Legend of the Galactic Heroes - Season 1 (1988)

After his victory at Astarte, Von Lohengramm is promoted to imperial fleet admiral and reflects on the events in his youth that awakened his ambitions.

A rebelling imperial colony offers Kircheis the opportunity to prove himself as Von Lohengramm's second-in-command.

While preparing his attack on Iserhlohn Fortress, Yang gains a powerful ally.

Yang displays his strategic brilliance in an ambitious attack on Iserhlohn Fortress.

Von Lohengramm accepts the services of the machiavellist Oberstein to aid him recapture Iserhlohn Fortress, and possibly overthrow the emperor.

A banished noble's dubious return to court coincides with the increasing friction between Von Lohengramm and the imperial nobility.

Amidst the political turmoil on Heinessen, an old flame tries to win Yang's support for the pacifist party.

The emperor's former mistress kidnaps Von Lohengramm's sister out of jealousy.

The internally divided Alliance prepares to invade the Empire.

Von Lohengramm implements a scorched earth strategy to deplete the invading Alliance's resources, but the officer in command of the operation is troubled by his past.

Forced to help the depleted locals, the Allied forces are halted in their invasion.

A devastating battle ensues when the imperial fleet counterattacks the Allied forces.

A new Allied government is installed after their failed invasion, while the empire is shaken by the death of the emperor.

A conspiracy is conceived to disrupt the Alliance internally, while the Empire is coping with the death of its monarch.

Dissatisfied with Von Lohengramm's military and political dominance, the imperial nobles assemble and revolt against the new regime.

While Von Lohengramm plans his attack on the nobility's base, a coup d'état on Heinessen forces Yang to take up arms and fight for democracy.

The rogue nobility finds itself unable to defeat Von Lohengramm's forces.

Yang confronts the fleet of the Alliance's military regime, while Jessica Edwards organizes a massive protest in the capital city.

While battling Von Lohengramm, the imperial nobles find that their greatest enemy may be themselves.

Torn between his honest friend Kircheis and the ruthless Oberstein, Von Lohengramm faces the greatest moral crisis of his life.

Yang reveals the Empire's involvement in the Allience's coup d'état, to deliver the finishing blow against the military regime.

Von Lohengramm is forced to deal with the consequences of the Westerland Massacre.

Von Lohengramm finds himself to be all alone as he becomes de facto ruler of the empire.