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| Japanese | SPACE PIRATE CAPTAIN HERLOCK OUTSIDE LEGEND ~The Endless Odyssey~ | |
|---|---|---|
| Also known as | Space Pirate Captain Herlock: The Endless Odyssey | |
| Genre | Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Space, Seinen | |
| Type | OVA | |
| Based on | Manga — Leiji Matsumoto | |
| Directed by | Rintarou | |
| Character design | Nobuteru Yuuki | |
| Music by | Takayuki Hattori | |
| Studio | Madhouse | |
| Original run | December 21, 2002 – December 21, 2003 | |
| Episodes | 13 | |
| Episode length | 25 min | |
| Total running time | 5 hr 25 min | |
| Status | Finished airing | |
| Season | Fall 2002 | |
| Age rating | PG-13 – Teens 13 and older | |
| Score | ★ 7.34 | |
| On users' lists | 3,227 Kitsu, Shikimori | |
Space Pirate Captain Herlock: Outside Legend - The Endless Odyssey (Japanese: SPACE PIRATE CAPTAIN HERLOCK OUTSIDE LEGEND ~The Endless Odyssey~) is a 2002 Japanese anime original video animation based on the manga series by Leiji Matsumoto. It is animated by Madhouse and directed by Rintarou. It aired from December 21, 2002 to December 21, 2003, with 13 episodes.
Characters
Main characters
Supporting characters
Mayu Ooyama · Prime Minister · Masu Tsunajima · Yattaran · Kei Yuki · Yukihito Irita
Voice cast by language
Voice actors in each language, as listed by Kitsu. A language appears only where a dub of this title is listed.
| Character | Japanese | English |
|---|---|---|
| Captain HerlockMain | Kouichi Yamadera | Lex Lang Russell Wait |
| Tochirou OoyamaSupporting | Kappei Yamaguchi | – |
| Tadashi DaibaSupporting | Tomokazu Seki | Richard Cansino |
| Dr. DaibaSupporting | Katsunosuke Hori | – |
| Dr. ZeroSupporting | Nachi Nozawa | – |
| MiimeSupporting | Yuko Minaguchi | Karen Strassman |
| Mayu OoyamaSupporting | Mika Kanai | – |
| Prime MinisterSupporting | Hiroshi Ootake | – |
| YattaranSupporting | Naoki Tatsuta | – |
| Kei YukiSupporting | Rei Sakuma | Julie Ann Taylor |
All languages (5)
| Character | Japanese | English | German | French | Italian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Captain HerlockMain | Kouichi Yamadera | Lex Lang Russell Wait | Walter von Hauff | Richard Darbois | – |
| Tochirou OoyamaSupporting | Kappei Yamaguchi | – | Stefan Günther | – | – |
| Tadashi DaibaSupporting | Tomokazu Seki | Richard Cansino | Hubertus von Lerchenfeld | Alain Floret | Leonardo Graziano |
| Dr. DaibaSupporting | Katsunosuke Hori | – | Erich Ludwig | – | Maurizio Scattorin |
| Dr. ZeroSupporting | Nachi Nozawa | – | – | – | – |
| MiimeSupporting | Yuko Minaguchi | Karen Strassman | Melanie Manstein | Christine Paris | Marcella Silvestri |
| Mayu OoyamaSupporting | Mika Kanai | – | – | – | – |
| Prime MinisterSupporting | Hiroshi Ootake | – | – | – | – |
| YattaranSupporting | Naoki Tatsuta | – | – | – | Riccardo Peroni |
| Kei YukiSupporting | Rei Sakuma | Julie Ann Taylor | – | Olivia Dutron | Debora Magnaghi |
Production
Key staff
Leiji MatsumotoOriginal Creator
RintarouDirector
Nobuteru YuukiCharacter Design
Takayuki HattoriMusic
Masafumi MimaSound DirectorHisashi IkedaArt Director
MadhouseStudioStaff
| Studio | Madhouse |
|---|---|
| Original Creator | Leiji Matsumoto |
| Director | Rintarou |
| Character Design | Nobuteru Yuuki |
| Music | Takayuki Hattori |
| Sound Director | Masafumi Mima |
| Art Director | Hisashi Ikeda |
| Chief Animation Director | Nobuteru Yuuki |
| Director of Photography | Kazuhiro Yamada, Hitoshi Yamaguchi |
| Color Design | Takako Suzuki |
| Editing | Kashiko Kimura, Satoshi Terauchi |
| Producer | Manabu Tamura, Satoki Toyoda |
Music
| Composer | Takayuki Hattori |
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Episodes
| No. | Title | Original air date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | — | Aired | |
| 2 | — | Aired | |
| 3 | — | Aired | |
| 4 | — | Aired | |
| 5 | — | Aired | |
| 6 | — | Aired | |
| 7 | — | Aired | |
| 8 | — | Aired | |
| 9 | — | Aired | |
| 10 | — | Aired | |
| 11 | — | Aired | |
| 12 | — | Aired | |
| 13 | — | Aired |
Videos and pictures
Trailers and music
Gallery
Ratings and statistics
Score distribution
On users' lists
- Plan to watch1,402
- Watching52
- Completed616
- On hold61
- Dropped98
Ratings and list counts come from Shikimori, whose scores mirror MyAnimeList. Rankings compare the titles listed in Acino.
Audience
How many people follow this anime on the largest anime databases. The numbers are refreshed every few days; one person may use several sites.
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- “Space Pirate Captain Herlock: Outside Legend - The Endless Odyssey”. Shikimori. Retrieved November 11, 2026.
- “Space Pirate Captain Herlock: Outside Legend - The Endless Odyssey”. MyAnimeList. Retrieved November 11, 2026.
- “Space Pirate Captain Herlock: Outside Legend - The Endless Odyssey”. Kitsu. Retrieved November 11, 2026.
- “Q604320”. Wikidata. Retrieved November 11, 2026.
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