Space Pirate Captain Harlock Movie English Dub

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Arcadia of My Youth (わが青春のアルカディア, Waga Seishun no Arukadia) is an anime film depicting the origin of Leiji Matsumoto's seminal character Captain Harlock. At one time, it was considered to be the central hub of the so-called Leijiverse with the events depicted in other works such as Galaxy Express 999 and 1978's Space Pirate Captain Harlock television series occurring sometime after. It is directed by Tomoharu Katsumata, with Kazuo Komatsubara as animation director.^[1]

Plot[edit]

'At the end of their lives, all men look back and think that their youth was arcadia.' — Goethe

During the early 20th Century, some time after World War I, aerial explorer Captain Phantom F. Harlock is embarking on what is to be the magnum opus of his long career, the traversing of the Owen Stanley Mountains in New Guinea. His major obstacle is the phantom of the witch that haunts these mountains. In a last desperate attempt to cross the mountains, Harlock ditches all but ten minutes of fuel in order to gain altitude. He carries on to his fate, amidst the mocking laughter of the Owen Stanley Witch.

Near the end of World War II, Phantom F. Harlock II is an Iron Cross-wearing German fighter pilot that flies a Messerschmitt Bf 109. During a major defeat for his side, he meets Tochiro Oyama, a Japanese exchange technician working in Germany. Tochiro's project is to design a new gun sight for use in fighter planes. Harlock's most treasured possession is the Revi C-12D gun sight which he calls his 'eye'. Both men believe the war to be wasteful and pointless and Tochiro especially hopes that the rockets being developed by Germany may one day lead to a more positive application, such as a trip to the moon. Tochiro wishes he could escape from the war and possibly go to neutral Switzerland where he might be able to fulfill his dream. Harlock offers to take him in his plane. Stowing Tochiro in the plane's fuselage, Harlock is able to fly to Switzerland, but only after surviving a fierce aerial dogfight which disables his plane and forces him to crash land just short of the Swiss border. Carrying an injured Tochiro across the river to sanctuary, Harlock departs, giving Tochiro his Revi C-12D, before crossing back into the warzone where Harlock expects to face the consequences of his actions. Although this Harlock's ultimate fate is unknown, Tochiro pledges friendship between their two bloodlines for all eternity.

At some time in the late 30th century (circa 2960s), a Solar Federation officer named Captain Harlock returns home in his battle cruiser Deathshadow to find that aliens from the Illumidus Empire have conquered Earth and enslaved humanity. However the remaining humans blame him and other warriors like him as they were not there to protect the planet when they needed it. Harlock, along with the Tokargans who are ashamed of their role in Earth's downfall, sets out to lead a resistance against the aliens and adopts the fighting strategy of ancient marauders. During the course of the struggle, Harlock meets a former Solar Federation engineer; a Japanese man who he's never met before but feels he knows. This man, Tochiro Oyama reveals his secret project, the dreams of all his ancestors. Hidden in a deep cavern under the occupation headquarters is a space battleship that he designed and built. This ship is called Arcadia, in honor of the eternal friendship forged between Phantom F. Harlock and Tochiro Oyama during another ancient war.

Harlock also meets Emeraldas, an old friend, who immediately offers herself to the cause. The Tokargans, after witnessing the death of the last female of their race, sacrifice themselves to save the Arcadia from the life sucking flames of the Flame Stream Prominence (aka the Owen Stanley Witch of Space). Harlock's lover and voice of the Underground, Maya is killed by Illumidas gunfire. After Harlock has honorably defeated the occupational commander in ship-to-ship combat, the quisling ruler of Earth, Triter, nonetheless declares Harlock and Emeraldas outlaws and exiles them to space. Amidst an Earth that prefers servitude to their new masters over the hard but noble fight for freedom, Harlock, Emeraldas, Tochiro, and their new pirate crew of idealists and romantics set for the stars, heading out for parts unknown.

