CAA: Christian Anime Alliance

Has anyone else seen this series? Crest of The Stars is one of my top favorite series of all time, along with it's sequels, Banner of The Stars and Banner of The Stars II.

i saw it and i liked it, a bit short albeit it spans two series (have seen almost all of crest and not much of banner)

Yeah..that was the first series to air on (then) TechTV's Anime Unleashed. I liked it alot. I saw most of Banner when they aired that too...but I'm not remembering much of it right now.

No, but I've been meaning too. My brother wants to purchase the series so bad, can't wait until he does
Question: is banner of stars (I & II) a continuation of crest of stars? Like adding more to the story, or is kind of like the many different Tenchi series?

agasfas wrote:No, but I've been meaning too. My brother wants to purchase the series so bad, can't wait until he does
Question: is banner of stars (I & II) a continuation of crest of stars? Like adding more to the story, or is kind of like the many different Tenchi series?

It's a sequel. The story was taken from a series of novels and told in three seasons. Banner takes place 5 or 10 (forget which) years after Crest and some stories require knowledge of the events in Crest.

Never finished Banner. Should get back to that someday.

its a pretty good anime i need to finish watching banner to....<shakes fist at g4techtv> anyways i have to say its one of my all time favorites due to inavative character design (lafiel is completely unique though in crest has a bored va it seems...) and you just got to love the main character.

It's a fantastic series - especially if you are into sci-fi. The series tells a story first and formost - the action is secondary. I'm sure that's a turn off for some, but all of the characters are so rich and deep. It's great to watch. Also, so much care and detail were put into developing relationships. It's all very similar to imperial courts of the past. It makes it all so realistic.

Truly, one of the best sci-fi shows ever made.

I saw it on TechTV and it's not too bad. Some of the political stuff (aka who's fighting who and why) was a bit confusing at times, as was the talk about the history and bloodlines of the Abh race. The storyline was decent and the animation was pretty good though. All in all it's definitely worth watching, but nothing overly exciting.

Just my .02

I liked the version I saw on TechTV a lot (what I saw of it ^^). The voice acting wasn't that great, but other than that the show itself was very good, and I thought it was so coll that it was based on a novel. I do have one ax to grind, Lafiel explains that the Abh do not marry and raise their kids by themselves (okay, I can deal with that, no big deal). Then she goes on to explain that the Abh have their kids through cloning or through mixing DNA with someone, oppossing gender or not, and says, "We should be free to love however we want." >< Love, yes. Lust after, no. I thought I should mention that because I found that to be a really bad moment in an otherwise good series.

I want to watch this but haven't gotten to it yet. I saw one episode of Banner and liked it so now I want to see the rest. Crest first...Because it is the first. So is there much bad stuff in it? Like a too much fanservice? It looks pretty clean but I've seen preveiws for ones that look clean but are really dirty. Like Miyuki Chan In Wonderland. The preview looked clean and I skimmed through the manga and it was basically Alice in Wonderland except with all the characters girls in their underwear. So yeah...

That Dude wrote:I want to watch this but haven't gotten to it yet. I saw one episode of Banner and liked it so now I want to see the rest. Crest first...Because it is the first. So is there much bad stuff in it? Like a too much fanservice? It looks pretty clean but I've seen preveiws for ones that look clean but are really dirty. Like Miyuki Chan In Wonderland. The preview looked clean and I skimmed through the manga and it was basically Alice in Wonderland except with all the characters girls in their underwear. So yeah...

Crest and Banners I and II are pretty clean, there is one bath scene in Crest but it isn't too long.

V8Tsunami wrote:I saw it on TechTV and it's not too bad. Some of the political stuff (aka who's fighting who and why) was a bit confusing at times, as was the talk about the history and bloodlines of the Abh race. The storyline was decent and the animation was pretty good though. All in all it's definitely worth watching, but nothing overly exciting.

Just my .02

The politics? NAZI ELVES FROM OUTER SPACE

I've never heard of it. *ducks* Don't hurt me!

Ami J. wrote:I've never heard of it. *ducks* Don't hurt me!

I wouldn't hurt you!

But yea you should check it out and read some reviews on the web and see if you might like it.

Spike Ikari wrote:I wouldn't hurt you!

But yea you should check it out and read some reviews on the web and see if you might like it.

*pokes head out of bush* k

Saw it and loved it. Sort of like Romeo and Juliet in outer space with a little bit of Robert A. Heinlein's classic novel "Stranger in A Strange Land" mixed in. Now if only G4 Tech TV would get on the ball and do the second series of Banner.

to clear up a misconception the Abh aren't like Elves,they're genetically
engineered humans(or their ancestors were gentically engineered)also
in both the manga and anime Lafiel makes it quite clear that only the
Imperial Abh Family have the signature pointy ears.All other Abh have
normal ears.The only difference that can be seen between normal Abh and other humans is that they have blue hair.
As far as nudity goes there are only two seasons in either Crest of the
Stars and Banner of the Stars that I'm aware of,the one is the aforesaid
mentioned bath scene with Lafiel and the other comes in Banner of the
Stars after Jinto's cat gets drink spilled all over the bridge and they have
to clean it up and one of the younger Abh female officers is shown bathing the cat in the shower(she of course by necessity has to be nude when
doing it or else get her uniform all wet).
Actually if anyone is close to being like the Nazis in this series it's the
United Mankind.

mitsuki lover wrote:to clear up a misconception the Abh aren't like Elves,they're genetically
engineered humans(or their ancestors were gentically engineered)also
in both the manga and anime Lafiel makes it quite clear that only the
Imperial Abh Family have the signature pointy ears.All other Abh have
normal ears.The only difference that can be seen between normal Abh and other humans is that they have blue hair.
As far as nudity goes there are only two seasons in either Crest of the
Stars and Banner of the Stars that I'm aware of,the one is the aforesaid
mentioned bath scene with Lafiel and the other comes in Banner of the
Stars after Jinto's cat gets drink spilled all over the bridge and they have
to clean it up and one of the younger Abh female officers is shown bathing the cat in the shower(she of course by necessity has to be nude when
doing it or else get her uniform all wet).
Actually if anyone is close to being like the Nazis in this series it's the
United Mankind.

Oh, yeah the Manga version rocks

How many episodes are there?

Crest of the Stars and its two sequels, Banner of the Stars I and II, each have 13 episodes, for a total of 36. G4 still has yet to air the second Banner though

There is also a Banner of the Stars III that was shown in Japan.It wraps everything up.

I'm hoping the OVA is released over here, too, but I haven't heard anything about licensing.