The Five Star Stories

Name: The Five Star Stories
Genre: Science Fiction, Action, Animation, Drama
Released: 1989-03-11
Duration: 65 min
Rating: 7.0
Cast: Ryo Horikawa, Maria Kawamura, Kazuhiko Inoue, Norio Wakamoto, Hideyuki Tanaka

1989·Science Fiction·1h 5m

7.0

★

Among the 5 star systems known as the Joker Systems, there are many kingdoms. There are knights within the kingdoms and these knights who control giant robots, Mortar Heads, are called Headliners. Bound to the knights are fatimas. Human in appearance and mind, the fatimas (mostly female) possess expanded physical capabilities and make it possible for a Headliner to control a Mortar Head. Fatimas cannot reproduce. All this is overseen by Emperor Amaterasu and his Mirage Knights.

Directed by Kazuo Yamazaki

mecha

robot

space opera

anime

Trailer

IMDB

N/A

Cast

Ryo Horikawa

Ladyos Soap / Amateras no Mikado

Maria Kawamura

Fatima Lachesis

Kazuhiko Inoue

King Co-Luce

Norio Wakamoto

Words Woulard

Hideyuki Tanaka

Dr. Balanshe (voice)

Ichiro Nagai

Grand Duke Juba

Rei Sakuma

Fatima Clotho

Aruno Tahara

Boid

Rumiko Ukai

Litora

Run Sasaki

Aisha (voice)

Crew

Kazuo Yamazaki

Director

Haruki Kadokawa

Producer

Satoshi Saga

Key Animation

Tooru Yoshida

Key Animation

Nobuteru Yuuki

Animation Director

Moriyasu Taniguchi

Key Animation

Popular Reviews

9 reviews

William

5.0★ · 02/10/26

This was NOT a five star story

Buomilch

7.0★ · 06/17/25

The Artstyle and the designs are so, so gorgeous, but unfortunately this is held back by a story that has its great moments but at least as many missteps.
The score is also fine, nothing to write home about though, and while I liked most of the characters this would’ve benefited from being a bit longer, since I still feel like there is much to unpack here, regarding not only the characters but also the worldbuilding for example.

RyanThecritic3

8.0★ · 02/13/26

corstian

8.0★ · 01/05/26

Martina Sastre

7.0★ · 09/20/25