Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise 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
Theatrical release poster
One of the "image sketch" paintings by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto and Mahiro Maeda that accompanied the original proposal for Royal Space Force
Launch of Space Shuttle Discovery seen by Royal Space Force staff on August 27, 1985. Yamaga spoke of the impression of tremendous light and sound he received from witnessing the event.
Still image from a four-second sequence in Royal Space Force demonstrating the film's design emphasis on "ordinary" objects seen through a different world. A weather report glimpsed while the protagonist is channel surfing conveys a simultaneous impression of the Honnêamise kingdom's 1950s technology (black-and-white television using a round cathode-ray tube), its physical layout, and its numeral and writing systems.
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Gainax Co., Ltd. was a Japanese animation studio based in Musashino, Tokyo. It is famous for its original anime productions such as Neon Genesis Evangelion, Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise,
Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise
…young man, Shirotsugh, inspired by an idealistic woman, Riquinni, volunteers to become the first astronaut. The film was the debut by the studio Gainax, and the first anime produced by Bandai. Royal Space Force was produced over four years and involved many creators, including some from outside the…
DVD cover of North American release of Otaku no Video
Gainax's offices in Koganei, Tokyo, c. 2004. The studio since moved to a modest two-story premises in Mitaka, before moving again to another premises.
Former Gainax headquarters in Mitaka, Tokyo since 2013. In 2016, Gainax moved to a room in an apartment in Musashino, Tokyo.