Voice cast[edit]

Production[edit]

The opening scenes of Arcadia of My Youth feature parts of The New World Symphony by Antonín Dvořák. This film starred acclaimed Japanese actor Yujiro Ishihara in his final role before his death in 1987. He was the voice of Phantom F. Harlock. It was also his only role in an animated movie.^[2]

Arcadia of My Youth draws many parallels to the German occupation of France during World War II as well as the post World War II American occupation of Japan. Maya's nickname as 'The Rose' and the 'Voice of Free Arcadia' mirrors the romantic image of the secret French Resistance radio broadcasters and of the Japanese propaganda machine featuring radio broadcasts by English speaking female announcers collectively known as 'Tokyo Rose'. These announcers relayed bad news from the home front. They also revealed Japanese intelligence about U.S. and Allied military activity by welcoming U.S. Navy submarines and ships by name and ID number to the theatre of operations. Allied crews listened intently during the broadcasts for mention of their units.

The prologue of this movie does not make it clear whether or not Phantom F. Harlock survived his mission. He is assumed to have survived as his voiceover monologue indicates that he is reading from his autobiography which is titled Arcadia of My Youth.

This movie is controversial in that Phantom F. Harlock II was portrayed as a German fighter pilot during World War II. The Tochiro of that era, who had read Harlock I's book, at least found it unusual in that he asked Harlock II why he was flying an Iron Cross plane. The liner notes for the Animeigo DVD state that Harlock's response, 'Just paying rent', hid a deeper meaning. It refers to the ancient feudal obligations a noble had to his lords for better or worse, even if he didn't believe in their cause. The liner notes also mention that Harlock technically was no longer bound by these obligations since the feudal customs no longer existed at that time.^[3]

There is much confusion as to where Arcadia, Harlock's birthplace is. It was always assumed to be somewhere in northern Europe, despite its naming after the rustic Greek paradise in the Peloponnesus. Harlock gives the proper name of his ancestral birthplace as Hellingstadt meaning that Arcadia is most likely a nickname. During the World War II segment of the movie, Harlock II, while flying to Switzerland muses about Arcadia, leading viewers to assume that Arcadia was located there. However Harlock's cryptic comments about 'paying rent' aside, this would still make little sense in the context of the movie as Switzerland was neutral during World War II. Matsumoto has never given a concrete definitive statement on Harlock's ethnicity or heritage However, Harlock is an actual name of Prussian origin.^[3]

The stories of Phantom F. Harlock I and II are loosely based on short manga stories by Matsumoto. Many of them appeared in his manga anthology The Cockpit.^[4] Many elements of Arcadia of My Youth were borrowed from his other stories such as the Deathshadow which appeared in a 1970 manga and in his later adaptation of the original Space Battleship Yamato where the Deathshadow appears along with Susumu Kodai's brother whose alias is Captain Harlock. These elements did not make it into the anime version but they were the source of American fan rumors that the Leijiverse Harlock was actually Mamoru Kodai in disguise or possibly a descendant.

The origin story in the 1978 television series (episodes 30 and 31) depicts Harlock and Tochiro as childhood friends and Emeraldas meeting them both later. In Arcadia of My Youth, Emeraldas and Harlock are old friends while he is just meeting Tochiro. Furthermore, the 1978 TV series also shows the Arcadia (this time blue) being constructed on planet Heavy Meldar, not Earth. Also, Zoll of Tokarga, who made a guest appearance in Episode 21 of that series, is totally reimagined for Arcadia of My Youth.

The fact that both of Captain Harlock's ancestors have the trademark Heidelberg duelling scar gives rise to the widespread fan assumption that the scar must be hereditary, though this is medically implausible. So far, no story has ever depicted how Harlock got his scars, though Arcadia of My Youth does depict Emeraldas receiving her scar from a glancing shot from the gun of Illumidas officer Muriguson. The four-episode Queen Emeraldas OVA series would re-invent her scar as a wound received during a sword duel with a different opponent.

The proper translation of the Japanese title is a source of dispute. Although Animeigo's 'Arcadia of My Youth' has been widely accepted, the original 'My Youth in Arcadia' was used in Japan and better reflects the inspiration from the Goethe quote.

