 The series spans a large number of years, jumping back and forth multiple times, from Soldier Shin's life on Ataraxia, the various events on Station E-1077, Soldier Shin's founding of a "Mu" colony on a habitable planet, Neska, the Superior Dominance war of extermination on the Mu, and finally to the Mu's return to Terra.The manga series, written and illustrated by Keiko Takemiya, was serialized by Asahi Sonorama in "Gekkan Manga Shōnen" between January 1977 and May 1980.The chapters were collected in three bound volumes, which was reissued in August 1980 with the release of the movie.