{{Short description|Japanese manga series}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox animanga/Header | image = Andromeda Stories.jpg | caption = Cover of the first volume | ja_kanji = アンドロメダ・ストーリーズ | ja_romaji = Andoromeda Sutōrīzu | genre = Drama, science fiction }} {{Infobox animanga/Print | type = manga | author = Ryu Mitsuse | illustrator = Keiko Takemiya | publisher = {{ubl|Kodansha|Asahi Sonorama}} | publisher_en = {{English manga publisher|NA={{ubl|Vertical|Manga Planet}}}} | magazine = {{ubl|Manga Shōnen Monthly|Duo}} | first = November 1980 | last = November 1982 | volumes = 3 | volume_list = }} {{Infobox animanga/Video | type = tv film | director = Masamitsu Sasaki | writer = Masaki Tsuji | music = Yuji Ohno | studio = Toei Animation | network = Nippon TV | released = August 22, 1982 | runtime = 85 minutes }} {{Infobox animanga/Footer}} {{nihongo|'''''Andromeda Stories'''''|アンドロメダ・ストーリーズ|Andoromeda Sutōrīzu|lead=yes}} is a Japanese manga series written by Ryu Mitsuse and illustrated by Keiko Takemiya. It was serialized in ''Manga Shōnen Monthly'' and later ''Duo'' from November 1980 to November 1982. Its individual chapters were collected into three volumes. An anime television film adaptation premiered in August 1982.
Vertical published the manga in English.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kodansha, Dai Nippon Printing Buy Vertical (Updated)|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-02-23/kodansha-dai-nippon-printing-buy-vertical|website=Anime News Network|last=Loo|first=Egan|date=February 23, 2011|access-date=February 19, 2025}}</ref> In 2019, Manga Planet added the manga to their service under the title ''Stories of Andromeda Galaxy''.<ref>{{cite web|title='Manga Planet' Manga Subscription Service Adds Stories of Andromeda Galaxy, H.P. Lovecraft Works|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-12-16/manga-planet-manga-subscription-service-adds-stories-of-andromeda-galaxy-h.p-lovecraft-works/.154429|website=Anime News Network|last=Sherman|first=Jennifer|date=December 16, 2019|access-date=February 19, 2025}}</ref>
==Plot== On the planet of Astria in the Andromeda Galaxy the Cosmoralian Empire is about to marry Prince Ithaca to Ayodoya's Princess Lilia, in the process crowning him King Astralta III. Unfortunately the happy couple's honeymoon is interrupted when sinister machines from another planet land and invade Astria, intent on eradicating all life, controlling human minds, and terraforming the once-green planet into a mechanical wasteland inhabited only by artificial life forms. After the King and his ministers are assimilated by the alien machines, the Queen Lilia and her newborn son Prince Jimsa must flee Astria. However the natives of Astria are not aware that exiles from the planet of Murat (the source of the enemy) have actually been selectively breeding the royal lines and Prince Jimsa is the ultimate fruit of their efforts. He is destined to lead their resistance against the alien machines.
==Reception== "It's a complicated mix of ideas. After ''Terra'', though, nobody on this continent should be surprised by what Takemiya's capable of." — David F. Smith, ''Newtype USA''.<ref>{{Cite news|author=Smith, David F.|title=Andromeda Stories Vol. 1|work=Newtype USA|volume=6|issue=10|page=112|date=October 2007|issn=1541-4817}}.</ref>
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==Further reading== * {{cite web|last=Brienza|first=Casey|title=Andromeda Stories GN 1-3 (Complete Series)|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/andromeda-stories/gn-1|website=Anime News Network|date=October 25, 2009|access-date=September 15, 2011}} * {{cite web|last1=Dacey|first1=Katherine|last2=Haley|first2=Ken|title=Manga Minis, January 2008: Andromeda Stories, Vol. 2|url=http://www.popcultureshock.com/manga/index.php/reviews/manga-reviews/manga-minis-january-2008/|website=PopCultureShock|date=January 31, 2008|access-date=July 13, 2014|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308073340/http://www.popcultureshock.com/manga/index.php/reviews/manga-reviews/manga-minis-january-2008/|archive-date=March 8, 2012}} * {{cite web|last=Kenny|first=Penny|title=Andromeda Stories v1|url=http://www.mangalife.com/reviews/AndromedaStoriesv1.htm|website=Manga Life|publisher=Silver Bullet Comics|date=September 30, 2007|access-date=September 15, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090412071614/http://www.mangalife.com/reviews/AndromedaStoriesv1.htm|archive-date=April 12, 2009}}<!-- Date found at http://web.archive.org/web/20071002073906/http://www.mangalife.com/ -->
==External links== *{{Anime News Network|manga|8171}}
{{Keiko Takemiya}}
Category:Animated films based on manga Category:Asahi Sonorama manga Category:Drama anime and manga Category:Extraterrestrial characters in anime and manga Category:Fiction set in the Andromeda Galaxy Category:Keiko Takemiya Category:Kodansha manga Category:Manga adapted into films Category:Science fiction anime and manga Category:Shōnen manga Category:Vertical (publisher) titles