Legend Of The Galactic heroes is NOT an anime for everyone. It is a highly dialogue driven and is highly intellectual, deep and thought-provoking and unlike most of the space operas it does not any highly advanced artificial intelligence through which the main protagonist can do something over the top and marvelous and also it does not have any Intelligent extraterrestrial life forms other than human beings, which are a few reasons which makes legend of the galactic heroes really stand out from rest of the animes. Even after more than 20 years there hasn’t been a show which could mimic the likes of Legend
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of the galactic heroes and is the epitome of amazing and intellectual story telling the likes of which will never be surpassed by any anime or a movie. Also Shouen and die-hard action fans will be gravely disappointed as there are no attractive CG or highly exaggerated explosions or some high-tech mecha destroying everything in its path with the use of eye catchy laser beams, missiles, etc... So if you are interested in space operas and are interested in politics or military strategics, please give legend of the galactic heroes a try and when you do, there will be many emotional, engrossing moments awaiting you.
Animation: The animation for the first season is highly outdated, bland and flushed out (like the physique of the face and the lip moments during dialogues were very unattractive and badly drawn) but what more can you except from a series which is more than two decades old and made with a rather low budget than most of the longer shows around that time and the source material was unpopular and it barely got any recognition, but the animation really improves as the series progresses to the third season and the animations become more clean and is more consistent than it was at the first two seasons and also the facial and lip moments become much better and fluid. But the space battle for the first two seasons are done in a very simplistic manner in which large rectangular ships, which all looked the same except for the admirals battle ship and spartanians and valkyres , which exchanged laser beams in a battlefield filled with a lot of explosions and each ship gets destroyed by just a single fire of the enemy missiles or laser beams, but what made the battles exciting were not the amount of explosions, but the level of excitement you experience during the war is mainly due to the very interesting and engrossing military strategies and tactics used by the main characters during the time of crisis to avoid getting defeated and how they used the environment to take an advantage over the opposition or how they turned an extremely disadvantageous situation into their advantage by using their experience or tactics. Also the animation of the battles improve significantly during the third season and by then you would have be able to recognize each of the high admirals ship. But the animation of the battles is still outdated but it never ceased to impress me with it the amazing military tactics and is very enjoyable and what makes the battles all the more exciting are the amazing classical sound tracks used during the battles. The thing that impressed me the most is none of the huge list of the characters in legend of the galactic heroes looked the same, they all had their own distinct facial and physical features and were extremely realistically drawn compared to most of the other animes and they never exaggerated any of the expressions of the characters and how they look and at times had a lot of gore and violent scenes. Also there weren’t too many recycled animations and the backgrounds were for the most of the time nicely drawn and sometimes breath-taking and the attention to detail improved a lot as the series progressed. Overall the animation was effective in creating the right mood to watch the series.
Score-7/10
Characters: Legend of the galactic heroes had a very long list of diverse and memorable characters that has their own distinct features, personalities and most of them had their own reasons, believes on which side they preferred to associate with. Each of the more than hundred characters in the series have their own unique voice actor and each of the voice actors have done a really fabulous job, except a few characters whose voice is too deep, which isn’t much of a concern when you consider how well the other voice actors done. Since the series is considerably long, it had enough time to genuinely develop its long list of characters in a truly tremendous manner and each of the characters feelings, thoughts, losses and expressions are expressed in such a way that it will always keep you engrossed and get attached to the characters so much that you will start to understand the sentiments of characters. All of the characters in this series act natural and in accordance to the type of situation they are entangled in and when they die they stay dead unlike the most of the shouen mainstream animes. The two main characters Yang Wenli and Reinhard von Lohengramm are the most memorable of the lot, but there a lot of other characters who were equally memorable and succeeded in catching my attention like Oscar Von Ruental, Wolfgang Mittermeyer and Paul Von Oberstein from the galactic empire and Julian Minci, Dusty Attenborough and oliver poplan. But one thing that really bothered me was the lack of any influential female leads and even though there were a few, they for most of the time forgettable compared to the two main male leads, but they had a lot of effect on the lives of the two main characters. The whole legend of the galactic heroes universe is ruled by the male majority which is the only unrealistic situation compared to the real world. Overall LotGH has one of the best main protagonists ever made and has a huge list of memorable supporting cast.
Score-10/10
Story: Legend of the galactic heroes is and will forever be one of the greatest space opera ever told by man. I’ve never seen any other anime or movie with such a deep insight into political drama. Throughout the 110 episodes there isn’t single filler or a boring episode, which is a great accomplishment considering how the ongoing long shows are ruined by boring and irrelevant filler arcs . The pacing and progression of the story is slow, seamless and solid and most of the minor flaws are forgettable and the level of intensity never lets up even for a single second and relies very heavily on philosophy. The LotGH universe is very rich, detailed and explained from every possible direction and there are even full episodes dedicated just to the history of the rise and fall of the nations and it only uses space battles to make the universe more rich and detailed. What makes LotGH so compelling is the expectation of what will happen next (avoid watching the preview of the next episode as there will be intense spoilers in them) and some times I was so curious as to what will happen next that I lost track of the number of episodes I watched that day. Even though you might predict most of the plot twists that come along in the course of the show, but when they do arrive you will be literally blown away and what makes them even more interesting is not about what will happen, but when, why and how they will happen. After the end of the first season the influence of each of the story element will get stronger and stronger and by the time one reaches the third season they will be totally immersed into the show and that’s when it truly starts to shine. This is only one of the few animes which shows the negative side of war by showing the viewers how it affects the mindset of citizens who were engulfed into it, depletion of the crucial military resources and manpower and the intense sorrow caused the loss of a loved one.
Score-10/10
Sound and enjoyment: LotGH has one of the largest collections of outstanding classical German sound tracks and it really succeeds in creating the right mood to watch the series and makes it all the more enjoyable and it was a real treat to hear the amazing sound tracks during the space battles and it once again succeeds in creating a tense atmosphere. All the opening and ending songs were soothing and mild, which really suited the show.This is as good as any show could ever get and the level of enjoyment that one experiences in unparalleled.
Score- 10/10
Overall-10/10
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May 28, 2010
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Legend Of The Galactic heroes is NOT an anime for everyone. It is a highly dialogue driven and is highly intellectual, deep and thought-provoking and unlike most of the space operas it does not any highly advanced artificial intelligence through which the main protagonist can do something over the top and marvelous and also it does not have any Intelligent extraterrestrial life forms other than human beings, which are a few reasons which makes legend of the galactic heroes really stand out from rest of the animes. Even after more than 20 years there hasn’t been a show which could mimic the likes of Legend
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May 13, 2010
Most people tend to ignore this anime just because it is OLD and is a huge series but they dont know that they are missing one of the best space operas ever made. Unlike most of the space operas there isnt any aliens or any other Technologically advanced super intelligent extra-terrestrial species other than Humans and it also dosent have any super advanced technologies like we see in star trek or any other space operas.Soo if u want too see an anime which has super powered mechas blowing everything in its path then this is not the anime for you.
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Sep 11, 2009
baccano! is one of the most unique anime shows i have seen. It is a bit complex and confusing at times soo not recommended for everyone.
STORY: the story of baccano! is unique and intriguing. Anyone who want to watch an anime with a great story then this is the one. At first i hesitated to watch this series as iam not really into the whole fantasy genre but as i started to watch the series i was amazed on how the story unfolded and the way it was presented which totally rocked. The though a story of immortals of the 1930s might sound a little strange, ... |
