History Anime / LastExile

* DistantFinale: The series ends with a glimpse of the main characters (Claus, Lavie, and Alvis) and some of their friends (Mullin, Dunya and her siblings) living peacefully on a farm on Earth for at least a year, with others(Tatiana and Alister) dropping by for a visit. However as ''Travelers from the Hourglass'' and ''Fam: The Silver Wing'' soon reveals that this peace [[{{Retcon}} never happens]], as Claus and his friends are attacked by the Earth Guild less than a month after they arrived. Whats worse, Earth is apparently in the middle of a war that's already at least a decade old by the time the Prester immigrants return.

* HappyEnding For most of the cast, if you take just ''this'' series into consideration. If you count the bridge manga ''Travelers from the Hourglass'' and Anime/LastExileFamTheSilverWing? [[TheAdventureContinues Not so much]].

* LostColony: [[spoiler:Prester is not a natural planet at all, but rather is an artificial colony overseen by the Guild.]] ''Travelers from the Hourglass'' and Anime/LastExileFamTheSilverWing later reveal that it's just one of at ''least'' seven others.

* {{Retcon:}} See the DistantFinale entry above. Also [[spoiler:Alex's]] last words, which in the [[Anime/LastExileFamTheSilverWing sequel]] was changed to "To the skies!"

* DistantFinale: The series ends with a glimpse of the main characters (Claus, Lavie, and Alvis) and some of their friends (Mullin, Dunya and her siblings) living peacefully on a farm on Earth for at least a year, with others(Tatiana and Alister) dropping by for a visit. However as ''Travelers from the Hourglass'' and ''Fam: The Silver Wing'' soon reveals that this peace [[{{Retcon}} never happens]], as Claus and his friends are attacked by the Earth Guild less than a month after they arrived. Whats worse, Earth is apparently in the middle of a war that's already at least a decade old by the time the Prester immigrants return.

* HappyEnding For most of the cast, if you take just ''this'' series into consideration. If you count the bridge manga ''Travelers from the Hourglass'' and Anime/LastExileFamTheSilverWing? [[TheAdventureContinues Not so much]].

* LostColony: [[spoiler:Prester is not a natural planet at all, but rather is an artificial colony overseen by the Guild.]] ''Travelers from the Hourglass'' and Anime/LastExileFamTheSilverWing later reveal that it's just one of at ''least'' seven others.

* Retcon: See the DistantFinale entry above. Also [[spoiler:Alex's]] last words, which in the [[Anime/LastExileFamTheSilverWing sequel]] was changed to "To the skies!"

* DistantFinale: The series ends with a glimpse of the main characters (Claus, Lavie, and Alvis) and some of their friends (Mullin, Dunya and her siblings) living peacefully on a farm on Earth for at least a year, with others(Tatiana and Alister) dropping by for a visit. However as ''Travelers from the Hourglass'' and ''Fam: The Silver Wing'' soon reveals that this peace [[{{Retcon}} never happens]], as Claus and his friends are attacked by the Earth Guild less than a month after they arrived. Whats worse, Earth is apparently in the middle of a war that's already at least a decade old by the time the Prester immigrants return.

* HappyEnding for most the characters. Not so much for [[spoiler:Alex, Sophia, Dio, or Lucciola.]]
** That depend on [[YourMileageMayVary how you look at it]], though. [[spoiler: Alex finally got his revenge, which was his only reason for living.]] As for [[spoiler: Dio and Lucciola, the official art-book insists that they are somehow inherently linked to each other--saying they are "one existence in two people." It goes on to do some weird, vague implications ending in the idea that [[WildMassGuessing Dio and Lucciola's souls/consciousnesses/what-have-you may have somehow joined back together upon the latter's disintegration and the former's fall in the Grand Stream.]] An interview with the creators also states that Dio lived, but considering that whole "one existence" business, the Dio that came down from the Grand Stream may not be [[SplitPersonalityMerge exactly the same as before...]] ]]
** [[spoiler: The guild is also vaguely implied to have the power to resurrect the dead or at least horrible injuries]]

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Lucciola does this to give Klaus, Al, and Dio time to escape. Delphine "rewards" him with a ring that then disintegrates him even though he repeatedly asks to let Dio get freed from his mental state.]]

* LostColony: [[spoiler:Exile's most plausible function seems to be that of colony ship/terraforming machine; the Guild probably just never fully activated it, possibly due to having generally been bastards even before Delphine's takeover]].
** FridgeLogic: [[spoiler:Prester itself is the lost colony, rather than a planet. And Exile functions as a transport ship, not terraformer.]]

