At the time it was made
"Wings Of Honneamise", also know as the
"Royal Space Force", was the most expensive animated feature ever (costing approximately $8 million) and was
GAINAX Studios first full feature film. In fact
Gainax was created specifically to produce this moivie.
Anno Hideaki and
Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, both of whom were to later work on
Neon Genesis Evangelion, were two of the
GAINAX members to work on this
anime film.
A very cool film that actaully has a good plot which should have made it really big like Akira did.
Producers: Ken Iyadomi, Keiji Kusanao, Yutaka Maseba, Taro Yoshida
Director/Screenplay: Hiroyuki Yamaga
Character Design: Yoshiyuki Sadamoto
Animation Director: Hideaki Anno, Yuji Moriyama, Fumio Iida, Yoshiyuki Sadamoto
Art Director: Hiromasa Ogura