What is Starship Troopers?
Starship Troopers was written by Robert A Heinlein in 1959. Set in the future, a teenager joins Earth’s military in a war against a race of giant insect-like aliens. The book has gained notability for its controversial view of warfare and suffrage; in Heinlein’s future, people must serve the federation (whether it be military service, or some other form of public service) in order to vote or hold public office. Still, it is considered a classic of science-fiction literature and introduced several new concepts, including powered armour. In 1988 an anime named Uchu no Senshi (Starship Troopers) was released to commemorate the novel and its author by Studio Nue. It was only six episodes in length and featured powered armour almost precisely as it was described in the 1959 novel (aside from an inclusion of machine-guns and heavy auto-cannons as hand-held arms) and amorphous aliens who were not the pseudo-arachnid ‘Bugs’, but an entirely different alien menace altogether. This series’ last
