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Harlock Saga (OAV)

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©1999 Leiji Matsumoto • Shinchousha/Bandai Visual • 81produce


[ alternate retelling of Space Pirate Captain Harlock (TV) ]

Related anime:
    (The) Ring of the Nibelung (manga)

Alternative title:
Harlock Saga - Der Ring Des Nibelungen Das Rhein Gold (German)
Harlock Saga - el oro del Rhing (Spanish)
Harlock Saga - l'Anell dels Nibelungs
Harlock Saga - l'Anello Dei Nibelunghi, l'Oro Del Reno (Italian)
Harlock Saga - Nibelung no Yubiwa (Japanese)
Harlock Saga - Ring of the Niebelung
HARLOCK SAGA ニーベルングの指環 (Japanese)
Сага о Харлоке: Кольцо Нибелунга (Russian)
Themes: aliens, gods, pirates, space
Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Plot Summary: Captain Harlock is drawn into a saga of intergalactic proportions when the son of a deceased comrade unwittingly forges the Ring of the Niebelung. Evil forces gather to wage war against the last remaining superpowers of the galaxy led by a demented outcast. Harlock must counter the amassed armadas that threaten the last gods and recover the ring before Paradise is lost.
Video:
User Ratings: 150 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 7 votes (dub:3, sub:3, Spa.dub:1)
 Excellent: 14 votes (dub:8, sub:6)
 Very good: 23 votes (dub:15, sub:8)
 Good: 37 votes (sub:23, dub:13, raw:1)
 Decent: 32 votes (dub:16, sub:14, edit.dub:1, Ita.edit.dub:1)
 So-so: 17 votes (sub:10, dub:6, ?:1)
 Not really good: 2 votes (sub:1, Fre.dub:1)
 Weak: 11 votes (sub:6, dub:3, raw:1, Ger.dub:1)
 Bad: 4 votes (dub:2, sub:1, ?:1)
 Awful: 3 votes (dub:2, sub:1)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 341 users, rank: #1356
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.453 (Decent+.45), std. dev.: 1.9986, rank: #2519
Weighted mean: 6.360 (Decent+.35), rank: #2575 (seen all: 6.56 / seen some: 5.19 / won't finish: 1.99)
Bayesian estimate: 6.431 (Decent+.43), rank: #2236
Number of episodes: 6
Vintage:
1999
2007-06-08 (Germany, GIGA)
Releases: We have 2
Ending Theme:
#1: "Aurifer ~Yakusoku no Tsuchi e~" by Nozomi Odagi
#2: "Druid ~Kashi no Ki no Kenja~" by Nozomi Odagi
Trivia: We have 1
Comment:
Loosely based on the classic opera Der Ring Des Nibelungen by Richard Wagner.
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Related releases:
    Harlock Saga (DVD) 2004-04-27
    Harlock Saga (DVD) 2005-04-26

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director: Yoshio Takeuchi

Script: Megumi Hiyoshi

Storyboard: Masaharu Okuwaki

Music:
Akira Inoue (ED)
Kaoru Wada

Original creator: Leiji Matsumoto

Character Design: Hideyuki Motohashi

Art director: Osamu Honda

Mechanical design: Toshiyuki Horii

Director of Photography: Takashi Azuhata

Executive producer: Kazumi Kawashiro

Producer:
Jinichiro Koyama (Bandai Visual)
Toru Nakano (81 Produce)

Animation:
Hutoshi Onami
Kouji Sugimoto
Naoki Mishiba
Seizo Toma
Taiichiro Kohara
Takahiro Ishiguro
Tetsuya Sato

Assistant director: Yuji Himaki

Associate producer:
Shunji Ôga
Yoshinaga Minami

Audio Engineer: Enbei Hirano

Background Art:
Masao Ichigaya
Mitsuyoshi Kosugi

Checking: Kazuhisa Takeda

Color Key: Hidemi Nakama

Computer Graphics: Makiko Hayashi

Ending: Kimiaki Nagumo

Executive animation director: Hideyuki Motohashi

Executive Director: Leiji Matsumoto

Final Checking: Yuki Nariai

Ink & Paint: Youran Ou

Mechanical Design Supervisor: Eiji Ishimoto

Mixing: Ryoko Nashimoto

Music Conductor: Konstantin D. Krimets

Music Director: Kaoru Wada

Music producer: Kuniyasu Ichikawa

Opening:
Isamu Imagake
Marisuke Eguchi

Original Mechanical Design: Katsumi Itabashi

Original Music: Richard Wagner

Photography:
Akiko Nishikawa
Atsuo Tsukioka
Kazuyoshi Takahashi
Shinichi Sasano

Planning:
Michiyoshi Minamisawa (81 Produce)
Shigeru Watanabe (Bandai Visual)

