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Starship Troopers: Invasion

2012 · 89 min

A relentless, grim sci-fi bug hunt with heavy action and a constant sense of dread, lightened only by occasional camp.

Directed by
Shinji Aramaki
Genres
Animation, Action, Science fiction
Tagline
Everyone fights. No one quits.
Overview
The troopers of two starships have joined forces to terminate a massive bug attack at a Federation outpost. Before the mission can be completed and the survivors evacuated, one ship abruptly departs and goes inexplicably dark. The remaining battle-hardened troopers race to the rescue only to discover that the threat from the bugs is about to hit home.

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Directed by
Shinji Aramaki
Genres
Animation, Action, Science fiction
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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 1 of 3
Pacing
relentless, 4 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • war
  • violence
  • loyalty
  • betrayal
Places
  • space
  • military
Era
far-future
Audience
adult
Form
  • animated
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action9
Horror6
Humour2
Realism3
Romance1
Tension8
Darkness7
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

In this series

Starship Troopers Collection

  1. Starship TroopersMovie · 1997
  2. Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the FederationMovie · 2004
  3. Starship Troopers 3: MarauderMovie · 2008
  4. Starship Troopers: InvasionMovie · 2012 This title
  5. Starship Troopers: Traitor of MarsMovie · 2017

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Genres
animation, action, science fiction
Directed by
Shinji Aramaki
Written by
Flint Dille
Starring
Luci Christian, David Anthony Matranga, Justin Doran, David Wald, Andrew Love, Leraldo Anzaldua, Sam Roman, Emily Neves
Music
Tetsuya Takahashi
Runtime
89 min
Country
United States of America, Japan
Languages
English

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