GAINAX and Bandai's masterpiece "Royal Space Force: Wings of Honneamise" will be remastered in 4K after 35 years! Some footage from the time of production will be shown!

A 4K remastering of the 1987 animated feature film "Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honneamise" has been announced. Screening information, Blu-ray information, and some of the bonus videos have been released.

This year marks the 35th anniversary of the theatrical release of "Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honneamise" on March 14, 1987. This is the first feature-length animated film for both companies, produced by Bandai and GAINAX, a young production group that brings together top creators such as Hiroyuki Yamaga, Hideaki Anno, Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, and Shinji Higuchi, who later went on to produce many masterpieces.
The film was produced by Bandai, and Namco Bandai Filmworks has now taken over the film business.

⇒The main character of " Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honneamise" is still sitting on the seat of a rocket. [Nostalgic Anime Retrospective No. 46

⇒Click here for the animation film screening schedule.

The vast and detailed worldview, created entirely from scratch, including currency, language, and culture, was highly acclaimed, along with the characters that live and breathe in that world. The high quality of the drawing techniques is also supported by anime fans around the world.

Since its theatrical release in 1987, it has become a legendary work that is still talked about around the world as one of the "animation works to leave behind for posterity.

Revival screenings will begin on October 28! Remastered Memorial Box also on sale!

To commemorate the 35th anniversary of the release of "Royal Space Force: Wings of Honneamise," a 4K remastering of the film has been decided. Under the supervision of director Hiroyuki Yamaga, 4K scanning and 4K remastering from the 35mm master positive film will be conducted to vividly reproduce the information possessed by the film.

The 4K ULTRA HD Blu-ray and Blu-ray Disc "Royal Space Force: Wings of Honneamise 4K Remastered Memorial Box [Special Limited Edition]" will be available at screening theaters from October 28 (Fri.), 2022, with the 4K remastered version (sound is the original 1987 version). The first screening theaters will release the Blu-ray and Blu-ray Disc "Royal Space Force: Wings of Honneamise" on October 28th (Fri.).

A-on STORE, A-on STORE Premium Bandai branch, and EVANGELION STORE will release the [Special Limited Edition] on November 4 (Fri.). The general distribution product "Royal Space Force: Wings of Honneamise 4K Remastered Memorial Box" will go on sale to the general public on November 25 (Fri.).

Screening Theaters
［Hokkaido] Sapporo Cinema Frontier / Miyagi] TOHO CINEMAS Sendai
［Tokyo] Shinjuku Wald 9 / Grand Cinema Sunshine Ikebukuro / Tachikawa Cinema City
［Kanagawa] Yokohama Burg 13 / TOHO CINEMAS Kawasaki / Chiba] T-Joy Soga
［T-Joy Niigata Bandai / 109 Cinemas Nagoya
［Osaka] Umeda Burg 7 / Kyoto] T-Joy Kyoto
［Hiroshima] Hiroshima Wald 11 [Fukuoka] T-Joy Hakata [Kumamoto] Kumamoto Piccadilly

Film Information
Royal Space Force: Wings of Honneamise" 4K remastered version
Release date: October 28, 2022 (Friday)
<Staff> "Royal Space Force: Wings of Honneamise" 4K remastered version
Executive Producer: Makoto Yamashina / Planning: Toshio Okada, Shigeru Watanabe / Producers: Hirohiko Sueyoshi, Hiroaki Inoue / Original Idea, Screenplay, Director: Hiroyuki Yamaga / Character Design, Animation Director: Yoshiyuki Sadamoto / Animation Directors: Hideaki Anno, Fumio Iida, Yuji Moriyama / Assistant Directors: Takami Akai, Shinji Higuchi, Shoichi Masuo / Art Director: Hiromasa Ogura / Director of Photography: Hiroshi Isagawa / Sound Director: Atsumi Tashiro / Music Director: Ryuichi Sakamoto / Production: GAINAX

<Cast
Shirotsugu Radat: Leo Morimoto / Riikuni Nonderaiko: Yami Mitsuki / Mana: Aya Murata / Mati: Kazuyasu Sogabe / Karok: Masato Hirano / Domrot: Hirotaka Suzuki / Daligan: Hiroshi Izawa / Chalichanmi: Koji Toya / Nekkaraut: Yoshito Yasuhara / Yanaran: Satoshi Shimada / Majaho: Masahiro Anzai / General: Uchida Minoru / Instructor: Shozo Iizuka / Dr. Gunoom: Shuo Otsuka / Announcer: Kazuo Tokumitsu

