Crest of the Stars

is a novel written by Hiroyuki Morioka and illustrated by Toshihiro Ono. An anime adapted from the novels aired from 1999 for 13 episodes on WOWOW.

The initial novel was followed by a second, ongoing novels series, Banner of the Stars, which was adapted into three anime sequels, two recap movies, and an OVA Lost Chapter (a.k.a. Seikai no Danshō). The fourth anime series, adapting the third novel, is an OVA released in 2005.

Plot
Crest of the Stars and Banner of the Stars (series I and II) follow Jinto Lynn, a young count whose world is taken over by the space-dwelling race of the Abh. When Jinto was a young boy, his father, Rock Lynn, under threat of invasion, handed over their world, Martine, to the Abh in exchange for a position within Abh society. Young Jinto is sent off to school to learn the ways of Abh nobility and the story of Crest of the Stars picks up as he meets the young Abh princess, Lafiel as they are about to travel to military school for Jinto's further training.

However, in the midst of their travels, Lafiel and Jinto (along with the Abh ship Gothlauth, aka Gosroth) find themselves at the very beginnings of a war between the Abh Empire and the Four Nations Alliance of humankind—an anti-Abh alliance of the democratic nations of the United Mankind, the Federation of Hania, the Republic of Greater Alcont, and the People's Sovereign Union of Planets.

Official

 * Crest of the Stars at the Seikai Web

Other Wikis

 * Crest of the Stars at Wikipedia
 * Banner of the Stars at Wikipedia
 * Seikai no Danshō at Wikipedia