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New Captain Harlock CG Remake Film's Trailer Previews Theme Song
posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
The Japanese film news website Cinemaniera posted a new Japanese trailer on Thursday for the upcoming computer-graphics film Space Pirate Captain Harlock. The film remakes the classic anime Space Pirate Captain Harlock with Toei Animation's highest production budget ever at the equivalent of more than 30 million U.S. dollars. Shun Oguri and Haruma Miura will star as the title pirate and the new character, Yama, respectively. The trailer opens with a quote from Avatar and Titanic director James Cameron, saying "This unprecedented event, is already legendary." The trailer also previews rock band ONE OK ROCK's theme song "Be the light."
In Leiji Matsumoto's original 1977-79 manga, the title character rebels against Earth's inept government and fights for humanity with his crew of 40 aboard the invincible space battleship Arcadia. The manga inspired a 1978-1979 television anime series, a few features, and the sequel Arcadia of My Youth: Endless Orbit SSX.
Writer Harutoshi Fukui (Mobile Suit Gundam UC novels, live-action Bōkoku no Aegis) reconstructed the story to reflect the themes of modern society, and Shinji Aramaki (Appleseed) is directing with the latest filmmaking technology in the style of a Hollywood production.
In addition to Oguri and Miura, the film will star Yū Aoi, Arata Furuta, Ayano Fukuda, Toshiyuki Morikawa, Maaya Sakamoto, Miyuki Sawashiro, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, and Chikao Ohtsuka as crew members aboard the Arcadia.
The film will open in Japan on September 7, and the London-based film sales company GFM Films has listed that it is working on an international dub.
Thanks to Vito Plahuta for the news tip.
