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Crest of the Stars (TV)

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Alternative title:
Seikai no Monshō (Japanese)
星界の紋章 (Japanese)
Themes: war
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: Jinto Lin is a young nobleman, whose world was taken over by the largest empire in the galaxy: the Abh Empire. Jinto's father, the president of his home planet, handed their world over to the Abh in exchange for a standing in the Abh Empire. As a result, Jinto became a member of the aristocracy and was shipped off for an Abh education. On his way, he meets a princess of the Abh Empire, Lafiel, whom he quickly befriends despite her cold exterior. But the Abh empire is plunged into war…
Ratings: 1699 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 275 votes (sub:214, dub:54, ?:3, edit.dub:1, raw:1, others:2
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Excellent: 477 votes (sub:351, dub:109, ?:4, edit.dub:1, others:12
4 Polish subtitled
3 Portuguese subtitled
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 German subtitled
)
 Very good: 446 votes (sub:287, dub:140, edit.dub:5, raw:4, ?:1, others:9
3 Spanish subtitled
2 Russian subtitled
2 Portuguese subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
)
 Good: 289 votes (sub:174, dub:101, edit.dub:6, ?:3, raw:1, others:4
2 French subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Decent: 105 votes (sub:65, dub:33, ?:3, edit.dub:3, others:1
1 Russian subtitled
)
 So-so: 50 votes (sub:27, dub:22, raw:1)
 Not really good: 14 votes (sub:9, dub:4, edit.dub:1)
 Weak: 25 votes (dub:13, sub:8, edit.dub:2, raw:1, others:1
1 Italian subtitled
)
 Bad: 6 votes (sub:3, dub:1, edit.dub:1, others:1
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Awful: 5 votes (dub:3, sub:2)
 Worst ever: 7 votes (dub:4, sub:3)
Seen in part or in whole by 3158 s, rank: #339 (of 9996)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 8.041 (Very good), std. dev.: 1.6258, rank: #562 (of 10154)
Weighted mean: 7.982 (Very good), rank: #647 (of 10154) (seen all: 8.14 / seen some: 6.26 / won't finish: 4.20)
Bayesian estimate: 7.978 (Very good), rank: #415 (of 7635)
Running time: 25 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 13
Episode titles: We have 13
Vintage: 1999-01-02 to 1999-03-27
Opening Theme:
"Opening Theme" by Katsuhisa Hattori
Ending Theme:
"Ushinawareta Aozora" by TimeSlip-Rendzvous
Links: We have 9
Trivia: We have 2
DVD Easter Eggs: We have 8
Review:
Crest of the Stars DVD (May 19, 2019)
News: Show:
Release List Catch Up (Dec 22, 2005)
More Seikai Series (Jan 1, 2005)
Otakon 2002: Bandai (Jul 29, 2002)
Bandai Release Dates (Oct 24, 2001)
Bandai at AX (Jul 7, 2001)
Pioneer Release Delays (May 21, 2001)
Lots of Bandai News (Apr 5, 2001)
Bandai Updates website (Jan 26, 2001)
Bandai future releases (Jan 11, 2001)
Release Dates (Dec 17, 2000)
Bandai Releases (Jun 29, 2000)
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DVD (Region 1)
    Crest of the Stars - The Complete Series (DVD) 2018-12-04
    Crest of the Stars - To the Stars (DVD 1) 2001-06-05 (from $5.99)
    Crest of the Stars - To the Stars (DVD 1) 2004-03-02
    Crest of the Stars - Politics of War (DVD 2) 2001-09-04 (from $29.99)
    Crest of the Stars - Politics of War (DVD 2) 2004-03-02 (from $15.98)
    Crest of the Stars - Wayward Soldiers (DVD 3) 2001-10-02 (from $29.95)
    Crest of the Stars - Wayward Soldiers (DVD 3) 2004-03-02 (from $15.98)
    Crest of the Stars - Into the Unknown (DVD 4) 2001-12-04 (from $22.74)
    Crest of the Stars - Into the Unknown (DVD 4) 2004-03-02 (from $15.98)
    Crest of the Stars - Complete Collection (DVD 1-4) 2003-06-17 (from $99.00)
    Crest of the Stars - Complete Collection (DVD 1-4) 2004-03-02 (from $98.97)
    Crest of the Stars - Complete Collection [Anime Legends] (DVD 1-4) 2006-03-14 (from $122.00)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Series Composition: Aya Yoshinaga
Script: Aya Yoshinaga (eps 1-13)
Storyboard:
Yukio Nishimoto (eps 3, 7, 11)
Unit Director:
Yukio Nishimoto (4 episodes
eps 3, 7, 11, 13
)

