“Captain Harlock and friends fight Illumidus Empire's occupation to restore Earth's freedom, regardless of personal cost.”
Captain Harlock: Arcadia of my Youth
わが青春のアルカディア
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Synopsis
Captain Harlock and friends fight Illumidus Empire's occupation to restore Earth's freedom, regardless of personal cost.
Earth has been conquered by the evil Illumidus Empire, with parallels drawn to the U.S. post World War II occupation of Japan. Captain Harlock with a group that will become his life long friends begin their fight against this tyranny visited upon the planet Earth, with no regard to the costs the struggle will have on them, caring only for the ideal of restoring freedom to the people of Earth. (Source: ANN)
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Derived from 7 sampled reviews
What 7 viewers settled on.
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σ 1.31 · some divergence
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Not enough recommend signal yet
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Running avg · May 2010 → Sep 2023
- 9 “80s, this is the time when you can see the remaining traces in each frame that it was created by a human hand. Digitalization at their early startup era, and сomputers helps but don't yet replaces...”
- 8 “"At the end of their lives, all men look back and think that their youth was arcadia." — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe "Arcadia of my Youth" is an essential piece in the so-called Leijiverse (aka the...”
- 9 “I was never a particular fan of the original Captain Harlock series, personally finding it a bit slow and the ongoing plot not being hugely engaging. However, I decided to give the movie a fair...”
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A Movie Production
Toei Animation.- Format 1 × 130′ eps × min
- Total runtime 2h 10m all episodes
- Aired Jul 1982 – ongoing
- Source Movie media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-2016 catalog
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- AnimEigo Licensor
- Discotek Media Licensor