Starship Operators: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

For the 73rd class of cadets of the Defense University of the small planet Kibi, a shakedown cruise on the fleet's new starship "Amaterasu" is a fitting lead-up to graduation. As they are returning to their home planet, however, they are shocked to hear news of a declaration of war by the aggressive Kingdom against Kibi. When their planetary government surrenders without a struggle, the cadets decide to launch their own war, aboard the "Amaterasu". To gain funding, they make a deal with a galactic news network - and find themselves the "stars" of their own "reality show". Unfortunately, this is the kind of reality show that can get you killed...

Series details

• Title: Starship Operators
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Anime, Science-Fiction
• Premiere date: 2005-01-05
• Final broadcast date listed: 2005-03-30
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: TV Tokyo
• Network country: Japan
• TVMaze ID: 14681
• IMDb ID: tt0498448
• TVDB ID: 78884

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2005-01-05; final listed air date 2005-03-30.

Source and licence

Adapted from Starship Operators on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.