The Worst Episodes of The Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These

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7.6/10(61 votes)
#1 - The Castrop Rebellion
S1:E85/22/2018
Kircheis suppresses the Castrop Rebellion in only two days of combat, earning a promotion to vice admiral. Meanwhile, Captain Oberstein, having abandoned the commanders at Iserlohn to flee on his own, seeks an audience with Reinhard. Despite Kircheis's misgivings, Reinhard recognizes Obersteins talent as a tactician and takes him on as a subordinate.
Director:Koji Komurakata
Writer:Toshizo Nemoto
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Director:Koji Komurakata
Writer:Toshizo Nemoto
7.7/10(57 votes)
#2 - Interlude
S1:E106/12/2018
A meeting is underway at the Free Planets Alliance Navy Integrated Tactical Operations Center to plan the Alliance's large-scale invasion into Imperial territory. Commodore Falk, an operations staff officer, proposes a plan, but Vice Admirals Bewcock and Yang raise concerns about the dangers of invading with widely separated forces and an excessively long supply line. Meanwhile, Reinhard is concocting a plan to draw the Alliance Navy deep into Imperial territory and destroy them in one fell swoop.
Director:Hiroyuki Kitakubo
Writer:Daishiro Tanimura
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Director:Hiroyuki Kitakubo
Writer:Daishiro Tanimura
7.7/10(30 votes)
#3 - The Die Is Cast
S4:E510/27/2022
Kesler reports to Reinhard that the palace has been breached during the night. The sun has yet to rise when Reinhard urgently summons his senior admirals and orders them to keep all fleets ready to go into action at any time. Hilde is now beginning to see the byzantine game of power that is being played in cold-blooded cynicism, but in the midst of this, she overhears communication concerning Neue Sanssouci Chief of Security Molt.
Director:Nahoko Iiyama
Writer:Daishiro Tanimura
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Director:Nahoko Iiyama
Writer:Daishiro Tanimura
7.8/10(72 votes)
#4 - An Indomitable Prodigy
S1:E34/18/2018
Annerose, Reinhard's older sister, lives in the palace as the kaiser's favorite mistress. As Reinhard and Kircheis make their way to her residence for a visit, they both recall memories of their childhood together. Then Annerose, after greeting them with a smile that hasn't changed since they were young, asks Kircheis to continue looking out for her brother and guide him back toward the right path if he ever goes astray.
Director:Takatoshi Suzuki
Writer:Toshizo Nemoto
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Director:Takatoshi Suzuki
Writer:Toshizo Nemoto
7.8/10(70 votes)
#5 - The Unbeatable Magician
S1:E44/25/2018
Until the age of 16, Yang Wen-li spent most of his life on an interplanatary merchant spaceship with his father, who was a trader. After his father's death, Yang entered the Free Planets Fleet Academy to study war history. There, he met Jean, who would become his best friend, and his childhood friend Jessica, a music school student
Director:Kenichi Matsuzawa
Writer:Aya Yoshinaga
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Director:Kenichi Matsuzawa
Writer:Aya Yoshinaga
7.8/10(57 votes)
#6 - Each Person's Star
S1:E96/5/2018
A High Council vote determines that the Free Planets Alliance will invade the Galactic Empire. Meanwhile Yang, after having his resignation rejected by Chief Sithole, visits a restaurant with Julian for dinner and runs in to Frederica Greenhill, who was there with her father. The four of them dine together. On the way home afterward, Yang learns that Jessica, the fiancée of his fallen comrade Lapp, has decided to go into politics.
