Legend of the Galactic Heroes
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Original run | November 30, 1982 – November 15, 1987 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Original run | September 1, 1984 – July 31, 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Legend of the Galactic Heroes (
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Setting
In AD 2801, the Galactic Federation is formed, resulting in political power moving away from the planet Earth (now named Terra) and the Space Era calendar replacing the Gregorian calendar, with 2801 AD now being SE 1.[4]: 9 Rudolf von Goldenbaum, an ex-admiral turned dictatorial politician, is elected to power. After declaring himself Emperor Rudolf I, absolute monarch of the renamed Galactic Empire, he restarts the calendar again, beginning the Imperial Calendar on SE 310/AD 3110. His regime adopts extremist policies, including the suppression of any opposition and the extermination of anyone perceived too weak (such as the disabled and the poor), which is carried out until his death in IC 42/SE 351/AD 3151.[4]: 14–17 He also moves the capital of the Empire to the planet Odin, the third planet in the Valhalla system.[4]: 25
In IC 164/SE 473/AD 3273, a group of serfs in the Altair star system manage to escape captivity and make "the Long March of 10,000 Light-Years" into the
A third realm is also set up, the Dominion of Phezzan, a planet-state (city-state on a galactic scale) with connections to Terra. It technically remains a part of the Empire and pays tribute, but also maintains a relationship with the Alliance. Ruled by a domain lord called the "landsherr", Phezzan gains power by acting as both paragon and trickster, providing the only link between the Empire and Alliance, while simultaneously playing the two sides against one another.[4]: 23
Plot
The story is staged in the distant future within our own
Within the Galactic Empire, based on mid-19th-century
In the Free Planets Alliance Star Fleet is another genius,
As a historian, Yang often predicts the motives behind his enemies, narrating the rich history of his world and offering commentary. One of his famous quotes is "There are few wars between good and evil; most are between one good and another good."
Besides the two main heroes, the story is full of vivid characters and intricate politics. All types of characters – from high nobility, admirals, and politicians, to common soldiers and farmers – are interwoven into the story. The story frequently switches away from the main heroes to the Unknown Soldier fighting for his life on the battlefield.
There is a third neutral power nominally attached to the Galactic Empire, the Phezzan Dominion, a planet-state that trades with both warring powers. There is also a
Christopher Farris of the Anime News Network wrote that the novels focus on "personal matters of the main players" instead of being "rote historical accounts", while the 1988-1997 anime series focuses on "the big picture of the war", with multiple characters chronicled, and the 2018 series focuses "only on the major plays by our two main actors to fit within its shorter, more focused format."[5]
Media
Novels
The series proper is based on a ten-novel series written by Yoshiki Tanaka, as well as a number of other shorter stories set in the same universe, collected in five Legend of the Galactic Heroes Gaiden volumes. It won the Seiun Award for "Best Novel of the Year" in 1988.[6] On July 2, 2015, Viz Media had announced that it had licensed the novels for release in North America under their Haikasoru imprint.[7] The company had only initially licensed the first three novels, but stated that it would license more if sales are good.[7] The first novel, Dawn, was released on March 8, 2016. The company eventually licensed and released all the novels, and the final volume, Sunset, was released on November 19, 2019. The novels were translated by Daniel Huddleston, Tyran Grillo and Matt Treyvaud. First three novels were also released as audiobooks.
Anime
My Conquest is the Sea of Stars
Legend of the Galactic Heroes: My Conquest is the Sea of Stars (銀河英雄伝説 わが征くは星の大海, Ginga Eiyū Densetsu: Waga Yuku wa Hoshi no Taikai) is the first animated adaptation of Yoshiki Tanaka's Legend of the Galactic Heroes series of novels. It was originally released in Japan on 6 February 1988. The film chronicles the first combat encounter between Reinhard von Müsel (who later adopted the Lohengramm name) and Yang Wen-li, the two primary protagonists of the series. The main original video animation (OVA) series followed only months later.
