Ive been recommended The Legend of Galactic Heroes, what are you thoughts on this show anons?
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I think going with the original anime version is still the best option to watch.
The new version gutted many character designs with a basic bishie look.
New designs for Schenkopp, Reuenthal and Mittermeyer makes me sad.
The new version does have better animation for space battles but I don't think the new version really improved the pacing that much.
The original relied a lot on "narrate while the frame zooms or pans" to stall for time and reduce the amount of cels that needed to be drawn. And when they're doing that pan & zoom gimmickry, that isn't depicted in the cel, they're just showing less than the full frame (again, to make the most efficient use of their drawings).
It wasn't the worst animation I've seen, it's not like First Gundam where you can literally see the scratches on the cels as they slide them around in composite shots. But they definitely min-maxed their animation to squeeze the most seconds out of the fewest number of cels.