Director:Kenichi Matsuzawa
Writer:Aya Yoshinaga
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Director:Kenichi Matsuzawa
Writer:Aya Yoshinaga

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7.9/10(63 votes)
#7 - Birth of the 13th Fleet
S1:E55/1/2018
After its defeat at the Battle of Astarte, the Free Planets Alliance Navy returns to the planet Heinessen, the Alliance's capital. A memorial service is being held for the 1,500,000 Alliance soldiers who died in the battle, but according to Rear Admiral Cazerne, it's nothing but a political show put on by National Defense Committee Chairman Trunicht. Yang reluctantly attends the service, but while there, he encounters an old acquaintance he never expected to see
Director:Yoshiyuki Ichihashi
Writer:Noboru Takagi
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Director:Yoshiyuki Ichihashi
Writer:Noboru Takagi
7.9/10(63 votes)
#8 - The Capture of Iserlohn (1)
S1:E65/8/2018
Sub-lieutenant Greenhill, a woman with an unusually keen memory, is added to the crew of the 13th Fleet along with several other highly well-regarded officers. Captain Schönkopf and some members of his regiment, the Rosen Ritter, board a previously captured Imperial cruiser as part of Yang's plan to infiltrate and capture Iserlohn Fortress, disguising themselves as Imperial soldiers being pursued by the Alliance
Director:Kenichi Matsuzawa
Writer:Noboru Takagi
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Director:Kenichi Matsuzawa
Writer:Noboru Takagi
7.9/10(56 votes)
#9 - The Verge of Death (2)
S1:E126/26/2018
The Free Planets Alliance Navy Expeditionary Fleet is fighting a severe supply shortage, and the supply convoy that was sent to save them has been destroyed by Kircheis in a fierce attack. Without their desperately needed supplies, the disheartened Alliance fleet takes a hard hit from the Imperial Navy. As Reinhard's subordinates take out the Alliance fleets one by one, Yang's 13th Fleet is attacked by the Kempff Fleet.
Director:Yusuke Sunouchi
Writer:Noboru Takagi
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Director:Yusuke Sunouchi
Writer:Noboru Takagi
7.9/10(46 votes)
#10 - Before the Storm
S2:E39/27/2019
When the Free Planets Alliance Navy conquered Iserlohn Fortress, they took two million Imperial soldiers as war prisoners. And during the Battle of Amritsar, the Galactic Imperial Navy took two million Alliance soldiers as war prisoners. A deal has been reached to exchange all of these prisoners at Iserlohn Fortress. Representing the Alliance at the exchange is Yang, the commander of Iserlohn Fortress. Representing the Empire in place of Reinhard, the one who proposed the exchange, is Kircheis. The two men, who have fought one another with equal resourcefulness in battle, meet face-to-face for the first time at the prisoner exchange ceremony.
Director:Kenichi Matsuzawa
Writer:Daishiro Tanimura
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Director:Kenichi Matsuzawa
Writer:Daishiro Tanimura
7.9/10(39 votes)
#11 - Reformer
S3:E44/8/2022
As if to fill the void caused by the death of Siegfried Kircheis, Reinhard von Lohengramm devotes his energies entirely on reforming the Galactic Empire. His wide-ranging reforms earn him tremendous goodwill from the populace, and despite considering them to be publicity stunts, even his sceptics are suitably impressed by the breadth of the reforms.
Director:Koji Komurakata
Writer:Toshizo Nemoto
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Director:Koji Komurakata
Writer:Toshizo Nemoto
7.9/10(38 votes)
#12 - The Geier Takes Flight
S3:E54/15/2022
The head of the Galactic Empire's Science and Technology Department, Anton Hilmer von Schaft, is a man known for his sheer ambition. He is now presenting to Reinhard a large-scale plan to retake the long-lost Iserlohn Fortress.
Director:Kenichi Matsuzawa
Writer:Daishiro Tanimura
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Director:Kenichi Matsuzawa
Writer:Daishiro Tanimura
8.0/10(89 votes)
#13 - In the Eternal Night
S1:E13/31/2018
In humanity's distant future, two interstellar states—the monarchic Galactic Empire and the democratic Free Planets Alliance—are embroiled in a never-ending war. The story focuses on the exploits of rivals Reinhard von Müsel and Yang Wen Li as they rise to power and fame in the Galactic Empire and the Free Planets Alliance.
