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Space Pirate Captain Herlock The Endless Odyssey (OAV)

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©LEIJI MATSUMOTO/Kobunsha • VAP • NTV ©2002 VAP • NTV


Alternative title:
Capitan Harlock: Odissea Infinita (Italian)
Capitão Harlock (Portuguese)
Captain Herlock
Space Pirate Captain Herlock: Outside Legend - The Endless Odyssey
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: On an archaelogical mission to the end of the known universe, Professor Daiba unwitting unleashes an ancient horror from its confines. Five years later the malevolent alien force sets in motion a plan which reunites the various crewmembers of the Arcadia to sail the stars once more as well as bring Tadashi Daiba to meet Harlock for the first time (again).
User Ratings: 208 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 21 votes (sub:13, dub:7, raw:1)
 Excellent: 53 votes (sub:28, dub:23, others:2
1 French dubbed
1 French subtitled
)
 Very good: 49 votes (dub:24, sub:23, edit.dub:1, raw:1)
 Good: 45 votes (sub:25, dub:19, others:1
1 German dubbed
)
 Decent: 14 votes (sub:9, dub:5)
 So-so: 11 votes (sub:8, dub:1, raw:1, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 Not really good: 5 votes (dub:3, sub:2)
 Weak: 7 votes (sub:4, dub:3)
 Bad: 2 votes (dub:1, sub:1)
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 470 users, rank: #2220 (of 9535)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.591 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.8058, rank: #1510 (of 9642)
Weighted mean: 7.545 (Very good−), rank: #1504 (of 9642) (seen all: 7.68 / seen some: 7.57 / won't finish: 3.43)
Bayesian estimate: 7.540 (Very good−), rank: #1229 (of 7243)
Running time: Half Hour per episode
Number of episodes: 13
Episode titles: We have 13
Vintage:
2002-12-21
2003-10-07 (TV Broadcast)
2007-03-31 (Portugal)
Release dates: We have 13
Opening Theme:
"The Endless Odyssey" by Hattori Takayuki
Ending Theme:
"Nameless Lonely Blues" by ???
"NAMELESS LONELY BLUES" by Tia
"The Endless Odyssey" by Hattori Takayuki
Links: We have 1
Comment:
Originally meant to be a TV series, delays to the production of the series caused it to be released only as an OAV series. Original Harlock creator, Leiji Matsumoto, did not aprove of the use of a religious symbol (the Star of David) in the series and required that it be removed before the series could be released.
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DVD (Region 1)
    Space Pirate Captain Herlock - The Legend Returns (DVD 1) 2004-01-27 (from $3.43)
    Space Pirate Captain Herlock - Tendrils of Fear (DVD 2) 2004-04-06 (from $11.27)
    Space Pirate Captain Herlock - The Decimated Planet (DVD 3) 2004-06-01 (from $4.85)
    Space Pirate Captain Herlock - The Final Voyage (DVD 4) 2004-08-03 (from $30.58)
    Space Pirate Captain Herlock - The Final Voyage + Artbox + Extras Disc (DVD 4) 2004-08-03 (from $99.99)
    Space Pirate Captain Herlock The Endless Odyssey - Box Set (DVD 1-4) 2006-07-18 (from $237.50)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Rintarō
Scenario: Sadayuki Murai
Storyboard:
Gisaburō Sugii (ep 3)
Katsuyuki Kodera (eps 4-5)
Masayuki Kojima (eps 7-8)
Rintarō (eps 1, 10, 13)
Toshio Hirata (5 episodes
eps 2, 6, 9-10, 12
)

