Some Info of Season 4
Reinhard-Siegfried (h9407313@hkusua.hku.hk)
Thu, 13 Feb 1997 16:01:10 +0800
Hello,
I've heard the Season 4 Opening Song in the special edition "The Making
of the Logh". It's again in English, again "filled with Supposed-to-be
Annerose's sadness" (as were the opening songs of Seasons 1 and 2), and
again sung poorly by the Japanese singer. (I would have understood not a
single word if the subs were not provided.) The title is "It must be
something". (I hope it's correct.)
There's the Ending Song as well. It's (again!) filled with the warmth
of the ending songs of previous seasons. I didn't remember much about it
as it's (again!!!) in Japanese.
The whole thing contains several interviews, including those with the
producer(?), the director, the voice actors for Reinhard, Julian, and
last but not least, the author Mr. Tanaka.
In this special edition I also found an interesting explanation
concerning the design of battleships in the Logh. The art director
explained, "For the Goldenbaums, the battleships of the Reich are
originally for the suppressing revolts. Since these revolts (of the
people) are usually confined on the surface of a planet, the battleships
have to be designed in a way that they can get through the atmosphere of
a planet conveniently. On the other hand, the battleships of the FPA are
chiefly for space battles; thus their weird shape, which will cause
trouble to the atmosphere if they land on a planet. The soldiers have to
travel by space shuttle from the planet the outer space to get on
board."
Here comes some spoiler:
According to the director, the whole saga in the anime version will end
in the "Imperial Chamber" scene, which will look like (most probably) as
follows:
It's a rainy night. In the Imperial chamber, the Kaiser lies on his bed,
dying. He was surrounded by his ministers and marshals. Hilda and
Annerose were kneeling (?) at bedside. After uttering the last words
"... the galaxy in my hands, we ...", the Kaiser dies. It's just before
midnight. Annerose can't stop weeping. Hilda stands up and says in a
solemn and sad manner (something like this), "The Kaiser is not
conquered by illness. Don't misunderstand it. It is fate that he dies."
Everyone in the Chamber is very sad.
If it turns out like this, it will be slightly different from the
version in the novel. Of course the books include this scene, but there
are two scenes following it, extending the whole story just past
midnight. First there will be Julian, Attenborough and Poplan, who have
follow the Kaiser to Phezzan after the (ultimate) peace is concluded,
discussing their future. Then there will be Mittermeier and his adopted
son (ie Reuentahl's son). In my view, the novel version is slightly
"calmer and more peaceful" than the anime version. I like the former
more.