#Legend of the galactic heroes review series

Both characters are explored and featured enough that they feel like true individuals, central to the story. Lohengramm holds designs of seizing power for himself, to right the wrongs of the empire as ultimately a benevolent dictator. The only other major characters to latch onto are Reinhard Lohengramm and his subordinate Seigfried Kircheis, two high ranking officials within the Galactic Empire. There are certain characters whose unique story feature in important ways, like Walter von Schonkopf, whose potential of betraying his country adds tension to a certain mid-season sequence, but these moments and characters are few and far between. I heard that his red nose was red because it was covered in the blood ofвЂ“ what? Oh, wrong Rudolf.

In fact many characters are like this, individuals that could be removed from the story, replaced with another character with a different personality or visage and nothing would change in any extreme way. Yang Wen-liвЂ™s adopted kid? Features for a handful of episodes and largely exists to make certain moral points, or provide a way for other plot developments to occur. Most of the men and women around Yang Wen-li serve a singular purpose, acting as warm bodies to help carry the plot forward or round out the world building.

#Legend of the galactic heroes review series

While the series offers Yang Wen-li as a compelling lead character, with his own charm as the nonchalant, reluctant hero with the brains to back it all up, there arenвЂ™t any other characters to truly gravitate towards. Galactic HeroesвЂ™ primary focus is on strategy, political drama, and war. What I can say is that whatвЂ™s offered here is exclusively for one kind of audience alone, so focused and set on providing the epic tale of two warring governments and people that deeper characterization is largely absent. Not having had the chance to experience the OVA I canвЂ™t really comment on how this second adaptation holds up to the previous. Legend of the Galactic Heroes attempts to adapt a beloved Japanese sci-fi novel series for the second time, re-imagining the anime form of this story from the original OVA that stands at a total of over one-hundred episodes.

Review (Warning: Minor Spoilers to Follow):