{"id":149730,"date":"2024-09-30T15:28:57","date_gmt":"2024-09-30T14:28:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wrongeverytime.com\/?p=41818"},"modified":"2024-09-30T15:28:57","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T14:28:57","slug":"sol-bianca-the-legacy-episode-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/30\/sol-bianca-the-legacy-episode-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Sol Bianca: The Legacy \u2013 Episode 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello folks, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. Today we\u2019re going to be embarking on a new journey, as we explore the first segment of six-episode OVA series Sol Bianca: The Legacy. I\u2019ll admit, I know basically nothing about either this series or the original two-episode OVA that preceded it; I\u2019ve frankly never heard of either, but that\u2019s little surprise, as the OVA boom was flush with productions that didn\u2019t necessarily make an international splash.<\/span><\/p>\n

The original Sol Bianca was actually cut short at two installments due to low sales, and only followed up a decade later by this quasi-sequel. The two share the titular all-female pirate ship, as well as animation director\/character designer Naoyuki Onda, who\u2019s enjoyed a fruitful AD career on projects ranging from Record of Lodoss War to Rage of Bahamut. The Legacy\u2019s director Hiroyuki Ochi has also mostly worked in animation direction and key animation, so if nothing else, I\u2019m expecting some luxurious cuts and character art ahead of us. Let\u2019s check it out!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Episode 1<\/b><\/p>\n

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\u201cAfter the Lord led Abram to Canaan\u2026 \u2018Lift up your eyes from where you came, and look north and south, east and west. All that land that you see I will give to you and your offspring forever,\u2019 said the Lord unto Abram.\u201d Whew, opening with God\u2019s command that Abraham journey to Canaan (modern-day Palestine) is quite a choice! We\u2019ll have to see how this echoes our characters\u2019 journey, but regardless, the expectation is immediately set that they are conducting some sort of holy pilgrimage, being led by powers beyond their control or understanding<\/span><\/p>\n

A chugging electric guitar melody carries us into a pan over planets and asteroids. \u201cRock and roll space pirates\u201d seems like it was a hot anime aesthetic around the turn of the century, exemplified by series like Cowboy Bebop, Legend of Black Heaven, and Outlaw Star<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was once a happy time called the Space Frontier Age. Humans raced out to space, and expanded their territory. And now, 400 years later\u2026 where did their passion go?\u201d So it seems that opening quote is actually intended to evoke a \u201cpioneer spirit\u201d that has somehow been lost in the time since the frontier age<\/span><\/p>\n

The costuming and character art are unsurprisingly ornate and gorgeous. Love the curves of this distinctive space suit<\/span><\/p>\n

The character art is quite realistic, making no concessions to the increasingly rounded designs of the post-OVA era. Little surprise that our animation director worked on both Rage of Bahamut and Psycho-Pass, two of the only recent productions embracing similarly realistic character designs<\/span><\/p>\n

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These characters feel distinct even from that aesthetic, though; they fall somewhere between Jin-Roh and Yasuomi Umetsu\u2019s distinctive character art, with bone structures and shading like Jin-Roh, but eyes more like Umetsu\u2019s somewhat embellished forms with their prominent eyelashes<\/span><\/p>\n

Efficient flashbacks inform us this woman\u2019s aunt took her in, and bequeathed her that ornate pistol before dying<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThat was when I heard the story about the Ship of the Sun.\u201d The ship she approaches is rendered as appropriately blinding, with a star directly behind it. The Sol Bianca<\/span><\/p>\n

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We cut to a young girl speaking to a stuffed bear, asking \u201cdo you remember your mother and father?\u201d Giving an isolated character like this either a toy or a pet to communicate with is an effective way of justifying them essentially offering exposition to an empty room, and thereby communicating what the the viewer needs to know in a believable way<\/span><\/p>\n

The character animation remains outrageously fluid, impressing all the more so given these detailed designs<\/span><\/p>\n

The girl\u2019s name is apparently \u201cMayo,\u201d unfortunately for her<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cNo, Katie, don\u2019t. You shouldn\u2019t cry.\u201d As with many children, she assigns her embarrassing emotions to her stuffed animal<\/span><\/p>\n

The Sol Bianca appears to have touched down upon a Mediterranean island, complete with a local colosseum where matadors are currently plying their trade<\/span><\/p>\n

Impressive shading across these characters as our presumed leader scolds her two subordinates regarding them treating this like a vacation<\/span><\/p>\n

Lush color design for the backgrounds as well – the scenery looks incredibly inviting as we touch in with Jun, the apparent last of our shipmates, as the sun sets behind her<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Both our director and animation director also did animation work for The Hakkenden, and I can definitely see that production\u2019s mixture of realism and fluidity in this show\u2019s movements<\/span><\/p>\n

The character designs are so realistic it actually takes a little getting used to the character acting; I\u2019m accustomed to a certain degree of aesthetic exaggeration, but everyone here is obeying human rules of bones and musculature<\/span><\/p>\n

In a shadowed room, a round table of suited gentleman admire an old-fashioned pistol, which is presumably the item our crew is seeking<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

