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I have seen this anime on a VHS somewhere in the middle 90s. I've only watched
a few minutes into it (probably just an opening), and the few details that I
remember are:

  1. A spaceship, not too big, probably a single-pilot fighter, with a streamlined design and a small forward-swept winglet protruding from its underside (like a hook of a [trencher machine](https://texascreek.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/trencher.jpg)); the ship probably had a greenish tint (though it could be a VHS color artifact);
  2. The pilot was a long-haired girl; her design was probably typical for that era (at least, I can't remember anything particular about her, except for the serious face expression); she was beautiful, that's for sure;
  3. There also was another ship (no winglet) with a female pilot, but I'm not completely sure about that;
  4. I don't remember anything important happening during those minutes (no dogfights etc.)
  5. I don't remember anything "European" or "Victorian" in the design of ships and pilots (as opposed to popular space operas of the 80s); even if there was any, it was subtle;
  6. I don't remember any other characters, ships, or locations from those few minutes;
  7. Overall, it seems like it was a serious title, not a comedy.

I am definitely not an expert in the retro-space-opera department, so it could
easily be something totally mainstream. Since it was on a bootleg VHS, it
could be an OVA, a full-length movie, or a TV episode.

UPD. The winglet was small, compared to the craft dimensions (see the trencher
machine proportions). Overall, the craft design was rather streamlined. It
didn't look like a "many pieces held together" thing (in terms of the game
FTL: more of the Stealth cruiser than Engi or Lanius one).


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Space anime from 80s/early 90s, with a distinct ship design and female pilots


A bit of stab in the dark, but I think you might be referring to something by
[Leiji Matsumoto](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leiji_Matsumoto). Beautiful
long-haired women are a dime a dozen in his works, and there are at least few
ship designs with something like a winglet on the underside.

The Spacewolf fighter from the various Captain Harlock TV shows and movies
usually has a winglet on the underside. The version on the left below, from
Arcadia of My Youth: Endless Orbit SSX, is noticeably swept forward. The enemy
Mazone fighters, always piloted by women with long hair, also can have
something like a underside winglet, like the example below on the right.

[![Spacewolf fighter from Endless Orbit
SSX](https://i.stack.imgur.com/sbvH9.jpg)](http://www.cornponeflicks.org/harlock/pirateships.html#SPACEWOLF)
[![Mazone
fighter](https://i.stack.imgur.com/NRC41.jpg)](http://www.cornponeflicks.org/harlock/mazoneships.html#MFIGHTERS)

Apparently the fighters in Space Battleship Yamato sometimes had a bottom
mounted winglet:

[![Cosmo fighter variant from Yamato
](https://i.stack.imgur.com/NDrnb.jpg)](http://yamato.wikia.com/wiki/Type-
Zero_Space_Model_52_Cosmo_Zero)

It's a bit of a stretch, but but if you didn't realize how big it is, The
Queen Emeraldas, kinda sorta fits your description. It has a long
"streamlined" shape and the gondola can sorta look like a forward swept
winglet depending on how it gets drawn. Despite its size I believe it's
usually shown a being piloted by one long-haired woman.

[![The Queen
Emeraldas](https://i.stack.imgur.com/uEuIz.jpg)](http://www.cornponeflicks.org/harlock/pirateships.html)

(Click on any of the above images will take you to a page with more images of
similar craft.)

Unfortunately I'm can't suggest any specific titles or episodes. I'm not that
familiar with these works, having only a watched a few Captain Harlock
episodes recently and a handful other shows in French as long, long ago as a
kid. Hopefully this will at least help narrow it down.


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