Reportedly, character and concept creator Leiji Matsumoto owns an actual Revi C-12D gunsight that was used by the animators as visual reference when creating the one shown in the film.^[5]

Home media[edit]

Arcadia of My Youth was originally released on North American home video by Celebrity Home Entertainment under the 'Just For Kids' banner. It was initially retitled Vengeance of the Space Pirate, and was, for many, the first introduction to Captain Harlock. This release suffered from having about forty minutes cut out of it, most notably the lengthy pre-title prologue concerning one of Harlock's ancestor's attempt to fly over the tallest peak (known as the Stanley Witch) of the Owen Stanley Mountain Range in New Guinea (as 'read' for inspiration by Harlock from said ancestor's autobiography, Arcadia of My Youth, moments before the Illumidas-attack on the Deathshadow). The film was later released by Best Film and Video along with many of the other anime released under the Just For Kids label. It was given the alternately translated title of 'My Youth in Arcadia,' and features all the cut footage restored. Another, more likely, possibility is that My Youth in Arcadia is the original version (on Best Film & Video's first issue, it was billed as 'The original Vengeance of the Space Pirate'), probably an international dub, à la Toho's Super Spacefortress Macross version of the 1984 Macross movie, Super Dimensional Fortress Macross: Do You Remember Love? (released here by Best Films & Video; their first issue was billed, 'The original Clash of the Bionoids,' referring to the edited Celebrity Just For Kids version).

A subtitled Laserdisc was released in North America by Animeigo on April 12, 1995.^[6]

Arcadia of My Youth was also released by Animeigo in 2003. It is the only Harlock story which shows how Harlock actually lost an eye (it also reveals how Emeraldas got her facial scar, making her a virtual distaff doppelganger of Harlock). One of the trailers for Arcadia of My Youth (one of two included as extras in Animeigo's DVD release) has one of the most confusing and misleading scenes, a clip of the Tokargan Zoll shooting out Harlock's eye. Zoll, in the movie, is actually an enemy-turned-staunch-ally, and Harlock's injury is caused by Illumidas gunfire. This trailer scene was recreated for the boxes on the American VHS releases of Vengeance of the Space Pirate and My Youth in Arcadia.

On August 13, 2016, it was announced that Discotek Media would be releasing Arcadia of My Youth uncut on high-definition Blu-ray and DVD in North America – the official release date was revealed to be May 30, 2017.

Legacy[edit]

Sequel TV series[edit]

The fight against the Illumidas is continued in the 1982–1983 TV series Endless Road SSX. This series suffered low viewer ratings, as it aired during the waning years of the Matsumoto-boom that started in the 1970s with Space Battleship Yamato. By this time, Japanese audiences' interest had moved on to the trend in mecha shows that began after Macross and Mobile Suit Gundam. The Matsumoto-boom would completely die off by 1983 with the release of the theatrical film Final Yamato, and aside from a few isolated one-off projects, no new regularly produced anime based on Matsumoto works would be released until 1998. In 2016, it was announced by Discotek Media that the Endless Road SSX TV series was licensed for North American territories, and would be officially released in English for the very first time in 2017.

Comic adaptation[edit]

The American comic book company Eternity Comics published an original comic series based on Captain Harlock. It theoretically picked up where Arcadia of My Youth left off, and was also written in an attempt to bridge the storylines of Galaxy Express 999 and 1978's Space Pirate Captain Harlock TV series. The comic also featured several significant story-arcs titled 'Deathshadow Rising,' 'Fall of the Empire,' and 'The Machine Men,' which would theoretically lead into the Galaxy Express 999 stories. The comic series ran from 1989 to 1992, and was scripted by Robert W. Gibson, and drawn by Ben Dunn and Tim Eldred.

References[edit]

