Harlock Saga: Nibelung no Yubiwa
Harlock Saga: Nibelung no Yubiwa ( Japanese HARLOCK SAGA ニ ー ベ ル ン グ の 指環 , Harlock Saga: Nīberungu no Yubiwa ) is a manga by Leiji Matsumoto based on the television series The Adventures of the Fantastic Space Pirate Captain Harlock . The first chapter was also implemented as a six-part original video animation by Bandai Visual .
The work can be assigned to the genre action , adventure , drama and science fiction .
Manga
The manga adapts Richard Wagner's opera tetralogy Der Ring des Nibelungen for the science fiction universe of The Adventures of the Fantastic Space Pirate Captain Harlock . For each of the 4 parts ( Das Rheingold , Die Walküre , Siegfried and Götterdämmerung ) 3 Manga volumes should appear. At twilight of the gods but only two volumes were completed.
Anime
| Television broadcast | |
|---|---|
| German title | Harlock Saga - The Ring of the Nibelung - Rheingold |
| Original title | Harlock Saga - Nibelung no Yubiwa - Rhein no Ōgon |
| Country of production |
 Japan
|
| original language | Japanese |
| year | 1999 |
| Episodes | 6th |
| genre | Action , adventure , drama , science fiction |
| idea | Leiji Matsumoto |
| production | Jinichiro Koyama, Toru Nakano |
| music | Kaoru Wada |
| German-language first broadcast |
June 8, 2007 on GIGA TV |
In 1999, Bandai Visual , directed by Yoshio Takeuchi, produced a 6-part OVA with the German title Harlock Saga - Der Ring des Nibelungen - Das Rheingold with the subtitle Harlock Saga - Nibelung no Yubiwa - Rhein no Ōgon ( ハ ー ロ ッ ク ・ サ ー ベ ～ ニ ン グ ベ ル指環 ラ イ ン の 黄金 ～ ) produced for the first manga part. The character design is by Hideyuki Motohashi and the artistic direction was taken over by Osamu Honda. The series was released in Japan that same year.
action
In a distant future, the space pirate Captain Harlock is fighting oppression and alien invaders. Now the whole universe is at risk if the Rhine gold, a powerful cosmic precious metal, falls into the wrong hands. The sorceress Meeme foresees the theft and calls on her friends, Captain Harlock, space pirate Esmeraldas and the inventor Tochirou Oyama.
To use the gold, it has to be forged in the shape of a ring. Since this technique is only used by Dr. Daiba ruled the earth, the thief of gold travels there. When Captain Harlock and his friends reach Earth, they learn that Dr. Daiba died long ago but passed his ability on to his son Tadachi Daiba. This was forced by the thief to make the ring with which he is now with his fleet on the way to Walhalla, the center of the universe.
style
The drawing style of the anime is based on productions of the 70s, in which the first series with Captain Harlock was created. So only a few computer effects are used.
publication
The station Animax broadcast the series in South Asia, K3 in Catalonia. The anime has also been translated into English, French, and Italian, among others. A German version was broadcast on June 8, 2007 by GIGA TV and was released by ACOG and OVA Films as Harlock Saga - Der Ring des Nibelungen - Rheingold on DVD.
synchronization
The German dubbing was done by the Circle of Arts company.
| role | Japanese speaker ( seiyū ) | German speaker |
|---|---|---|
| Captain Harlock | Kouichi Yamadera | Walter von Hauff |
| Tadashi Daiba | Toshihiko Seki | Hubertus von Lerchenfeld |
| Alberich | Yoshito Yasuhara | Marcus Off |
| Emeraldas | Masako Katsuki | Martina Dunker |
| Meeme | Kazuko Yanaga | Melanie Manstein |
| Tochiro Oyama | Kouichi Yamadera | Tobias Lelle |
music
The music of the OVA was composed by Kaoru Wada . Pieces by Richard Wagner were also used, such as the Ride of the Valkyries . The two end credits are Aurifer - Yakusoku no Tsuchi e and Druid - Kashi no Ki no Kenja by Nozomi Odagi.
reception
The German journal AnimaniA writes of anime as a mixture of leisurely plot development and epic science fiction. The result is a monumental space opera with matching sounds by Wagner. In doing so, however, a lot of time is left with the action and frequently repeated explanations are disturbing. At the beginning, the story also focuses more on supporting characters from other series by Leiji Matsumoto, so that Captain Harlock comes into the spotlight very late. The German dubbed version was successful.
Individual evidence
Web links
- Anime News Network about the anime (English)