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Anime's answer to The Right Stuff, a nation struggles to launch the first man into space in the epic The Wings of Honneamise (or The Royal Space Force).

Story Intro

As a boy, Shiro dreamed of flying the fast jets he watched take off from a nearby airfield. Low grades and a slacker attitude kept him out of the military, and his only chance was a branch everyone looked down on: the royal space force, a branch that would take almost anyone. Politicians and warring neighbors threaten to stop the plans of the space force after many failed tests and lost pilots.

After Shiro meets a freindly religious-pamphlet distributor, he volunteers as the nation's first true astronaut. Shiro helps raise money for the mission with promotional appearances and interviews but quicky tires of fame. But the space force needs to hurry; not only is the rocket itself not finished yet, the neighbors are using more force to get them to stop -- their armies. And the local politicians are doing the same -- with assassins.

Other Notes

The first feature from the GAINAX studio, a group of fans that were set on showing they could create as well, Honneamise became a classic and favorite. Shortly afterward, GAINAX themselves became a fan favorite worldwide.

The Wings of Honneamise
Distributed by Bandai Visual

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