Legend of Black Heaven Season 1

Synopsis

Once he was Gabriel Tanaka, lead guitarist for Black Heaven, the hottest band around. His life was filled with passion and excitement, but no longer. Now he's just Ouji Tanaka, saddled with a mundane job, little pay, a shrewish wife, and a young son. The only thing he has left are the memories of his youth until an odd and beautiful woman asks him to pick up his guitar once more, and help save the galaxy with his song.

Main Cast

Koji Ishii

Oji Tanaka (voice)

Age : 63 | Popularity : 3%

Miho Yamada

Yuki Layla (voice)

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Kae Araki

Yoshiko Tanaka (voice)

Age : 57 | Popularity : 4%

Episodes

Episode 1

08 July 1999 - Stairway to Heaven

Oji Tanaka starts the day by losing his beloved "Flying V" guitar twice because his wife wants to get rid of it. At work his boss harries him. Later, after work, he believes he is being seduced by his new coworker (an alien in disguise).

Episode 2

15 July 1999 - All Night Long

The next morning, Tanaka's son Gen accidentally destroys his prized autographed LP record by his idol Michael Schenker, and his wife is shown to be entirely unmoved by his loss. At work, Tanaka believes that his "stairway to heaven" experience from the night before was not a dream.

Episode 3

22 July 1999 - Hot House

Spurred by busybody rumormongering neighbors, Yoshiko's suspicion that Oji is cheating on her grows, though she tries to suppress it. It did not help matters that she spots Oji with Layla.

Episode 4

29 July 1999 - Space Child

Oji reluctantly babysits his son Gen because Yoshiko is going to her high school reunion, but feels compelled to play his guitar at the model house, leaving Gen behind in his haste.

Episode 5

05 August 1999 - These Are the Days

Oji feels re-energized and dresses in his old rock outfits (blond wig, leather jacket, and leather pants, which he can't button anymore because he's gained weight) in an attempt to revive his rocker identity as "Gabriel."

Episode 6

19 August 1999 - Walk Away

Oji is in a funk because he's decided to quit music. Alien Chief Scientist Hamill vows to do anything she can to have Oji play again. Meanwhile, Kotoko, Eriko, and Rinko try various futile methods to "inspire" Oji,

Episode 7

26 August 1999 - In Need

The aliens are under increasing attacks from their enemies. Hamill tries to persuade Oji to play music, and he seems receptive by playing twice. However, the ultimate weapon mysteriously does not fire properly.

Episode 8

02 September 1999 - All Right Now

Oji invites his surviving former bandmates from Black Heaven, Sato/Michael, Yamada/Luke, and Suzuki/Raphael for drinks. They reminisce about the old times and Oji tells him about the alien war and his music weapon.

Episode 9

09 September 1999 - Get Off of My Cloud

Oji attempts to recruit members for his new band, the New Black Heaven, and has his son Gen draw the "space attitude" recruitment poster.

Episode 10

16 September 1999 - Ten Years Ago

Black Heaven, and by extension the ultimate weapon, is not at full power because it is missing its keyboardist Watanabe/Joseph.

Episode 11

23 September 1999 - Sweet Emotion

The rival aliens are perfecting their own final weapon using a clone of Watanabe's corpse.

Episode 12

30 September 1999 - Into the Arena

The rival aliens test their ultimate weapon "Biomechanical Android Watanabe", which has 6 arms and can play 3 keyboards simultaneously, and almost destroy the aliens, canceling out Black Heaven.

Episode 13

07 October 1999 - The End

1999 The final battle begins, and Black Heaven plays a marathon session in their struggle against the Watanabe clone.

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Visual Effects	Character Designer	Kazuto Nakazawa
	Mechanical Designer	Gorou Murata
	Color Designer	Mieko Seki
Writing	Original Concept	Hiroki Hayashi
	Series Composition	Naruhisa Arakawa
Directing	Series Director	Yasuhito Kikuchi
Sound	Music	Koichi Korenaga
	Sound Director	Kazuya Tanaka
	Theme Song Performance	John Sykes
Art	Art Direction	Satoru Kuwabara
Camera	Director of Photography	Hideo Okazaki
Department	Role	Name

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