Character Design: Keisuke Watabe
Art Director: Tomoaki Okada
Chief Animation Director:
Masanori Shino (mechanical; eps 1, 3-4, 6)
Animation Director:
Yuji Mukoyama (eps 9, 13)
Original Novel: Hiroyuki Morioka
Mechanical design:
Yasuhiro Moriki
Sound Director: Katsuyoshi Kobayashi
Director of Photography: Hisao Shirai
Executive producer:
Shigeru Watanabe
Producer:
Mikihiro Iwata

Assistant Animation Director:
Yasuhiro Moriki (ep 13)
Assistant Unit Director: Keitarō Motonaga (ep 13)
Background Art:
Ayumi Iino (9 episodes
eps 1, 3-7, 9, 11, 13
)

Eiji Takahashi (8 episodes
eps 1, 3, 5-7, 9, 11, 13
)

Hiroyuki Tsubaki (8 episodes
eps 1, 3, 5-7, 9, 11, 13
)

Kaoru Chiba (5 episodes
eps 2, 8, 10, 12-13
)

Nishiki Toyoshima (5 episodes
eps 2, 4, 10, 12-13
)

Noriko Ishiwata (5 episodes
eps 2, 4, 10, 12-13
)

Taeko Kobayashi (8 episodes
eps 1, 3, 5-7, 9, 11, 13
)

Takashi Honda (8 episodes
eps 1, 3, 5-7, 9, 11, 13
)

Yasuko Morita (8 episodes
eps 1, 3, 5-7, 9, 11, 13
)

Yukie Abe (ep 13)
Color Coordination:
Yoshimasa Masuda (eps 10, 13)
Color design: Ritsuko Utagawa
Color Key: Ritsuko Utagawa
Editing: Takeshi Seyama
Ending Illustrations: Takami Akai
Guest Design: Kunihiko Inoue (eps 5-12)
In-Between Animation:
Setsuko Takenouchi (5 episodes
eps 2, 4-5, 7, 9
)

Takahiro Nawa (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 5, 9, 11
)

Yukie Mikami (Nakamura Production; ep 7)
In-Between Check:
Minoru Okabe (5 episodes
eps 2, 4-5, 7, 9
)

Yoshitomo Miura (Studio Myu; ep 12)
Incidental Design: Kunihiko Inoue
Key Animation:
Hiromi Funatsu (5 episodes
eps 2, 5, 9, 12-13
)

Shinichi Takahashi (Nakamura Production; 5 episodes
eps 1, 4-5, 7, 11
)

Yuri Inoguchi (eps 2, 5, 9)
Music Performance: Junko Yamashiro (Bass Trombone)
Photography:
Hiroki Shiozuka (7 episodes
eps 2-12 even, 13
)

Hiroshi Noguchi (7 episodes
eps 2-12 even, 13
)

Katsunori Maehara (7 episodes
eps 2-12 even, 13
)

Naohisa Haijima (7 episodes
eps 2-12 even, 13
)

Shōji Yazawa (7 episodes
eps 2-12 even, 13
)

Tomohiro Nishiyama (7 episodes
eps 2-12 even, 13
)

Toshikazu Kuno (7 episodes
eps 2-12 even, 13
)

Yūji Shirai (7 episodes
eps 2-12 even, 13
)

Yuki Katsuta (7 episodes
eps 2-12 even, 13
)

Yūko Orikasa (eps 1-13 odd)
Production Desk: Ryusuke Aoki
Setting Production: Hideo Matsushita
SF Setting: Hiroaki Murakami
Sound Adjustment: Takaaki Uchiyama
Sound Adjustment Assistant: Hisashi Yamamoto
Sound Effects: Shizuo Kurahashi
Special Effects: Yutaka Hoshiba
Theme Song Arrangement:
Time Slip (ED)
Theme Song Composition:
Kingo Kondo (ED)
Theme Song Lyrics: Kingo Kondo (ED)
Theme Song Performance:
Time Slip (ED)
Visual Concept:
Takami Akai
Ayako Kawasumi as Lafiel
Yuka Imai as Jinto Lin

