The Legendary Red Baron (伝説の撃墜王 Densetsu no Gekitsui-ō, lit "The Legendary Aerial Ace"), known as The Legendary Ace by Funimation's's official English translation, is the first episode of Plunderer anime.
Plot
Differences in Adaptation
- Hina is shown to be talking with other citizens in Althea about the Legendary Red Baron. This scene doesn't exists in manga.
- In the anime, Hina mentioned her hometown is Fieni. In the manga, the name of her hometown was never reveal.
- The way Hina and Licht meets each other was different in anime. In the manga, Licht "meet" Hina in a street while looking at her panties. In the anime, however, Licht meet Hina in a river while scaring her and other girls.
- The scene where Nana orders Licht to handstand until he dies was skipped in the anime. Instead, it's replaced by Licht being attacked by a brunch of girls due to sexual harassment.
- Davi's name is mentioned in the anime. In the manga, his name wasn't mention until after his character information was released for Volume 1.
- Although the full story wasn't revealed, the scenes of all seven Red Baron from the legend was shown earlier in the anime.
- In the anime, all of Davi's subordinates points out about how Licht is still alive even with that low counts. In the manga, Nikola is the only one that mentioned about the issue.
- The anime added Hina's narrative about how the Legendary Red Baron have a star around and how she's sure that Licht is the Red Baron.
Characters
By order of appearance:
- Tsukina Farrow (flashback)
- Hina
- Licht Bach
- Nana Bassler
- Davi
- Nikola
Trivia
- This episode is first premiered in theaters in Shinjuku for a limited airing on December 8, 2019.