Star Ocean: The Second Story (manga)

Star Ocean: The Second Story
Cover of the first volume of the Japanese release of the manga series
スターオーシャン セカンドストーリー (Sutā Ōshan Sekando Sutōrī)
Genre	Science fiction[1]
Manga
Written by	Mayumi Azuma
Published by	Enix
Magazine	Monthly Shōnen Gangan
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	1998 – 2001
Volumes	7 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Star Ocean EX
Directed by	Hiroshi Watanabe
Produced by	Fukashi Azuma Tahei Yamanishi Masahiro Toyozumi
Written by	Kenichi Kanemaki Mayori Sekijima
Music by	Motoi Sakuraba
Studio	Studio Deen
Licensed by	NA: Discotek Media
Original network	TV Tokyo
Original run	April 3, 2001 – September 25, 2001
Episodes	26

Star Ocean: The Second Story (スターオーシャン セカンドストーリー, Sutā Ōshan Sekando Sutōrī) is a seven volume manga series written and illustrated by Mayumi Azuma. Based on the tri-Ace role-playing video game of the same name, it follows the exploits of Claude C. Kenny, a young ensign in the Earth Federation who finds himself stranded on the Planet Expel. He meets Rena Lanford, a young girl living in the village of Arlia who declares that he is the legendary warrior their legends speak of who will save their troubled world from disaster. The series was serialized in Monthly Shōnen Gangan from 1998 to 1999.

Studio Deen adapted the manga series into a twenty six episode anime series entitled Star Ocean EX which aired on TV Tokyo from April 3 to September 25, 2001. The anime series was released to Region 1 DVD by Geneon Entertainment. To complete the story left unfinished by both the manga and anime, five drama CDs were released in Japan, using the same voice actors from the anime series.