Director:Shunsuke Tada
Writer:Noboru Takagi
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Director:Shunsuke Tada
Writer:Noboru Takagi
8.0/10(73 votes)
#14 - Battle of Astarte
S1:E24/10/2018
The Free Planets Alliance counters the Galactic Imperial Navy's advance in the Astarte Starzone, still divided into the 2nd, 4th, and 6th Fleets to surround the latter on three sides. The Alliance top brass are certain that their victory is assured, but 2nd Fleet Deputy Staff Officer Commodore Yang predicts the enemy's attack on their divided forces before their encirclement is complete.
Director:Unknown
Writer:Noboru Takagi
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8.0/10(54 votes)
#15 - The Verge of Death (1)
S1:E116/19/2018
The Free Planets Alliance Navy Expeditionary Fleet encounters a grave shortage of food during its advance into Imperial territory. The 5th Fleet commander, Admiral Bewcock, conveys Yang's proposed escape plan to Supreme Commander Lobos, but Lobos fails to comprehend the situation and won't allow them to flee. Meanwhile, Reinhard has already given orders to Kircheis to strike the Alliance Navy's supply convoy. The Imperial Navy's counterattack has begun!
Director:Yujiro Moriyama
Writer:Noboru Takagi
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Director:Yujiro Moriyama
Writer:Noboru Takagi
8.0/10(46 votes)
#16 - Demise of the Emperor
S2:E29/27/2019
Emperor Friedrich IV of the Galactic Empire has suddenly passed away without naming a successor. Edwin Josef, the son of the late prince and the emperor's only surviving direct descendant, is only five years old. The Braunschweig and Littenheim families, into which the emperor's daughters had married, begin scheming to install their respective daughters as the new empress. Thus begins the battle for the throne between the families who serve as guardians to the emperor's three grandchildren. Reinhard has not sided with any of them yet, so a certain influential power seeks to take advantage of his military strength.
Director:Shintaro Itoga
Writer:Aya Yoshinaga
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Director:Shintaro Itoga
Writer:Aya Yoshinaga
8.0/10(38 votes)
#17 - A Single Fine Thread
S3:E64/22/2022
The planet Fezzan is an autonomous dominion located in one of the only two safely navigable zones that connect the Galactic Empire and the Free Planets Alliance. Every Fezzani head of state, or Landesherr, has protected the independence of the dominion by maintaining strong ties with both its much more powerful neighbors. However, the current fifth Landesherr, Adrian Rubinsky, also known as the Black Fox of Fezzan, seems intentioned to change this long-standing policy.
Director:Kazuma Ogasawara
Writer:Daishiro Tanimura
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Director:Kazuma Ogasawara
Writer:Daishiro Tanimura
8.0/10(37 votes)
#18 - What Was Lost
S3:E74/29/2022
The Empire moves forward with its experiments to warp Geiersburg Fortress through space to attack Iserlohn Fortress. Reinhard and several of his subordinates watch anxiously from the safety of his flagship as the countdown begins. Amidst the tension, some of Reinhard's most trusted men discuss how he has changed since Kircheis died a year ago.
Director:Nahoko Iiyama
Writer:Aya Yoshinaga
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Director:Nahoko Iiyama
Writer:Aya Yoshinaga
8.1/10(43 votes)
#19 - Ignition Point
S2:E49/27/2019
Animosity continues to grow between Reinhard and Lichtenlade, the guardians of the young emperor Erwin, and the pure-blooded noble families with Braunschweig and Littenheim at their center. In the midst of all this, Hilda, the only daughter of Count Mariendorf, visits the Fleet Admiral's Mansion on Odin to meet with Reinhard. When he asks what brought on the sudden visit, she tells him that the Mariendorf household would like to side with Reinhard in the civil war that could break out at any moment.
Director:Koji Komurakata
Writer:Aya Yoshinaga
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Director:Koji Komurakata
Writer:Aya Yoshinaga
8.1/10(44 votes)
#20 - Bloodshed in Space
S2:E610/25/2019
The Lippstadt Nobles Coalition devises a plan to lure Reinhard's forces away from the Imperial capital, Odin, and capture the emperor while Imperial defenses are spread thin. While the nobles fight among themselves over who gets to lead this strike, the Mittermeyer Fleet lays a minefield that forces the rebels off-course, and then strikes them from behind. The defeated rebels flee to Rentenberg Fortress. Reinhard sends Reuenthal and Mittermeyer to occupy the fortress, but upon arriving, they are forced into close-quarters combat with the notoriously barbaric High Admiral Ovlesser.
