With this teaser trailer it was announced that a sequel to Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue Thesethe new anime of the novel Legend of the Galactic Heroes in Yoshiki Tanaka. No further details were revealed.
With animation by the studio Production I.G.the direction is Shunsuke Tada (Kuroko’s Basketball, Prince of Tennis), the argument is Noboru Takagi and character design is by Yoko Kikuchi, Iwao Teraoka and Katsura Tsushima.
Legend of the Galactic Heroes (Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu) is a series of science fiction novels written by Yoshiki Tanaka between 1982 and 1987 which were later adapted into anime and manga. The action takes place somewhere in the 35th century, when the galaxy is dominated by two powers, who are at war. Legend of the Galactic Heroes tells the story of this war between the monarchical Galactic Empire and the democratic Free Planets Alliance. The story focuses both on the galactic war and the politics involved and on the lives of the various actors and the way in which they are all interconnected.
