Re: The Westland Incident (was : "family atomics")
Walter Amos (amos@sedl.org)
Mon, 28 Oct 1996 22:46:29 -0600 (CST)
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> This is one of the parts where the anime differs from the novel.
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> According to the novel, Reinhardt considered Oberstein's proposal
> strategically wise and was thus obliged to refrain from intercepting the
> nuclear attack in spite of his great detest for the idea and full
> anticipation of Kircheis's displeasure. Much of his remorse was the result
> of the sight of the horrible scene of the disaster at Westland.
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Wow! I am beginning to wonder more and more about Ishiguro-sensei's comment
at AX96 about how faithful the LGH anime is to the books...
This is an extremely important nuance, since the fallout from the Westerland
incident causes so many subsequent problems for Reinhard. In the anime
context it doesn't make nearly as much sense for Reinhard to beat himself up
with guilt about this when they portray him as having been duped by Oberstein.
This leads me to ask - could you possibly enumerate some of the other
significant differences you know of between the novels and the anime? I think
this would be an important bit of data to compile. Especially to include in
the big revision of the LoGH Info Center web page.
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