Maetel Legend

Anime in the "Leijiverse", mostly adapted from Leiji Matsumoto's mangas. Ranked from newest to oldest

A guide for the Galaxy Express Franchise, including spin off and special episodes but not the obscure OAV and short movies of 2000s/2010s never released out of Japan.
Remember that with Leiji Matsumoto and the Toki No Wa the series and movies are not always coherent with each other.

Uchuu Kaizoku Captain Herlock aka Space Pirate Captain Harlock is one of the fruits that sprang from the mind of creator Leiji Matsumoto (1938-2023).
https://myanimelist.net/people/2597/Leiji_Matsumoto

MercuryFalcon (27.1K subs) offers a fascinating analysis in the YouTube video, "Captain Harlock - The Anti-Sports Anime".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0dTxdac6Yo&t=604s

If you watch the video, you might (or might not) be surprised to find a forum post about Spokon here on MAL:
https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1728771

Captain Harlock lives in the same universe as Ginga Tetsudou 999 aka Galaxy Express 999. You can find a complete watch list here:
https://chiaki.site/?/tools/watch_order/id/1000

And if you just can't get enough of Harlock, this is a YouTube playlist with a variety of videos, including, somehow, actual dubbed episodes (don't waste your time with "Space Pirate Captain Herlock: The Endless Odyssey Eng Dub Ep 1-13"):
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3Xo_t2efjVLp_cMtDthOteAaNSyeQ__R

Akira Tsuburaya is an infamous anime producer, with his career being littered by ultra low budget, critically savaged adaptations of anime from classic and highly veneered manga authors such as Leiji Matsumoto, Go Nagai, Mitsuteru Yokoyama and Shotaro Ishinomori. This stack collects the anime on which he served as a producer alongside a listing of which famous mangaka originally wrote it, but be warned, all his TV shows have abyssal production values. For more information, check this video on the topic:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQKg5NwlrV4

Reboots of Showa-era series.

Leiji Matsumoto was a well-known creator of several anime and manga series.

Matsumoto was famous for his space operas such as Space Battleship Yamato and Galaxy Express 999. His style was characterized by mythological and often tragic storylines with strong moral themes, noble heroes, feminine heroines,and a love of strange worlds and melancholic atmosphere.

Part 1 (Space Battleship Yamato): https://myanimelist.net/stacks/46643

Part 2 (Leijiverse):
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/46645

Grumpy Jii-san was an anime reviewer and hiking enthusiast. Many of us were fond of him. This is the second part of a list of the anime he reviewed in video order from oldest to newest. They are presented without his score as mild encouragement for you to watch his reviews.

https://www.youtube.com/@GrumpyJiisan

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《 Leijiverse 》

- Space Pirate Captain Harlock

- Galaxy Express 999

- Space Battleship Yamato Classic/Reboot

- Planet Robo Danguard Ace

- Starzinger

- Misc

Credits To https://www.reddit.com/r/leijimatsumoto/s/QyT2m4enya