Planning Coordinator: Ryota Morishige (Shinchosha)

Production:
Katsuhide Tomita
Yasutaka Hiramatsu

Recording: Yoshiaki Uemura

Sound Coordination: Takeshi Minematsu

Sound Effects: Junichi Sasaki

Sound Producer: Takeshi Nishina

Sound Production: Yuko Ueda

Special Effects Animation: Masaharu Arai

Special Thanks To:
Junko Nakata
Kyoji Sugawara
Michihiko Suwa
Satoshi Koizumi
Tahashi Watanabe
Toru Horikoshi
Toru Miura

Theme Song Performance: Nozomu Otagi (ED)

 

Kouichi Yamadera as Captain Harlock

Emi Shinohara as Freya

Kazuko Yanaga as Meeme

Kouichi Yamadera as Tochiro Ohyama

Masako Ikeda as Maetel

Masako Katsuki as Emeraldas

Shigeru Chiba as Yattran

Tarô Ishida as Wotan

Toshihiko Seki as Tadashi Daiba

Koichi Sakaguchi as Arcadia's Computer

Miyuki Ueda as Fricka

Shinichiro Miki as Fafner

Takehito Koyasu as Fasolt

Yoshito Yasuhara as Alberich

Japanese companies 

Animation:
Song Sun Planning
Studio Lighthouse
Studio March
Studio Z5

Background Art: Baku Production

Computer Graphics: Data West

Ending: Studio Z5

Final Check: Studio March

Finish Animation:
Song Sun Planning
Studio March

Ink & Paint:
Tsuburaya Production
Tsuburaya Productions Co., Ltd.

Motion Graphics: Maki Pro

Music Performance: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

Music Production: avex mode

Photography: Azuhata Production

Production:
81 Produce
Avex, Inc.
Bandai Visual

Recording Studio:
Abaco Creative Studio
Half HP Studio

Sound Coordination: Rising Publishers

Sound Production: Half HP Studio

Special Effects Animation: Group Joy

Titles: Maki Pro

Video Production: Tokyo Genzosho

English staff 
English cast 

ADR Director:
Anthony Salerno
Jason Bergenfeld

Translation: Kevin McKeown

Executive producer: John O'Donnell

Producer: Stephanie Shalofsky

ADR Producer: Michael Haigney

ADR Produver: Larry Juris

Audio Engineer: Dan Rich

Dubbing supervisor: Tom Wayland

Formating Supervisor: Jason Bergenfeld

Introduction & Titles: Justin Sevakis

Script Adaptation:
Anthony Salerno
Dan Rich

 

Matt Hoverman as Harlock

David Brimmer as Tochiro

Jill Seifers as Meeme

Lisa Ortiz as Maetel

Nathan Price as Yattran

Robert O'Gorman as Wotan

Scottie Ray as Tadashi Daiba

Veronica Taylor as
Emeraldas
Freya

Anthony Salerno as Voice

Carol Jacobanis as Elda

Dan Green as Fasolt

Frank Frankson as Alberich

Rachael Lillis as Fricka

Scottie Ray as Fafner

Tara Jayne as Captain

English companies 

Audio Post Production: Taj Studios Inc.

Broadcaster: Animax Asia

Distributor: U.S. Manga Corps

Licensed by: Central Park Media

Subtitles: Captions, Inc.

