Starship Troopers (OVA)
| Starship Troopers | |
Cover of official handbook on the series showing Johnny Rico inside the power armor design from the OVA. | |
| 宇宙の戦士 (Uchū no Senshi) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Mecha, military science fiction |
| Created by | Based on Starship Troopers 1959 novel by Robert A. Heinlein |
| Original video animation | |
| Directed by | Tetsurō Amino |
| Produced by | Hironori Nakagawa Minoru Takanashi |
| Written by | Tsunehisa Ito Shō Aikawa |
| Music by | Hiroyuki Namba |
| Studio | Sunrise |
| Released | October 25, 1988 – December 17, 1988 |
| Runtime | 25 minutes |
| Episodes | 6 |
Starship Troopers (宇宙の戦士, Uchū no Senshi; lit. "Warriors of Space") is a Japanese six-part anime OVA produced by Sunrise and Bandai, and released in 1988. It is based on the 1959 book Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein. The OVA was dedicated to Heinlein, who died before the first part of the series was released.