Kicking off the week with an anime classic, Australian anime publisher Madman Entertainment have released the 1987 animated feature-film Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise (王立宇宙軍~オネアミスの翼) onto their AnimeLab video-on-demand streaming service. A former home video release from the company which has long been out of print, the full two-hour film can be streamed with English and Japanese audio for an indefinite period of time HERE.
Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise was one of the first films written and directed by Hiroyuki Yamaga, who later went on to work on franchises in varying capacities including Neon Genesis Evangelion, FLCL, He is My Master and Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi. It features animation by GAINAX, of which Yamaga-san was a founder.
AnimeLab is an online anime streaming service managed by Madman Entertainment. It’s accessible only to those residing in Australia and New Zealand and offers a basic service free with video quality, dub and availability timeframe limitations. For those looking for access to no simulcast delays, no ads, full back-catalogue access and high definition video can take advantage of a premium subscription membership for $7.95AUD/month or $79.50AUD/year.
About Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise
In what was considered a box office flop for Gainax in 1987, would eventually rise to cult status, thanks in large to the popularity of home video. Royal Space Force: Wings of Honnêamise is as beloved by fans today as it was more than 30 ago.
Set on a world not unlike Earth, Shiro is a young man who wanted to join his country’s air force, but directionless, instead finds himself in the ridiculed Royal Space Force. The bumbling Shiro is changed after meeting Riquinni, a caring girl who helps him find his spiritual centre.
