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Gall Force 3: Stardust War [VHS]

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An inspiring tale of heroism, mystery, & deceit, GALL FORCE blasts you right in between an ancient war between two races, The female Solonoids and the mutant Paranoids. A small team of renagade Solonoids escape the battle front with their very lives, and embark on a solo mission to save their race from annhilation by reaching a lone, living planet in distant space. The plot twists and turns in the most unpredicatable ways leading up to a very shocking and startling finale. This anime is full of awesome battle scenes and great dialogue. I prefer the subtitled version myself because the very emotion of their voices are kept intact, a virtue that's usually lost with dubbing. Buy this anime now, it'll give you goosebumps and bring a tear to your eye. =)

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Taking the world's most universally recognized legend and putting a new twist on it, ''Gall Force: Eternal Story'' is an epic adventure that you don't soon forget and that you will want to watch again and again.

The story opens in the midst of a full-scale battle raging in the depths of outer space between two persistently warring races: the somewhat indescribable cyborg ''Paranoids'' and the all-female humanoid race called ''Solnoids'' (which raises the intriguing question of how they reproduce... but let's suspend logic for the moment).

The Paranoid/Solnoid wars have been waging for centuries, and diplomats on both sides have grown weary of the never-ending battle and have entered into a secret covenant where they have mutually devised a risky plan which they hope will act as a buffer between the two feuding races and hopefully bring both sides to the table to begin suing for peace. But in order for this mission to be successful, their joint activities must operate covertly and be kept a closely guarded secret from everyone on both sides -- especially from the military arms of the two warring factions, each of whom would stop at nothing and spare no effort to recover the ''experimental project'' for ''their'' side to exploit. The details of this ''Top Secret'' diplomatic gambit are entrusted to a single Solnoid who's been dispatched as a secret agent to infiltrate the ranks of a ship's crew to insure that the objective proceeds successfully without a hitch.

Forced to make the leap into lightspeed out of its surrounding blazing deathtrap, a sole Solnoid spaceship, the ''Star Leaf,'' has been targeted for the for the infiltration of both the Solnoid/Paranoid agent and the secret ''experiment.'' The Star Leaf's escape course is to a distant star system: Their destination is a 'new home world' -- a terra-formed planet moon the Solnoid have given the name ''Chaos.'' Chaos is the satellite companion to the planet ''Terra,'' which the Solnoid refer to as ''the planet that lives on its own'' (which raises another question of logic ... ''Why not just inhabit Terra from the very beginning?'' -- but again, let's try to overlook this notable flaw in the story).

In their hasty attempt at escape from all of the senseless slaughter taking place around them, the crew of the Star Leaf must constantly deal with numerous emerging deadly threats, from pursuing warships, equipment malfunctions, the real possibility of mutually assured destruction, and the presence of a sinister looking alien life form which stalks the remaining crew throughout their space vessel. The surviving members of the Star Leaf's crew must also try to understand the meaning and significance of a bizarre precognitive dream they all share involving a mysterious Solnoid-like alien creature which could either be a Paranoid brainwashing and mind-controlling ploy or the key to ending the hostilities between the Paranoid and Solnoid races.

The moon Chaos becomes the final battleground in the Paranoid/Solnoid war as deception, treachery, and the lust for power and military advantage overtake reason, diplomacy and visions of unconditional peace.

Much more enjoyable in the 'English dubbed' version (which is something of a rare experience in anime DVDs), ''Gall Force: Eternal Story'' often catches you off your guard with where you think the story is going to take you and, in a manner much like in the ''SCREAM'' movies, messes with your head as it relates to who lives, who dies, and who the ''bad guys'' are.

A bit more attention to detail could (should) have been paid to the animation itself, in my opinion, and a few things about the story could have been smoothed out as well (but hey... this IS ''Japanese Animation,'' after all), but apart from this feature film's only real problem of the 'fingernails-on-chalkboard' screeching of the original Japanese voice actors, this movie does not fail to deliver: It hooks you right away and reels you all the way in from the opening scene to the emotionally charged climatic ending. Don't push past this one.

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This was one of the first anime videos I ever purchased when I got the LaserDisc.

The animation shows its age, but it's still a very good movie. A race of female warriors are at war with the Paranoid. They are all trying to get to the planet Chaos. It turns out there is a little secret experiment going on too. There are elements borrowed from Alien, Battlestar Galactica, and Star Trek 2. ...possibly from Star Blazers too. Some parts of the costume and gadget designs resemble things in Bubblegum Crisis which isn't surprising since Kenichi Sonoda was involved.