Video Post Production: DJM Films


French cast 
French staff 
(none)

Richard Darbois as Captain Harlock

Jean-Claude De Goros as Wotan

Jean-Marie Boyer as Toshiro

Michel Tugot-Doris as Yataran

Pascale Chemin as
Maetel
Mime

Susan Sindberg as Emeraldas

Barbara Welsh as Fricka

Bernard Demory as Fasolt

Eric Chevalier as La voix des Dieux

Eric Chevallier as La voix des Dieux

Eve Lorach as Commandant féminin

Gabriel Le Doze as Albérich

Pascale Chemin as
Erda
Freicha

Philippe Ariotti as Fafnir

Suzanne Sindberg as Emeraldas

Thierry Bourdon as Ramis

French companies 

ADR Production: Studio Chinkel

Distributor: Beez

Spanish staff 
Spanish cast 
(none)
 

Marc Zanni as Capità Harlock (Catalan dub)

Aleix Estadella as Tadashi Daiba (Catalan dub)

Anna Orra as Emeraldas (Catalan dub)

Eva Lluch as Meeme (Catalan dub)

Miquel Bonet as Tochiro Ohyama (Catalan dub)

Amadeu Aguado as Alberich (Catalan dub)

Antoni Forteza as Fasolt (Catalan dub)

Ferran Llavina as Wotan (Catalan dub)

Joaquim Sota as Fafner (Catalan dub)

Montserrat Roig as Fricka (Catalan dub)

Ramón Hernández as Veu del Valhalla (Catalan dub)

Spanish companies 

Broadcaster: K3 (Televisió de Catalunya)

Distributor: Selecta Visión (Spain)

DVD Distribution: Selecta Visión (Spain)

TV Distribution: Selecta Visión


Italian staff 

Script: Gianluca Aicardi

Art director: Valerio Manenti

Translation: Laura Giordano

Executive producer: Francesco Di Sanzo

Assistant Director Of Dubbing: Caterina Piferi

Assistant producer:
Kazuhiko Murata
Pierre Giner
Yoshiya Hirohama

AVID Operator:
Marco Vitali
Paolo Quadrelli

Director Of Dubbing: Isabella Pasanisi

Director Of Postproduction: Valerio Manenti

Dolby Surround Mixing: Andrea Pochini

Editorial Coordination:
Elisabetta Adiutori
Fiammetta Torti

Editorial Staff Secretary:
Alessia Fruscio
Antonella Borgia
Oscar Macrì

Mastering: Marco Sechi

Mixing Supervisor: Giorgio Bassanelli

Postproduction Coordinator: Cristina Minoja

Postproduction Staff Secretary:
Anna Zuppiroli
Carmen Larovere
Cinzia Muttarini

Production Staff Secretary:
Anna Marani
Claudia Cangini
Gianfranco Calvitti

Script Consultant:
Francesco Filippi
Silvia Cioni

Synchronization: Paolo Brunori

Technical Coordinator:
Massimo Costantini
Stefano Lirolli

Titles: Sara Radelli

Italian cast 

Sergio Di Stefano as Harlock

Alessandro Tiberi as Tadashi

Barbara De Bortoli as Mime

Chiara Colizzi as Maeter

Cinzia De Carolis as Emeraldas

Cristina Boraschi as Fricka

Francesca Guadagno as Freia

Giorgio Lopez as Yattaran

Luciano De Ambrosis as Wotan

Marco Mete as Tochiro

Massimo Pizzirani as Fafner

Sandro Acerbo as Alberich

Stefano Mondini as Fasolt

Tiziana Avarista as Erda

Italian companies 

Distributor: Dynamic Italia

Dubbing: SEFIT CDC

Postproduction: Studio PV

German cast 
German staff 
(none)

Walter von Hauff as Captain Harlock

Marcus Off as Alberich

Markus Off as Alberich

Martina Dunker as Emeraldas

Melanie Jung as Meeme

Tobias Lelle as Tochiro Ojyama

Andreas Neumann as Fafner

Claudia Schmidt as Offizier 2

Claus-Peter Damitz as
Computerstimme
Scotty

Crock Krumbiegel as Fasolt

Hans-Georg Panczak as Yatteran

Hubertus von Lerchenfeld as Tadashi Daiba

Manfred Erdmann as Wotan

Martin Pfisterer as Offizier 4

Michaela Geuer as Elda

Susanne von Medvey as
Female Assistent (ep 1)
Offizier 1

Tolilah Jolas as Fricka

Ulla Wagener as Freia

Ute Bronder as
Maetel
Offizier 3

Veronika Neugebauer as Female Captain (ep 1)

German companies 

Broadcaster: GIGA TV (2007-06-08)

Distributor:
ACOG
OVA Films

Dubbing: Circle of Arts

 
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