Title: Starship Troopers
Genre: Action & Adventure, War & Politics, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Animation
First aired: 1988-10-25
Creator: Robert A. Heinlein
Cast: Yasunori Matsumoto, Akira Kamiya, Hirotaka Suzuoki, Kazuhiko Inoue, Rei Sakuma, Mika Doi, Masahiro Anzai, Saeko Shimazu, Shingo Hiromori, Kazuyuki Sogabe
Overview: Juan "Johnny" Rico, a high school student living in Buenos Aires, joins the Federation military in the hope of following his love, Carmen, into space. He has to undergo harsh training to become a soldier, harsher than he expected, but despite several setbacks and traumatic experiences, Johnny perseveres and finishes his training. However, a war is brewing on the outer planets with a strange alien enemy and Johnny is thrust into the conflict.