Yoshiaki Kawajiri (ep 11)
Episode Director:
Hiroyuki Tanaka (eps 7, 12)
Katsuyuki Kodera (eps 1-2, 4, 8-9)
Rintarō (ep 13)
Shingo Kaneko (ep 10)
Takuji Endo (ep 11)
Yasuhito Kikuchi (3; eps 5-6)
Original creator: Leiji Matsumoto
Character Design: Nobuteru Yuki
Art Director: Hisashi Ikeda
Animation Director:
Akiko Asaki (eps 10, 12)
Katsuya Yamada (eps 7, 9, 13)
Nobuteru Yuki (eps 1-2)
Shuichi Shimamura (eps 3, 5-6, 11)
Takao Abo (eps 4, 8)
Mechanical design:
Katsuya Yamada
Masami Ozone
Art design: Hidetoshi Kaneko
Sound Director: Masafumi Mima
Director of Photography: Hitoshi Yamaguchi
Art Setting: Norimoto Tokura
Color setting: Takako Suzuki
Editing:
Aki Inagaki (eps 4-8)
Hiroyuki Kasahara
Kashiko Kimura (eps 1-3, 5-13)
Satoshi Terauchi (eps 1-3)
Yukiko Itō (eps 1-3)
Yurika Tsuchiya (eps 1-3)
In-Between Animation:
Jeong-Hui Kim (eps 8-9, 11, 13)
Satoshi Sakai (Studio Mark; ep 12)
Key Animation:
Aiko Wakatsuki (eps 9-12)
Akemi Hayashi (ep 8)
Akiko Yamaguchi (eps 11, 13)
Chiyo Hosokawa (Anime R; ep 7)
Chizuru Miyawaki (ep 7)
Dong Wook Lee (Dr. Movie; ep 10)
Eiji Komatsu (ep 10)
Emiko Momose (eps 7, 10)
Fumiko Yoshida (ep 7)
Futoshi Fujikawa (eps 8, 13)
Hideki Sekiguchi (ep 12)
Hidenori Fukuoka (eps 7, 11-12)
Hideyasu Okamoto (ep 8)
Hiroki Abe (ep 7)
Hiroshi Arisawa (ep 8)
Hiroshi Nakanishi (eps 7-8, 11)
Kana Ishida (ep 12)
Katsuya Yamada (eps 12-13)
Kazuyo Nakamura (ep 7)
Kil Yong Jang (Dr. Movie; eps 9-10)
Koichi Nakaya (Studio Mu; ep 7)
Kōji Kataoka (ep 10)
Kunihiko Inoue (ep 12)
Mamoru Sasaki (eps 8-9)
Masaaki Endou (eps 9, 12-13)
Masahiko Sasaki (eps 9-13)
Masahiro Sekiguchi (ep 7)
Masami Ozone (4 episodes
eps 8, 10-11, 13
)

Mayumi Yamamoto (ep 8)
Michiko Nagano (eps 8-9, 11-13)
Moriyasu Taniguchi (Anime R; ep 7)
Munenori Nawa (ep 12)
Naoto Takemoto (eps 7, 11)
Nobuo Horii (ep 8)
Noriyuki Fukuda (ep 10)
Satoshi Shishido (ep 11)
Seung Hee Yoo (Dr. Movie; ep 9)
Shin Itagaki (ep 10)
Shinya Uchida (ep 8)
Shiro Shibata (ep 8)
Shuichi Shimamura (eps 12-13)
Sung-Ok Baek (Dr. Movie; ep 10)
Tadashi Sakazaki (eps 9, 12)
Taiichiro Kohara (ep 8)
Takaaki Fukuyo (ep 6)
Takahito Katayama (Studio Graffiti; eps 7-8)
Takao Abo (ep 13)
Takayoshi Hashimoto (Studio Mu; ep 7)
Takuo Noda (ep 10)
Tetsurō Karai (ep 9)
Toshiyuki Kanno (ep 10)
Yasuhiro Saiki (ep 8)
Yoshiko Nakajima (Anime R; ep 7)
Young-Rae Cho (Dr. Movie; ep 10)
Yū Katō (eps 7, 11-12)
Yūichi Nakazawa (Anime R; ep 7)
Yuki Kinoshita (Studio Graffiti; eps 7-8, 12)
Yukiko Akiyama (Studio Mu; ep 7)
Yuko Matsuo (ep 11)
Yutaka Minowa (ep 10)
Layout: Masaaki Endou
Mechanical animation Director: Masami Ozone
Music Performance:
Hideyo Takakuwa (Flute)
Otohiko Fujita (Horn)
Tomoyuki Asakawa (Harp)
Music producer: Korefumi Seki
Production Setting: Kenji Nagasaki
Production Supervision: Ryoichiro Matsuo
Sound Effects: Shizuo Kurahashi (Sound Box)
Kōichi Yamadera as Captain Herlock

