Starship Troopers is an American military science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein, first published (in abridged form) as a serial in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (October, November 1959, as "Starship Soldier") and published hardcover in December, 1959.
This book is notable because it was one of the first works of science fiction that introduced the concept of power suits. It influenced many sci-fi anime creators and helped to create the Real Robot genre of piloted mecha (The creators of Mobile Suit Gundam from 1979 have cited Starship Troopers as an important inspiration).
In 1988, Sunrise and Bandai Visual produced a 6 episode Japanese OVA adaptation locally titled Uchuu No Senshi.
The most famous and well known adaptation of the book is the 1997 movie adaptation directed by Paul Verhoeven (who also directed RoboCop and Total Recall). This version originally received mixed reception: Verhoeven's misinterpretation of Heinlein's work led him to make it a political satire, which critics largely didn't pick up on, but has since become a cult classic.
