Captain Harlock and the Queen of a Thousand Years is an animated science fiction television series produced by Harmony Gold USA. The series was created by Carl Macek by combining footage from Leiji Matsumoto's Captain Harlock and Queen Millennia anime series. Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... Classic pulp space opera cover, with the usual cliché elements. ... Harmony Gold is the creator and main distributor of Robotech. ... Toei Animation Company, Limited ) (JASDAQ: 4816) is a Japanese animation studio owned by the Toei Company. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Carl Macek is an American writer and anime producer of the 1980s and 1990s. ... In the television industry (as in radio), syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast programs to multiple stations, without going through a broadcast network. ... NTSC is the analog television system in use in Canada, Japan, Mexico, the Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan, the United States, and some other countries, mostly in the Americas (see map). ... Animation refers to the process in which each frame of a film or movie is produced individually, whether generated as a computer graphic, or by photographing a drawn image, or by repeatedly making small changes to a model (see claymation and stop motion), and then photographing the result. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... Harmony Gold is a television production and distribution company established in 1983. ... Carl Macek is an American writer and anime producer of the 1980s and 1990s. ... Leiji Matsumoto (松本 零士 Matsumoto Reiji) is a well-known creator of several anime and manga series. ... Captain Harlock , lit. ... Animé redirects here. ...

The plot of Macek's creation has no relation to Matsumoto's works.

Plot

Captain Harlock and the Queen of a Thousand Years takes place in the year 2976, after humankind has colonized the distant stars. But prosperity has corrupted the people of Earth, becoming corrupt and decadent.

The Zetons, a race of sentient plants, hatch a plot to seize Earth after their own planet becomes uninhabitable. A lone scientist tries to warn the people of Earth, but at the cost of his reputation and life. The titular Harlock is framed for the murder and finds himself on the run from Earth authorities. Now an outcast, Harlock plans to stop the Zeton and save humanity from the alien threat with aid from Captain Millennia. Not to be confused with sapience. ...

Production

After the success of Robotech, Harmony Gold sought to expand their syndicated television production in other animation series originating in Japan. Carl Macek, producer of Robotech, was asked what other anime series he was interested in dubbing. Macek expressed an interest in Leiji Matsumoto's Captain Harlock. In broadcasting, syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast radio shows and television shows to multiple stations, without going through a broadcast network. ...

After the rights were obtained, Macek was informed Harmony Gold had allocated airtime for 65 episodes. Captain Harlock, however, was 42 episodes long, prompting Harmony Gold to buy another Matsumoto series, Queen Millennia. It then fell to Macek and his team to combine the two shows into one series.

Unlike Robotech, it was decided to combine the two series simultaneously instead of simply running them one after the other with some "connecting" episodes. At the same time, it was also decided to change the timing of episodes, thus creating a situation where clips from episodes at various points in the original series would appear in a single episode in the American series. This resulted in a wildly different plot from both of the original sources. Also, despite title of the series, the two titular characters never appeared together onscreen.

Episode List

1. Genesis
2. The Inferno
3. Mystery of the Observatory
4. Simple Diversions
5. Origins
6. Deadly Games
7. Clash of Will
8. The Knockout Punch
9. The Hidden Land
10. Life Sentence
11. Zero Hour
12. Revelations
13. Boot Camp
14. Battle Stations
15. Survival Time
16. Under Sea Encounter
17. Desert Sands
18. Healing Ways
19. The Abduction
20. World of Ransoms
21. Journey Into Darkness
22. Hot Seat
23. Knights Without Honor
24. Firing Line
25. Royal Treatment
26. Lone Justice
27. Passion Play
28. Cat and Mouse
29. The Last Laugh
30. The Raiding Party
31. The Dark Dimensions
32. Fire and Brimstone
33. The White Ship
34. Command Performance
35. Glory Days
36. The Price of Failure
37. The Days of My Youth
38. Chain Game
39. The Master Builder
40. Return Engagement
41. To Catch a Captain
42. Double Jeopardy
43. Danger Below
44. The Deadly Duel
45. Lightning Strikes Twice
46. Queen's Gambit
47. Mutual Destruction
48. The Shocking Truth
49. The Set Up
50. The Sound of Laughter
51. Treason Is in the Eye of the Beholder
52. Date With Destiny
53. Balance of Power
54. The Gauntlet
55. Ray of Hope
56. Phoenix Rising
57. Manifest Destiny
58. Friend or Foe
59. Walking Wounded
60. White Water
61. Coast Guard
62. Vengeance
63. Anchors Away
64. A New Beginning

External links

• Captain Harlock and the Queen of a Thousand Years at Absolute Anime
• Captain Harlock in English: Captain Harlock and the Queen of 1000 Years at The Captain Harlock Archives