Ai Uchikawa as Grieda
Akio Suyama as Saryush
Ayako Kurosaki as Nantryua
Chiharu Suzuka as Makali
Eiichiro Suzuki as Teal Clint
Emi Moto as Vassal
Gara Takashima as Plakia Lexshue
Haruhiko Jō as Narrator
Hideyuki Tanaka as Rock Lin
Hirotaka Suzuoki as
Clyuve
Dubus
Ikkei Seta as Min
Ikue Ōtani as Seelnay
Issei Miyazaki as Leshikuna
Isshin Chiba as Deesh
Jūrōta Kosugi as iral Trife
Kaneto Shiozawa as Dusanyu
Katsumi Chō as Gwen
Kazuya Ichijō as Kahyul
Kenji Kuga as Bill
Kōji Yusa as Lairia
Maki Tamura as Berusa
Mami Kingetsu as Muinishu
Mari Tomokawa as Yunseryua
Masado Amada as Daswani 
Masami Toyoshima as Rurune
Masato Amada as Daswani
Mika Doi as Empress Ramaj
Mitsuki Saiga as
Clyuno voice
holographic broadcaster
Samune
Miwa Yanagihara as Waitress
Mugihito as Sluf
Nao Takamori as Occupant
Rica Fukami as Spoor
Sayaka Ōhara as Kuhaspia
Shoko Tsuda as Shuril
Susumu Chiba as Kufadis
Taiki Matsuno as Dorin Ku
Takako Fuji as Gyumuryua
Takehiro Koyama as Sangalini
Takehito Koyasu as Baron Febdash
Unshō Ishizuka as Entryus
Wataru Takagi as Undertaker
Yurika Hino as Marca
Yuu Sugimoto as Arisa
Japanese companies
Backgrounds:
Boa '83 (5 episodes
eps 2, 4, 10, 12-13
)

Design Office MECAMAN (9 episodes
eps 1, 3, 5-9, 11, 13
)

Y.A.P. Ishigaki Production (ep 13)
CG Animation:
Raretrick
Film:
Kodak
Film Developing: Tokyo Laboratory
Finish Animation:
Buyuu (ep 13)
In-Between Animation:
Nakamura Production (5 episodes
eps 1, 4, 7, 9, 11
)

Studio Dub (6 episodes
eps 3, 6, 8-9, 11, 13
)

White Line (ep 10)
Key Animation:
Nakamura Production (5 episodes
eps 1, 4, 7, 11, 13
)

Studio Wanpack (4 episodes
eps 2, 5, 10, 12
)

Lith Work: Maki Production
Music Production:
Toy's Factory
Photography: Studio Cosmos
Production:
WOWOW
Production Assistance: Buyuu (ep 10)
Recording Studio: APU Studio
Sound Production: Audio Planning U
special effects: Marix
Visual Concept: Nine Lives
English cast
English staff
Translation: Paul Baldwin
Executive producer: Ken Iyadomi
Producer:
Rika Davis

DVD Menu Design:
Richard Noboru Kekahuna
Engineering Assistant: Cam Desmond
Production Coordination:
Patricia Murray
Re-Recording Mixing:
Mark M. Pinder
Recording engineer: Lizz Andrykew
Script Adaptation: Robert Chomiak
Video Post-Production:
Ness Broom
Voice Direction: Teri Snelgrove
Wordfit Editor: Jan Deny
Jessica Yow as Lafiel
Matthew Erickson as Jinto 
Shaker Paleja as Jinto Lin

David Pettitt as
Deesh
Former Baron
Government Spokesman
King Clyuve
Lairia
Police Commisioner
Undertaker
Doug McKeag as
Alanga
Alcont Ambassador
Inspector Entryua
Ethan Cole as
Baron Febdash
Bill
Dusanyu
Major Kahyul
Laura Bachynski as
Marca
Muinishu
Yunseryua
Mariette Sluyter as
Captain Shuril
Seelnay
Spoor
Melanie Risdon as
Grieda
UM Announcement
Michelle Armeneau as
Alisa
Captain Lexshue
Empress Ramaj
Rina
Paul Boucher as
iral Trife
King Clyuve
Lt. Kyte
Saryush
Teal Clint
UM Ambassador

English companies
Adaptation: The Ocean Group
Broadcaster: TechTV (Anime Unleashed)
Distributor:
Man Entertainment (Australia/New Zealand)
DVD Production: Cinram/POP DVD Center
Internet Streaming: FUNimation Entertainment
Licensed by:
FUNimation Entertainment (2013)
Recording Studio: Blue Water Studios
French staff
French companies
(none)
Distributor: Beez Entertainment
French cast
(none)
Polish staff
Polish companies
(none)
Broadcaster: Hyper
Polish cast
(none)

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