1. ^ ^ab'Waga Seishun no Arukadia'. Nihon Eiga Dētabēsu. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
2. ^'Translation & Cultural Notes'. Arcadia of My Youth Liner Notes. AnimEigo. 2003-11-25. Archived from the original on 2009-09-05. Retrieved 2009-10-02. The voice of Phantom F. Harlock, in the pre-title sequence over the Stanley Witch, was played by Ishihara Yuujiroo, one of Japan's best-known modern actors, and is his only performance in an animated film. When he died, several years ago as of this writing (1993), it's said that practically every person in Japan worthy of being called an actor attended his funeral.
3. ^ ^ab'Translation & Cultural Notes'. Arcadia of My Youth Liner Notes. AnimEigo. 2003-11-25. Archived from the original on 2009-09-05. Retrieved 2009-10-02. When Tochiro asks Harlock II, '..why're you flying around in an Iron-Cross plane?' Harlock replies, 'It's what you might call paying rent.' The offhand manner in which he says this line masks a deeper meaning. It refers to the Harlock Clan being a feudal one, dating back many centuries, most probably located in Prussia. In feudal times, a lord had an obligation to serve the king, to whom he had pledged fealty, in time of war. This obligation is the 'rent' to which Harlock refers. Even though the feudal system which produced this custom no longer exists, and even though Harlock believes the war to be pointless, he is nonetheless bound to hold himself to that obligation, for the sake of his personal honor, as well as that of his clan.
4. ^'Translation & Cultural Notes'. Arcadia of My Youth Liner Notes. AnimEigo. 2003-11-25. Archived from the original on 2009-09-05. Retrieved 2009-10-02. For additional reference, we recommend just about anything by Matsumoto, in both manga and anime form, but as a starting point, the following original manga stories are suggested: 'Stanley no Majo' (The Stanley Witch), and the original 'Waga Seishun no Arcadia.' Both stories are collected in 'The Cockpit,' currently in print as a five-volume perfect-bound set by Shoogakkan.
5. ^'Translation & Cultural Notes'. Arcadia of My Youth Liner Notes. AnimEigo. 2003-11-25. Archived from the original on 2009-09-05. Retrieved 2009-10-02. The Revi C/12D was an actual precision sight used by the Axis in World War II. Supposedly, Matsumoto has an actual working Revi C/12D himself, and loaned it to the animators for reference.
6. ^'Animerica'. 3 (4). Viz Media. 1995: 14. ISSN1067-0831.Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

External links[edit]

• Arcadia of My Youth (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

Harlock: Space Pirate (Japanese: 宇宙海賊キャプテンハーロック, Hepburn: Uchū Kaizoku Kyaputen Hārokku, released as Space Pirate Captain Harlock in Japan) is a 2013 Japanese 3D CG animescience fiction film directed by Shinji Aramaki.^[2][3][4]

In 2010, Toei Animation announced that it had developed a pilot for a computer-graphics remake of the earlier manga-inspired TV series, and presented it at Tokyo International Anime Fair that year. In the next year they presented a preview of Space Pirate Captain Harlock at Annecy International Animated Film Festival. This is Toei's highest production budget ever at the equivalent of over US$30 million. The story was reconstructed by the writer Harutoshi Fukui to reflect the themes of modern society and Toei provided the latest filmmaking technology for the film.^[3] An English-narrated international teaser trailer was released for promotion.^[2] It was shown in the competition of the 70th Venice International Film Festival^[5][6] and was screened at the 33rd Hawaii International Film Festival.^[7] It received a mixed response from critics and was nominated for the Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year. It won the Lumière award in Best International 3D Feature – Animated category at the 3D Creative Arts Award (2014).^[8]

Plot[edit]

As resources dwindle, five hundred billion colonists return to Earth, causing the Homecoming War over Earth's remaining resources. The bloody war only ends when an authoritarian government, the Gaia Sanction, declares Earth a sacred planet forbidden to humanity. With the help of four unstoppable ships powered by alien technology, Harlock's fleet prevents Earth from recolonization until a treaty allows diplomatic elite to immigrate. Enraged by this betrayal, Harlock turns on the Gaia Sanction. With his ship, the Arcadia, badly damaged, Harlock unleashes the ship's dark matter. Intending to encase Earth in a protective force field, it instead becomes uninhabitable. The Arcadia survives but is forever changed. Now an immortal pirate, Harlock vows to atone.

Gaia obscures the condition of Earth with a giant hologram to maintain power. Harlock and his crew steal 100 warheads from the Gaia Sanction to 'start over'. Admiral Isora recruits his younger brother, Yama, to kill Harlock. Yama agrees, desperate to atone for a childhood accident that paralyzed Isora and critically injured their mutual love, Nami. Harlock, aware of his plan, allows Yama to infiltrate his crew. During a mission to install the penultimate warhead, Yama learns that Harlock's plan is to disrupt the timestream and alter history by exploding the warheads in strategic places throughout the universe. When the mission goes awry, Yama dooms himself to save a crew mate. Harlock rescues Yama, who briefly considers executing Harlock. On board the Arcadia, Harlock's words and attitude and the crew's acceptance convince Yama to follow Harlock.

