The Hero of El Facil (episode)
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| 'The Hero of El Facil' (「エル・ファシルの英雄」) | ||
| SL: series 1, episode 1 released 1999/12/?? | ||
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| May 788 UC (479 IC / 3588 CE) | ||
| 1st of 14 released in SL | → | |
| ← | 138th of 213 released in all | → |
The Hero of El Facil (Japanese: エル・ファシルの英雄) is the first episode of the Spiral Labyrinth arc of the second series of the Legend of Galactic Heroes Gaiden OVA.
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Synopsis
In May 788 UC (479 IC / 3588 CE), the Free Planets Alliance and the Galactic Empire are engaged in a border skirmish near the planet El Facil. Sub-lieutenant Yang Wen-li, serving on board the flagship of the Alliance commander Rear Admiral Arthur Lynch, reminisces about his childhood, as well as how the untimely death of his father left him penniless and forced him to further his education in the Free Planets Alliance Officer Academy and become a soldier. Eventually, the Imperial fleet wins the skirmish and Lynch is forced to flee back to El Facil. However, the Imperial fleet, having received reinforcements, plans to capture El Facil in one fell swoop. Facing an immediate Imperial invasion, the civilians of El Facil plead the Alliance forces for an evacuation, and Lynch, preoccupied with his own evacuation plan, left Yang in charge of evacuating the civilians. Ultimately, Lynch and the other high-ranking military officers flee the planet, leaving Yang with the civilians (and NCOs) to fend for themselves. Nevertheless, Yang is able to make use of his superiors' escape as a diversion against the Imperial fleet and leads the civilian ships away from El Facil in the opposite direction. His successful evacuation of the civilians then earns him the title, "Hero of El Facil."
Appendices
Music
- Anton Bruckner – Symphony No. 8 in C minor (WAB 108) [Haas edition]: II. Scherzo. Allegro moderato - Trio: Langsam (00:02:02)
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Andante in C major for Flute and Orchestra (K. 315/285e) (00:03:24)
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Horn Concerto No. 1 in D major (K. 514/386b): II. Rondo (Allegro) (00:07:37)
- Anton Bruckner – Symphony No. 5 in B flat major (WAB 105): I. Adagio - Allegro (00:12:44)
- Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, 'Eroica' (Op. 55): I. Allegro con brio (00:13:33)
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Symphony No. 25 in G minor (K. 183/173dB): III. Menuetto (00:14:47)
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Sinfonia Concertante for Four Winds in E flat major (K. 297b): I. Allegro (00:16:48)
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Clarinet Quintet in A major (K. 581): I. Allegro (00:17:29)
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 19 in F major (K. 459): II. Allegretto (00:19:10)
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Symphony No. 33 in B flat major (K. 319): I. Allegro assai (00:20:58)
- Johannes Brahms – Symphony No. 1 in C minor (Op. 68): I. Un poco sostenuto - Allegro - Meno allegro (00:22:08)
Background information
The book Yang's Lady Generals which Yang was reading is a reference to the legendary heroines hailing from the celebrated Yang family in Chinese folklore, which is in turn based on an actual Yang family whose various members served in the army of the Northern Han kingdom, and later the Song Dynasty between the 10th and 11th century.
Cast
- Gōda Hozumi as Yang Wen-li
- Tanaka Hideyuki as Jean Robert Lapp
- Sōya Shigenori as Yang Tai-long
- Kuwashima Hōko as Frederica Greenhill (teenage)
- Hirose Masashi as Arthur Lynch
- Seki Tomokazu as Malcolm Wideborn
- Yara Yūsaku as Narrator
Production staff
- Screenplay: Kawanaka Shimao
- Storyboard: Shimizu Keizō
- Episode director: Ueno Fumihiro
- Animation director: Yamamoto Keiko
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