Ryo Horikawa, Masashi Hironaka, and Nozomu Sasaki, the voice actors for Reinhard, Kircheis, and Julian in the earlier original video anime series of The Legend of the Galactic Heroes, will also be in attendance at the event.
Besides Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Tanaka also wrote the original novel inspirations for The Heroic Legend of Arslan, Ryoko’s Case File, Sohryuden – Legend of the Dragon Kings, and Tytania anime projects.
G’s new anime of Yoshiki Tanaka’s epic science fiction novels The Legend of the Galactic Heroes confirmed on Wednesday that the new anime is recasting the main characters Reinhard, Kircheis, and Yang Wen-li.
The 10 main novel volumes and four side-story volumes in The Legend of the Galactic Heroes saga have sold 15 million copies and earned Tanaka a Seiun Award.