History Manga / CaptainHarlock

OurNymphsAreDifferent: The Mazone are a race of plant women, [[{{Ultraterrestrials}} who have been on Earth before the rise of Human civilization, and are able to hibernate as normal jungle plants until awakened.

* OurNymphsAreDifferent: The Mazone are a race of plant women, [[{{Ultraterrestrials}} who have been on Earth before the rise of Human civilization, and are able to hibernate as normal jungle plants until awakened.

''{{Space Pirate|s}} Captain Harlock'' is a recurring character created by Creator/LeijiMatsumoto in 1968, but didn't get serialized until the 1970s.

* ''Space Pirate Captain [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Herlock]]: The Endless Odyssey'' (2002) - A 13-episode OAV, not quite a sequel to and not quite a remake (it zig-zags) of/to the original ''Captain Harlock'' anime.

Not to be confused with [[Franchise/{{Tintin}} Captain Haddock]][[note]]In fact, it was for this reason that the French dub had the character (and the original show) renamed "Albator".[[/note]] or [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Captain]] [[MemeticBadass GAR]][[FanNickname lock]] (But feel free [[FanNickname to refer Captain Harlock as the latter]], [[RatedMForManly it still works]]).

* RatedMForManly: Harlock's entire character has been [[https://www.blackgate.com/2014/01/10/leiji-matsumoto-bushido-manhood-and-womanhood-pt-1/ one of Matsumoto's attempts]] to effectively {{reconstruct|ion}} the ideal of manhood in the Japanese popular culture, which he believed to have been lost after Japan's defeat in the [=WW2=].

* PeekABangs: Harlock's hair covers his eyepatch.

''SpacePirate Captain Harlock'' is a recurring character created by Creator/LeijiMatsumoto in 1968, but didn't get serialized until the 1970s.

* An as-yet-untitled Harlock movie is in production by new studio Gaina[[note]]The emerged from bankruptcy successor to Creator/StudioGainax[[/note]] for a release in 2022, part of a trio of movies about Harlock, [[Manga/GalaxyExpress999 Maetel]] and Anime/QueenEmeraldas.

Harlock and his crew have also had significant cameos in the ''Manga/GalaxyExpress999'' TV series, movies, its side-story series ''Space Symphony Maetel'' and the ''Anime/QueenEmeraldas'' OVA.

** Harlock, at least from the 1975 manga ''Diver Zero'' onwards, bears a more than passing resemblance to Creator/CLMoore's scarred outlaw Literature/NorthwestSmith (even down to the pulp-era western-in-space setting and the blood-brother relationship between Harlock and Tochiro mirroring NW's friendship with Venusian Yarol). This is hardly surprising, since from 1971 to '77, Matsumoto illustrated the Japanese translations over the three volumes of Smith stories (along with works by Creator/MichaelMoorcock and Creator/AndreNorton) and not only does Harlock come to resemble the illustrations for Smith (prior to which his art style was ''very'' different) but some of the scenes he chose to draw bear a strong resemblance to screenshots later included in the SPCH TV series. If any further evidence were needed, he also illustrated the Literature/JirelOfJoiry stories by the same author -- Jirel being a feisty [[Anime/QueenEmeraldas red-haired warrior maiden]]...

* KansaiRegionalAccent: Yattaran

* WantedPoster: The various incarnations of Harlock, Tochiro, and Emeraldas often appear on wanted posters, usually offering either a large sum of money or a year's supply of energy capsules. ''Endless Orbit SSX'' takes part of its title from the serial numbers of their three bounties.

* '' Gun Frontier '' (2002) - {The [[IdenticalGrandson Identical Ancestors]] of) Harlock and his BestFriend Tochiro, WalkingTheEarth [[JustForFun/RecycledInSpace in the Wild West]]. No science fiction here, but the funniest series starring Harlock so far.

''SpacePirate Captain Harlock'' is a recurring character created by Creator/LeijiMatsumoto in 1958, but didn't get serialized until the 1970s.

* NoPronunciationGuide: In the Japanese version, the Arcadia [[ContinuitySnarl (when it's called that)]] is consistently pronounced Ar-CAH-di-a. Some of the dubs, however, pronounce it Arcade-ia.

* ''Arcadia of My Youth'' (1982) - The Earth is defeated and occupied by the warlike Illumidas. Harlock and a few others are the only ones left on a conquered VichyEarth willing to carry on the struggle. Notable for being the one version in which we ''see'' Harlock losing an eye. Dubbed into English by Creator/FrontierEnterprises in 1986 and released as ''Vengeance Of The Space Pirate''.