There is more information, including chapter stops, on the back side of the DVD case insert. The chapter stops should have been printed on a separate card that goes inside the case or on the back of the case like with most DVDs.

The subtitles are not as clear on the DVD as they were on the LaserDisc. They are simply white on the DVD. The LD had different colors being used. Also, there is no translation for the final song. The LD had subtitles during the ending credits, but there is nothing on the DVD for the "Little Johnny" song which is about a woman being involved with a younger man. (Most people may not think about it, but the song does fit.)

The voice actors used for the English version are OK, but I prefer watching this in Japanese with subtitles. The dubbed translation also tends to be cleaned up some.

I enjoyed most of the music in the show. The songs were fairly good too. I didn't see any credits for the songs so I don't know the actual titles.

Overall, I would recommend this DVD, but I do feel US Manga Corps messed up a few items here.

The Movie Gall Force: Eternal Story, takes place in the past, yet the technology is futuristic. Its about 7 female crew members on a ship, deserted from the rest of the fleet. Their mission is to reach the planet Chaos (Earth's [Tera's] Moon) before their advesaries the Paranoids. But disaster strikes when a jelly-like creature makes its way aboard their ship and plants a bi-racial ( paranoid and solonoid [the girl's race])child,into two of the crew member's bodies, unbeknownst to them. Can the girls, who are being destroyed one by one, make to Chaos in time, and will they find out just what the solonoid and paranoid high command are up to before its too late? Only one way to find out...

Gall Force: Eternal Story is the first installment for three Gall force movies, but even though that, you can consider it to be independent from the other ones because of some story elements which i will not discuses about it here so that i wont spoil the story for you guys. any how, Eternal Story is about 2 advance civilizations which are the "Solenoids" an all women race and "Paranoids" an alien humanoids race, who have been in a war for centuries. it all started with a mission for a Solenoid fleet to defend a new discovered planet called " Chaos" from the paranoids, but a damaged Solenoid ship called the Star Leaf is separated from the fleet, that ship had only 7 survivors, who decided in the end to complete their mission by heading to "chaos" to defend it themselves, and the movie follows them on their quest.
will this is the overall story, but for me; i felt that this anime was trying to present a meaning for life in a different way, which you will find it in the end of this movie.
in the characters department, i think it was lacking in some aspects, first, of all you have to guess who is the main character is! which might actually not be as bad as it sound, second, there is not much development for those characters, but that might be expected for a movie that wanted to focus more on the story itself, third, there is some annoying characters that you might hate, but also to make it better there is some great characters that make up for it.
for the Art and sound, well it is good, i can't say more or less there, and in the end you might want to go watch the other two movies which i might include it in my next order.

This one of the best anime movies I've ever seen (even dubbed version).

In space a war rages between two races, the all female Solnoids and the biomechanical Paranoids. The story revolves around the crew of an ill-fated solnoid transport ship called star-leaf. With most of the crew dead the remaining 7 crew members must fight their way to the new solnoid homeworld Chaos...before their enemies get their first.

I have been an anime lover for over 20 years. Now if my book were to be made into a movie, I'd definitely want it to be an anime. But enough of that.
Gall Force is my 4th most favorite anime of all (behind Fist of the North Star, Vampire Hunter D and Wicked City.) I first saw Gall Force on Sci Fi channel. I was very impressed with the story, its plot, its characterization and drama. This story is about an interplanetary battle of the sexes. Literally all of the people on the good side are women. They pilot a starship called the Star Leaf. I do not yet have this on video yet, but I plan to get it. I hope soon that parts 2 and 3 will be dubbed in english. I don't really like watching subtitled films.

I thought that it was a great twist on the old Genesis story. So long as the taking of religious stories and telling them in a new way doesn't bug you, then watch this movie, even if you are not big into religion, it is a good movie anyways.

The plot centers around a group of soldiers who are involved in a centuries-long war between two alien races. The story follows the group's escape from a fierce space battle and their subsequent bouts with the enemy as they make their retreat. This small story branches out into an even bigger story involving their enemy's motives behind their relentless pursuit and the origins of another "alien" race.

This movie contains some really spectacular fight scenes and some neat gadgets too. It is the first movie in the "Gall Force" series and is probably the best.

I never actually knew the title for this great movie when I first watched it, 3 years ago. I saw it on the sci fi channel and was amazed. It was the first anime movie I had ever seen in my life! It trully it is action packed, with a war going on between two life forms and one planet that holds a key to winning that battle. I loved the characters who are different in every way. This is the movie that got me into anime, I love it now. This is not like Pokemon, this had depth and story to it. I highly recomend you watch this!