Space Pirate Captain Harlock: The Endless Odyssey (2002) (V)

User Rating:

8.7/10   

Directors:

Rintaro
Kristi Reed

Writers:

Leiji Matsumoto (characters)
Sadayuki Murai (writer)

Release Date:

21 December 2002 (Japan)

Genre:

Animation | Short | Adventure | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

Plot Keywords:

Anime | Character Name In Title

Cast

Kôichi Yamadera	...	Captain Harlock
Tomokazu Seki	...	Tadashi Daiba
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Beau Billingslea	...	Prof. Hiltz - Academy Speaker (voice: English version) (as John Daniels)
Richard Cansino	...	Tadashi Daiba (voice: English version) (as Damon Phillips)
Fûrin Cha	...	Maji
Hisao Egawa	...	Sabu
Keiji Fujiwara	...	Proferssor Hirz
Barbara Goodson	...	Ms. Masu, Mourner (voice: English version)
Darrel Guilbeau	...	Flagship Bridge Officer (voice: English version)
Katsunosuke Hori	...	Dr. Daiba
Steve Kramer	...	Crewmember / Bar Patron / Prime Minister / Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Motoko Kumai	...	Tomiko
Lex Lang	...	Captain Harlock (voice: English version)
Dave Mallow	...	Gunnery Officer (voice: English version)
Michael McConnohie	...	Ilita's Subordinate / Dr. Hassan / Pirate Corpse / Crewmember / Preacher / Grandfather Ilita / Bar Patron / Prison Commander (voice: English version)
Yûko Minaguchi	...	Mîmé
Toshihiko Nakajima	...	Yasu
Rokurô Naya	...	Dr. Hassan
Nachi Nozawa	...	Doctor Zero
Tony Oliver	...	Street Thug / Officer / Yasu / Captain Of The Scaffold / Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Fumiko Orikasa	...	Nana
Hiroshi Ôtake	...	Prime Minister
Bob Papenbrook	...	Bar Patron / Space Sheriff / Executor (voice: English version) (as John Smallberries)
Tony Pope	...	Dr. Zero (voice: English version) (as Anthony Mozdy)
Jamieson Price	...	Chief Ilita (voice: English version) (as James Lyon)
Michelle Ruff	...	Shizuka Namino / Young Tadashi Daiba (voice: English version)
Rei Sakuma	...	Kei Yuki
Emi Shinohara	...	Shizuka
Melodee Spevack	...	Bar Lady / Queen Of Ruins (voice: English version)
Doug Stone	...	Professor Daiba / Minister's Aide / Officer / Crewmember (voice: English version) (as David Orosco)
Paul St. Peter	...	Sabu (voice: English version) (as George C. Cole)
Karen Strassman	...	Mimeh (voice: English version) (as Mia Bradly)
Wataru Takagi	...	Dr. Pak
Minami Takayama	...	Dr. Reni
Naoki Tatsuta	...	Yattaran
Julie Ann Taylor	...	Yuki Kei (voice: English version)
Kirk Thornton	...	Maji / Skull / Newspaper Delivery Man / Newscaster / Onizuka / Crewmember / Additional Voices (voice: English version) (as Sparky Thornton)
Kari Wahlgren	...	Paging Message / Nana (voice: English version)
Norio Wakamoto	...	Irita
Dave Wittenberg	...	Bar Patron / Communications Officer / Prison Officer / Yattaran / Additional Voices (voice: English version) (as David Lelyveld)

Also Known As:

Space Pirate Captain Herlock: The Endless Odyssey - Outside Legend

Runtime:

390 min | 30 min (13 episodes)

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Certification:

Australia:M | New Zealand:M

Trivia:

Matsumoto threatened to revoke his approval of this OAV when he discovered that one of the enemy ships was to be shaped like a Jewish Star of David. Matsumoto, who is against racial intolerance, couldn't condone a religious symbol being used as a villain's ship and demanded that the design be changed or he would derail the production. The matter was resolved amiably, and the ship's design was completely overhauled.

Movie Connections:

References "Uchû senkan Yamato" (1974)

good series, retelling of the Tadashi story

Another recreation of the Captain Herlock story. Demons are possessing dead bodies and trying to reclaim Earth and the Universe. Tadashi Daiba's father is murdered, and he decides to join Herlock to avenge his father.

This was very good. I actually bought it mistakenly, thinking it was the original Captain Harlock series from the 70s. So, I was a bit disappointed. It retells the story of how Tadashi joins the Arcadia. In the original series, his father was killed by the Zetons. In this one, his father is killed by someone else, I won't spoil it. Harlock is dirtier in this series, less caring, more like a real pirate. The theme song at the end is funny, I can't tell what language it is. Sounds like English, but I have no clue what the lady is singing.

Well, this is recommended if you're a Matsumoto fan. But if you know where I can get the original 70's cartoon series, contact me.