The BEST episodes of Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These season 3
Every episode of Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These season 3, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These season 3!
In humanity's distant future, two interstellar states—the monarchic Galactic Empire and the democratic Free Planets Alliance—are embroiled in a never-ending war. The story focuses on the exploits of rivals Reinhard von Müsel and Yang Wen Li as they rise to power and fame in the Galactic Empire and the Free Planets Alliance.
#1 - Fortress vs. Fortress Akt III: The Return of the Magician
Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 6/2/2022
An Alliance relief fleet is finally heading to the Iserlohn Corridor, but combat forces on the battlefield are limited, and a wrong move could turn fatal. Should the Iserlohn garrison fleet be unable to break the blockade imposed by Kempff's ships, the reinforcements from Heinessen would be easily destroyed. On the command bridge of Iserlohn, Caselnes and his officers animatedly discuss the countermeasures, but what sounds like the best plan comes from somebody most unexpected.
#2 - Fortress vs. Fortress Akt II: Fierce Fighting
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 5/26/2022
The Imperial fleet relentlessly conducts their assault on the Iserlohn Corridor, one blow after another. As Caselnes is still struggling with organizing an effective resistance, Imperial armored infantry units have landed on Iserlohn, and threaten to establish a bridgehead. Then, former Imperial admiral Merkatz, who defected to the Alliance, asks to be assigned temporary command of the garrison fleet.
#3 - War Without Weapons
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 5/12/2022
When the massive Geiersburg Fortress suddenly materializes in the Iserlohn Corridor, Caselnes immediately forwards a request for reinforcements to Heinessen, but now he must prepare for the imminent Imperial attack. Meanwhile, in Heinessen, Frederica is desperately looking for allies to save Yang.
#4 - Fortress vs. Fortress Akt I: Cannon Fire
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 5/19/2022
Admiral Kempff, Commander-in-Chief of the Geiersburg Imperial expeditionary force, sends a peremptory declaration of war to the Alliance garrison of Iserlohn. Then Geiersburg's main gun suddenly opens fire with devastating results. On Iserlohn, a confused Caselnes and his officers do not seem to agree on the best strategy to take...
#5 - First Campaign
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/17/2022
In the year UC 798, or IC 489, the Iserlohn garrison fleet led by Admiral Attenborough encounters a huge Galactic Empire formation during a patrol mission in the Iserlohn Corridor. The Alliance ships were transporting a large number of new recruits who were supposed to have their space training there. Outnumbered, the Alliance command has no choice but to send out young and still unexperienced conscripts against well-trained Imperial forces. Julian, who was assigned to the flagship of the squadron as a Spartanian pilot, must now face his first real battle.
#6 - A Stormy Night
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/31/2022
Mittermeyer’s sense of justice has unleashed the wrath of Duke von Braunschweig, one of the most powerful men in the Empire. He may now be executed without going through military court. Fearing the worst, Reuenthal turns to Reinhard to save his best friend.
#7 - The Twin Pillars
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/24/2022
Among the admirals under Reinhard's command, Wolfgang Mittermeyer and Oskar von Reuenthal have earned outstanding fame for their many achievements, and are commonly known as the Twin Pillars. The two are bound by a deep friendship, and their oath of allegiance to Reinhard dates back to the days of the infamous Klopstock Incident.
#8 - A Single Fine Thread
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/21/2022
The planet Fezzan is an autonomous dominion located in one of the only two safely navigable zones that connect the Galactic Empire and the Free Planets Alliance. Every Fezzani head of state, or Landesherr, has protected the independence of the dominion by maintaining strong ties with both its much more powerful neighbors. However, the current fifth Landesherr, Adrian Rubinsky, also known as the Black Fox of Fezzan, seems intentioned to change this long-standing policy.
#9 - Inquiry
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/5/2022
A sudden recall order from the central government of the Free Planets Alliance forces Yang to head for the capital planet Heinessen. Yang assigns the command of the Iserlohn Fortress to Caselnes and von Schönkopf, and departs aboard the cruiser Leda II with minimal personnel, including his second-in-command Frederica and his guard, Machungo.
#10 - Reformer
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/7/2022
After becoming the highest military and political figure in the Empire, Reinhard starts to implement a series of major reforms, introducing a taxation system for the aristocracy and restoring freedom of speech. His policy creates both new hopes and great discontent. But Yang quietly wonders what the birth of a reformed Galactic Empire with strong popular support is going to mean for the future of the Free Planets Alliance.
#11 - What Was Lost
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/28/2022
Hilde has convinced Ernest Mecklinger, who is known in the Empire as the "artist admiral," to pay a visit to her cousin, Baron Kümmel. Prone to illness and forced to stay in bed, Kümmel is a man with a penchant for great historical figures, and he strongly admires Mecklinger's brilliant mind and great skills. While Hilde is delighted to see a spark of happiness finally shining in her cousin's tired eyes, her assignment as chief secretary is about to cause her much greater concerns.
#12 - The Geier Takes Flight
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/14/2022
The head of the Galactic Empire's Science and Technology Department, Anton Hilmer von Schaft, is a man known for his sheer ambition. He is now presenting to Reinhard a large-scale plan to retake the long-lost Iserlohn Fortress.