Legend of the Galactic Heroes
Legend of the Galactic Heroes (銀河英雄伝説, Ginga Eiyū Densetsu) is the second and longest-running animated adaptation of Tanaka's series of novels. It was released in direct home video installments during four separate periods between December 1988 and March 1997. The OVA comprises 110 episodes. It was later shown on television and has seen multiple releases on both DVD and Blu-ray formats. It is also known by the (grammatically incorrect) German title Heldensagen vom Kosmosinsel,[g] which is used in its opening credits.
Golden Wings
Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Golden Wings (銀河英雄伝説外伝 黄金の翼, Ginga Eiyū Densetsu Gaiden: Ōgon no Tsubasa) is the third animated adaptation of Legend of the Galactic Heroes, adapting the short story of the same name. It was originally released on home video in Japan in October 1992, then released in cinemas in December of that year. Its art style is notable in that it follows the art style of the
Overture to a New War
Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Overture to a New War (銀河英雄伝説 新たなる戦いの序曲, Ginga Eiyū Densetsu: Arata Naru Tatakai no Ōvachua) is the fourth animated adaptation of Tanaka's novels. It was originally released in Japan on 18 December 1993. It expands upon the events covered in the first two episodes of the 1988 OVA series.
Gaiden
Legend of the Galactic Heroes Gaiden (銀河英雄伝説外伝, Ginga Eiyū Densetsu Gaiden) is the fifth animated adaptation (counting films) of Tanaka's novel series. It was originally released in Japan between February 1998 and July 2000. It served as a prequel to the main series, adapting Legend of the Galactic Heroes Gaiden, or side stories, series of novels, (then) uncollected short stories, and also original stories.
Series 1 released from February to September 1998, consisted of adaptations of the short stories "Silver-White Valley", "Dream of the Morning, Song of Night" and "Disgrace" (later included in the Golden Wings collection), and the novel A Hundred Billion Stars, a Hundred Billion Lights.
Series 2 released between December 1999 and June 2000, consisted of the adaptations of the novels Spiral Labyrinth and part of The Star Crusher ("The Third Tiamat Battle"), as well as the original stories "The Mutineer", "The Duellist", and "The Retriever".
Die Neue These
Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These - Encounter (銀河英雄伝説 DIE NEUE THESE 邂逅, Ginga Eiyū Densetsu: Di Noie Tēze - Kaikō) started being produced by
A second season, Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These - Stellar War (銀河英雄伝説 DIE NEUE THESE 星乱, Ginga Eiyū Densetsu: Di Noie Tēze - Seiran) premiered in Japanese theaters as three films, each with four episodes, in 2019.[11] The films premiered on September 27, October 25, and November 29, 2019, respectively.[12] The ending theme for the films is "Tranquility" by SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:Anly.[13] It was broadcast on TV with a reairing of the first season in 2020.[14]
A third season, Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These - Clash (銀河英雄伝説 DIE NEUE THESE 激突, Ginga Eiyū Densetsu: Di Noie Tēze - Gekitotsu) premiered in Japanese theaters as a three-part film series in 2022 on March 4, April 1, and May 13, respectively.[15] The opening theme for the films is "dust" by SennaRin, while the ending theme is "melt" by SennaRin.[16]
A fourth season, Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These - Intrigue (銀河英雄伝説 DIE NEUE THESE 策謀, Ginga Eiyū Densetsu: Di Noie Tēze - Sakubo) premiered in Japanese theaters as a three-part film series in 2022 on September 30, October 28, and November 25, respectively.[17]
English-language release
An English dub pilot was produced by Outis Productions and Ocean Productions in 1999. The dubbed episodes were the episodes 51 and 52. The dub was never picked up due to a lack of interest.[18]
On 2 July 2015, Sentai Filmworks announced their license to the anime series at their panel at Anime Expo, and later commented that they hoped to create the "definitive release".[19][20]
On 20 June 2017, Sentai Filmworks announced the streaming release on
Die Neue These is streamed in North America by Crunchyroll.
