Star Driver takes place on the fictional Southern Cross Isle. One night, a boy named Takuto washes up on shore swimming from the mainland. He later enrolls in Southern Cross High School as a freshman and makes new friends. However, beneath the school is a group of mysterious giants called Cybodies, which can be controlled by humans in an alternate dimension known as Zero Time. Takuto, The "Galactic Pretty Boy" (銀河美少年, Ginga Bishōnen), finds himself dragged into opposition with the "Glittering Crux Brigade" (綺羅星十字団, Kiraboshi Jūjidan, lit. Glittering Star Cruciform Group), a mysterious group that intends to take possession of the island's Cybodies for their own purposes as well as break the seals of the island's four Shrine Maidens, whose powers prevent the Cybodies from functioning outside of Zero Time.

Anime edit

The series is directed by Takuya Igarashi, with character designs by Yoshiyuki Ito and Hiroka and Misa Mizuya. The anime premiered on October 3, 2010^[2] and ended on April 3, 2011.^[3] The series was collected by Aniplex in a total of nine DVD and Blu-ray volumes.^[4] A Blu-ray box was also released on January 23, 2013.^[5]

In North America, Aniplex of America premiered the first episode at the 2010 New York Comic Con/New York Anime Festival on October 9, 2010.^[6] Bandai Entertainment formerly licensed the series in 2011.^[7] The series was streamed with English subtitles by Aniplex of America on Hulu, Crackle, and Crunchyroll starting on August 17, 2011.^[8]

Music edit

Opening themes

• "Gravity Ø" by Aqua Timez (1-13)
• "Shining☆Star" by 9nine (14-24)

Ending themes

• "Cross Over" by 9nine (1-13)
• "Pride" by Scandal (14-25)

Insert Maiden songs

• "First Galaxy" by Takuto Tsunashi (Mamoru Miyano)
• "Monochrome" (モノクローム, Monokurōmu) by Sakana-chan (Haruka Tomatsu)
• "Komorebi no Contact" (木漏れ日のコンタクト, Komorebi no Kontakuto, Sunbeam Contact) by Wako Agemaki (Saori Hayami)
• "Innocent Blue" (イノセント・ブルー, Inosento Burū) by Mizuno Yō (Rina Hidaka)
• "Shūshoku no Aria" (秋色のアリア, Aria of Autumn Color) by Nichi Keito (Ami Koshimizu)

Manga edit

A manga adaptation, illustrated by Key by Ylab, was serialized in Square Enix's Young Gangan from September 17, 2010, to December 2, 2011.^[9][10] Square Enix collected its chapters in three tankōbon volumes, released from February 26, 2011, to January 25, 2012.^[11][12][13]

• Official website
• Star Driver (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia