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Great sequel, February 1, 2003
This is the second story arc out of 3 which have been animated from the novels. Fulfilling the promise she made 3 years ago at the end of Crest of the Stars, Lafiel recruits Jinto to the bridge crew of her attack ship Basroil. The crew are training for the war that soon begins and escalates through the rest of the series. While the immense Starfleet Navy finally takes the offensive, Lafiel is sent to the front lines where attrition is high and the fate of her relatively small ship is never certain. The story fits right in with Crest of the Stars, which felt incomplete at its end. While the first series introduced the mystique of the Abh wonderfully in the first two shows, the story seemed to stray from that. Be assured the Abh and their epic conflict return to center stage. Given the normal run of 26 or 39 episodes for a show, this is only halfway through despite the title change, and fans of space opera who enjoyed Crest will be well pleased.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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A must have sequel!!!!!!!, January 10, 2003
A sequel to one of the greatest animes, Crest of the Stars, which happens to be my favorite series. It has great animation, a deep and rich story filled with amazing characters. This isn't your typical space action anime. The style in which the universe of Crest of the Stars was written can be compared to that of Tolkein himself. Hiroyuki Morioika, the author of the original sci-fi novels on which this series is based, went as far as to create a system of measurement, numbers, alphabet, and even a language for the Abh. This is a true masterpiece. If you don't have Crest of the Stars, then get the 4 vol. collection, then buy Banner of the Stars. It can only get better.
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Comment on the Editorial Review, January 21, 2004
In the Amazon.com Editorial Review, the reviewer claims that the producers of this series (as well as Crest of the Stars) spends too much time inventing words and runes and not enough time with character development and space battles. What if it does? Didn't Tolkien do the same thing with The Lord of the Rings? (Not the movies.) But they didn't: Crest and Banner are strong on character development, with Jinto's (and sometimes Lafiel's) internal monologues scattered throughout the series--which were kept from the original books, I assume. Also remember that this series is not about humanity, really. It's about the Abhs, which are human, but very different than your average human. There aren't going to be all that many traditional anime relationship/character building moments, because they sometimes don't work on the Abhs. In exchange you get some fresh ideas that you (and the planet-born humans in the show) maybe surprised at. The space battles are gorgeous and there aren't very many of them, but if you're looking only for space battles you shouldn't be watching this series. This series deals much more within the bridges of ships and the characters and the planning of the overall war--sort of like a happy War and Peace for space operas. The entire concept of Plane Space (their faster than light travel method) makes large battles easier to comprehend for the viewers, while keeping the complexity of space battles and the need for good strategy, de-emphasizing the pretty graphics and large explosions and putting the focus on what is really the most important stuff.
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