The Irresponsible Captain Tylor is an anime series based on The Most Irresponsible Man in Space light novel series by Hitoshi Yoshioka, taking the title from its first volume. It was produced by some
Tylor (front), Yamamoto (right), Yuriko (left).
The main crew of the Soyokaze. Left to right: Ensigns Emi and Yumi Hanner, Lt.(junior grade) Kojiro Sakai; Lt. K. Kim; Lt. Makoto Yamamoto; Lt. Commander Justy Ueki Tylor; Lt. Commander Yuriko Star; Lt. H. Katori; Master Sgt. M. Cryburn; First Lt. K. B. Andresen; Petty Officer Harumi; and naval surgeon H. Kitaguchi.
Legend of the Galactic Heroes, sometimes abbreviated as LOTGH, LOGH, LGH or Gin'eiden in Japanese, is a series of epic science fiction novels written by Yoshiki Tanaka. Taking place in the distant fut
The Irresponsible Captain Tylor
…the genre's scale and tropes. The show's satirical targets include the heroic martyrdom ethos of Space Battleship Yamato , the ideological gravity of Legend of Galactic Heroes, and similar solemn treatments of galactic war. By contrast, Tylor revels in bathos: moments of high military peril collapse into slapstick, or are…
Cover of the original novel of Legend of the Galactic Heroes volume 1, first edition (Tokuma Novels, 1982)