Director:Kazuma Ogasawara
Writer:Daishiro Tanimura
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Director:Kazuma Ogasawara
Writer:Daishiro Tanimura
8.1/10(39 votes)
#21 - Both Men
S3:E23/25/2022
Wolfgang Mittermeyer and Oskar von Reuenthal, two renowned admirals under the command of Reinhard von Lohengramm collectively dubbed as the "Twin Pillars", get together and reminisce about their respective pasts, culminating in the event that would lead to the defining moment of their careers: the Klopstock Incident. In March 795 UC, after thirty years of life in exile from Imperial high society, Marquis Wilhelm von Klopstock plotted an assassination of Kaiser Friedrich IV that was to occur during a party organised by Duke Otho von Braunschweig.
Director:Takatoshi Suzuki
Writer:Aya Yoshinaga
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Director:Takatoshi Suzuki
Writer:Aya Yoshinaga
8.2/10(64 votes)
#22 - The Capture of Iserlohn (2)
S1:E75/15/2018
Schönkopf and his subordinates from the Rosen Ritter successfully infiltrate Iserlohn Fortress by disguising themselves as Imperial soldiers on the run from the Alliance. He requests an audience with the fortress's commander, saying he wants to relay some vital information acquired during an espionage mission. The commander, Admiral Stockhausen, gives permission, but the captain of the control room guard grows suspicious.
Director:Takatoshi Suzuki
Writer:Hiroshi Seko
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Director:Takatoshi Suzuki
Writer:Hiroshi Seko
8.2/10(47 votes)
#23 - Armistar
S2:E19/27/2019
The Free Planets Alliance attempted a large-scale offensive within the Galactic Empire, but with a reversal strategy by Reinhard and the Galactic Imperial Navy, they lost three space fleets. Although the 13th Fleet, led by Yang, maintained 90% strength, the other fleets suffered heavy damage. But Lobos, the commander-in-chief, ordered all remaining forces to gather at the Amritsar Starzone, so Reinhard also ordered all of his forces to head there. Yet another battle between the two armies was about to unfold.
Director:Shunsuke Tada
Writer:Daishiro Tanimura
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Director:Shunsuke Tada
Writer:Daishiro Tanimura
8.2/10(40 votes)
#24 - A Stormy Night
S3:E34/1/2022
Oskar von Reuenthal ran out in a stormy night to seek help from Reinhard von Lohengramm (then Müsel), a rising star in the Imperial Navy that was also known to be disdained by the high nobles. During the meeting with Reinhard and Siegfried Kircheis, Reuenthal convinced Reinhard to save Wolfgang Mittermeyer, in exchange for the absolute loyalties of both of them to Reinhard. Mittermeyer was promptly freed from captivity, and together with Reuenthal, became the first people outside Kircheis to join Reinhard's cause. Back in the present, Reinhard is busy consolidating his authority as supreme commander of the Imperial Navy and prime minister of the Galactic Empire, and to facilitate that he expands the number of commanders under his direct command.
Director:Ryuta Kawahara
Writer:Aya Yoshinaga
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Director:Ryuta Kawahara
Writer:Aya Yoshinaga
8.2/10(32 votes)
#25 - Determination and Ambition
S4:E210/6/2022
The Imperial invasion force returns to the capital Odin, where Reinhard shows very different treatment to the personnel involved in the operation. Meanwhile, dissatisfaction with the new leadership is unexpectedly growing in the heart of one who was once the Empire's most loyal war hero. At Iserlohn Fortress, where peace has temporarily been restored, Yang and Julian have a very frank conversation, and Julian reveals the path he has chosen.
Director:Masamitsu Abe
Writer:Noboru Takagi
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Director:Masamitsu Abe
Writer:Noboru Takagi