Anime Review: Five Star Stories

Review Five Star StoriesWritten by WarpshadowRating good/ very good

The short movie is a look into a much longer manga series that is quite hard to find in America. Even if you never pick up the manga watching it is still is a nice way to spend an hour.

In a far off galaxy known as Joker, people fight with giant robots called Motor Heads. To help with computations need to run these machines special woman-like bio-androids called Fatimas are created. The story begins when two of these Fatimas are going to be debuted in order to find a master to bond with. There are plans by a certain unscrupulous and debauched lord to make sure that they don’t find a master and stay with him instead. Their only hope is a young and beautiful wanderer named Laudios Sopp.

Like many Oavs Five Star Stories is a spin off of a much larger manga series. This means that there are a bunch of loose ends to the story even if it does encapsulate a fairly complete story. What makes that even worse is that the while the manga is available it is somewhat hard to find in English. What makes this show really worth watching is the animation, which is a classic example of cel animation at it’s finest. The character designs would place it in the Shojo category but the story is accessible to everyone. Whether you want a peek into one of the great unknown epics of mecha or just want to look at some eye candy Five Star Stories makes for a very nice rental or even a possible purchase.