* Retcon: See the DistantFinale entry above. Also [[spoiler:Alex's]] last words, which in the [[Anime/LastExileFamTheSilverWing sequel]] was changed to "To the skies!"

** Might be justified, since it seems [[spoiler: the Guild doesn't want anyone to know what Prester actually is. Creating ruins to convince the inhabitants of their home planet's authenticity isn't totally out of the question.]] However, [[spoiler: we don't actually know how long Prester has been around, so it's possible they are legitimate ruins. Or what happens [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel when you question the Guild.]] ]]

* WhiteHairedPrettyBoy: Dio Eraclea

* DistantFinale: At the end of the series, we get a glimpse of what happened to Claus, Lavie, Alvis, Mullin, and Dunya. They appear to be living on a farm, and Klaus/Lavie do an Immelmann turn in their vanship. Tatiana and Alister show up as well, and Mullin is seen having fun with some of Dunya's siblings.
** No longer true as of ''Travelers from the Hourglass'' and ''Fam: The Silver Wing'' however. The peaceful scenes we see at the end? They either [[{{Retcon}} no longer happen]], or last for long.

* LostTechnology: [[spoiler:Exile]] and, possibly, [[spoiler:the entire planet, which doesn't look too natural, although it could be a Rocheworld, a pair of planets in orbit of each other, close enough the atmosphere is shared]].
** Prester is [[spoiler:two hollow worlds with an inhabitable interior surface, much like an hourglass, with the Grand Stream barring the way across the connection. The entire planet is artificial, sealed off, and everything inside the closed system (weather, projections of the sun and moon) is monitored by Exile and the Guild.]]

* ParentalAbandonment: Played straight, although we get to see what happened to Klaus and Lavie's parents and why they aren't around when the story starts.

* AllThereInTheManual: [[spoiler:Dio actually survives the final episode, as implied by his voice echoing through the ''Silvana'''s engine room, and by a lone page out of the ''Last Exile'' artbook that shows him reuniting with Claus, Lavie and Alvis on Earth]].

* HonorBeforeReason: Madthane's vice-commander, who thinks that it would be more chivalrous to fight to the last man and face certain defeat, rather then to retreat and regroup.

** No longer true as of ''Travelers from the Hourglass'' and ''Fam: The Silver Wing'' however. The peaceful scenes we see at the end? They either [[retcon no longer happen]], or last for long.

* DistantFinale: At the end of the series, we get a glimpse of what happened to Claus, Lavie, Alvis, Mullin, and Dunya. They appear to be living on a farm, and Klaus/Lavie do an Immelmann turn in their vanship. Tatiana and Alister show up as well, and it seems Mullin has a few kids.
** No longer true as of ''Travelers from the Hourglass'' and ''Fam: The Silver Wing''. The peaceful scenes we see at the end? It doesn't last for long.

* BlingOfWar

* ChessMotifs Alex talking about [[spoiler: taking his enemy's ''queen'' to win the game in a chess match.]] And most if not all of the episodes are named after chess moves. e.g. (Sicilian Defense)

* ParentalAbandonment

* BaitAndSwitchCredits: Nothing that appears in the opening ever happens, even remotely.

Recently [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-02-01/gonzo-lists-last-exile-fam-the-silver-wing-for-2011 A new series has been announced]] titled ''Anime/LastExileFamTheSilverWing''. It started airing in the Fall2011AnimeSeason.

A manga on the series was also recently serialized in Newtype Ace. Entitled ''Sunadokei no Tabibito'' (literally ''Travelers from the Hourglass''), it serves as a bridge between LastExile and its [[LastExileFamTheSilverWing sequel]], explaining what happened to the original cast and how they figure in the new conflict engulfing the world in the new series.

A manga on the series was also recently serialized in Newtype Ace. Entitled ''Sunadokei no Tabibito'' (literally ''Travelers from the Hourglass''), it serves as a bridge between LastExile and its sequel LastExileFamTheSilverWing, explaining what happened to the original cast and how they figure in the new conflict that Silver Wing centers on.

Recently [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-02-01/gonzo-lists-last-exile-fam-the-silver-wing-for-2011 A new series has been announced]] titled ''Anime/LastExileFamTheSilverWing''. It started airing in the Fall2011AnimeSeason.

* WhiteHairedPrettyBoy: Dio Eraclea

* WhiteHairedPrettyBoy: Subverted with Dio who's an adorable [[CloudCuckoolander cloud cuckoolander]], prone to [[TheGlomp glomping]] and has [[NoSenseOfPersonalSpace no sense of personal space]]. [[spoiler:Then Delphine [[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwashed him]]...]]

* [=~I'm Dying, Please Take My MacGuffin~=]: The vanship pilot at the beginning.