They plot to jack up the pistol\u2019s auction price. \u201cThis is an artifact from <\/span>earth<\/span><\/i>, after all,\u201d they say, implying earth has at this point been abandoned<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThey say the flintlock is going to be in a shady auction.\u201d Efficient explanations catch our crew up to speed immediately, and we\u2019re off to the auction. I appreciate the confidence and efficiency of this storytelling – we don\u2019t need copious explanation to understand the dynamics or intentions of this crew, just following them as they conduct their operations is enough<\/span><\/p>\n

Love this hover-hot rod they drive to the venue, continuing the mixture of science fiction and Americana<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

The girls approach bearing instrument cases, presumably housing their weapons. Feels like part of this show\u2019s reason for existence is to combine these extravagantly designed characters with all sorts of fancy costumes, and I am here for it<\/span><\/p>\n

Both our protagonist and the organizers are worried by the absence of the gun\u2019s intended purchaser<\/span><\/p>\n

Then a \u201cTerra Force\u201d spacecraft arrives, seemingly housing the man of the hour<\/span><\/p>\n

You can sort of see the director\u2019s animation-based origins in the boarding of action here; layouts are designed to accommodate shifts in character blocking, the movement dictating the staging, rather than the other way around<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

As a result, the show has a fairly propulsive energy in spite of a lack of overt action, as each cut is always moving <\/span>towards<\/span><\/i> some new result, rather than capturing a static image<\/span><\/p>\n

The Terra Force crew storm into the auction, declaring that the items on block are stolen fragments of earth\u2019s legacy<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are Earthlings.\u201d \u201cThat can\u2019t be! Earth is\u2026\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Our lead announces that the item is <\/span>her<\/span><\/i> gun, and the shooting begins<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

More of a focus on iconic posing than action choreography so far; the Terra Force soldiers put up no fight, and our team is soon fleeing to the Sol Bianca<\/span><\/p>\n

The vast CG Terra Force ship looms above the delicately painted city, a contrast reminiscent of Simoun<\/span><\/p>\n

I continue to enjoy how confidently we\u2019re dropped into the life of this crew mid-adventure; their world feels larger because there is so much implied beyond what we are seeing, so many jobs they\u2019ve presumably taken before the show began. I feel like far too much of modern storytelling is caught up in explaining origins, too afraid of leaving the audience behind to actually start a story in the middle of the action<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

The Sol Bianca\u2019s control system is actually in Spanish, continuing the general Spanish theming of this environment<\/span><\/p>\n

As Mayo is caught up in its energy, her bear is left behind, a clear demonstration of her separating from her past life<\/span><\/p>\n

God these backgrounds and colors are lovely!<\/span><\/p>\n

Fun interpretation of a ship coming out of warp drive, framing the air itself as a body of water that the vessel is rising from. A cute way of maintaining the \u201cspace as an ocean\u201d metaphor that adds some age of exploration-era grandeur to so many scifi narratives, while also leaning into this show\u2019s more specific pioneer ambitions as implied by its opening quotation<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

The Sol Bianca emerges into normal space, prompting a shockwave across the land<\/span><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Terra Force vessel is pursued by the entire goddamn island, which is apparently a spacecraft in its own right<\/span><\/p>\n

Ooh, I like this colorful conceptualization of digital space as one of the crew works to link their ships. The actual internet is boring, I\u2019m always up for some fanciful Tron-world alternative<\/span><\/p>\n

Beautiful transformation for the Sol Bianca as its \u201cmasts\u201d rotate outwards, and a digital sail appears between them. Also quite like the portraits incorporated in the ship\u2019s digital readouts, which seem reminiscent of Mucha\u2019s Seasons<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Their commands summon a giant holographic archer, with the Sol Bianca framed as the point of the arrow<\/span><\/p>\n

As our heroes escape, their pursuer turns over a sun tarot card, adding yet another prophetic art tradition to this production\u2019s stew of influences<\/span><\/p>\n

After the battle, the crew discover their stowaway<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI can see them if I get on a spaceship. I can see Mom and Dad.\u201d Our pilgrimage introduced at last<\/span><\/p>\n

Her parents are on a planet called Earth, which is at this point such a distant memory that our captain\u2019s subordinates haven\u2019t even heard of it<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

And Done<\/b><\/p>\n

Thus the Sol Bianca sets off on its grand journey, tracing a path back to the cradle of mankind. A classic tale to be sure, but here richly furnished with this production\u2019s distinctive character art and beautiful backgrounds. It\u2019s always a pleasure seeing this sort of ambitious realism in animation, and I\u2019m furthermore happy to see such confidence in the show\u2019s narrative, which wastes no time with preamble and trusts in its audience to understand the trajectory we\u2019re charting. If the following episodes continue with these luxurious backgrounds and beautiful, personality-rich flourishes of character acting, we\u2019re in for a satisfying scifi adventure.<\/span><\/p>\n

This\u00a0article\u00a0was\u00a0mad<\/a><\/em>e possible by reader support<\/a>. Thank you all for\u00a0all that you do.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n

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