The Gaia Sanction permit Isora to use a superweapon to stop Harlock. Harlock evades the Gaia fleet using holograms. Isora destroys the Arcadia with the superweapon, but this is another hologram. The real Arcadia ambushes the fleet, rams Isora's flagship, and Harlock takes the crew hostage. Once at Earth and past the great illusion, the crew is horrified at Earth's fate. Isora reveals Harlock's true plan: Harlock intends to destroy the current universe and rebirth a new one.

Shocked, Yama sides with Isora, and the Arcadia moves away from Earth, apparently of its own volition. Yama helps Isora and his crew take over the Arcadia. With the ship and crew imprisoned, Isora confronts Nami, who informed Yama of his tactical plans. Nami realizes that she is the source of Isora's torment, not Yama. Nami provokes Isora into causing her life support to fail. As Nami dies, she admits to loving him and sacrificing herself to bring him peace.

Isora lies about Nami's death. Disbelieving Isora and haunted by Nami's death, Yama returns to Earth, where he finds a meadow of flowers. Yama interrupts Harlock's public execution and releases the Arcadia's crew. Yama says both he and Harlock were wrong, and he shows them a flower. Overcome by the possibility of a peaceful 'starting over', Harlock abandons his previous plans and decides to expose the Gaia Sanction.

The Arcadia evades the Gaia Fleet and destroys Earth's hologram emitters. The exposed truth of Earth's condition destabilizes the Gaia Sanction, which depended on a quasi-religious veneration of Earth to legitimize their rule. Desperate to contain the situation, the Gaia Sanction's leader decides to use a doomsday particle cannon to destroy the Arcadia. Realizing Earth could be destroyed, too, Isora rams the Arcadia and pushes it away from Earth. Both ships board each other, causing many casualties on both sides.

Yama confronts Isora. Isora shoots at Yama's face, scarring him similarly to Harlock. Harlock mortally wounds Isora, saving Yama. When Isora warns them about the particle cannon, Harlock remarks that Isora was the only one to remain faithful to Earth. Harlock again unleashes the Arcadia's dark matter. With the Arcadia moved further from Earth and protected by a dark matter shield, both Earth and the Arcadia survive the cannon's blast. As Isora dies, he explains that he saved Earth because he knew Nami and their mother loved flowers.

After the Arcadia crash lands on Earth, Harlock sets the final detonator and says another Homecoming War is inevitable. Believing Earth is a gift from Nami and Isora, Yama refuses to destroy it. Liking his answer, Harlock gives the detonator to Yama and says the universe needs the myth of Captain Harlock. As the Gaia Sanction fleet confronts the Arcadia, the crew wakes up, seemingly healed by the dark matter, and the ship escapes, now commanded by Yama.

Cast[edit]

• Shun Oguri as Captain Harlock
• Haruma Miura as Yama Daiba (Logan in English release)
• Yū Aoi as Miime (Mimay in English release)
• Arata Furuta as Yattaran (Yullian in US release)
• Ayano Fukuda as Tori-san
• Toshiyuki Morikawa as Isora Daiba (Ezra in English release)
• Maaya Sakamoto as Nami
• Miyuki Sawashiro as Kei
• Kiyoshi Kobayashi as Roujin
• Chikao Ōtsuka as Soukan

English Voice Cast[edit]

• David Matranga as Captain Harlock
• Adam Gibbs as Logan (Yama Daiba in original release)
• Emily Neves as Mimay (Miime in original release)
• Jessica Boone as Kei
• Rob Mungle as Yullian (Yattaran in original release)
• Mike Yager as Ezra (Isora Daiba in original release)
• Rebekah Stevens as Nami

Production[edit]

Reception[edit]

The film received mixed reviews from critics.^[9][10][11] Filmmaker James Cameron praised the film for its use of 3D.^[12]

The fight against the Illumidas is continued in the 1982–1983 TV series Endless Road SSX. This series suffered low viewer ratings, as it aired during the waning years of the Matsumoto-boom that started in the 1970s with Space Battleship Yamato. By this time, Japanese audiences' interest had moved on to the trend in mecha shows that began after Macross and Mobile Suit Gundam. The Matsumoto-boom would completely die off by 1983 with the release of the theatrical film Final Yamato, and aside from a few isolated one-off projects, no new regularly produced anime based on Matsumoto works would be released until 1998. In 2016, it was announced by Discotek Media that the Endless Road SSX TV series was licensed for North American territories, and would be officially released in English for the very first time in 2017.

