Yoshiki Tanaka-which could be described as a mix of Wagner’s operas and Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Such unlikely fame has been ascribed over the years to its myriad adaptations and grand scale, though this is also in no small part due to how it handles political nuance-something that modern, Western Sci-Fi creators might learn from.Īlso known as Ginga Eiyū Densetsu and Heldensagen vom Kosmosinsel (mangled German for “Heroic tales from the cosmic island”), it began as a series of ten novels and myriad side stories-all published between 19 by Dr.

Yet within the country, and among foreign fans, it is given similar respect, if not comparable honors to the likes of Frank Herbert’s Dune and Robert Heinlein’s Starship Troopers, having won the 1988 Seiun Award for Best Novel of the Year. When it comes to Japanese science fiction, it may not have as much popular appeal as the financially successful Gundam and Macross franchises. (In every time, in every place, the deeds of men remain the same.) Rather…it is a war between one good and another.” “This is not a clear-cut struggle between good and evil, especially when enemies could come from within as well as without.

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