Manga
Opening · Uchuu Kaizoku Captain Harlock (1978) OP
Japanese	宇宙海賊・キャプテンハーロック
Romanized	Uchuu Kaizoku Captain Herlock
Also known as	Harlock TV Albator 78
Genre	Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Space, Seinen
Type	TV series
Based on	Manga — Leiji Matsumoto
Directed by	Rintarou
Character design	Kazuo Komatsubara
Music by	Nozomi Aoki, Seiji Yokoyama
Studio	Toei Animation
Original run	March 14, 1978 – February 13, 1979
Episodes	42
Episode length	25 min
Broadcast	Tuesdays
Total running time	17 hr 30 min
Status	Finished airing
Season	Spring 1978
Age rating	PG-13 – Teens 13 and older
Score	★ 7.72
On users' lists	10,325 Kitsu, Shikimori
Streaming	Crunchyroll, Hulu
Written by	Leiji Matsumoto
Published in	Play Comic
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	1977 – 1979
Volumes	5
Chapters	25

Character	Japanese	English
Captain HerlockMain	Makio Inoue Kan Tokumaru	–
Tadashi DaibaMain	Akira Kamiya	–
MiimeMain	Noriko Ohara	Melanie MacQueen
Kei YukiMain	Chiyoko Kawashima	–
Dr. DaibaSupporting	Yonehiko Kitagawa	–
Dr. ZeroSupporting	Jouji Yanami	–
AdolfSupporting	Satomi Majima	–
AkiasSupporting	Yumi Nakatani	–
AlellgiasSupporting	Yumi Nakatani	–
AmanSupporting	Akiko Tsuboi	–
Captain YamanakaSupporting	Osamu Katou	–
CassandraSupporting	Sachiko Chijimatsu	–

Character	Japanese	English	French	Spanish	Italian
Captain HerlockMain	Makio Inoue Kan Tokumaru	–	Richard Darbois	José María Carrero	Alessandro D'Errico Gianni Giuliano
Tadashi DaibaMain	Akira Kamiya	–	–	–	Claudio De Angelis
MiimeMain	Noriko Ohara	Melanie MacQueen	–	–	–
Kei YukiMain	Chiyoko Kawashima	–	–	Marta Sáinz	–
Dr. DaibaSupporting	Yonehiko Kitagawa	–	–	–	–
Dr. ZeroSupporting	Jouji Yanami	–	–	–	–
AdolfSupporting	Satomi Majima	–	–	–	–
AkiasSupporting	Yumi Nakatani	–	–	–	–
AlellgiasSupporting	Yumi Nakatani	–	–	–	–
AmanSupporting	Akiko Tsuboi	–	–	–	–
Captain YamanakaSupporting	Osamu Katou	–	–	–	–
CassandraSupporting	Sachiko Chijimatsu	–	–	–	–
Chief Engineer MajiSupporting	Kenichi Ogata	–	–	–	–
CleoSupporting	Akiko Tsuboi	–	–	–	–
ElzaSupporting	Mieko Nobusawa	–	–	–	–
HisteriasSupporting	Yumi Nakatani	–	–	–	–
JorjibelSupporting	Mieko Nobusawa	–	–	–	–

Studio	Toei Animation
Original Creator	Leiji Matsumoto
Director	Rintarou
Script	Michel Gatineau
Character Design	Kazuo Komatsubara
Music	Nozomi Aoki, Seiji Yokoyama
Art Director	Mukuo Takamura
Theme Song Performance	Ichirou Mizuki

No.	Title	Original air date	Status
1	“The Jolly Roger That Flutters Through Space”	March 14, 1978	Aired
2	“A Message from the Unknown”	March 21, 1978	Aired
3	“A Woman Who Burns Like Paper”	March 28, 1978	Aired
4	“Under the Flag of Freedom!”	April 11, 1978	Aired
5	“To the Shores of Distant Stars…”	April 18, 1978	Aired
6	“The Phantom Mazone”	April 25, 1978	Aired
7	“The Pyramid On the Ocean Floor”	May 2, 1978	Aired
8	“The Queen’s Space Fleet”	May 9, 1978	Aired
9	“The Fearsome Plant Life Form”	May 16, 1978	Aired
10	“Advance On the Mystery Planet”	May 30, 1978	Aired
11	“When Lola Shines Golden”	June 6, 1978	Aired
12	“Mother, Be Eternal”	June 13, 1978	Aired
13	“The Castle of Evil in the Sea of Death”	June 20, 1978	Aired
14	“The Mausoleum of the Sphinx”	June 27, 1978	Aired
15	“Tragic Love! the Northern Pole Aurora”	July 4, 1978	Aired
16	“Kei – a Farewell Song”	July 11, 1978	Aired
17	“The Skeleton Hero”	July 18, 1978	Aired
18	“The Evil Shadow Soldiers”	July 25, 1978	Aired
19	“Queen Lafresia’s Trap”	August 1, 1978	Aired
20	“The Extinct Planet Jura”	August 8, 1978	Aired
21	“Gohrum! the Tragic Soldier”	August 15, 1978	Aired
22	“The Space Graveyard: Deathshadow”	August 22, 1978	Aired
23	“Yattaran, Song of a Plastic Model Fanatic”	August 29, 1978	Aired
24	“The Shooting Star of Pure Love”	September 5, 1978	Aired
25	“Dr. Zero and Mii”	September 12, 1978	Aired
26	“A Long Way Away Voyage”	September 26, 1978	Aired
27	“The Will of the Arcadia”	October 3, 1978	Aired
28	“The Ulysses Nebula”	October 10, 1978	Aired
29	“The Life-and-Death Struggle On the Rainbow Planet”	October 17, 1978	Aired
30	“My Friend, My Youth”	October 24, 1978	Aired
31	“Arcadia – the Secret Story of Its Construction”	October 31, 1978	Aired
32	“The Call of the Star Flute”	November 7, 1978	Aired
33	“A Lone Man’s Charge”	November 14, 1978	Aired
34	“A Galactic Lullaby”	November 21, 1978	Aired
35	“The Beautiful Mysterious Woman”	November 28, 1978	Aired
36	“The Eve of the Showdown”	December 5, 1978	Aired
37	“Tears On a Red Sweater”	December 19, 1978	Aired
38	“Farewell! Mayu”	January 9, 1979	Aired
39	“Heroic! the Commander Dies”	January 16, 1979	Aired
40	“Then, the Angels Sang”	January 23, 1979	Aired
41	—		Aired
42	—		Aired

Original work	Uchuu Kaizoku Captain Herlock (Manga)
Sequel	Harlock Saga (OVA, 1999)
Side story	Cosmo Warrior Zero (TV series, 2001)
Spin-off	Queen Emeraldas (OVA, 1998)
Alternative version	Space Pirate Captain Harlock: Riddle of the Arcadia Episode (Film, 1978) Captain Harlock: Arcadia of my Youth - Endless Orbit SSX (TV series, 1982) Space Pirate Captain Harlock (Film, 2013)
Alternative setting	Gun Frontier (TV series, 2002)
Shared characters	Galaxy Express 999 (Film, 1979)

Site	Members	Watching	Completed	Plan to watch	Dropped	Favorites
Kitsu	4,071	—	—	—	—	20
Shikimori	6,254	249	1,454	4,078	232	—

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