Comic adaptation[edit]

The American comic book company Eternity Comics published an original comic series based on Captain Harlock. It theoretically picked up where Arcadia of My Youth left off, and was also written in an attempt to bridge the storylines of Galaxy Express 999 and 1978's Space Pirate Captain Harlock TV series. The comic also featured several significant story-arcs titled 'Deathshadow Rising,' 'Fall of the Empire,' and 'The Machine Men,' which would theoretically lead into the Galaxy Express 999 stories. The comic series ran from 1989 to 1992, and was scripted by Robert W. Gibson, and drawn by Ben Dunn and Tim Eldred.

References[edit]

1. ^ ^ab'Waga Seishun no Arukadia'. Nihon Eiga Dētabēsu. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
2. ^'Translation & Cultural Notes'. Arcadia of My Youth Liner Notes. AnimEigo. 2003-11-25. Archived from the original on 2009-09-05. Retrieved 2009-10-02. The voice of Phantom F. Harlock, in the pre-title sequence over the Stanley Witch, was played by Ishihara Yuujiroo, one of Japan's best-known modern actors, and is his only performance in an animated film. When he died, several years ago as of this writing (1993), it's said that practically every person in Japan worthy of being called an actor attended his funeral.
3. ^ ^ab'Translation & Cultural Notes'. Arcadia of My Youth Liner Notes. AnimEigo. 2003-11-25. Archived from the original on 2009-09-05. Retrieved 2009-10-02. When Tochiro asks Harlock II, '..why're you flying around in an Iron-Cross plane?' Harlock replies, 'It's what you might call paying rent.' The offhand manner in which he says this line masks a deeper meaning. It refers to the Harlock Clan being a feudal one, dating back many centuries, most probably located in Prussia. In feudal times, a lord had an obligation to serve the king, to whom he had pledged fealty, in time of war. This obligation is the 'rent' to which Harlock refers. Even though the feudal system which produced this custom no longer exists, and even though Harlock believes the war to be pointless, he is nonetheless bound to hold himself to that obligation, for the sake of his personal honor, as well as that of his clan.
4. ^'Translation & Cultural Notes'. Arcadia of My Youth Liner Notes. AnimEigo. 2003-11-25. Archived from the original on 2009-09-05. Retrieved 2009-10-02. For additional reference, we recommend just about anything by Matsumoto, in both manga and anime form, but as a starting point, the following original manga stories are suggested: 'Stanley no Majo' (The Stanley Witch), and the original 'Waga Seishun no Arcadia.' Both stories are collected in 'The Cockpit,' currently in print as a five-volume perfect-bound set by Shoogakkan.
5. ^'Translation & Cultural Notes'. Arcadia of My Youth Liner Notes. AnimEigo. 2003-11-25. Archived from the original on 2009-09-05. Retrieved 2009-10-02. The Revi C/12D was an actual precision sight used by the Axis in World War II. Supposedly, Matsumoto has an actual working Revi C/12D himself, and loaned it to the animators for reference.
6. ^'Animerica'. 3 (4). Viz Media. 1995: 14. ISSN1067-0831.Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

External links[edit]

• Arcadia of My Youth (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

Harlock: Space Pirate (Japanese: 宇宙海賊キャプテンハーロック, Hepburn: Uchū Kaizoku Kyaputen Hārokku, released as Space Pirate Captain Harlock in Japan) is a 2013 Japanese 3D CG animescience fiction film directed by Shinji Aramaki.^[2][3][4]

In 2010, Toei Animation announced that it had developed a pilot for a computer-graphics remake of the earlier manga-inspired TV series, and presented it at Tokyo International Anime Fair that year. In the next year they presented a preview of Space Pirate Captain Harlock at Annecy International Animated Film Festival. This is Toei's highest production budget ever at the equivalent of over US$30 million. The story was reconstructed by the writer Harutoshi Fukui to reflect the themes of modern society and Toei provided the latest filmmaking technology for the film.^[3] An English-narrated international teaser trailer was released for promotion.^[2] It was shown in the competition of the 70th Venice International Film Festival^[5][6] and was screened at the 33rd Hawaii International Film Festival.^[7] It received a mixed response from critics and was nominated for the Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year. It won the Lumière award in Best International 3D Feature – Animated category at the 3D Creative Arts Award (2014).^[8]

