▁series ▁and ▁Nob oru ▁Tak agi ▁super vised ▁the ▁scripts . ▁Y oko ▁K ik uch i , ▁I wa o ▁T era oka , ▁and ▁K ats ura ▁Ts ush ima ▁designed ▁the ▁characters . ▁The ▁me cha ▁designs ▁by ▁Na oy uki ▁K ato ▁were ▁draft ed ▁by ▁A ts ush i ▁Take uch i , ▁Shin ji ▁Us ui , ▁and ▁Shin ob u ▁T sun ek i . ▁D MM ▁Pictures , ▁Sho ch iku , ▁and ▁Tok uma ▁Sh oten ▁were ▁cred ited ▁with ▁production ▁of ▁the ▁an ime ▁alongside ▁Production ▁I . G . ▁The ▁an ime ▁stars ▁Mam oru ▁Mi y ano ▁as ▁Rein hard ▁von ▁L ohen gram m , ▁Ken ichi ▁Su z um ura ▁as ▁Yang ▁W en - li ▁and ▁Yu ich iro ▁U me h ara ▁as ▁Sieg fried ▁Kirche is . ▁The ▁series ▁premier ed ▁from ▁April ▁ 3 ▁to ▁June ▁ 2 6 , ▁ 2 0 1 8 ▁and ▁ran ▁for ▁ 1 2 ▁episodes . ▁The ▁opening ▁theme ▁is ▁" Binary ▁Star " ▁by ▁S aw ano H iro y uki [ n Z k ]: U ru , ▁and ▁the ▁ending ▁theme ▁is ▁" W ish " ▁by ▁El isa . ▁ ▁A ▁second ▁season , ▁The ▁Leg end ▁of ▁the ▁Gal actic ▁Hero es : ▁Die ▁Neue ▁These ▁Se ir an ▁( The ▁New ▁Th esis : ▁St ell ar ▁War ) ▁premier ed ▁in ▁Japanese ▁the aters ▁as ▁three ▁films , ▁of ▁four ▁episodes