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The Five Star Stories

1989 · 65 min

A stately, romantic space opera with ornate mecha and a solemn air of destiny.

Directed by
Kazuo Yamazaki
Genres
Science fiction, Action, Animation
Overview
Among the 5 star systems known as the Joker Systems, there are many kingdoms. There are knights within the kingdoms and these knights who control giant robots, Mortar Heads, are called Headliners. Bound to the knights are fatimas. Human in appearance and mind, the fatimas (mostly female) possess expanded physical capabilities and make it possible for a Headliner to control a Mortar Head. Fatimas cannot reproduce. All this is overseen by Emperor Amaterasu and his Mirage Knights.

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Directed by
Kazuo Yamazaki
Genres
Science fiction, Action, Animation
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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • power
  • identity
  • love
  • fate
  • loyalty
Places
  • space
  • fantasy world
Era
far-future
Audience
teen
Form
  • animated
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror1
Humour2
Realism2
Romance3
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

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Genres
science fiction, action, animation, drama
Directed by
Kazuo Yamazaki
Written by
Akinori Endo
Starring
Ryo Horikawa, Maria Kawamura, Kazuhiko Inoue, Norio Wakamoto, Hideyuki Tanaka, Ichiro Nagai, Rei Sakuma, Aruno Tahara
Music
Tomoyuki Asakawa
Cinematography
Katsuji Misawa, Kazuta Furubayashi
Runtime
65 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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