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Legend of the Galactic Heroes

Legend of the Galactic Heroes

In every age, in every place, the deeds of men remain the same.

19888.74 Seasons110 EpisodesEnded

Overview

War rages between the Galactic Empire and the Free Planets Alliance. With two new brilliant young leaders at the helm, anything can happen in this military space opera.

Created by Yoshiki Tanaka
Written by Yoshiki Tanaka, Masatoshi Tahara
Produced by Masatoshi Tahara, Yukio Kikukawa

Top Cast

Kei Tomiyama

Kei Tomiyama

Wen-li Yang (voice)

Ryo Horikawa

Ryo Horikawa

Reinhard von Lohengramm (voice)

Kazuhiko Inoue

Kazuhiko Inoue

Dusty Attenborough (voice)

Yoshiko Sakakibara

Yoshiko Sakakibara

Frederica Greenhill (voice)

Masashi Hironaka

Masashi Hironaka

Siegfried Kircheis (voice)

Nozomu Sasaki

Nozomu Sasaki

Julian Minci (voice)

Katsuji Mori

Katsuji Mori

Wolfgang Mittermeyer (voice)

Masako Katsuki

Masako Katsuki

Hildegard von Mariendorf (voice)

Kaneto Shiozawa

Kaneto Shiozawa

Paul von Oberstein (voice)

Norio Wakamoto

Norio Wakamoto

Oskar von Reuenthal (voice)

Themes & Keywords

based on novel or bookpolitical intrigue space operamilitaryanimephilosophicalreluctant herooriginal video animation (ova)

About Legend of the Galactic Heroes

Legend of the Galactic Heroes is a animation, drama, sci-fi & fantasy, war & politics series that first aired in 1988 exploring themes of based on novel or book, political intrigue , space opera, military, anime, philosophical. Created by Yoshiki Tanaka, it stars Kei Tomiyama, Ryo Horikawa, Kazuhiko Inoue. War rages between the Galactic Empire and the Free Planets Alliance. With two new brilliant young leaders at the helm, anything can happen in this military space opera.

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