Plot[edit]

As resources dwindle, five hundred billion colonists return to Earth, causing the Homecoming War over Earth's remaining resources. The bloody war only ends when an authoritarian government, the Gaia Sanction, declares Earth a sacred planet forbidden to humanity. With the help of four unstoppable ships powered by alien technology, Harlock's fleet prevents Earth from recolonization until a treaty allows diplomatic elite to immigrate. Enraged by this betrayal, Harlock turns on the Gaia Sanction. With his ship, the Arcadia, badly damaged, Harlock unleashes the ship's dark matter. Intending to encase Earth in a protective force field, it instead becomes uninhabitable. The Arcadia survives but is forever changed. Now an immortal pirate, Harlock vows to atone.

Gaia obscures the condition of Earth with a giant hologram to maintain power. Harlock and his crew steal 100 warheads from the Gaia Sanction to 'start over'. Admiral Isora recruits his younger brother, Yama, to kill Harlock. Yama agrees, desperate to atone for a childhood accident that paralyzed Isora and critically injured their mutual love, Nami. Harlock, aware of his plan, allows Yama to infiltrate his crew. During a mission to install the penultimate warhead, Yama learns that Harlock's plan is to disrupt the timestream and alter history by exploding the warheads in strategic places throughout the universe. When the mission goes awry, Yama dooms himself to save a crew mate. Harlock rescues Yama, who briefly considers executing Harlock. On board the Arcadia, Harlock's words and attitude and the crew's acceptance convince Yama to follow Harlock.

The Gaia Sanction permit Isora to use a superweapon to stop Harlock. Harlock evades the Gaia fleet using holograms. Isora destroys the Arcadia with the superweapon, but this is another hologram. The real Arcadia ambushes the fleet, rams Isora's flagship, and Harlock takes the crew hostage. Once at Earth and past the great illusion, the crew is horrified at Earth's fate. Isora reveals Harlock's true plan: Harlock intends to destroy the current universe and rebirth a new one.

Shocked, Yama sides with Isora, and the Arcadia moves away from Earth, apparently of its own volition. Yama helps Isora and his crew take over the Arcadia. With the ship and crew imprisoned, Isora confronts Nami, who informed Yama of his tactical plans. Nami realizes that she is the source of Isora's torment, not Yama. Nami provokes Isora into causing her life support to fail. As Nami dies, she admits to loving him and sacrificing herself to bring him peace.

Isora lies about Nami's death. Disbelieving Isora and haunted by Nami's death, Yama returns to Earth, where he finds a meadow of flowers. Yama interrupts Harlock's public execution and releases the Arcadia's crew. Yama says both he and Harlock were wrong, and he shows them a flower. Overcome by the possibility of a peaceful 'starting over', Harlock abandons his previous plans and decides to expose the Gaia Sanction.

The Arcadia evades the Gaia Fleet and destroys Earth's hologram emitters. The exposed truth of Earth's condition destabilizes the Gaia Sanction, which depended on a quasi-religious veneration of Earth to legitimize their rule. Desperate to contain the situation, the Gaia Sanction's leader decides to use a doomsday particle cannon to destroy the Arcadia. Realizing Earth could be destroyed, too, Isora rams the Arcadia and pushes it away from Earth. Both ships board each other, causing many casualties on both sides.

Yama confronts Isora. Isora shoots at Yama's face, scarring him similarly to Harlock. Harlock mortally wounds Isora, saving Yama. When Isora warns them about the particle cannon, Harlock remarks that Isora was the only one to remain faithful to Earth. Harlock again unleashes the Arcadia's dark matter. With the Arcadia moved further from Earth and protected by a dark matter shield, both Earth and the Arcadia survive the cannon's blast. As Isora dies, he explains that he saved Earth because he knew Nami and their mother loved flowers.

After the Arcadia crash lands on Earth, Harlock sets the final detonator and says another Homecoming War is inevitable. Believing Earth is a gift from Nami and Isora, Yama refuses to destroy it. Liking his answer, Harlock gives the detonator to Yama and says the universe needs the myth of Captain Harlock. As the Gaia Sanction fleet confronts the Arcadia, the crew wakes up, seemingly healed by the dark matter, and the ship escapes, now commanded by Yama.

