[OT]Anime Zeppelin

A question to all the Anime fans out there:

At the Rheindahlen Con "Bring and Buy" I picked up a nice Bandai kit of an SF
Zeppelin and am curious about the underlying story.

The cover illustration shows it as a sky pirate ship Top in wavy black and
blue, underside red, with pirate skulls as markings. The gondola is a classic
pirate galleon complete with sails.

All the text is in Japanese, except that the title is "Queen (something)" and
the letters SSX appear. The queen herself is illustrated: Long red hair, red
pirate costume, black cape.

Does it ring any bells?

The kit looks quite nice (haven't assembled it yet). It is nominally
1/1600
scale, about 25 cm long. It comes complete with a battery-powered
internal lighting system which should look quite spectacular.

The only drawback for gaming is the stand. Instead of the usual stand under
the middle of the hull, it is a rather prominent side arm. Nice for display
where you see it from one side but not for gaming where it's supposed to look
good from any side. Should not be difficult to change.

Bandai Kit number 45596.

Greetings

> At 10:57 15/04/02 +0200, Karl wrote:

Ah, that would be the "Queens Emeraldas", check out

http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Ginza/7262/em.html

for more detailed information.

Cheers

Queen Esmerelda's ship. Not sure of all the shows but I believe she's from
(originally?) Captain Harlock. Also has her own series. Also appears in Galaxy
Express 999.

http://www.ex.org/3.5/19-anime_emeraldas.html

Chan Faunce
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