Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Side Stories (Novel) - Recommendations

• Vol: 28+; Ch: 210+
• 2015 - ?

This manga tells the story of a distant future within the Milky Way Galaxy, where the Galactic Empire and the Free Planets Alliance are constantly at war. The story begins with the young Reinhard von Müsel, a boy in the Galactic Empire that lives with his drunk father and his beautiful sister Annerose. He becomes close friends with the boy next door, Sigfried. After his sister is taken to become the Kaiser's concubine, young Reinhard is determined to take down the Empire in order to rescue her. He and his loyal friend Sigfried join the military academy together as the first step in Reinhard's plan. 

• Vol: 5
• 1988 - 2017

Humanity has stretched its reach into space and has settled onto a number of planets. For the past several hundred years, though, most of man’s territory has been politically and militarily dominated by the Tytania clan. However, their grip of power begins to shake when an admiral from Euria, Fan Hulic, preposterously manages to win a battle against an armada commanded by a Tytanian duke. Now wanted by Tytania, Fan Hulic flees from one planet to another. His travels will lead him to many places and many people, all of whom finally have hope that the hated Tytania can finally be defeated.

• Vol: 9+; Ch: 52+
• 2012 - ?

In the year 2199, unrelenting attacks from the planet Gamilus have forced all life on Earth into underground dwellings and raised radiation levels to near-toxic levels. The only way to clean up all this harmful radiation is by using the Cosmo Cleaner, which the Queen of the planet Iscandar has generously offered to humanity. Unfortunately, Iscandar is 148,000 light years away, but Earth only has one year before rising radiation levels make it uninhabitable! The only vessel capable of making the journey is the Yamato - a spaceship equipped with advanced technology and modeled after the famous WWII battleship. Can the crew of the Yamato make it to Iscandar and back before the extinction of all life on Earth?

• Vol: 8; Ch: 58
• 1990 - 2002

A sci-fi retelling of Wagner's "Ring of the Nibelungen", starring Captain Harlock.

• Vol: 5; Ch: 27
• 2021 - 2023

The Robot Alliance dominates 90 percent of the universe, but one of the brave biologicks (organic organisms) — Sapphire, Princess Knight of Silverland — forms a band of space pirates to strike back against injustice!! Joining her in her rebellion are Leo of the planet Jungaly, and Sharaku, the Three-Eyed One. 

• Vol: 1
• 2018

• Vol: 2; Ch: 29
• 2015 - 2018

Sazan, a young man from Earth, works on other planets and has seen his share of galactic oddities. But when he meets Mina, a red-headed girl who zooms into his life on a space scooter, he knows he’s run into someone special. Mina contains shocking power within her body – a power coveted by space pirates who hope to steal it from her. Mina zooms out of Sazan’s life almost as quickly as she arrived, but Sazan is determined to find her again… no matter how far he has to chase her across the galaxy.

• Vol: 9; Ch: 45
• 2008 - 2011

Humanity has stretched its reach into space and has settled onto a number of planets. For the past several hundred years, though, most of man’s territory has been politically and militarily dominated by the Tytania clan. However, their grip of power begins to shake when an admiral from Euria, Fan Hulic, preposterously manages to win a battle against an armada commanded by a Tytanian duke. Now wanted by Tytania, Fan Hulic flees from one planet to another. His travels will lead him to many places and many people, all of whom finally have hope that the hated Tytania can finally be defeated.

• Vol: 3; Ch: 10
• 2019 - 2021

Set during an era when the Galactic Empire is hunting down the last of the Jedi, a fledgling rebellion against the Empire begins to take form. Star Wars Rebels takes place in the area surrounding the planet Lothal, where the Galactic Empire battles against Ezra, a teenage con artist with latent Force abilities, Kanan, one of the last surviving members of the Jedi Order, and the rest of the ragtag rebels on board the starship Ghost.

• Vol: 27
• 1989 - 2001

Many years ago, the Sacred Galaxy Empire collapsed; chaos ensued, and today an epic struggle for control of the cosmos continues throughout outer space. Several kingdoms vie for power and battle it out in fleets of spaceships, and skirmish on the ground in ancient samurai castles. One such soldier is Rai Ryuga, a go-getter who finds himself quickly promoted from the execution chamber to the role of a commander and beyond. Against fierce generals, alongside newfound comrades and in the midst of betrayal, love and determination, Rai will become a major player in an all-out war that spans galaxies and empires alike.