The latest Netflix anime that I just recently finished was Starship Operators. I would have been finished with it earlier had it not been for two broken vol 2 disks that I received in the mail. That's the one thing that can really suck about renting disks through Netflix are broken disks especially if you don't check them right when you get them.
Anyways on with the anime that I just finished. Starship Operators is a 13 episode series that centers around the battleship Amaterasu and it's cadet crew. The cadet crew sign off on becoming a reality TV show for the Galaxy Network in order to keep the ship and fight the gov't that has taken over their planet. The Galaxy Network purchased the ship and pays for the supplies in order to get live coverage of the space battles that the kids have to fight against the military organization that is after them for taking the Amaterasu. During the 13 episodes the cadet crew grows from fresh newbs into seasoned and professional space combatants who taken on the over competent soldiers of the military who think the battles will be easy because they are only fighting kids. There is a bit of political intrig along the way as the Political power in exhile aboard the ship tries to get other planets to stand beside them and fight. While the Amaterasu crew doesn't lose many of its crew members to the battles it do loose more than enough to show you the pain and suffering that happens during the battles.
Often times you're not really sure which side if any the Galaxy Network is on since they mostly just want to see the fireworks and carnage that happens during the space battles often adding sounds and visuals that aren't there in real life. So the show within a show is more about the battles than a real reality show being more like a fabricated news program. Like all good things there is a twist the Earth federation who the Amaterasu thought would be their salvation turns out to be a bigger thug than the original gov't that they were fighting against. Not only did the Earth Federation take out the gov't that was after them (coldheartedly I might add) they shut down the Reality TV program and started broadcasting false information while trying to take out the Amaterasu after dealing with the last remaining military battle ship that was fighting the Amaterasu. The crew of the Amaterasu were able to escape the embattled ship and still manage to take out several of the Earth Federation ships while also showing to the world just how big of a Thug the Earth Federation really was.
Not bad for a plucky bunch of wet behind the ear kids. Makes it one of the better space battle animes that I've watched that's for sure. Definitely a show I would suggest to those who are interested in space battle animes a bit more realistic on the what would actually happen during a space battle. That added greatly to the reason why I liked this show it had guts and glory a good hint of reality that you don't often find in some anime shows. Apparently next on the list is another Space anime Stillvia since I'm still waiting for the "LONG WAIT" and "SHORT WAIT" animes of Lucky Star and other newer shows that I've been wanting to watch as well.
After looking about for pictures and information about it one of the fun facts about the show that I sort of new some about is that the ships are all named after either real life battles or other historical military names.
Anyways on with the anime that I just finished. Starship Operators is a 13 episode series that centers around the battleship Amaterasu and it's cadet crew. The cadet crew sign off on becoming a reality TV show for the Galaxy Network in order to keep the ship and fight the gov't that has taken over their planet. The Galaxy Network purchased the ship and pays for the supplies in order to get live coverage of the space battles that the kids have to fight against the military organization that is after them for taking the Amaterasu. During the 13 episodes the cadet crew grows from fresh newbs into seasoned and professional space combatants who taken on the over competent soldiers of the military who think the battles will be easy because they are only fighting kids. There is a bit of political intrig along the way as the Political power in exhile aboard the ship tries to get other planets to stand beside them and fight. While the Amaterasu crew doesn't lose many of its crew members to the battles it do loose more than enough to show you the pain and suffering that happens during the battles.
Often times you're not really sure which side if any the Galaxy Network is on since they mostly just want to see the fireworks and carnage that happens during the space battles often adding sounds and visuals that aren't there in real life. So the show within a show is more about the battles than a real reality show being more like a fabricated news program. Like all good things there is a twist the Earth federation who the Amaterasu thought would be their salvation turns out to be a bigger thug than the original gov't that they were fighting against. Not only did the Earth Federation take out the gov't that was after them (coldheartedly I might add) they shut down the Reality TV program and started broadcasting false information while trying to take out the Amaterasu after dealing with the last remaining military battle ship that was fighting the Amaterasu. The crew of the Amaterasu were able to escape the embattled ship and still manage to take out several of the Earth Federation ships while also showing to the world just how big of a Thug the Earth Federation really was.
Not bad for a plucky bunch of wet behind the ear kids. Makes it one of the better space battle animes that I've watched that's for sure. Definitely a show I would suggest to those who are interested in space battle animes a bit more realistic on the what would actually happen during a space battle. That added greatly to the reason why I liked this show it had guts and glory a good hint of reality that you don't often find in some anime shows. Apparently next on the list is another Space anime Stillvia since I'm still waiting for the "LONG WAIT" and "SHORT WAIT" animes of Lucky Star and other newer shows that I've been wanting to watch as well.
After looking about for pictures and information about it one of the fun facts about the show that I sort of new some about is that the ships are all named after either real life battles or other historical military names.
