New Anime of Space Pirate Captain Harlock Announced (Movie to Premiere Sept 7, 2013)

by dtshyk
Mar 24, 2010 3:21 AM | 19 Comments

According to Mainichi news, a CGI anime of Space Pirate Captain Harlock was announced. The production will begin in 2011 and the premiere is planed in or after 2012.

Toei Animation New Captain Harlock website

Staff
Fukui Harutoshi
Aramaki Shinji
Takeuchi Atsushi (mecha designer of "Ghost in the Shell")

Synopsis:
Captain Harlock rebelled against the Allied Forces and has been plundering space ships for one hundred years. Why did he rebelled? How does he survive for one hundred years? With awe and fear to the legendary captain, the Allied Forces issues an order to assassinate Harlock.

Source: Mainichi

Captain Harlock on MAL

19 Comments Recent Comments

hope this good! <3

Sep 5, 2013 6:26 PM by pikeman1

hoping for a New Zealand Film festival screening, oh well :(

Aug 1, 2013 5:43 AM by Kazeshini

From: Dunois

The film Space Pirate Captian Harlock will be screened at the 70th Venice Film Festival (28th August to 7th September 2013). According to the Guardian UK the film will be shown under the 'Out of Competition' category. Space Pirate Captain Harlock, a 3D CG film directed by Shinji Aramaki, is a remake of the original Captain Harlock series from 1978.

Sources: Anime Anime, Guardian UK

Aug 1, 2013 5:34 AM by symbv

There's also a first 12 minutes trailer here..

http://special.movies.yahoo.co.jp/detail/20130723220808/

It's pretty much all the footage we have seen from the first set of trailers.

Jul 26, 2013 11:49 PM by GD1551

Much longer PV (3min) is out:

Theater release date is now set to Sep 7th this year.

Official movie website: http://harlock-movie.com/

Jul 26, 2013 11:15 PM by symbv

the trailer looks really nice. Started to watch the show, because of the announcement ^^

Jun 23, 2013 4:45 PM by -Kafka

CG looks good. This is as close to a Mass Effect movie we can get so do want. xD

Feb 1, 2013 3:23 AM by ThangLong

Dalek-baka said:
Well this is necromancy...

news update:
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2013-01-31/captain-harlock-sci-fi-anime-remake-to-open-this-fall

and here we have the trailer

Toei and their CGI - it looks as expected.

That CGI actually looks really good.

Jan 31, 2013 6:51 PM by loghneckbeard

9988 said:
Excellent, lets go back to the roots!!

Hope they announce the release date Sanit Seiya CG + Rose of Versailles remakes in the near future.

Toei is doing great trying to show the contemporary fans the classics.

About that first it's supposed to be in July
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2012-10-09/cg-saint-seiya-film-aimed-for-next-july-with-possible-new-show

well they have a lot of shows to reboot and Precure/One Piece to give them money to do so... so it's good they use it in this way.

Jan 31, 2013 4:54 PM by Dalek-baka

Excellent, lets go back to the roots!!

Hope they announce the release date Sanit Seiya CG + Rose of Versailles remakes in the near future.

Toei is doing great trying to show the contemporary fans the classics.

Jan 31, 2013 2:50 PM by 9988

Well this is necromancy...

news update:
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2013-01-31/captain-harlock-sci-fi-anime-remake-to-open-this-fall

and here we have the trailer

Toei and their CGI - it looks as expected.

Jan 31, 2013 10:12 AM by Dalek-baka

*eyetwitch*

It's so much. It's too much.

And I really disliked the main series. But I was very off because even considering it's dated the art was pretty horrible. After seeing the website's previews I kind of want to watch this, it seems top-notch animation.

Mar 24, 2010 3:35 PM by ladyxzeus

Interesting, I've never seen the original one, although I've been planning that forever, so I guess this'll be good to get me in the Harlock vibe.

Mar 24, 2010 3:24 PM by Ilyaoh

The plot sounds cool, however I am a bit against seeing Harlock in CG

Mar 24, 2010 8:54 AM by mitamaking

My first reaction was something like: CG? :| After remembering how poorly animated the Harlock stuff I've seen was though my new reaction is: CG? Good. Very, very good.

Mar 24, 2010 8:48 AM by Absolutely_Steve

Can't wait although CGI make me a bit apprehensive .

Mar 24, 2010 5:50 AM by StriderMS

maybe i'll give the new version a try

Mar 24, 2010 5:10 AM by Mr_Gutts

Oh my...too bad it's CGI, but still, I just love the "Leijiverse" (c).

Mar 24, 2010 4:46 AM by seishi-sama

OK, so how is this going to relate to all of the other Harlock anime and the Leijiverse in general, then?

I might watch it if I enjoy some of Matsumoto Leiji's other anime productions, whether they are linked to Harlock or not.

Mar 24, 2010 3:35 AM by Rosa_FOEtida