The first season, The Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These Kaikō (The New Thesis: Star-Crossed), will premiere in April as a 12-episode television series.
G’s new anime of Yoshiki Tanaka’s epic science fiction novels The Legend of the Galactic Heroes announced its music staff, including opening and ending theme song performers, last Wednesday.
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.
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.