Legend of the Galactic Heroes

Production Notes

Legend of the Galactic Heroes was adapted from a series of ten novels, published 1982–87, by Yoshiki Tanaka. The novels won the Seiun Award for the best long-form Japanese science fiction in 1988. At the start of its production the anime was distributed through a subscription system in which episodes were mailed to existing fans of the novels. It was made in four separate tranches over nearly a decade, with the production of side-stories continuing for several further years. The main series has the largest voice cast of any anime, with well over 300 voice actors, and it is the longest OVA series ever made. The novels have also been adapted into a manga, a stage musical by the Takarazuka Revue and a number of games.

Cast Highlights

Attenborough, Dusty

Main

Voice: Inoue, Kazuhiko (Japanese)

Greenhill, Frederica

Main

Voice: Sakakibara, Yoshiko (Japanese)

Kircheis, Siegfried

Main

Voice: Hironaka, Masashi (Japanese)

Minci, Julian

Main

Voice: Sasaki, Nozomu (Japanese)

Mittermeyer, Wolfgang

Main

Voice: Mori, Katsuji (Japanese)

von Lohengramm, Reinhard

Main

Voice: Horikawa, Ryo (Japanese)

von Mariendorf, Hildegard

Main

Voice: Katsuki, Masako (Japanese)

von Oberstein, Paul

Main

Voice: Shiozawa, Kaneto (Japanese)

Core Staff

Katou, Hiroyuki

Producer, Planning

Kikukawa, Yukio

Producer

Mikami, Tetsuo

Producer

Nagayama, Kuniaki

Producer

Odawara, Akiko

Producer

Suzuki, Youji

Producer

Theme Songs

Quick Facts

Ranking And Reach

Title Variants

Production Team

Themes And Audience