Two young members of the Abh imperial navy become trapped together in a small ship with enemy forces closing in. A deep friendship develops between them as elude and fight off pursuers while tiring to get back to Abh territory.

What it’s like:
Imagine Starwars, now remove magicians (force users) and make the Empire the good guys and you have the basic setup for CoS. Some aspects also seem to be borrowed from Babylon 5 (For example, hyper-space travel works much the same was is in Bab5). Also the animation is very high quality.

The 13 episode series spends most of it’s time developing the quasi-romance between the two main characters. Supporting roles and villains also receive a great deal of development. A friend of mine described the flow of the Anime as: “Plot, Plot, Plot, Plot, Space Battle, Plot, Plot, Plot…” The show was adapted from a novel and it shows. All the characters in CoS are as realistic as an Anime character could be.

The music from Crest of the Stars is classical, just like you’d expect from a great space opera.

Objectionable Material:
None.

Recommended Age Group:
Late teen and up. The plot line is fairly complex and slows down at points. Younger children may not be able to understand some of the interrelationships of the characters, or may not have enough of an attention span to deal with the plot slow downs.

Second Opinion:

“Crest of the Stars was hard to appreciate when I first sat down to watch it. The story is very complex and in depth with a lot of unexpected interaction between the characters. So, at first glance, I didn’t really care much for it. However, after watching it again, this time more carefully, I realized that I began to really care for the characters and the overall storyline.”