Banner of the Stars

Infobox animanga/Header
name = Banner of the Stars


caption =
ja_name = 星界の戦旗
ja_name_trans = Seikai no Senki
genre = Space opera, Military science fictionInfobox animanga/Novel
title =
author = Hiroyuki Morioka
illustrator = Toshihiro Ono
publisher = flagicon|Japan Hayakawa Publishing, Sunrise
flagicon|USA Tokyopop
first = December 1996
last =
volumes = 4Infobox animanga/Anime
title =
director = Yasuchika Nagaoka
studio = flagicon|Japan Sunrise
licensor = flagicon|USA Bandai Entertainment
network = flagicon|Japan WOWOW
first = April 14, 2000
last = July 14, 2000
episodes = 13Infobox animanga/Anime
title = Banner of the Stars II
director = Yasuchika Nagaoka
studio = flagicon|Japan Sunrise
licensor = flagicon|USA Bandai Entertainment
network = flagicon|Japan WOWOW
first = July 11, 2001
last = September 26, 2001
episodes = 10Infobox animanga/OVA
title = Banner of the Stars III
director = Yasuchika Nagaoka
studio = flagicon|Japan Sunrise
episodes = 2
released = August 26, 2005
runtime = 55 minutesInfobox animanga/Other
title = Related
content =
* Seikai no Monshō - 2000
* Seikai no Danshō (OAV) - 2000

nihongo|"Banner of the Stars"|星界の戦旗|Seikai no Senki|lit. "Battle Flag of the Stars" is a series of science fiction novels written by Hiroyuki Morioka, which serve as sequels to "Crest of the Stars". The series is ongoing. Three of the four novels in the series have been made into anime.

Novels

As of the present, there are four novels in the "Seikai no Senki" series. These are:
*Seikai no Senki I "Kizuna no Katachi" (Banner of the Stars I "The Form of Bonds")
*Seikai no Senki II "Mamoru Beki Mono" (Banner of the Stars II"That Which Is to Be Protected")
*Seikai no Senki III "Kazoku no Shokutaku" (Banner of the Stars III"A Family Dinner")
*Seikai no Senki IV "Kishimu Jikuu" (Banner of the Stars IV"Cacophonous Space-Time")

So far there are TV anime adaptations of the first two books and an OVA anime adaptation of the third book was released within the second half of 2005.

Anime

Among fans, Banner of the Stars is a title used to describe all anime except Crest of the Stars (which Hiroyuki Morioka has said was not intended as the main idea of the story, but just an introduction to how Ghintec and Lamhirh met). Currently two TV series and an OVA have been released:

eikai no Senki I, "Banner of the Stars"

# Reunion
# Operation Phantom Flame
# Assault Ship Basroil
# The First Campaign
# Spectacular Insanity
# Remembrance Dinner
# Escape in the Dark
# The Eve of the Decisive Battle
# The Basroil's Battle
# Shooting Star
# The Flaming Battlefield
# The Battle for Aptic Gate
# The Shape of Bonds

eikai no Senki II, "Banner of the Stars II"

# Operation Hunter
# Planet of Exile
# Emigration Plan
# The Hunters
# Rebellion
# Abh Hell
# The Flag of Gasarus
# Thing to Protect
# To Lay Down the Bow
# An Abriel's Tears

eikai no Senki III OVA "Banner of the Stars III"

(not yet licensed in the US)
# Reunion of the Stars
# Family Dining

Manga

Manga adaptations of the "Banner of the Stars" and "Banner of the Stars II" anime series have been released. These volumes were referred as the second and third parts of the "Seikai Trilogy". This was due to the fact that at the time of publishing, only three anime series were adapted from Hiroyuki Morioka's works, and "Banner of the Stars III" was yet to be made. Crest of the Stars consisted of the first part of the trilogy. The manga were released in English by Tokyopop in 2004.
*"Seikai Trilogy, Vol. 2: Banner of the Stars" (subtitle: "The shape of bonds")
*"Seikai Trilogy, Vol. 3: Banner of the Stars II" (subtitle: "Protecting the precious")

Characters

The crew on the attack ship Basrogrh with Ghintec and Lamhirh;
*Aicryac Üémh Tlyzr Naurh
*Sobach Üémh Dor Ïuth
*Samsonn Borgh Tiruser Tirusec

The "Lodaïrh"s who appear newly;
*Cénéch Üémh Stymer Cipair
*Biboth Aronn Nérémr Ïarlucec Nélaith
*Biboth Aronn Nérémr Ïarlucec Néféc
*Atosryac Ssynec Atosr Lymh Faibdacr Loïc and others.

External links

*ann anime|id=447|title=Banner of the Stars
*ann anime|id=448|title=Banner of the Stars II
*ann anime|id=4899|title=Banner of the Stars III
*Tv.com show|id=20721|title=Banner of the Stars