robert a. heinlein classic novel starship trooper have be mess around with in recent year and in everything to paul verhoeven 1997 film to a tv series and to a number of game . but none of these and so to speak and have really capture the spirit of his novel . the game be usually unrelated and the tv series be more of a spin off and and the less say about verhoeven film and the good . little do most know and however and that in japan and an animated adaptation have already be do and release the year of heinlein death . and and believe it or not and despite it difference and this 6 part animate series be and plot wise and the most faithful adaptation of heinlein classic . the most obvious plus to this series be the presence of the powered armor exoskeleton and something we be deprive of in verhoeven film . like the book and the series focus more on the character and their relationship than on action and space travel and though we see a fair amount of each . while event happen differently than in the book and the feel of the book plot be present . rico and carmen have a romantic entanglement and but it only slightly more touched upon than in the book . while some may believe the dialogue and character interaction to be a bit inferior to the book ( it get a bit of the anime treatment and but what do you expect . ) and but it far superior to the film . heinlein political view be merely excised and a oppose to the film and where they be reverse . the big payoff of the series and however and be the climatic battle on klendathu between the trooper and the bug or alien and which feature the kind of action from the powered armor suit we would have like to have see in a film version . overall and i enjoy this series because i want to see a vision closer to that of heinlein . and i think they do pretty well with this . if you can find this series and give it a look .