** Gun Frontire has the horses Harlock and Tochrio use to travel between towns dying on them.

* AwesomeMcCoolname: Phantom F. Harlock!? With that name you have no choice but to become a cool Space Pirate.

* OldSchoolDogfight: Happens often in the 1978 series.
* OneGenderRace: The Mazone and the Illumidas.
** Matter of fact, male Mazone are seen various times among their civilians. It is only their warrior caste that is all female.
* PantyShot: Mayu suffers from a lot of this in the original anime.

* RapunzelHair: On most of Matsumoto's women.

* CyberneticsEatYourSoul: ''Cosmo Warrior Zero'', heavily featuring the Machine People from ''Anime/{{Galaxy Express 999}}'', has this trope as a theme. Generally, [[AnAesop the moral]] seems to be that for humans and machines alike, morality and a sense of purpose help keep your soul together.

** The ''Captain Harlock: Dimensional Voyage'' manga from 2014 retells the story of the 1978 series while almost explicitly including both ''Anime/GalaxyExpress999'' and ''Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato'' in the backstory. The manga also includes elements of both ''Arcadia of My Youth'' and the 2013 CGI movie.

* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad: Why ''Endless Odyssey'' is a DirectToVideo release instead of a straight TV series.

* ColdEquation: In ''Arcadia of My Youth'', Harlock is forced to escape the planet Tokarga after the Illumidas destroy it, with only Zoll's little sister Mira and a few Tokargan soldiers surviving. To escape the Illumidas fleet waiting for them, they pass through the "Owen Stanley Witch [[JustForFun/RecycledInSpace Of Space]]," a passage between twin suns with multiple prominence streams -- ''and'' a NegativeSpaceWedgie that attracts LifeEnergy. Despite the efforts of Harlock and Tochiro, the ''Arcadia'' is almost drawn in until its engines miraculously go into overdrive. Afterwards Harlock and Tochiro discover what happened: Mira died from the strain of the passage, and the other Tokargans, realizing that they are officially extinct, decide to [[ThrownOutTheAirlock go out the airlock]] in order to [[HeroicSacrifice repay Harlock for risking his life to save their people]].

* GoodScarsEvilScars: Harlock and Emeraldas.

* InspectorJavert: Commander Kiruta.
** In Endless Odyssey Commander Illita is set up as one, ruthlessly hunting down the remaining pirates and brining order to the galaxy. However after episode one his superiors reassign him to the greater threat of Noo and leave his lieutenant to take on the traditional Javert route. He only has one other moment trying to stop Harlock personally, and spends the rest of the series fighting to stop Noo.

* '' Gun Frontier '' (2002) - {The [[IdenticalGrandson Identical Ancestors]] of) Harlock and his BestFriend Tochiro, WalkingTheEarth [[RecycledInSpace in the Wild West]]. No science fiction here, but the funniest series starring Harlock so far.

* ColdEquation: In ''Arcadia of My Youth'', Harlock is forced to escape the planet Tokarga after the Illumidas destroy it, with only Zoll's little sister Mira and a few Tokargan soldiers surviving. To escape the Illumidas fleet waiting for them, they pass through the "Owen Stanley Witch [[RecycledInSpace Of Space]]," a passage between twin suns with multiple prominence streams -- ''and'' a NegativeSpaceWedgie that attracts LifeEnergy. Despite the efforts of Harlock and Tochiro, the ''Arcadia'' is almost drawn in until its engines miraculously go into overdrive. Afterwards Harlock and Tochiro discover what happened: Mira died from the strain of the passage, and the other Tokargans, realizing that they are officially extinct, decide to [[ThrownOutTheAirlock go out the airlock]] in order to [[HeroicSacrifice repay Harlock for risking his life to save their people]].

** In ''Arcadia of my Youth'', Harlock is forced to send the ''Arcadia'' across the "Owen Stanley Witch [[RecycledInSpace Of Space]]", a perilous passage between multiple stars that also traps LifeEnergy like an UnrealisticBlackHole.

''SpacePirate Captain Harlock'' is a recurring character created by Creator/LeijiMatsumoto in 1977.

* ''Space Pirate Captain [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Herlock]] The Endless Odyssey'' (2002) - A 13-episode OAV, not quite a sequel to and not quite a remake (it zig-zags) of/to the original ''Captain Harlock'' anime.

* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: In ''Endless Odyssey'', Harlock [[FanNickname Brightslaps]] Daiba ''in their very first scene together'', before Daiba can even start {{Wangst}}ing properly over [[YouKilledMyFather his dead father]].