クラッシャージョウ
A series of [[science fiction]] light novels by "Takachiho Haruka":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haruka_Takachiho and released by "Asahi Sonorama":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asahi_Sonorama from 1977 to 2013. 

During the late 70s and as one of the founding fathers of Studio Nue, Takachiho decided that besides being a sci-fi designer he would try his hand at penning sci-fi novels. The result was [b][i]Crusher Joe[/i][/b], a [[Star Wars]] inspired story about a group of anti-heroes who were not the typical self-sacrificing types but noble in their own right nonetheless.

Enter the tale of the "Crusher Council", an organization formed by [[spacecraft]] crews known for dangerous assignments ranging from transportation to terraforming and everything in between. In the early days of [[space]] exploration the Crushers took on the job of destroying [[asteroid]]s and defining space lanes. Because of their work, they were nicknamed "Crushers" which eventually became their business moniker.

Crusher Joe was made into an animated film in 1983 and a 2 episode OVA in 1989, both created by [[sunrise_(company)|Sunrise]]. The film version won the Animage Anime Grand Prix prize in 1983. 

[[Kawamori Shouji]] and [[Miyatake Kazutaka]] from Studio Nue (famous for their work in [[Macross]]) made several [[spacecraft]] and [[mecha]] designs for the first film, and these have been used since then in all the manga and anime adaptations of the novels that have been released afterwards. 

h4. See also

* [[Joe_(crusher_joe)|Joe]]
* [[Alfin]]
* [[talos_(crusher_joe)|Talos]]
* [[Ricky_(crusher_joe)|Ricky]]
* [[dongo_(crusher_joe)|Dongo]]

* [[Jonah Mateur]] (Dr. Mateur)

h4.See also

* "Wikipedia article":[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crusher_Joe]
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