Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

A classic Space Opera, where 2 major empires fight between them with their own beliefs and ideals. On the imperial side, Reinhard Von Lohengram, a military genius and somehow different to make the change on the core of the corrupt noble elite. On the other side in the free Planets coalition, Yang Wen-Li, a well known tactician.

Series details

• Title: Legend of the Galactic Heroes
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Science-Fiction
• Premiere date: 1988-12-01
• Final broadcast date listed: 1997-02-01
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Tokyo MX
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 25 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 8.3/10
• TVMaze ID: 40419
• IMDb ID: tt0096633
• TVDB ID: 81618

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1988-12-01; final listed air date 1989-06-01; episode order: 26.
• Season 2: premiered 1991-06-01; final listed air date 1992-02-01; episode order: 28.
• Season 3: premiered 1994-07-01; final listed air date 1995-02-01; episode order: 32.
• Season 4: premiered 1996-10-01; final listed air date 1997-02-01; episode order: 24.

Source and licence

Adapted from Legend of the Galactic Heroes on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.