Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise: Difference between revisions

''[['''Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise]]''''', released in 1987, was [[Studio Gainax]]'s first major anime production after it made its name with the famous ''Daicon IV'' short.

In an [[Alternate Universe]], Shirotsugh "Shiro" Lhadatt is a slacker from a middle-class family in the kingdom of Honneamano, who dreamed of flying airplanes since he was young -- butyoung—but his grades weren't good enough, so he ended up as part of their fledgling space program, the eponymous [[Title Drop|Royal Space Force]]. The program is essentially a joke -- ajoke—a collection of old dreamers assembling test rockets and a few young slackers and ne'er-do-wells rejected by the real military and twiddling their thumbs when they're not being guinea pigs. Then, on one night on the town, Shiro sees a young woman passing out religious pamphlets in the middle of the red-light district; for not entirely pure reasons, he takes one, and meets the woman, Riquinni Nonderaiko, later. During their meeting, he's amazed at her enthusiasm when she learns that Shiro's an astronaut in training. Riquinni seems enraptured at the thought of man literally and metaphorically ascending beyond the sinful world, and Shiro's agreement becomes more genuine by the second.

''Royal Space Force'' follows the growth of the alternate space program from the design stages through the final countdown to launch, alongside the development of Shiro's courtship of Riquinni -- andRiquinni—and how her religious faith affects him. Meanwhile, the Space Force is being used as a political pawn, and it's not sure whether Shiro will be able to launch...

* [[Diesel PunkDieselpunk]]

* [[Love Bubbles]]: Subverted. After Shiro first meets Riquinni preaching in the red-light district, the scene fades to Shiro sleeping in a field of flowers. It turns out that he was sleeping -- insleeping—in the bunk of the guy who died before the film started, with the funeral bouquets still in it.

** {{spoiler|The next morning, when Shiro tries to apologize, Riquinni instead [[Extreme Doormat|begs Shiro to forgive]] ''[[Extreme Doormat|her]]'' [[Extreme Doormat|for defending herself!]]}} It seems these scenes were done to hammer the point home that {{spoiler|Shiro was ([[Love Redeems|until then]]) [[It's All About Me|still a self-absorbed asshole]], who ultimately just wanted to take advantage of her. Given how we see him being shocked by her apology and the positive changes in his behaviour (both towards [[Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder|Riquini]] and his work) that follow,}} the scenes were hardly meant as just a pure [[BigNon LippedSequitur Alligator MomentScene]], but more of [[An Aesop]].