Anime · TV series · 1978

Captain Harlock Space Pirate

宇宙海賊キャプテンハーロック

Machines do all the work. Humans do nothing but entertain themselves. When an invader arrives from the stars, the only resistance comes from a pirate and the crew of the Arcadia.

Matsumoto built an action hero whose defining act is refusal: Harlock fights an invasion mainly because his own society has gone soft and corrupt, making the show an argument about principled exile that reads sharper now than any chosen-one arc.

Where to watch

01 — The record

Format: TV series
Status: Completed
Episodes: 42 · about 25 min each
Broadcast: March 14, 1978 – February 13, 1979
Studio: Toei Animation
Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Season: Spring 1978

02 — Where to watch

Where to watch

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04 — Who made it

Characters and credits

Characters

Captain HarlockMainVoice (JP): Makio Inoue
Kei YukiMainVoice (JP): Chiyoko Kawashima
Tadashi DaibaMainVoice (JP): Akira Kamiya
MiimeMainVoice (JP): Noriko Ohara
Tochiro OoyamaSupportingVoice (JP): Keaton Yamada
EmeraldasSupportingVoice (JP): Rihoko Yoshida
YattaranSupportingVoice (JP): Hiroshi Ootake
Mayu OoyamaSupportingVoice (JP): Chiyoko Kawashima

Production

Original Creator Leiji Matsumoto
Director Rintarou
Music Seiji Yokoyama
Music Nozomi Aoki
Animation Director (ep 6) Moriyasu Taniguchi
Art Design Takamura Mukuo

05 — Related records

Other versions and continuations

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