English Dub Review: Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These “First Campaign”

Overview:

At the behest of Admiral Yang Wen-li, defected intelligence officer Commander Baghdash makes an emergency broadcast announcing that the National Salvation Military Council staged a coup under the direction of the Galactic Empire. Despite the lack of physical evidence, this debilitating declaration inspires former Rear Admiral Andrew Lynch to reveal his own role in sowing discord within the Free Planets Alliance. A fatal shootout between Lynch and Admiral Dwight Greenhill acts as the final death knell to the short-lived period of martial rule.

Our Take:

Seriously, when they said that Julian was just about to turn 16 and this was after his first battle I was at a loss. Child soldiers are no joke and in galactic warfare, I guess they’re needed too.

Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These is a remake of the OVA series from the ’80s. That OVA was 110 episodes and this is only the 25th so we got a ways to go but man Production I.G. is the studio to go with. The animation is great and I really loved the space battles. I also really love Ian Sinclair as Yang Wen-Li, he always does goofy voices but he nails the role of genius commander.

I’m really looking forward to this one, I had actually heard this wasn’t nearly as good as the original. But I watched a few episodes of that one and it holds up pretty well but I think most people mean it’s different from a story standpoint.