Leiji Matsumoto was a Japanese manga artist and writer,and creator of several anime and manga series. Matsumoto was famous known for his space operas,such as Space Battleship Yamato,Space Pirate Captain Harlock,and Galaxy Express 999,as well as the 2003 anime musical science fiction film Interstella 5555:The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem in collaboration with Daft Punk. His style was characterized by mythological and often tragic storylines with strong moral themes,noble heroes,feminine heroines,and a love of strange worlds and melancholic atmosphere.
Captain Harlock is a fictional character and protagonist of the Space Pirate Captain Harlock manga series created by Leiji Matsumoto.
Queen Emeraldas is a manga written and illustrated by Leiji Matsumoto,later adapted into a four-episode anime OVA of the same name. Queen Emeraldas is the story of the pirate spaceship,Queen Emeraldas,which is captained by the mysterious and beautiful Emeraldas,a strong and powerful privateer. Sometimes,the character Emeraldas is referred to as Pirate Queen Emeraldas.
The Ring of the Nibelung is a manga series written and illustrated by Leiji Matsumoto. An adaptation of Wilhelm Richard Wagner epic music drama Der Ring des Nibelungen,it tells the story of space pirate Captain Harlock and his crew as they try to stop a man who has stolen gold from the center of the galaxy and forged it into a powerful ring. It was adapted into a six-part original video animation series titled Harlock Saga.
Rei Sakuma is a Japanese actress,voice actress,singer and narrator from Tokyo,Japan. She is best known in Japan for her voice work in the long running children's series Soreike! Anpanman;her most famous role in the English-speaking world,however,is probably as the Chinese Amazon Shampoo in Ranma ½. Other popular roles include Yōko Sakakibara in Azuki-chan,Mariemaia Khushrenada in New Mobile Report Gundam Wing:Endless Waltz,My Melody in Onegai My Melody and Mini-Doras in the Doraemon 1979 anime series. She also voiced Leona Ozaki inNew Dominion Tank Police.
Rintaro is the pseudonym of Shigeyuki Hayashi,a well-known director of anime. He works frequently with the animation studio Madhouse,though he is a freelance director not employed directly by any one studio. He began working in the animation industry—at age 17—as an in-between animator on the 1958 film Hakujaden. His works have won and been nominated for multiple awards,including a nomination for Best Film (Metropolis) at the 2001 Festival de Cine de Sitges.
Yumi Kakazu,better known by the Kana form of her name かかずゆみ,is a Japanese voice actress from Kamifukuoka,Saitama.
Nobuteru Yūki is a Japanese manga artist,illustrator,animator and doujinshi artist. He has designed characters for manga,anime and video games,and has frequently collaborated with director Kazuki Akane,including on his most famous work,The Vision of Escaflowne. After working at Artland and D.A.S.T.,he is currently working as a freelancer.
Chiyoko Kawashima is a former Japanese voice actress. She was born in Tokyo,and retired from voice acting in 2001;her final role was that of Maron Kusakabe's mother:Koron Kusakabe in Phantom Thief Jeanne.
Arcadia of My Youth is an anime film depicting the origin of Leiji Matsumoto's seminal character Captain Harlock. At one time,it was considered to be the central hub of the so-called Leijiverse with the events depicted in other works such as Galaxy Express 999 and 1978's Space Pirate Captain Harlock television series occurring sometime after. It is directed by Tomoharu Katsumata,with Kazuo Komatsubara as animation director.
The Galaxy Railways is a Japanese anime television series produced by Leiji Matsumoto,creator of Galaxy Express 999,and is about flying trains set in the far reaches of outer space. It began airing on October 4,2003. Funimation has licensed the anime for release in the United States. It debuted on American TV in a syndicated Funimation Channel programming block airing on CoLours TV on Monday,June 19,2006. The series has also aired on the linear Funimation Channel. Two sequels have been produced,both currently unlicensed in English regions.
Space Pirate Captain Harlock is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Leiji Matsumoto. It was serialized in Akita Shoten's Play Comic from January 1977 to June 1979,with the chapters collected into five tankōbon volumes. The series follows the titular Captain,an outcast who has turned into a space pirate to rebel against Earth's government and humanity's general apathy.
Richard Elias Cansino is an American voice actor. He is also known as Richard Hayworth because he is the nephew of Rita Hayworth. Richard is best known for his voice work as Kenshin Himura in the anime adaptation of Rurouni Kenshin.
Cosmo Warrior Zero is a science fiction third-person shooter video game released by Taito. It was adapted into an anime television series in 2001.
Shinji Aramaki is a Japanese anime director and mechanical designer from Fukuoka Prefecture. He graduated from Fukuoka Prefectural Fukuoka High School and Okayama University. He was a member of Artmic and is currently the Chief Creative Officer (CCO) at Sola Digital Arts. He is a leading figure in 3DCG animation in Japan.
Arcadia of My Youth:Endless Orbit SSX is an animated television series created by Leiji Matsumoto. It is the sequel to the 1982 animated film Arcadia of My Youth. However,like many of the stories set in the Leijiverse,the continuity of the series does not necessarily agree with other Harlock series or films.
Miniskirt Space Pirates is a Japanese light novel series about space pirates written by Yūichi Sasamoto and illustrated by Noriyuki Matsumoto,published since October 2008. An anime television series adaptation produced by Satelight,under the title Bodacious Space Pirates,aired in Japan from January to June 2012. A film adaptation was released in Japanese theaters in February 2014. A web manga adaptation launched in June 2012. Seven Seas Entertainment licensed the manga series for a printed release in North America in August 2015.
Harlock:Space Pirate is a 2013 Japanese 3D CG anime science fiction film directed by Shinji Aramaki. It is the most expensive Japanese CG anime film of all time,with a production budget of ¥3 billion and was a box-office bomb,having grossed only $19 million out of its $30 million budget.
Captain Harlock:Dimensional Voyage is a manga series written by Leiji Matsumoto and illustrated by Kōichi Shimahoshi. It was the final manga by Leiji Matsumoto before his death in February 2023.
