An English Translation Of ‘Legend Of The Galactic Heroes’ Is Being Published For The First Time!

Bibliophiles, have we got news for you! Yoshiki Tanaka’s famous science fiction series, Legend of the Galactic Heroes, will soon make its way to North American markets for the very first time. Coming to us by way of Haikasoru (a part of VIZ Media), the first volume, subtitled Dawn, releases March 8 on just about every platform imaginable.

The story is set in the 36th Century, with mankind having colonized all across the galaxy. Out in space, a war is being waged between The Galactic Empire and the Free Planets Alliance. The first volume focuses on the conflict between Reinhard von Lohengramm, an admiral of The Galactic Empire, and Yang Wen-li of the Free Planets Alliance. Reinhard dreams of becoming an supreme but benevolent ruler of the galaxy by overthrowing the powers that be. Meanwhile, Yang’s desire to preserve democracy and defeat the Empire may come at the cost of his ethics.

There will be a print copy (MSRP of US$15.99) of Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Vol. 1: Dawn as well an eBook edition, available from Amazon’s Kindle store, the Apple iBooks store, Barnes and Noble’s Nook Book store, the Kobo eBooks store, and the Google Play store. If you prefer to hear rather than read the story, Simon & Schuster Audio will have an audiobook edition (MSRP of US$23.99) read by Tim Gerard Reynolds.

Yoshiki Tanaka is also known for The Heroic Legend of Arslan, a fantasy novel series that has seen two anime adaptions as well as several video game titles. Perhaps if Legend of the Galactic Heroes sells well, Arslan might see similar treatment. That is just a wish of mine.