The WORST episodes of Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These
Every episode of Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These!
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 IV: Conclusion
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/29/2022
With the return of Yang to the battlefield, the Imperial fleet increasingly loses momentum and is now on the verge of collapse. Admiral Kempff has to come to terms with the fact that his forces are no longer capable of holding the front line, and sends an order of general retreat to all ships. But this is not necessarily an admission of defeat, because he has one last card to play.
#2 - 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.
#3 - 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.
#4 - 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.
#5 - 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.
#6 - 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.
#7 - 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.
#8 - 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.
#9 - 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...
#10 - 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.
#11 - 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.
#12 - 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.
#13 - 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.
#14 - Determination and Ambition
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/6/2022
The Imperial invasion force returns to the capital Odin, where Reinhard shows very different treatment to the personnel involved in the operation. Meanwhile, dissatisfaction with the new leadership is unexpectedly growing in the heart of one who was once the Empire's most loyal war hero. At Iserlohn Fortress, where peace has temporarily been restored, Yang and Julian have a very frank conversation, and Julian reveals the path he has chosen.
#15 - Thunderclaps
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/13/2022
Military Police Commander Ulrich Kesler informs Reinhard that Count Alfred von Landsberg and Leopold Schumacher, two former members of the now-dissolved Lippstadt Nobles Coalition that fought against Reinhard during the Civil War, have reportedly infiltrated the Imperial capital of Odin. Unsure of their true intentions, Reinhard first asks Hilde to assure Annerose's safety, then summons Fezzani High Commissioner Boltik. It's June of the 489th year of the Imperial Calendar...
#16 - Maze
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/20/2022
Count Landsberg's family had loyally served the Goldenbaum dynasty for five generations. His ancestors were even involved in the construction of a labyrinthic system of tunnels beneath the Neue Sanssouci Palace, devised to provide a safe escape for the Emperor in case of an emergency. Now this underground maze will prove instrumental in rescuing the Emperor from the usurper.
#17 - The Die Is Cast
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/27/2022
Kesler reports to Reinhard that the palace has been breached during the night. The sun has yet to rise when Reinhard urgently summons his senior admirals and orders them to keep all fleets ready to go into action at any time. Hilde is now beginning to see the byzantine game of power that is being played in cold-blooded cynicism, but in the midst of this, she overhears communication concerning Neue Sanssouci Chief of Security Molt.
#18 - The Legitimate Galactic Empire Government
Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/3/2022
In a sudden public speech from Heinessen directed to all citizens, Chairman Trunicht announces that epoch-changing events are occurring as a most unexpected defector has arrived seeking protection under the ideals of freedom and democracy in the Alliance. Everyone on Iserlohn is puzzled, but Yang has a hunch that makes him feel aggravated. Then, news from Odin casts an ominous shadow across the entire galaxy.
#19 - Declaration of War
Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/10/2022
Reinhard's speech has thrown the whole High Council of the Free Planets Alliance into complete chaos. Public opinion is polarized between disapproval of a folly populist decision, and support for a resolution that honors the core values of the Alliance. For Trunicht, there couldn't be better opportunity to further strengthen his influence over the military. As the future of the galaxy seems to hinge upon a bratty seven-year-old, Julian is appointed with a new assignment that would take him right to the eye of the growing storm.
#20 - Departure
Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/17/2022
Julian is deeply hesitant about his new assignment in Fezzan. Wouldn't he be more helpful to the Alliance's cause by staying at Iserlohn, where the Imperial fleet is more likely to strike, making any available pilot sorely needed in the near future? However, Yang believes that this otherwise unwelcome top-down decision may actually turn out to be crucial to obtaining invaluable insight on where the struggle for power in the galaxy is heading.
#21 - Emperor Overthrown
Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/24/2022
As the new wind of war seems to reinvigorate the will to fight among the Empire's youth, the military machine moves on to mobilize an attack force of unprecedented proportions. At the Supreme Operations Council, Reinhard reveals his audacious plan, not without sparking bewilderment and skepticism among the assembled admirals. Meanwhile, Heydrich Lang, former chief of the much-feared Department of Social Discipline, tries to find himself a role in the new regime, and a replacement for the Imperial throne is about to be announced.
#22 - Operation: Ragnarök
Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/1/2022
On his way to Fezzan, Julian spends several days at Heinessen. Here, he pays a visit to Bewcock to hand over a strictly confidential letter from Yang, which exposes his conjectures about the possible move the Imperial forces are likely to make. As Julian finally reaches Fezzan, he is immediately mesmerized by the freedom and affluence that surrounds him, and starts seriously wondering whether he will ever be apt to his new mission.
#23 - Invitation to a Requiem
Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/8/2022
A massive fleet led by Oskar von Reuenthal appears in the Iserlohn Corridor. Boasting overwhelming numerical superiority over the defending Alliance forces, the Imperial commander is confident he can crush his opponent in a quick and easy victory. Back on Heinessen, Bewcock warns admirals and MPs that the Empire may be following a less-obvious strategy this time, thus immediate action must be taken to avert the worst. And Yang realizes that his greatest problem of all may not be the approaching enemy ahead, but the supposed friends behind him.
#24 - The Occupation of Fezzan
Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/15/2022
The unexpected stalemate at the Iserlohn Corridor urges the Imperial Headquarters to muster a reinforcement fleet to be immediately sent in support of Reuenthal. Or at least this is what the Imperial crews believe... but as the fleet jumps out from subspace, it becomes clear that Iserlohn is not their destination. Then Mittermeyer, commander of the fleet, announces that they are about to turn the page in the book of history. On Fezzan, people are staring overhead with anxiety as the sky is filled with ships.
#25 - Amritsar
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/27/2019
The Free Planets Alliance attempted a large-scale offensive within the Galactic Empire, but with a reversal strategy by Reinhard and the Galactic Imperial Navy, they lost three space fleets. Although the 13th Fleet, led by Yang, maintained 90% strength, the other fleets suffered heavy damage. But Lobos, the commander-in-chief, ordered all remaining forces to gather at the Amritsar Starzone, so Reinhard also ordered all of his forces to head there. Yet another battle between the two armies was about to unfold.