Keith
12-23-2005, 02:31 AM
First & foremost, Spoilers are quite welcome here, in fact, I insist /images/graemlins/happy.gif
Noticing all the Matsumoto talk that's been going on, and skimming through here & there with various posts, I caught the link leading to the Queen Millenia movie, which I just recently ordered & watched. Only problem being I can only pick out a couple words here & there (since the only Japanese I know I've learned from watching anime), and certain important parts of the story were lost on me.
I'm familiar with the basic story of Yayoi from reading bits over the years, and of course seeing Galaxy Express & Maetel Legend, so I easily got the parts about why La Maetal was attacking Earth (since it had lost its own orbit, and the only chance left to save the planet being to knock Earth out of the way), and I know that there's a Sennen Joo every 1000 years to keep an eye on Earth, prep it for the eventual takover/knocking out of the way, and the walkway of green floating lights & various bodies were clearly those queens, but one thing I didn't get is whether they were all previous hosts for the same woman, or each invididual people (though I'm guessing there were all individuals since they all came to Earth's aid). Also, who was the floating midget with the halo's, and what was her deal? And most importantly, did Yayoi really die at the end? if so, was she a different prometheum than the one that would eventually become Queen Andromeda Prometheum of the Machine Empire?
And was the power that gave Yayoi long life specifically explained? Or at least explained in such a way that it would explain Maetel's long life (perhaps inheriting that power)? I'm also curious as to whether or not the TV series ended in the same way (Yayoi dying). I know many of Matsumoto's series & movies don't fit together 100%, and that's part of his charm, but it would help in my understanding of Prometheum's origins to know whether or not she is one & the same as the character here.
Noticing all the Matsumoto talk that's been going on, and skimming through here & there with various posts, I caught the link leading to the Queen Millenia movie, which I just recently ordered & watched. Only problem being I can only pick out a couple words here & there (since the only Japanese I know I've learned from watching anime), and certain important parts of the story were lost on me.
I'm familiar with the basic story of Yayoi from reading bits over the years, and of course seeing Galaxy Express & Maetel Legend, so I easily got the parts about why La Maetal was attacking Earth (since it had lost its own orbit, and the only chance left to save the planet being to knock Earth out of the way), and I know that there's a Sennen Joo every 1000 years to keep an eye on Earth, prep it for the eventual takover/knocking out of the way, and the walkway of green floating lights & various bodies were clearly those queens, but one thing I didn't get is whether they were all previous hosts for the same woman, or each invididual people (though I'm guessing there were all individuals since they all came to Earth's aid). Also, who was the floating midget with the halo's, and what was her deal? And most importantly, did Yayoi really die at the end? if so, was she a different prometheum than the one that would eventually become Queen Andromeda Prometheum of the Machine Empire?
And was the power that gave Yayoi long life specifically explained? Or at least explained in such a way that it would explain Maetel's long life (perhaps inheriting that power)? I'm also curious as to whether or not the TV series ended in the same way (Yayoi dying). I know many of Matsumoto's series & movies don't fit together 100%, and that's part of his charm, but it would help in my understanding of Prometheum's origins to know whether or not she is one & the same as the character here.