Warning: We assume that you have watched Legend of the Galactic Heroes before reading this. We will spoil anything and everything.
In every age, in every place, the deeds of men remain the same.
Legend of the Galactic Heroes is kind of an oddity in that its fans reverie it, rightfully so, and basically everyone else has never heard of it. But having experienced it, it really is the cream of the crop when it comes to anime and even more so space opera. I don’t really have a top favorites list of anime, but I do have ones that stick out to me the most and for a long time nothing has really broken into that category, that is until LotGH came along.
While we have covered all of the anime related to the first 10 books of Legend of Galactic Heroes saga we saved our final thoughts on the 4th season as well as the series as a whole for this bonus post. We did this so you could read these posts along with watching the show and avoid spoilers for any section you were watching. This also gives us a chance to talk about a few things outside of the work proper itself like the fandom or specific characters that would require us to spoil parts of the ending. And ultimately it is gives us one last chance to sell people reading spoilers on exactly why this series is worth sitting through 110 episodes in the main series let alone the movies and side stories.
Legend of the Galactic Heroes Part 4: Conspiracy
May 10, 2010
Warning: We assume that you have watched the first three seasons of Legend of the Galactic Heroes (The first 86 episodes) before reading this. We will not spoil anything major in the fourth season but everything and anything in first three seasons is fair game.
The first half may have had scenes that threw you off balance but nothing beats the leg sweep that was season 3. With a mixture of sadness and curiosity we eagerly dove into the last section of Legend of the Galactic Heroes. The questions that everyone was asking was how and where would they end this epic story? Would the ending live up to the first three sections? Who would live and who would die? Thankfully all the questions are answered in a fashion equal to the first three parts.
You’d think after more than 80 episodes you’d be ready for the end, but no, it goes by in a flash and you desperately want to see the continuing story of this galaxy. Legend of the Galactic gives its all 100% all the way through the end. The turn of events, the people who live and die, the final conclusions, and the unanswered ponderings make for a satisfying ending.
UPDATE: Legend of the Galactic Heroes Nickname Guide
April 21, 2010
So Legend of the Galactic Heroes has an epic cast of over 600 named characters, and even more problematic is that many of their names are insanely long and complex. So we decided to throw all that out, and it really became a fun game to find all these people memorable and easy to recall nicknames. This list will be updated as we review each part and new characters rise in prominence.
- Reinhard von Lohengramm – Dennis the Menace
- Yang Wen-li – WWYD/What Would Yang Do?
- Siegfried Kircheis – Red-Headed Step Child
- Oskar von Reuenthal – Batman
- Wolfgang Mittermeyer – Robin
- Paul von Oberstein – Professor Moriarty The Joker
- Julian Minci – Julian
- Landesherr Adrian Rubinsky – Kingpin of Pez Land
- Willibald Joachim von Merkatz – MCAT
- Ivan Konev – Han
- Olivier Poplan – Luke
- Walter von Schenkopp- The Rose Duelist
- Dusty Attenborough – Dusty Rhodes
- Ernest Mecklinger – Porn-Stache
- Alexander Bucock – THE Cool Old Guy
- Jessica Edwards – Yang’s Woman
- Andrew Fork – Fork You!
- Frederica Greenhill – Yang’s Woman Mk-II
- Rupert Kesseling – The Good Son
- Jean Robert Lap – Impaled for Love
- Sidney Sitolet – To Sir, with Love
- Job Truniht – Blow Job
- Annerose von Grünewald – The Rose Bride
- Bagdash – Frenchy
- Otto von Braunshwieg – Head Fratboy
- The Grand Bishop of the Earth Cult (does this guy have a name?) – Emperor Palpatine
- Kaiser Friedrich Von Goldenbaum IV – Emperor Pedophile
- Erwin Josef Von Goldenbaum II – Emperor Shota
- Louis Mashengo – Mandingo
- Adalbert von Fahrenheit – Fahrenheit 451
- Hildegard von Mariendorf – The Beard
- Fritz Joseph Bittenfeld – Shoot Another Black Lancer At It
- De Villiers – Lex Luthor
- Katerose von Kreutzer – Asuka
- Soun Soulzcouaritter – Soul Train
- Heydrich Lang – The Penguin
- Bruno von Silberburg – Uncle Jesse
- Ulrich Kessler – Char MP
- Alex Cazellnu – BFF
- Helmut Lennenkanpt – Joseph Stalin
- Emile von Seelle – Substitute Kircheis
Legend of the Galactic Heroes Part 3: Rebellion
April 19, 2010
Warning: We assume that you have watched the first two seasons of Legend of the Galactic Heroes (the first 54 episodes) before reading this. We will not spoil anything major in the third season but everything and anything in first two seasons is fair game.
We have just passed the halfway mark in Legend of the Galactic Heroes. I can’t say that I has any clue that season 2 would end like it did but that shows you why this anime is considered a classic. We have lost great charaters, learned about some new amazing people, and seen everyone one else grow over the course of the first two seasons. The way the game is being played has been utterly changed but the quality storytelling remains.
It’s rather obvious at this point that you are fully gripped by Legend of the Galactic Heroes to make it this far. But that is completely understandable. Legend of the Galactic Heroes always has an ending that leaves you enraptured, it isn’t a cliffhanger but more of the opening of a new door, and then from the very start the next arc intrigues you about what can happen next. The emotional investment in the series was quite high for me going into part three, it is a series that really takes the characters and solidifies them in your mind, but with that comes some difficult moments as well. Legend of the Galactic Heroes part three does so much in terms of making this series one of the most memorable anime ever.
