| Crest of the Stars | |
.jpg) Crest of the Stars I Japanese book cover | |
| 星界の紋章 (Seikai no Monshō) | |
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| Genre | Space opera, military science fiction |
| Serial novel | |
| Written by | Hiroyuki Morioka |
| Illustrated by | Toshihiro Ono |
| Published by | Hayakawa Publishing |
| English publisher |
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| Original run | April 11, 1996 – June 11, 1996 |
| Volumes | 3 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Yasuchika Nagaoka |
| Written by | Aya Yoshinaga |
| Music by | Katsuhisa Hattori |
| Studio | Sunrise |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | WOWOW |
| Original run | January 2, 1999 – March 27, 1999 |
| Episodes | 13 |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Aya Yoshinaga |
| Illustrated by | Toshihiro Ono |
| Published by | Dengeki Comics |
| English publisher | |
| Magazine | Monthly Comic Dengeki Daioh |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Original run | 1999 – 2000 |
| Volumes | 1 |
| Anime film | |
| Crest of the Stars - Special Edition | |
| Directed by | Yasuchika Nagaoka |
| Produced by | Korefumi Seki Masaki Kaifu Mikihiro Iwata Tsutomu Sugita |
| Music by | Katsuhisa Hattori |
| Studio | Bandai Visual Sunrise |
| Released | April 7, 2000 |
| Runtime | 90 minutes |
| Video game | |
| Developer | NineLives |
| Publisher | Bandai Visual |
| Genre | Strategy |
| Platform | PlayStation |
| Released | May 25, 2000 |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Kōichirō Yonemura |
| Published by | Flex Comix |
| Magazine | FlexComix Next (2012) Comic Meteor (2012 – 2021) |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Original run | May 8, 2012 – April 28, 2021 |
| Volumes | 8 |
| Related | |
Crest of the Stars (Japanese: 星界の紋章, Hepburn: Seikai no Monshō) is a three-volume space opera science fiction novel written by Hiroyuki Morioka with cover illustrations by Toshihiro Ono. This was followed by a second, ongoing novel series, Banner of the Stars (a.k.a. Seikai no Senki, currently six volumes) and a series of books collecting short stories set in the same universe known as Fragments of the Stars (星界の断章, Seikai no Danshō).
Beginning in 1999, the novels were adapted into anime and manga series, the first of which ran for 13 episodes on WOWOW. A recap movie, Crest of the Stars Special Edition, was also released in 2000.