Uchu no Senshi...

The Dark · Post by **The Dark** » 2003-02-01 03:13pm

Have any of the anime freaks on this board seen this one? It's supposed to be based on Heinlein's Starship Troopers, and I actually have seen models of one of the suits. If anyone's seen it, is it worth trying to find?

Yogi · Post by **Yogi** » 2003-02-01 08:01pm

I have not heard of it.
Animenfo.com turns up nothing.
http://www.bestanime.com/topFrame.php?mCode=0 turns up a Starship Troopers cartoon, but it was made in America.

VF5SS · Post by **VF5SS** » 2003-02-01 08:32pm

Look in Studio Nue's direction. I know its one of theirs.

The Dark · Post by **The Dark** » 2003-02-01 09:44pm

VF5SS wrote:Look in Studio Nue's direction. I know its one of theirs.

Ah, thanks, found it on Google by using the American title along with Studio Nue's name. Released in 1988 as six episodes on three VHS tapes, 12,800 yen each. A website about the toys released by Studio Nue refers to it as Uchuu no Senshi...not sure what difference the extra u makes (I found the title I posted originally on a website about Heinlein and movies based off his books).

Datana · Post by **Datana** » 2003-02-01 09:52pm

The Dark wrote:A website about the toys released by Studio Nue refers to it as Uchuu no Senshi...not sure what difference the extra u makes (I found the title I posted originally on a website about Heinlein and movies based off his books).

<lecture> The extra "u" is there in the original title, but for aesthetic reasons (and easier pronunciation for Americans), extended vowels are sometimes cut out of Japanese that's been Romanized. </lecture> This always gives me a headache on web searches, as I have to run every variation on the extended vowels there is to get what I want sometimes.