Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu: Waga Yuku wa Hoshi no Taikai

Four months before Count von Lohengramm of the Galactic Empire faced Yang Wen-li of the Free Planets Alliance at the Battle of Astarte, he was still just Reinhard von Müsel. The youngest admiral in the Empire's history, Reinhard was disdained and dismissed by his peers as the brother of the Kaiser's concubine.

Upon arriving at Iserlohn Fortress with his expeditionary fleet, Reinhard immediately receives an order from the ambitious and cunning Fleet Admiral Gregor von Mückenberger: to intercept an Alliance fleet in a neighboring starzone. Despite recognizing this as a veiled attempt to get him killed in combat, Reinhard nevertheless orders his tired and weary men to engage the enemy in the atmosphere of the gas giant Legnica. But unbeknownst to him, this will mark the first of his many historic encounters with the Hero of El Facil.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Yang, Wen-li Main

Tomiyama, Kei Japanese

von Lohengramm, Reinhard Main

Horikawa, Ryo Japanese

Kircheis, Siegfried Main

Hironaka, Masashi Japanese

Attenborough, Dusty Main

Inoue, Kazuhiko Japanese

von Reuenthal, Oskar Supporting

Wakamoto, Norio Japanese

von Oberstein, Paul Supporting

Shiozawa, Kaneto Japanese

Mittermeyer, Wolfgang Supporting

Mori, Katsuji Japanese

Poplan, Olivier Supporting

Furukawa, Toshio Japanese

Mecklinger, Ernest Supporting

Hashi, Takaya Japanese

Truniht, Job Supporting

Ishizuka, Unshou Japanese

Maruyama, Masao Producer

Ishiguro, Noboru Director

Aketagawa, Susumu Sound Director

Asaka, Morio Episode Director

Reviews

Feb 1, 2025

k-0da

Recommended

My first foray into Legend of the Galactic Heroes!

Gotta say, I really enjoyed it. Everything felt really calming. Atmosphere wise it's great, and that's due to the stunning cell animation and the classical music OST. Every move made by either party is deliberate, slow. The art is stunning, everything glides across the screen just as the music plays. It lacks high octane action, which I really love, as I often have a hard time following strategy in other Sci-Fis, like Gundam.

Both main leads, Wenli and Reinhard, are great. They have distinct personalities that contrast each other well; the schemer, more reckless Reinhard, and ... the more defensive, softer spoken Wenli. What I found interesting was how both cared deeply for their whole fleets, including Reinhard, who is at least artistically speaking flagged to be more "bad guy" (even though there's very clearly no good side in this war)

The supporting casts seem solid, and are equally as compelling as our leads. The Empire's side specifically, with all of the many fleet commanders and low rung gunners. They're all interesting to watch at least, and none of them are particularly annoying. I'm interesting in the contrast between Siegfried's attentive nature compared to Dusty's more relaxed one; but both are deeply respectful and supportive of their leads.

I'm excited to see where this series goes!

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

What did you think of this review?

Nice 0

Love it 0

Funny 0

Confusing 0

Informative 0

Well-written 0

Creative 0

More reviews by k-0da (24)

Show all

Read more

Show less

Open

Gift

Report

Sep 6, 2024

tonio64286

Recommended

While this movie is excellent in its own right, its greatest strength is how well it prepares viewers to watch the OVA. As someone who was on the fence about investing the time to watch all 110 episodes of the OVA, this movie sold me in a heartbeat. The title crawl and use of classical music skillfully sets the stage for our two protagonists, who waste no time in introducing themselves and illustrating their incomparable dynamic.

While the movie's plot points aren't strictly necessary for understanding the rest of the series, I can't tell anyone in good conscience to skip it. It's hard to put ... into words, but there's just something magical about it. Seriously, give this a watch if you haven't already. Granted, I highly recommend watching the 4K remaster, as it fixes a great deal of the movie's now-outdated animation.

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

What did you think of this review?

