Well, really an anime masterpiece from 1984, i,ve only seen in twice ever i bought it on tape in 1995 or 96 wich was an original production tape produced in 84. But the movie itself and the animation......GREAT! and then a saga started ever since, and it just MORE than space battles, its quite emotional too some moments. The art just belongs to that time, loads of ideas they´ve put in and background fillers as for the charachters, If u gonna see this the 1st time ever, most of them have an important role u probably gonna pick out some favs!