Royal Space Force - The Wings Of Honneamise (1987)
Royal Space Force - The Wings Of Honneamise (1987)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Leo Morimoto
Shirotsugh Lhadatt (voice)
Mitsuki Yayoi
Riquinni Nonderaiko (voice)
David Thomas
Shiro
Aya Murata
Manna Nonderaiko (voice)
Kazuyuki Sogabe
Marty Tohn (voice)
Masato Hirano
Kharock (voice)
Heidi Lenhart
Riqunni Nonderaiko
Masahiro Anzai
Majaho (voice)
Bin Shimada
Yanaran (voice)
Steve Bulen
General
Hirotaka Suzuoki
Domorhot (voice)
Koji Totani
Tchallichammi (voice)
Yoshito Yasuhara
Nekkerout (voice)
Bryan Cranston
Matti
Chikao Ohtsuka
Dr. Gnomm (voice)
Yoshiyuki Sadamoto
Animation Director / Character Designer
Hiroyuki Yamaga
Writer / Director / Original Story
Michael Forest
Gnomm
Hiromasa Ogura
Art Direction
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Original Music Composer
Makoto Yamashina
Executive Producer
Hiroaki Inoue
Producer
Takami Akai
Color Designer / Assistant Director
Fumio Iida
Animation Director
Harutoshi Ogata
Editor
Hiroshi Isakawa
Director of Photography
Hiroshi Ohnogi
Writer
Hideaki Anno
Animation Director
Kunji Tanifuji
Special Effects
Yuji Moriyama
Animation Director
Hirohiko Sueyoshi
Producer
Atsumi Tashiro
Sound Director
Yoji Takeshige
Background Designer
Shoichi Masuo
Assistant Director
Shinji Higuchi
Assistant Director
Kenichi Sonoda
Production Design
Tensai Okamura
Key Animation
Masaaki Endou
Key Animation
Kamui Fujiwara
ProductionDesigner
Masayuki
Key Animation
Ichiro Itano
Key Animation
Atsuko Inoue
Key Animation
Akiko Nakano
Key Animation
Akiko Tsukui
Key Animation
Chihiro Hayashi
Key Animation
Hidekazu Ohara
Key Animation
Hiroshi Oikawa
Key Animation
Jiro Kanai
Key Animation
Katsuya Kondo
Key Animation
Kazuyoshi Takeuchi
Key Animation
Kazuyoshi Yaginuma
Key Animation
Kenichi Ohnuki
Key Animation
Kinji Yoshimoto
Key Animation
Kitarou Kousaka
Key Animation
Kumiko Kawana
Key Animation
Kunihiko Sakurai
Key Animation
Mahiro Maeda
Key Animation
Makiko Futaki
Key Animation
Mika Sugai
Key Animation
Nobuteru Yuuki
Key Animation
Nobuyuki Kitajima
Key Animation
Noriyasu Yamauchi
Key Animation
Sadami Morikawa
Key Animation
Shinji Otsuka
Key Animation
Media.
Details.
Release DateMarch 14, 1987
Original Name王立宇宙軍 オネアミスの翼
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 1m
Content RatingPG-13
Budget$8,000,000
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Wiki.
Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise (Japanese: 王立宇宙軍~オネアミスの翼, Hepburn: Ōritsu Uchūgun: Oneamisu no Tsubasa) is a 1987 Japanese animated science fiction film written and directed by Hiroyuki Yamaga, co-produced by Hiroaki Inoue and Hiroyuki Sueyoshi, and planned by Toshio Okada and Shigeru Watanabe. Ryuichi Sakamoto, later to share the Academy Award for the soundtrack to The Last Emperor, served as music director. The film's story takes place on an alternate world where a disengaged young man, Shirotsugh, inspired by an idealistic woman named Riquinni, volunteers to become the first astronaut, a decision that draws them into both public and personal conflict. The film was the debut work of anime studio Gainax, whose later television and movie series Neon Genesis Evangelion would achieve international recognition, and was the first anime produced by toy and game manufacturer Bandai, eventually to become one of Japan's top anime video companies.Yamaga and Okada had become known through making amateur fan-oriented short films, particularly the Daicon III and IV Opening Animations, but their pitch for Royal Space Force argued that growing the anime industry required a shift away from works that pleased fans on a surface level but reinforced their isolation, advocating instead for a different type of anime that attempted to engage with fans as human beings who shared in the alienation issues of a larger society. The making of Royal Space Force involved a collaborative year-long design process using many creators, including some from outside the anime industry, to construct an elaborately detailed alternate world described as neither utopian nor dystopian, but "an attempt to approve existence". Science fiction writer Ted Chiang, author of "Story of Your Life", the basis for the film Arrival, would later describe Royal Space Force as the single most impressive example of worldbuilding in books or film.Royal Space Force's collective approach to filmmaking, its deliberate rejection of established anime motifs, its visual complexity, and the general lack of professional experience among its staff were all factors in its chaotic production, while increasing uncertainty about the project led to what has been described as an attempt by its investors and producers to "fix" the film before release, imposing a late name change to The Wings of Honnêamise, and a lavish but deceptive publicity campaign that included misleading advertising as well as a staged premiere at Mann's Chinese Theatre on February 19, 1987. Although receiving some support among domestic anime fans and the industry upon its March 14, 1987, release in Japan by Toho subsidiary Toho-Towa, including praise from Hayao Miyazaki, and Mamoru Oshii, the film failed to make back its costs at the box office, but eventually became profitable through home video sales. Future Evangelion director Hideaki Anno would later describe the reception Royal Space Force received as having had a major impact on him both personally and as a creator.Royal Space Force did not receive an English-language commercial release until 1994, when Bandai licensed the film to Manga Entertainment. A dubbed 35 mm version toured theaters in North America and the United Kingdom, during which time it received coverage in major newspapers but highly mixed reviews. Since the mid-1990s, it has received several English-language home video releases, and various historical surveys of anime have regarded the film more positively; Yamaga has stated his belief in retrospect that the elements which made Royal Space Force unsuccessful made possible the later successes of Studio Gainax.