Any perspective from the Alliance side is rare and shallow. Are you looking forward to those interesting moments of juxtaposition, where the perspective shifts back and forth between the Empire and the Alliance as the battle develops? Well too bad. The art is a superficial issue that can be overlooked as long as the story and writing is up to par, right? Well it's not! A battle between the Empire and the Alliance that takes place at Iserlohn Fortress serves as a backdrop for most of the story. I could complain about the visual design all day. I was in pain when I saw Yang's appearance, but enough of that. For a new viewer who isn't familiar with the original art style, it might not be quite as irritating, but nevertheless it is a step down in terms of sheer quality, and definitely looks rather ugly. Most of the characters get a jarring facelift that leaves them unrecognizable from their original iteration. But since it's so heavily associated with the established characters and plot line of what is my favorite anime, I can't help but find it frustrating to watch.įirst of all there's the art style. "okay", nothing great, but really nothing worth getting worked up over. There's not really any need for another review of this, I just really feel like putting my negative thoughts about this movie into words.Īs I said, this won't be objective, and it's coming from the perspective of a fan of the main series, and my criticisms are intended to be read by other fans of the series (after all, I don't see why anyone else would watch this). Okay, this definitely won't be an objective review, but at the very least I'll try to make it descriptive and hopefully understandable, even for people who disagree with me. They used to be crack-dealing hyena-laughing junkie kids back in the day didn’t you know? Getting in the way of Reinhard and Kircheis’s friendship will cost you your life, don’t forget that. It culminates in a reaffirmation of one of anime’s greatest friendships and a pretty cool death scene for an obligatory bad guy. The latter half of the movie has a decent enough plot that manages to tie an Alliance attack on the Death St-, uh Iselhorn fortress and Reinhard's life at risk by imperial grouches. Ok, there's only one five minute montage of lunatic kids on crack. Golden Wings is too busy trying to hook a completely different viewership, one that will be sorely disappointed when they check out the OVA and are hit in the face with masterful direction and sublime script, and not five minute montages of Reinhard and Kircheis running around as kids without uttering a word, just laughing like lunatics on crack. The OVA by comparison is bold, assured, confident, intelligent and doesn’t hang around for you to keep up, it’s too busy being awesome. Yes we get a nice background on two beloved characters of the LotGH universe, but generally this movie is directed in a very sluggish, bland and hand-holding way with a script exactly the same. Yet even with that encouraging premise, the movie as a whole is a big step down from the OVA in nearly every department involved, from art, direction, but most importantly, in story. The first twenty minutes don’t tell you anything you don’t already know if you've seen the OVA, but after they graduate from military school the plot picks up and shows us their friendship getting them through tight scrapes in the beginning of their military careers. The movie is a spotlight on Reinhard and Kircheis. It’s pretty jarring and serves as a barrier between the two experiences, with only the thematic narrative tying the two anime together neatly for the viewer. They lose the handsome character designs and replace them with foppish haircuts, wide anime eyes and voice actors that don’t match their characters, Yang Wen-li especially. It’s the first thing to hit you if you've been watching the OVA for a while. ranks of military school and learn how he matured into an adult.Īll the characters from the OVA are near unrecognisable in their new incarnations in this movie. The story is set before the OVA, but after watching 54 episodes of Reinhard ascend through the ranks of the military and getting comfortable with his acquaintance, you can get the most satisfaction out of Golden Wings in seeing him ascend through the It’s best to watch this movie after episode 54 of the LotGH OVA, as this movie was released after that and before episode 55. Golden Wings is a slight misstep in the Legends of the Galactic Heroes franchise, not enough to stumble on its face but not enough to style it out by whistling innocently and pretending it didn’t almost trip over.
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