance. But back to Linto. After the human empire's leader basically betrays his own people for his personal gain, Linto's role changed very quickly. He's no longer seen as the heir/prince but instead a betrayer. Linto later get's ordered to moderate Lafiel, the princess of the Abhs. Ironically, she becomes a good friend with Linto because he doesn't just see her as a princess but instead as a being of equal status and rank. That's a short introduction to the series and the two main characters.
I can talk about this much longer but the review would be too lenghty.

Moving on to the art. Crest of the Stars first aired in 1999 created by studio Sunrise. It's definitely not their best work in terms of visually pleasing animation. However, I think the old-school drawing style fits the aesthetic of the show quite well. The actual style is somewhat unique and nothing feels lazily done. Not to mention the amazing battle scenes in space, looks absolutely gorgeous.

The sound is out of this world. The intro theme is magnificent and invokes all kinds of feelings when you listen to it. It sets the scene and helps with the general dark tone of the show. But what I am most impressed with is the creation of a completely new language to represent the Abhs. The voice acting is average across the board but does the job. There is a dubbed version which you should avoid at all costs.

Having no expectation and knowing nothing about the series and the story before. I can definitely recommend this to anyone who likes sci-fi. The progress of the relationship between Jinto and Lafiel feels natural and the world-building is one of the best I have seen from this medium. While writing this I suddenly realized something very important that didn't think of during my initial watch. There is absolutely no character from the enemy army. This furthers adds to the imperialism part where the true villains of the story are the Abhs. You feel emotionally attached to the Abhs and you see the humans as inferior and bad people. When things should be the other way around. Please watch it. It's one of a kind and definitely worth investing your time into.

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Apr 14, 2021

thefunkhunter

Mixed Feelings

Crest of the stars is less sci fi and more romance comedy without the romance and without the comedy (very poor attempts anyway). The two main characters are unlikable entitled nobles with a typical archetypical strong female lead and an beta male. Ship and art design is decent enough. Those that are fans of legends of galactic heroes will be disappointed in the poor characters and there lack of development in this one. I kept waiting for the anime to pick up or get better and it never did. The two main characters are excruciating to listen to them have a conversation and will ...

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Aug 2, 2021

hhmmmm

Not Recommended

Genuinely one of the worst anime I've ever seen and I read a lot of sci-fi and in terms of scifi outside of anime it's also abysmal.

Tedious, formulaic and genuinely no redeeming features. It does't even look good.

It's genuinely terrible. But not only is it terrible it's also deeply up it's own arse that it doesn't understand it's trash. And so gives it some of the dramatic trappings and rhythms of epic scifi with none of the intellectual or dramatic content.

But the other thing is it's also so long. It's not got much to say and even less that's interesting but to presumably fill the ...

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