Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Golden Wings (銀河英雄伝説外伝 黄金の翼)

Those two appeared...

...as in a dream...

...as angels with golden wings.

Wait!

Reinhard!

Hey!

You're going to hurt yourself, running like that.

I said wait!

Oh Reinhard...

Mummy!

What are we going to do with you?

LOOK OUT!!

RUN!!

MUMMY!

CLARIBELLE!

CLARIBELLE!!

MUMMY!

Well, you may as well forget about it.

It's his fault.

But you won't be able to press charges...

...since they're nobility and all.

The treatment I get 'cause I'm a poor noble...

Mum?

Where's mummy?

Mummy...

I can't find mummy anywhere!

She isn't anywhere!

Reinhard...

Mummy is... Mummy is...

Don't cry Reinhard...

Even if mummy isn't around...

I'll take care of you.

So...

Don't cry... Reinhard.

So don't cry.

Legend of the Galactic Heroes

Universal Calendar, End of the Eighth Century

Reich Calendar, End of the Fifth Century

The war between the Galactic Empire...

and the Free Planets Alliance has continued for over one hundred and fifty years.

This long period of strife has caused a stagnation in human society.

The driving, conflicting philosophies of the Alliance, now devoid of the ideals that their nation was founded on...

and the Galactic Empire, whose discipline and control had broken down...

...made it seem that the war would never end.

Hail the Kaiser!

Hail the Reich!

Hail the Kaiser!

Hail the Reich!

This is really overdoing it.

All this for a military parade.

Oh, it's all right...

After all, our son came back safely.

Hey, look there!

It's Gräfin Benemunde.

She's so beautiful.

It's no surprise she's the Kaiser's favourite.

So that's the Kaiser...

Father!

There's someone in the empty house next door!

Some poor nobles have moved in.

...poor nobles?

Who's there?

Your name?

Sieg... Siegfried Kircheis.

Siegfried?

What a common name.

Is spying your hobby?

Tha... That's not what I was trying to...

But I like the name Kircheis...

It has a free flowing quality to it.

It's.. like the wind blowing across the plains.

From now on I'll call you Kircheis.

But...

You came here to become my friend, right?

I am Reinhard von Müsel.

Pleased to meet you.

Plea... Pleased to meet you.

Reinhard!

Ah, sister... let me introduce you.

This is Siegfried Kircheis.

Oh...

I'm Annerose...

Sieg...

Please be good friends with my little brother.

Y...Ye...Yes.

Sieg...

Please be good friends with my little brother.

From now on...

I'll call you Kircheis.

This place is falling apart!

Will it be alright?

Pushing on the railing too much is dangerous, Reinhard!

Homes become easier to live in when you take care of them.

Besides, this place is too big for just three people to live in.

This is such a beautiful home.

I want to put flowers all over the place.

How beautiful!

Where did you get these flowers, Sieg?

Who... Who did this?

Who took my precious orchids?

Why you...

YAHOO!

You!

Wait, Reinhard!

My sister is baking a delicious cake right now.

You're not getting any unless you can beat me there!

You're on!

Faster! Faster!

So you're Reinhard.

Rejoice!

Your sister is well liked by His Majesty and will rise in status.

Father!

What's the meaning of this?

Why is my sister becoming a concubine?

You sold my sister didn't you!

Reinhard!

We must obey the decrees of the royal family.

So, we might as well get some money out of it.

NO!!

Annerose has agreed to it.

Sister...

Sister...

Why?

Sister!

Sister!

Sister!

Reinhard.

It was only for a short while, but thank you for everything.

Hey, Kircheis.

Reinhard?

What's this?

I've become a soldier...

It's the fastest way to raise your status.

I'm going to work my way up the ranks and take my sister back.

Well, Kircheis...

Will you come with me to the academy?

Otherwise I'll be there alone with a bunch of idiot nobles!

Me become a soldier?

Come with me, Kircheis.

You are all that I have.

We have to put both our strengths together to get my sister back!

Hey look!

Reinhard von Müsel is getting another promotion.

He's got it made!

His sister is the Kaiser's favourite.

That's right!

He's guaranteed to get promoted every time.

He's a really lucky guy.

Why you!

Lord Reinhard!

You're bleeding.

They said I'm lucky.

Is it lucky to have your sister taken by the Kaiser?

Is it lucky to have a father that sells his daughter into slavery?

Lord Reinhard...

Look at them Kircheis...

They did nothing to get the status they currently have.

They got their power and wealth simply because of their bloodline.

The universe doesn't exist to be ruled by the likes of them.

Lord Reinhard...

That's right... Kircheis.

It isn't a prize to be won for their entertainment.

You are allowed to visit the household of the Gräfin Grünewald, your sister.

"Be glad you're allowed to meet your sister..."

This from the very agents that stole her.

Lord Reinhard...

Reinhard!

Sieg!

Annerose!

Thanks for coming to see me.

I've been waiting.

Once you graduate...

You'll be sent to the front lines?

Yes.

I will distinguish myself and be promoted.

And as soon as I can...

I'll free you from this place!

How beautiful!

Where, Sieg, did you get these flowers?

I planted those.

Sieg...

Thank you for being friends with Reinhard.

As long as I am with him, I will protect him.

Please look after him.

Yes.

We'll be late for curfew!

Let's take a shortcut...

This way!

Re... Reinhard?

Are... Are you all right?

Kircheis.

Haven't you thought about things like this, Kircheis?

It's not as if the Goldenbaum dynasty has been around since the birth of humanity.

It's only been 500 years since Rudolf built it.

Before that, the Reich didn't exist...

and Goldenbaum was just an ordinary citizen.

Originally, Rudolf was no more than an ambitious upstart.

Who, riding the tides of the time...

was made into a sacred, inviolable Kaiser.

Lord Reinhard.