Broadcast starts on April 3^th, 2018 (JST)

Key Staff

Director: Shunsuke Tada

(Kuroko's Basketball)

Series Composition: Noboru Takagi

(Durarara!!, Golden Kamuy, Kuroko's Basketball)

Original creator: Yoshiki Tanaka

(Sohryuden - Legend of the Dragon Kings)

Introduction

Legend of the Galactic Heroes is a series of science-fiction novels taking place in space in the distant future. It's the most well-known work of author Hideki Tanaka, who has released a number of popular works throughout the years. Since the first novel was released in 1982, the series has gone on to have a total of ten main series novels and five side story novels, with the series selling a total of over 15 million copies. The series doesn't show any sign of stopping its streak of popularity. 1988 marked the beginning of the novels' anime projects, with 110 main series episodes, 52 side story episodes, and three films. With this large of animated content, the series gained even more fans. The anime casted the most popular voice actors at the time, and is even called "Legend of the Galactic Voice Actors" by fans.

Now, in the present day, the first novel in the series--"Daybreak Arc"--will be adapted again into anime by Production I.G, the makers of Ghost in the Shell and PSYCHO-PASS.

The first season of Legend of the Galactic Heroes Dis Neue These--"Chance Meeting"--will air from April to June 2018, and last for 12 episodes.

Story

A few thousand years in the future, humans have begun to immigrate into space. These space colonies where split into two countries with opposing government organizations called the Galactic Empire--an autocracy--and the Free Galaxy Alliance--a democracy. These two nations fight together in the endless galaxy for over 150 years.

The two nations continue to fight. The Galactic Empire is beginning to crumble due to its society of nobles. On the other hand, the abuse of the democratic system has turned the country's politics into a mobocracy.

At the end of the eighth century in the space calendar, history begins to chance due to the appearance of two people: the invincible genius Reinhard von Lohengramm, and the never-losing magus Yang Wen-Li. With each controlling an opposing force, they find themselves clashing again and again.

Character Names & Descriptions & Seiyuu

Galactic Empire
	Reinhard von Lohengramm Voice: Mamoru Miyano A young Senior admiral of the Galactic Empire. Having proved his worth through his various deeds, he was able to work his way up to the top. He has a dislike for the society based on the nobles within the Galactic Empire, and hides a certain ambition in his heart.
	Siegfried Kircheis Voice: Yuichiro Umehara Captain of the Galactic Empire with red hair like fire. He met Reihard when he was just ten years old and they became the best of friends. Since becoming a soldier, he has had Reinhard by his side as his aide and trusted friend. He has the ability to calm down Reinhard when his secret ambitions sometimes bubble to the surface.
	Paul von Oberstein Voice: Junichi Suwabe Captain of the Galactic Empire. and chief of the armada staffed at the Izelone Fortress. He often gets hated by even allies due to his tendency to scheme.
	Wolfgang Mittermeyer Voice: Daisuke Ono Vice admiral​ of the Galactic Empire's army. He's known for his bravery and speed, with those around him calling him "Wolf de Schtolm." A man with a fair and flexible attitude, he is Oskar von Reuenthal's best friend.
	Oskar von Reuenthal Voice: Yuichi Nakamura Vice admiral​ of the Galactic Empire's army. He is a very skilled tactician and leaders. His bravery and knowledge made him an irreplaceable asset to the empire. He has heterochromia.
Free Planets Alliance
	Yang Wen-li Voice: Kenichi Suzumura Commodore of the Free Planets Alliance. Strangely enough, he never intended to become a soldier. Despite this, he has an excellence sense when it comes to millitary strategies. With it, he was able to save the Free Planets Alliance.
	Julian Mintz Voice: Yūki Kaji A 14-year-old war orphan who was adopted by Yang. Accomplished in both the literary and military arts​, he has not just been recognized for his talents multiple times at school, but he also excels at housework. He's a master at making tea.
	Alex Cazerne Voice: Tokuyoshi Kawashima Rear admiral of the Free Planets Alliance. He's very good and planning and paperwork, and serves as the assistant aide to the chief of the headquarters of joint warfare. Yang's upperclassman from his military academy​ days.
	Frederica Greenhill Voice: Aya Endō Sublieutenant of the Free Planets Alliance. She has a great memory, and graduated military academy with flying colors. She ends up being assigned as Yang's aide. She has held a great amount of respect for Yang even before becoming his aide due to a certain event in their past.
	Walter von Schönkopf Voice: Shinichirō Miki Captain of the Free Planets Alliance. A noble who defected from his country, he serves as the captain of the "Rosen Ritter" regiment, a unit of hand-to-hand combat soldiers. He has a bold personality, and has enough power to take on a thousand soldiers by himself.

Cast

Reinhard von Lohengramm

Mamoru Miyano

Yang Wen-li

Kenichi Suzumura

Siegfried Kircheis

Yuichiro Umehara

Julian Mintz

Yūki Kaji

Paul von Oberstein

Junichi Suwabe

Wolfgang Mittermeyer

Daisuke Ono

Oskar von Reuenthal

Yūichi Nakamura

Alex Cazerne

Tokuyoshi Kawashima

Frederica Greenhill

Aya Endō

Walter von Schönkopf

Shinichirō Miki

Willibard Joachim von Merkatz

Unshō Ishizuka

Staden

Kiyomitsu Mizuuchi

Fogel

Takahiro Fujiwara

Erlache

Naomi Kusumi

Adalbert von Fahrenheit

Ryōta Takeuchi

Paetta

Shinya Fukumatsu

Pastolle

Kōsuke Meguro

Moore

Tooru Sakurai

Lao

Tasuku Hatanaka

Jean Robert Lapp

Yūki Ono

Narrator

Yoshimitsu Shimoyama

Staff

Original creator

Yoshiki Tanaka (published by Tokyo Sougensha)

Director

Shunsuke Tada

Assistant Director

Yujiro Moriyama

Series Composition

Noboru Takagi

Character Design

Yōko Kikuchi, Iwao Teraoka, Katsura Tsushima

Chief Animation Director

Takayuki Goto

Special Effects Director

Atsushi Takeuchi

Mechanical Design

Atsushi Takeuchi, Shinji Usui, Shinobu Tsuneki

Original Mechanical Design

Naoyuki Katō

Prop Design

Keiko Ōta

Prop Design/Emblem Design

Hiyori Denford Akishino

3D

I.G3D

3D Director

Sigma Morimoto

Art

Bamboo

Art Director

Yūsuke Takeda

Art Setting

Yoshinori Shiozawa, Yoshihiro Sono, Kazushi Fujii

Art Design

Takashi Watabe

Color Setting

Yuka Takeda

Sound Director

Masafumi Mima

Music

Sin Hashimoto (Sin)

Opening Theme Song

"Binary Star" by SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:Uru

Ending Theme Song

"WISH" by ELISA

Director of Photography

Eiji Arai

Editing

Junichi Uematsu

Production

Production I.G

Supervision

Light Staff

Planning Cooperation

ROOFTOP

Production Cooperation

Tokuma Shoten

Production Assistance

DMM Pictures

Production

Shochiku, Production I.G

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