[Anime Classics]

Release Info

Released in 1987. Produced by AIC, Animate, ARTMIC, and SPE Visual Works. Animation by NVC, Studio Mac, and Studio NKon.

Plot Summary

The war between Solnoids and Paranoids continues, but the conflict reaches a new height as both races complete their Planet Destroyers. This new technology wipes out several star systems leaving only the ninth star system undamaged. As both races head towards it, a Solnoid ship finds Lufy, an attacker cryogenically preserved inside an assault trooper among space debris. Reawakened, Lufy is invited to join a group of Solnoids who are set to complete the original secret mission of her former crew.

My Thoughts

What’s awesome about this movie is that it fills in the holes in the story left by the first movie. The first movie focused on an isolated incident, but you don’t know what happened to everyone else and the result of the war between the Solnoids (race of women) and Paranoids (amoeba-like creatures). This movie is all about how the war finally ends. It’s especially cool that they resurrected Lufy (the fighter with a star on her cheek) in the beginning and made her the main character. It was sad to see her go in the first movie. Unlike the first movie which had a variety of battles, every battle in this movie is an awesome spaceship armada confrontation! It’s like candy for the sci-fi geek. Gall Force 2: Destruction is an excellent movie and a worthy sequel.

Buy From Amazon

You can buy this movie from Amazon. It goes for around $20-70 (US). You can buy the full DVD movie set as well.

Download

Gall Force 2: Destruction can be downloaded via torrents from Nyaa. This site is the best, safest, and most dependable resource to get anime for free.

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Notes

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Is the MKV too big?

If you download a large Blu-ray quality MKV from Nyaa, it is possible that your computer or phone/tablet isn't fast enough to play it at full speed. In this case, you can use HandBrake. It's a free video converter; use it to shrink down the video. If you need help using HandBrake, YouTube has tutorials. Another option is to use Plex (mentioned below) because it automatically downsamples large videos when it streams them to your TV.

Playing on your TV

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