Chafūrin as Chief Engineer Maji
Emi Shinohara as Shizuka Namino
Fumiko Orikasa as Nana
Nachi Nozawa as Dr. Zero
Naoki Tatsuta as Yattran
Norio Wakamoto as Chief Ilita
Rei Sakuma as Kei Yuki
Reiko Suzuki as Masu
Tomokazu Seki as Tadashi Daiba
Yūko Minaguchi as Mimeh

Hiroshi Ohtake as Prime Minister
Hisao Egawa as Sabu
Kappei Yamaguchi as Tochirou
Katsunosuke Hori as Prof. Daiba
Katsuyuki Konishi as Operator
Keiji Fujiwara as
Nu C
Professor Hiltz
Kōichi Sakaguchi as Operator
Mami Koyama as
Moon Princess
Queen of the Ruins
Mika Kanai as Mayu Ōyama
Minami Takayama as
Dr. Reni
Nu B
Mitsuru Ogata as Takematsu
Motoko Kumai as Tomiko
Rokurō Naya as
Dr. Hassan
Nu A
Ryūzaburō Ōtomo as Onizuka
Takeshi Sasaki as Operator
Tetsuo Sakaguchi as newscaster
Tomohisa Asō as
Chief of Police
Man in Black
Wataru Takagi as
Dr. Pak
Nu D
Yousuke Akimoto as Captain
Japanese companies
English cast
English staff
Director: Kristi Reed
Translation: Rika Takahashi
ADR Script: Kristi Reed
Executive producer: Hideki 'Henry' Goto
Assistant producer: Mami Okada
Dialogue Editing: Patrick Rodman
DVD Engineer: Joe Torcello
Post-Production Assistant: Deb Munini
Re-Recording Mixing: Mark Rozett
Recording engineer: Patrick Rodman
Spotting: Tetsuya Fujita
Subtitling: Clark Cheng
Supervising Sound Engineer: Patrick Rodman
Lex Lang as Captain Herlock

Anthony Mozdy as Dr. Zero
Damon Phillips as Tadashi Daiba
David Lelyveld as Yattaran
James Lyon as Chief Ilita
Julie Ann Taylor as Kei Yuki
Kari Wahlgren as Nana
Mia Bradly as Mimeh
Michelle Ruff as Shizuka Namino
Richard Cansino as Tadashi Daiba

Alfred Thor as
Bartender
Fleet Commander
Barbara Goodson as
Classmate
Mourner
Ms. Masu
Victim
Darrel Guilbeau as Operator #5 (eps 5-7)
Dave Mallow as
Gunnery Officer
Takematsu
David Lelyveld as
Bar Patron
Communications Officer
Prison Officer
David Orosco as
Crewmember
Minister's Aide
Officer
Professor Daiba
George C. Cole as Sabu
John Daniels as Noo (1)
John Smallberries as
Bar Patron
Executor
Space Sheriff
Kari Wahlgren as Paged Message
Mia Bradly as Girl
Michael McConnohie as
Bar Patron
Grandfather Ilita
Noo (4)
Prison Commander
Michelle Ruff as Tadashi Daiba (Young)
Sonja S. Fox as
Bar Lady
Noo (2)
Queen of Ruins
Sparky Thornton as
Maji
Newscaster
Newspaper Delivery Man
Onizuka, Crewmember
Skull
Steve Kramer as
Bar Patron
Crewmember
Noo (3)
Prime Minister
Tony Oliver as
Captain of the Scaffold
Officer
Street Thug
Tochiro
Yasu
Wendee Lee as
Ichiro
Princess of the Moon
Tomiko
English companies
ADR Production: Bang Zoom! Entertainment
Broadcaster: Animax Asia (Asia)
Distributor: Madman Entertainment (Australia & New Zealand)
DVD Authoring: SpeeDVD
DVD Menus: Nightjar, LLC
DVD Production: Geneon Entertainment Inc.
Licensed by:
Geneon Entertainment Inc. (Expired)
Packaging Design: Art Transplant, Inc. (Uncredited)
Recording Studio: Bang Zoom! Entertainment
French staff
French cast
ADR Director: Philippe Roullier
Executive producer: Carlo Levy
Richard Darbois as Cap. Herlock