Nice 0

Love it 0

Funny 0

Confusing 0

Informative 0

Well-written 0

Creative 0

More reviews by tonio64286 (2)

Show all

Read more

Show less

Open

Gift

Report

Aug 11, 2011

kekekeKaj

Mixed Feelings

"Legend of the Galactic Heroes: My Conquest is the Sea of Stars" is the prelude to the "Legend of the Galactic Heroes" main series. It focuses on the fateful first encounters on the battlfield between Yang Wenli and Reinhard von Lohengramm.

Lohengramm, with his vast ambitions and Yang the reluctant soldier form an interesting contrast. They're almost the polar opposite of each other, but in many ways they are similar. There's a sense that the two men are destined to become great rivals, and what makes the movie fascinating is the anticipation it creates for the future.

Yang and Lohengramm aren't the only characters seeded in this ... prelude who have future significance. If you come back to this after watching a portion of the series, you'll find plenty of other important characters lurking around, but most of them don't have much of a role to play, so it's unlikely that you'll have taken too much notice of them first time round.

As a movie from the 80's, it shows its age quite clearly. Everything about the movie less than polished. Yang's initial characterisation feels a little heavy handed. In their attempt to portray him as an easy going fellow, they went too far and ended up dehumanising him a little. His overly nonchalant demeanor means that he seems less than bothered by the loss of so many lives during one of the battles in the movie, and it feels like he barely regretted his lack of effort towards its prevention (being marked out only by a single casually delivered line).

Another gripe I have with this movie is how incompetently they abused the use of classical music. Normally, making classical music work with the scenes seem trivially easy - rarely do I come across instances where people messed it up, but this movie somehow managed it, and in a manner that's comparable to "Mars of Destruction" (I've probably just landed myself in hot water with the legions of LoGH fanboys with that line, but I stand by what I said :P). The makers' idea of good music production seem to be to start playing a long, random piece of classical music (presumably one favoured by the director) when a battle begins, then just leave it to run its course, giving themselves a self congratulative pat on the back for a job well done. This shockingly lazy approach only resulted in battle scenes that are jarringly devoid of tension and excitement, and a movie where the use of classical music comes off as awfully pretentious.

The battles themselves aren't bad. There are some strokes of genius to be found - the battle at that planet being one such example - but there are also parts that seem to be reliant on the somewhat far fetched stupidity of the opposing commanders, a fault that unfortunately extends and amplifies into the main series.

But as far as preludes go, "Legend of the Galactic Heroes: My Conquest is the Sea of Stars" is a decent one. The movie may not be amazing, but it does promise far more interesting things are to come in the series it's preluding, which is its main purpose anyway.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

What did you think of this review?

Nice 0

Love it 0

Funny 0

Confusing 0

Informative 0

Well-written 0

Creative 0

More reviews by kekekeKaj (185)

Show all

Read more

Show less

Open

Gift

Report

Science Fiction Anime (Part 1)

by Rosa07

50 Entries · 36 Restacks

Old is Gold (Pre-90's Classic Anime)

by Ash_li

50 Entries · 251 Restacks

Complete Anime Adaptations (part 3)

by Yuriko_Sakai

50 Entries · 94 Restacks

North American Anime & Manga Releases for August

Here are the North American anime & manga releases for August Week 1: August 7 - August 13 Anime releases Black Clover Part 1 Blu-ray & DVD Combo Digimon Adv...read more

Aug 6, 2018 2:33 PM by Sakana-san | Discuss (0 comments)

	Before or after Oznerol7 - Dec 18, 2021	7 replies	by Adatius »» Dec 16, 2023 12:39 PM
	Poll: Legend of the Galactic Heroes: My Conquest is the Sea of Stars Episode 1 Discussion ( 1 2 ) Jacut - Sep 23, 2008	89 replies	by HagePotPotato »» Nov 9, 2023 6:34 PM
	What does the German intro say? HagePotPotato - Nov 9, 2023	0 replies	by HagePotPotato »» Nov 9, 2023 5:32 PM

Top 16 Best Space Anime of All Time [Updated]

We all enjoy looking up at the night sky, and watching the stars. And quite often we wonder what exactly is going on...out there in deep space. Fortunately, there's a ton of excellent space anime which will clue us in and make our imaginations run wild!

by MisterD98

516,154 views

Collection