| The Five Star Stories | |
 Logo of "The Five Star Stories". | |
| ファイブスター物語 (Faibu Sutā Monogatari) | |
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| Genre | Space opera, mecha |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Mamoru Nagano |
| Published by | Kadokawa Shoten |
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| Magazine | Newtype |
| Original run | April 10, 1986 – present |
| Volumes | 17[1] |
| Anime film | |
| Directed by | Kazuo Yamazaki |
| Produced by | Haruki Kadokawa Masuo Ueda |
| Written by | Akinori Endo |
| Music by | Tomoyuki Asakawa |
| Studio | Sunrise |
| Licensed by | |
| Released | March 11, 1989 |
| Runtime | 66 minutes |
The Five Star Stories (Japanese: ファイブスター物語, Hepburn: Faibu Sutā Sutōrīzu) is a mecha manga series created by Mamoru Nagano, building on his work on the anime series Heavy Metal L-Gaim. The story takes place in a cluster of four major planetary systems, and centers around Amaterasu, the immortal emperor of the Grees Kingdom who is destined to rule the whole Joker System, as well as his bride Lachesis. An anime film adaptation of the first volume, directed by Kazuo Yamazaki, was released in 1989.