Space Pirate Captain Harlock is a manga series written and illustrated by Leiji Matsumoto. On August 2014, to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Matsumoto's debut, he launched a. An English dubbed version of a handful of the 1978 Captain Harlock TV episodes. Create a book Download as PDF Printable version. Looking for information on the anime Captain Herlock (Space Pirate Captain Harlock)? Find out more with MyAnimeList, the world's most active online anime and manga community and database. After conquering the galaxy, mankind has reached its apex and is now on a steady decline.

Synopsis After conquering the galaxy, mankind has reached its apex and is now on a steady decline. The resources of the universe are diminishing, and around 500 billion humans begin to return home to Earth.

Thus begins a war between the various factions of humans for control of the planet. Eventually, an authoritarian government known as the Gaia Sanction prevents the re-population of Earth.

Captain Herlock was one of the Elite Wing who was tasked by the Gaia Sanction to defend the Earth. His fleet of ships was unstoppable under his command.

However, the Gaia Sanction allows a diplomatic elite to immigrate to Earth, which angers Herlock. He goes rogue and fires upon the diplomats and the rest of his fleet. He decides to unleash dark matter on the planet to make it uninhabitable, but also becomes engulfed in it which immortalizes him.

One hundred years have passed, and the legendary Captain Herlock is still at large, with only the Arcadia under his control. The Gaia Sanction continues with their plans for control over the Earth, while hiding its true state. But Captain Herlock is preparing for one final showdown with them, which will determine the fate of the world! Overall 9 Story 6 Animation 10 Sound 8 Character 6 Enjoyment 10 I'm lucky enough to have seen this in the theater last night, so I thought I'd add my thoughts after seeing it! I've been looking forward to Captain Harlock being released because the animation looked amazing.

I have to say, it did not disappoint. I was blown away by the CGI! It was beautiful. I can't even imagine how much time they spent on this, but I hope it's done well in theaters here. Major props to the animations team. I've never seen the original series and went into the film knowing next to nothing about the plot. I think the story was a bit lacking and perhaps a bit preditable (as were many of the characters).

BUT I still really enjoyed it and would highly recommend it. If for no other reason, see it for the animation!

Overall 3 Story 1 Animation 9 Sound 6 Character 2 Enjoyment 3 I came into this blind -having never watched the original series or even read a synopsis. The premise (of being relegated to living on dying planets) is quite good even though it is illogical given the super advanced science and technology on display.

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The movie has really good visuals and passable OSTs; normally that would usually make for a good watch but the monumentally stupid plot and incredibly awful, trope riddled characters ruined any chance of enjoyment for me. I won't say to skip it but if you are going to watch it -have low expectations for everything but the CGI to mitigate disappointment. Overall 8 Story 6 Animation 10 Sound 9 Character 6 Enjoyment 8 Captain Harlock Going into this film, I had no prior knowledge of the source material or previous adaptations of Captain Harlock.

Though reading the synopsis and watching some of its trailers, I could see a lot of time and money went into its production. And it didn't disappoint in that regard. It looked fucking amazing! Characters and Plot development. I must say the biggest gripe I had with this movie was the fact that most of the MCs (Yama and Ezra especially) aren't really likable nor have audience investment to their agendas. They sort of just 'fill' their roles rather than own their on-screen moments, its a bit like they were given identities but never explored nor captured the emotion and character of their identity. It was left up to the likes of Captain Harlock and first mate Yattaran to deliver the solid performances and flesh out their identity.