Manga
The first manga adaptation was authored by Katsumi Michihara, and adapts the first two volumes of the original novel. It was published from 1986 to 2000, and collected in eleven volumes. A four-volume continuation, Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Portrait of Heroes, was published from 2006 to 2012. This manga story is faithful to the original, possibly more faithful than the OVAs. However, there are some changes that could be considered major, e.g. the gender and ethnicity of Adrian Rubinsky are changed. Akira Kasahara cooperated in drawing mechanics. Michihara also adapted the side story "Golden Wings" into a one-shot manga of the same name in August 1986.
A manga adaptation by Ryu Fujisaki started in Shueisha's Weekly Young Jump on October 8, 2015.[22] The manga was transferred to Ultra Jump on February 19, 2020.[23] Shueisha has compiled its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes, with the first volume being released on February 19, 2016.[24] As of August 18, 2023, 27 volumes have been published.[25]
Games
Several video games based on Legend of the Galactic Heroes have been released for various platforms, including an online multiplayer strategy game. All of them have been released in Japan whilst some of them have been introduced in the Republic of Korea. Most of these games were published by Bothtec and Tokuma Shoten. A board game was released in 1998.[26]
Stage productions
In 2012, the series was adapted as a musical by the all-female performance troupe Takarazuka Revue.[27]
In February 2014, the most recent stage production of Legend of the Galactic Heroes opened, and it ended with an announcement of a new anime adaptation. Tanaka's secretary, Hirofumi Adachi, confirmed the news and relayed the producer's comments that the new anime is not a remake of the earlier anime, but another anime adaptation of the original novels with a new staff.[28]
Reception and legacy
The series received several reviews in English media, years or even decades before its official release.[29]
The English debut of the novel series in 2016 was described as long-awaited and overdue.[30][31][32] Publishers Weekly criticized the Daniel Huddleston's translation of the first novel, Dawn, stating it was "a slog". The novel as-a-whole was criticized for the "shallow" female characters.[33] Also that year, reviewing the same book for the Forbes portal, Ollie Barder was much more positive, noting that the series is "an epic space opera that needs to be read" and "a fascinating novel and essential reading for anyone that enjoys immaculately complex fiction".[31] Rachel S. Cordasco, reviewing the novel series in Locus Magazine in 2020, praised the work as "a remarkable series... a multi-layered, multi-textual work [that] tells different stories on multiple levels", also observing that it is not just a space opera, but also, an "in-depth historiography" of the future military conflict, comparing it to the 18th-century historical work The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.[32]
In 2017, the 1988–1997 anime's official English release received a number of reviews in the English media. Anne Laurenroth of the
Takumi Sato noted that the character of Reinhard von Lohengramm as depicted in the anime could be related to the "aestheticization of Hitler's image", comparing this phenomenon to similar Japanese works, such as Space Battleship Yamato.[35]
The series has been described as "highly influential" in the development of Chinese online literature.[36]
The historiographical aspects of the show have been analyzed by a Polish scholar, Arkadiusz Bożejewicz.[37]
Notes
- ^ a b c Credited as 総監督 (Chief Director)
- ^ Credited under the pseudonym Masato Shitahara (簧原雅人) for season 2.
- ^ Credited as Animation Director (アニメーションディレクター). Note: This credit is used similar to "series director" in this instance, according to an interview with Shimizu himself.[3]
- Madhouse, AIC, E&G Films, I.G Tatsunoko, Raijin Film, Studio Look, Watanabe Promotion, and Bebow, and Tokyo Kids
Season 2 & 3: Artland, Magic Bus - ^ a b Animation services provided by: Shaft, Magic Bus, Artland, and Mushi Production. K-Factory did not possess an animation studio and outsourced all of the work to the aforementioned companies.
- ^ Animation services provided by Artland and Magic Bus.
- ^ Literally "hero saga of the cosmic island"
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- S2CID 155034460.
- ISBN 978-83-948851-5-1.
External links
- Official website
- Legend of the Galactic Heroes at IMDb
- Legend of the Galactic Heroes at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Legend of the Galactic Heroes series listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database