<Introduction
In 1987, the young production group "GAINAX" accomplished the first animated feature film!
After 35 years, it is now back on the screen in a 4K remastered version!
The animated feature film "Royal Space Force: Wings of Honneamise" was released in theaters on March 14, 1987. It was later followed by "Aim for the Top! and "Neon Genesis Evangelion", and Bandai*1 teamed up to produce the first feature-length animated film for both companies.
　Many top creators, including director Hiroyuki Yamaga, Hideaki Anno, Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, and Shinji Higuchi, are participating in this film, and Ryuichi Sakamoto is in charge of the music. The young creators have poured their hearts and souls into creating a vast and detailed worldview, from currency and language to culture, all from scratch, and it is highly acclaimed, as are the characters that inhabit the world. The high quality of the animation techniques used in this work was enthusiastically supported by anime fans around the world at the time, and continues to be highly acclaimed to this day. Since its theatrical release in 1987, it has become a legendary work that is still talked about around the world as one of the "animation works to leave behind for posterity.
　In 2022, the 35th anniversary year of the film, it will be brought to the screen again (*2) in 4K scanned from the 35mm master positive film and remastered in 4K under the supervision of Hiroyuki Yamaga, director!

What are we if we stop here... I'm still going to do it, I'm still going to rise even if I die!
<Story
Sirotsugu Raddat. He is a soldier of the Royal Space Force, an army that does not fight.
The government has abandoned the Space Force, which boasts of a 30-year history, and is now unable to even raise satellites, let alone human beings. Before long, Shirotsugu's dreams of going to space have faded away, and he has been neglecting his training. One day, he meets a mysterious girl in town, Riikuni, who preaches the teachings of God, and his destiny is changed. Shirotsugu volunteers to become a space pilot, despite the opposition of his fellow soldiers.
Thus began the space flight plan to restore the prestige and honor of the "Royal Space Force"....

Advance tickets with a special poster (Mubicchike card) will be on sale at screening theaters from August 5.

Price: 1,700 yen (tax included)
Special bonus: Special poster (B2 size)
Where to buy: Screening theaters *Except for some theaters
Meijer WEB site (mail order): #

Memorial Box Details] Part of the "Document File" is available for viewing!

The "4K Remastered Memorial Box (4K ULTRA HD Blu-ray & Blu-ray Disc)" will also include "Booklet Digital Archive" as an additional bonus.

The "Pilot Film Retake Version" is included, which is a pilot film that was produced prior to the production of the full-length film, but was retaken, including logo and art replacements and the cut of the third stage detachment of the rocket. The booklet enclosed in the previously released LD, DVD and Blu-ray is archived in HD stills.

This time, we will show an excerpt of a document file containing production scenes and interviews with GAINAX staff from that time.

Video] From the video bonus "Document File

Product Information
Royal Space Force: Wings of Honneamise 4K Remastered Memorial Box" Special Limited Edition
Price: 15,000 yen (tax included)
Item number: BDOT-0267
Released and distributed by: NAMCO BANDAI Filmworks

October 28, 2022
First pre-sale at screening theaters
▼ On sale from November 4, 2022
A-on STORE: #
A-on STORE Premium Bandai Branch： #
EVANGELION STORE: #

<Special limited editions and special offers
Storyboard book (October 4, 1986 version / 430 pages)
*The storyboards may have stains, scratches, scuffs, etc. caused by the existing materials, but we dare to include them in their original form for the purpose of documentation.

■Normal Edition* General Distribution
Price: 14,080 yen (tax included)
Item number: BCQA-0016
Release date: November 25, 2022
Special features:
Special booklet (16 pages)
Special bonus DISC (BD)
Pilot film
A-type audio "Meistersinger of Nuremberg" version (Synthesizer: Kenji Kawai)
B-type audio "We are the Pilots of the Universe" version (from "The Legend of Godzilla III. Song from the movie "Godzilla Godzilla") *First time recorded.
Retake version *A-type voice
Document files
Documentary footage featuring production scenery and interviews with GAINAX staff.
Special 1987 theatrical trailer
Unrecorded footage *Up-converted from the SD version
BGM collection (2022 version)
BGM collection" presented with numerous image boards.
Booklet Digital Archive
4K remastered version trailer and screening announcement TVCM / - 4K remastered Memorial Box release announcement TVCM
Staff credits for the sound renewal version / Staff credits for the English dubbed version

Additional video extras
Pilot Film Retake Version
The "Pilot Film" was produced for related parties prior to the production of the full-length film. The "Retake Version" includes the logo, art replacements, and a retake of Hideaki Anno's cut of the third stage of the rocket detachment.

■Booklet Digital Archive
The booklet of the previously released product, which contains valuable interviews and materials, is recorded as digital data in HD still images.
Includes booklets enclosed in previously released products (LD: BELL-140, BELL-460, BEAL-367, BELL-1141, BEAL-1142; DVD: BCBA-0007, BCBA-0245; Blu-ray: BCXA-0002).

4K Remastered Version Trailer & TVCM
Included are trailers and TV commercials produced for the theatrical release of the 4K remastered version, with narration by Leo Morimoto.

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