Starship Troopers (OVA)

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Starship Troopers
Cover of official handbook on the series showing Johnny Rico inside the power armor design from the OVA.
宇宙の戦士 (Uchū no Senshi)
Genre	Mecha, military science fiction
Created by	Based on Starship Troopers 1959 novel by Robert A. Heinlein
Original video animation
Directed by	Tetsurō Amino
Produced by	Hironori Nakagawa Minoru Takanashi
Written by	Tsunehisa Ito Shō Aikawa
Music by	Hiroyuki Namba
Studio	Sunrise
Released	October 25, 1988 – December 17, 1988
Runtime	25 minutes
Episodes	6 (List of episodes)

Starship Troopers (宇宙の戦士, Uchū no Senshi, lit. "Warriors of Space") is a six-part anime OVA produced by Sunrise and Bandai, and released in 1988. It is based on the 1959 book Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein. The OVA was dedicated to Heinlein, who died before the first part of the series was released.