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If You take one of the more blander Star Trek episode, and extend it to one hour and a half, you'll get Odin: Photon Sailing Ship Starlight.

Just one big boredom to next, with occasional decent looking animated space battle. No reason to describe the plot because there is near to none.

I rented the VHS version from Manga Entertainment, years and years. I liked it back then. Saw it on Youtube recently and a give it a second go, i couldn't hardly keep my eyes on the screen, i was so bored.

Often when you're a kid, you are easily impressed, i guess.

If you're trying find something else after watching Macross: Do you remember love?

Skip this and just re-watch Macross.

I'm a huge fan of the bold and wild imaginative worlds presented by pulp sci-fi. And I'm also a big fan of anime, having watched shows like Yamato/Star Blazers, Galaxy Express 1999, Macross, and a ton of other notable animated epics.

I'd seen the 90-minute U.S. cut of this film a long time ago and thought it was good, but not great. Recently though, I watched the 135-minute Japanese-language version twice in one week (yep, over four hours of viewing). My opinion on this movie has just jumped up a few notches. The more I watch this, the more I appreciate it. The design work is phenomenal and the soundtrack is excellent. In fact, I'm noticing a resurgence in interest in the band Loudness and the album that features songs from this film.

For me, I want a sci-fi film to take me places and this one certainly does. For a movie that has over a 2-hour running time, this one speeds along from location to location. In fact, it could use another hour. Regardless, the quick pace is fine with me, since that's a hallmark of the earlier days of science fiction (with 2001: A Space Odyssey being the exception).

This feature has many many influences, and pretty much every title I've mentioned in this review are among them. I noticed in the FAQ that people criticized this film for treading a similar path to Space Battleship Yamato. However, I don't see people saying the same about Legend of the Galactic Heroes or a few other features that also owe a great deal to Yamato. I'd go as far as to say that Odin actually improves on Yamato in a number of ways while adding in welcome elements like concepts from Fred Saberhagen's Berserker novels.

This movie stays on course and maintains a consistent tone. I can't say enough about the latter, since so very many sci-fi features go off the rails or insert silly characters or scenes for seemingly no reason. Odin, however, keeps things consistent and even manages to end the film on a very emotional and epic note.

I salute the people who made this film possible and all the thought and hard work that they put into it. Bravo!

Thanks also to neo1024. You've done a man's job sir!

This might go down as the most generic and dull anime I've seen in a long time since there is not one bit of originality to be found here, not even in the design department (clearly stolen from other space opera animes to no end) or in the names of the characters (Akira...sarah...what's next? Tom? Jim?). The only positives of this thing (that I would name "sci-fi anime: the anime") are the clean animation and the music provided by the legendary Japanese metal band Loudness, but I'd suggest to find their Odin EP instead of boring you out with this trope-fest. I don't even understand why they bothered to begin with in making this movie if they didn't have a split second of something original to show to the public, what's even the point? Avoid safely.

It's no Akira, but Odin: Photon Sailing Ship Starlight is entertaining, if nothing more. You won't find any deep themes or realistic, enduring characters- just some decent animation and an adequate story. Although it in no way compares to some more recent efforts in the field, it is ok in it's own right.