Starship Operators is a tV series anime that premiered in winter 2005, produced by J.C.STAFF.

About the production: the story comes from a light novel, there are 13 episodes of about 24 minutes and its current status is "finished".

Its main genres are drama and sci-fi, with themes such as Military, Space, War and Space Opera.

On AniList, Starship Operators has an average score of 64%, an average score, and appears on 4,161 users' lists.

For the 73rd class of cadets of the Defense University of the small planet Kibi, a shakedown cruise on the fleet's new starship "Amaterasu" is a fitting lead-up to graduation. As they are returning to their home planet, however, they are shocked to hear news of a declaration of war by the aggressive Kingdom against Kibi. When their planetary government surrenders without a struggle, the cadets decide to launch their own war, aboard the "Amaterasu". To gain funding, they make a deal with a galactic news network - and find themselves the "stars" of their own "reality show". Unfortunately, this is the kind of reality show that can get you killed... (Source: Anime News Network)

Official synopsis from AniList.