* Based on
Tanaka Yoshiki's series of science fiction novels by the same name.
It is late into the 36th century in the ancient Christian calendar; mankind, having developed the technology to travel faster than light speed and colonize many planets, has taken a hold of space, to the point of abandoning Earth almost entirely. Two superpowers comprising almost all the human population have now for one and a half centuries waged to a long stalemate a war for interstellar supremacy: the
Free Planets Alliance.
When he was young and poor,
Yang Wenli, an Alliance commander of similar calibre who really wanted to be a historian and not a soldier, wishes only for some peace and quiet; yet, as he unwillingly grows in relevance, he'll see himself duty-bound to protect the Alliance's democracy from the threat of the autocratic Empire. The collision of those two masters of tactics and strategy may bring the war to a close, provided, of course, that they aren't first backstabbed by their respective countries' rotten internal politics...
— written by HinoeNote: The original OVA release of mail-order VHS tapes were grouped into seasons as follows:
Season 1: 01-26 (21.12.1988 to 20.06.1989)
Season 2: 27-54 (21.06.1991 to 20.02.1992)
Season 3: 55-86 (20.07.1994 to 16.01.1995)
Season 4: 87-110 (??.09.1996 to 14.03.1997)