The Battle of Astarte (episode)

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'The Battle of Astarte' (「アスターテ会戦」)
LOGH: series 1, episode 2 released 1988/12/??
January 796 UC (487 IC / 3596 CE)
←	2nd of 110 released in LOGH	→
←	3rd of 213 released in all	→

The Battle of Astarte (Japanese: アスターテ会戦) is the 2nd episode of the Legend of Galactic Heroes OVA.

Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Appendices 2.1 Music 2.2 Cast 2.3 Production staff 2.4 Apocrypha

Synopsis

The Battle of Astarte continues. With both the Alliance 4th Fleet and 6th Fleet routed, Reinhard von Lohengramm shifts his attention to the 2nd Fleet. During the battle with the 2nd Fleet, Admiral Paetta is wounded in action, and he relinquishes command of the fleet to Yang Wen-li. Yang manages to force Reinhard's fleet into a battle of attrition and subsequently escape the Astarte Starzone with a sizeable portion of the 2nd Fleet intact.

In Fezzan, Adrian Rubinsky discusses the outcome of the battle with Nicholas Boltik, ultimately concluding that Reinhard's victory will fail to affect the larger strategic situation of the Alliance–Imperial War.

Appendices

Music

• Gustav Mahler – Symphony No. 3: I. Kraftig. Entschieden (00:01:31)
• Josef Hellmesberger, Jr. – Ballszene (00:05:29)
• Imperial military anthem (00:06:09)
• Free Planets Alliance national anthem (00:10:18)
• Gustav Mahler – Symphony No. 2, 'Resurrection': I. Allegro maestoso. Mit durchaus ernstem und feierlichem Ausdruck (00:11:37)
• Johannes Brahms – Six Pieces for Piano (Op. 118): V. Romance in F major (00:16:05)
• Edvard Grieg – Lyric Pieces Book 3 (Op. 43) [orchestral arrangement]: VI. To Spring (00:18:29)
• Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, 'Sonata Pathétique' (Op. 13): II. Adagio cantabile (00:19:32)
• Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, 'Eroica' (Op. 55): II. Marcia funebre: Adagio assai (00:20:29)
• Gustav Mahler – Symphony No. 3: VI. Langsam. Ruhevoll. Empfunden (00:21:42)

Cast

• Horikawa Ryō as Reinhard von Lohengramm
• Hironaka Masashi as Siegfried Kircheis
• Han Keiko as Annerose von Grünewald
• Tomiyama Kei as Yang Wen-li
• Koyama Mami as Jessica Edwards
• Wakamoto Norio as Oskar von Reuenthal
• Mori Katsuji as Wolfgang Mittermeyer
• Inoue Kazuhiko as Dusty Attemborough
• Furukawa Toshio as Olivier Poplin
• Suzuoki Hirotaka as Ivan Konev
• Naya Gorō as Willibald Joachim von Merkatz
• Hayami Shō as Adalbert von Fahrenheit
• Yokoo Mari as Magdalena von Westpfale
• Satō Masaharu as Erlache
• Tokumaru Kan as Paetta
• Ōno Yuka as Female soldier
• Kobayashi Kiyoshi as Adrian Rubinsky
• Jinnai Tatsuyuki as Nicholas Boltik
• Yara Yūsaku as Narrator

Production staff

• Screenplay: Shudō Takeshi
• Storyboard: Kiyozumi Norifumi
• Episode director: Hata Yoshito
• Animation director: Arai Yutaka

Apocrypha

• In the original novels (Volume 1, Chapter 2), it was Lao who assisted Yang after he took over command of the 2nd Fleet and not Attenborough as shown in this episode.

Previous episode: 'In the Eternal Night'

Legend of Galactic Heroes (OVA) Series 1

Next episode: 'Birth of the 13th Fleet'