My Life As A Writer: Again About The Five Star Stories

One of the anime influences on Star Knight is The Five Star Stories, which cannot be had in North America. So you're forced to resort to online sources to either watch the OVA (which only covers the very start of the story) or read the manga (which is a right-proper epic). Don't expect anything but a very expensive premium release to ever come out either; this isn't a popular property, in large part because it's not a shounen or shoujo property. This is a seinan property, and properties aimed primarily at adults (of either sex) don't have nearly the commercial appeal of those aimed at youths in late childhood or early adolescence even if they are often evergreen in their relevance.

It shouldn't be hard to see the influences. While the music is not a big deal here--this ain't Macross--the classical and mythological influence is very strong, albeit understated, and even the trappings of a non-monarchical government is just that: trappings. The real governance structure is monarchy, with all that goes along with it, and at most there are some republican (but not democratic) alternatives, and warfare centers around the use of giant robots and the warrior class that use them. Male-female relations are of primal importance, both in peace and in war, and as such those bonds must be respected and nurtured- and defiling or neglecting them leads to tragedy every single time.

The author has a psuedo-prequel (Gothicmade) with the same features, which I will check out at my convenience.

If I could get the OVA on disc w/ subtitles, or the entire manga in print in English, I'd be a happy man. Great Romantic storytelling going on here, and Galactic Christendom is very much a Romantic tradition example. I'm glad that you folks have picked up on that and also like it. Less than a week remains on the campaign for "Hounds of Nimrod", and just a few hundred more means we hit that Stretch Goal. Come to think of it, I should see if I can get an original music video made down the road. Who wouldn't want this sort of thing made for their media creations?