Christine Paris as Mimeh
Cyrille Monge as Yattaran
Emmanuel Gradi as Irita
Michel Tugot-Doris as Dr Zéro
Olivia Dutron as Kei Yuki
Suzanne Sindberg as Shizuka Namino
Thierry Bourdon as Tadashi Daiba

Adrien Solis as Takematsu
Alain Floret as Pr. Daiba
Bernard Demory as Contre-maître
Bruno Magne as sous-officier
Chantal Baroin as Hichiro
Claudine Grémy as
Dr Leni
Princesse Lune
Fabrice Nemo as soldat
Frédéric Cerdal as Capitaine
Jérome Keen as
Dr Hiltz
Sabu
Michel Raimbault as Dr Hassan
Pascale Jacquemont as Mme Masu
Patrick Bethune as
Dr Peak
Yasu
Philippe Bozo as pochtron 2 (ep 1)
Philippe Roullier as le journaliste
Vincent De Bouard as soldat
Yann Pichon as
Pochtron 1 (ep 1)
Toshiro
French companies
Broadcaster: MCM (from 4 March 2006)
Distributor: Dybex
Dubbing: Studio Chinkel
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
Executive producer: José Luis Puertas
Distributor: Jonu Media (Spain)
Translation: Traducciones Imposibles (Spain dub)
Spanish cast
(none)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Patrizia Salmoiraghi
Translation: Massimo Guerini
Executive producer: Francesco Di Sanzo

Dubbing Assistant: Gianmarco Ceconi
Dubbing Coordination: Giuseppe Franchi
Mixing: Paolo Favarini
Alessandro D'Errico as Capitan Harlock

Debora Magnaghi as Kei Yuki
Elisabetta Spinelli as Shizuna Namino
Leonardo Graziano as Tadashi Daiba
Marco Balzarotti as Chief Irita
Riccardo Peroni as Yattaran
Riccardo Rovatti as Dr. Zero
Tosawi Piovani as Nana

Antonio Paiola as
Captain
Prime Minister
Cristina Giolitti as Noo #3
Daniele Demma as Yasu
Dario Oppido as Speaker
Diego Sabre as Sabu
Maddalena Vadacca as Moon Princess
Marco Balbi as Noo #4
Marco Pagani as Noo #2
Mario Zucca as Onizuka
Maurizio Scattorin as Prof. Daiba
Patrizio Prata as Noo #1
Italian companies
Distributor: Shin Vision
Dubbing: Sample srl
German staff
German cast
(none)
Walter von Hauff as Captain Herlock

Hans-Georg Panczak as Yattaran
Hubertus von Lerchenfeld as Tadashi Daiba
Melanie Jung as Mimeh
Stephanie Kellner as Yuki Kei
Tatjana Pokorny as Shizuka
Tobias Lelle as Doktor Zero

Claus Brockmeyer as Onizuka
Dominik Auer as
Erzähler
Stimme
Erich Ludwig as Doktor Daiba
Gerhard Jilka as Sabu
Klaus Brockmeyer as Onizuka
Manfred Erdmann as Präsident
Stefan Günther as Tochirou
Susanne von Medvey as Tomiko
Ute Bronder as Masu
German companies
Distributor: Universum Film
Portuguese staff
Portuguese cast
(none)
Rómulo Fragoso as Capitão Harlock (Portugal)

Luís Barros as Comandante Irita (Portugal)
Mário Bomba as
Dr. Zero (Portugal)
Narrador (Portugal)
Pedro Cardoso as
Presidente (Portugal)
Prof. Daiba (Portugal)
Sofia Brito as
Mimeh (Portugal)
Nana (Portugal)
Tobias Monteiro as Tadashi Daiba (Portugal)
Portuguese companies
Broadcaster: Canal Panda (Portugal)
Dubbing: Pim Pam Pum (Portugal)

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