Cast[edit]

• Shun Oguri as Captain Harlock
• Haruma Miura as Yama Daiba (Logan in English release)
• Yū Aoi as Miime (Mimay in English release)
• Arata Furuta as Yattaran (Yullian in US release)
• Ayano Fukuda as Tori-san
• Toshiyuki Morikawa as Isora Daiba (Ezra in English release)
• Maaya Sakamoto as Nami
• Miyuki Sawashiro as Kei
• Kiyoshi Kobayashi as Roujin
• Chikao Ōtsuka as Soukan

English Voice Cast[edit]

• David Matranga as Captain Harlock
• Adam Gibbs as Logan (Yama Daiba in original release)
• Emily Neves as Mimay (Miime in original release)
• Jessica Boone as Kei
• Rob Mungle as Yullian (Yattaran in original release)
• Mike Yager as Ezra (Isora Daiba in original release)
• Rebekah Stevens as Nami

Production[edit]

Reception[edit]

The film received mixed reviews from critics.^[9][10][11] Filmmaker James Cameron praised the film for its use of 3D.^[12]

It was recognized as the best international animated feature at the fifth annual 3D Creative Arts Awards held at Warner Bros. Studios in Los Angeles on January 28, 2014.^[13] It was nominated for the Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year at the 37th Japan Academy Prize.^[14]

Box office[edit]

By September 29, 2013, it had grossed ¥437,326,416 (US$4,452,519) at the Japanese box office.^[15][16] It went on to gross ¥500 million ($5,131,363) in Japan.^[17]

Space Pirate Captain Harlock is one of the most successful Japanese films ever screened in Italy, making about US$6.8 million by the end of January 2014.^[18] Having earned more in France and Italy than it did in Japan, the film went onto gross $13,557,798 overseas,^[15] bringing its worldwide gross to $18,689,161.

Space Pirate Captain Harlock Movie English Dub

References[edit]

1. ^'Harlock Space Pirate [2D] (PG)'. British Board of Film Classification. 23 March 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
2. ^ ^ab'Space Pirate Captain Harlock Remake's English Teaser Posted'. Anime News Network. 31 January 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
3. ^ ^ab'Captain Harlock Sci-Fi Anime's Remake to Open This Fall'. Anime News Network. 31 January 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
4. ^Frater, Patrick (10 May 2013). 'Toei's Harlock captured by GFM'. Film Business Asia. Archived from the original on 28 October 2013. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
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6. ^'Venice film festival 2013: the full line-up'. The Guardian. London. 25 July 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
7. ^'Harlock: space pirate'. Program. HIFF Fall Festival. 2013. Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
8. ^''Captain Harlock' named best international animated feature at 3D Creative Arts Awards'. Anime news. 17 February 2014. Archived from the original on 30 October 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
9. ^Rooney, David (5 September 2013). 'Harlock: Space Pirate: Venice Review'. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
10. ^'Harlock: Space Pirate is a Big, Pretty, Action-filled Disappointment'. Kotaku.com. 7 September 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
11. ^Leslie Felperin (6 September 2013). ''Space Pirate Captain Harlock' Review: Shinji Aramaki's Epic a Nerd's Delight'. Variety. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
12. ^https://io9.gizmodo.com/james-cameron-loves-the-hell-out-of-the-cg-captain-harl-1307423255
13. ^'Space Pirate Captain Harlock Awarded Best International Animated Feature'. Anime News Network. 18 February 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
14. ^'Wind Rises, Madoka, Lupin vs. Conan, Harlock, Kaguya Earn Japan Academy Prize Nods'. Anime News Network. 16 January 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
15. ^ ^ab'Japanese Box Office, September 28–29'. Box Office Mojo. 6 October 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
16. ^'Japanese Box Office, September 28–29'. Anime News Network. 6 October 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
17. ^'2013年 日本映画・外国映画業界総決算'. Kinema Junpo（2月下旬決算特別号）. Kinema Junposha (1656): 201. 2014.
18. ^'Captain Harlock CG Film Now Available on Netflix in U.S., U.K.'Anime News Network. 3 August 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2015.

Space Pirate Captain Harlock Manga

External links[edit]

• Harlock: Space Pirate on IMDb
• Space Pirate Captain Harlock (film) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

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