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Space Pirate Captain Harlock

Space Pirate Captain Harlock

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Overview

When a mysterious invader from the stars catches Earth unawares, only the legendary space pirate Captain Harlock and the crew of the Arcadia have the will to stand against them.

Created by Haruya Yamazaki
Written by Haruya Yamazaki, Shozo Uehara, Leiji Matsumoto
Networkstv asahi

Top Cast

Makio Inoue

Makio Inoue

Captain Harlock (voice)

Akira Kamiya

Akira Kamiya

Tadashi Daiba (voice)

Noriko Ohara

Noriko Ohara

Mime (voice)

Chiyoko Kawashima

Chiyoko Kawashima

Kay Yuki / Mayu Oyama (voice)

Haruko Kitahama

Haruko Kitahama

Lafresia (voice)

Joji Yanami

Joji Yanami

Dr. Zero / prime minister (voice)

Hiroshi Otake

Hiroshi Otake

Yattran (voice)

Kenichi Ogata

Kenichi Ogata

engr. Maji / Android (voice)

Noriko Tsukase

Noriko Tsukase

Masu (voice)

Akiko Tsuboi

Akiko Tsuboi

Cleo (voice)

Themes & Keywords

piratebased on mangaspace operaspace pirateanime

About Space Pirate Captain Harlock

Space Pirate Captain Harlock is a action & adventure, animation, sci-fi & fantasy series that first aired in 1978 exploring themes of pirate, based on manga, space opera, space pirate, anime. Created by Haruya Yamazaki, it stars Makio Inoue, Akira Kamiya, Noriko Ohara. When a mysterious invader from the stars catches Earth unawares, only the legendary space pirate Captain Harlock and the crew of the Arcadia have the will to stand against them.

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