Space Pirate Captain Harlock (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Space Pirate Captain Harlock |
| Original title | Kyaputen Hārokku - Space Pirate Captain Harlock |
| Country of production | Japan |
| original language | Japanese |
| Publishing year | 2013 |
| length | 115 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Shinji Aramaki |
| script |
Harutoshi Fukui , Kiyoto Takeuchi |
| production |
Joseph Chou , Yoshi Ikezawa , Rei Kudo |
| music | Tetsuya Takahashi |
Space Pirate Captain Harlock ( Japanese キ ャ プ テ ン ハ ー ロ ッ ク –SPACE PIRATE CAPTAIN HARLOCK–, Uchū Kaizoku Kyaputen Hārokku ) is a Japanese animated film by Shinji Aramaki based on the manga of the same name by Leiji Matsumoto .
The film premiered on September 3, 2013 at the Venice International Film Festival , was released four days later in Japanese cinemas and had its video premiere in Germany on August 22, 2014.
action
In the distant future, mankind has colonized countless planets with spaceships faster than light, but their resources have been used up and only the earth itself still seems to enable permanent life. But she has too little space for everyone. A merciless, long "homeland war" broke out, from which a totalitarian government ( Gaia Sanction ) emerged. Since then the earth has been a forbidden sanctuary for all, peace is permanent. Only the space pirate Captain Harlock and his crew successfully fight against entire government space fleets on the Arcadia spacecraft . The technology of an almost extinct alien race makes them immortal and their spaceship invincible.
The film story begins a hundred years later. The fleet commander Isora Daiba smuggles his younger brother Yama into the pirate's team as an agent. Isora has been paraplegic and deeply bitter since an accident caused by Yama. As a result, Yama experiences conflicts of loyalty. On the one hand, aware of his guilt, he feels obliged to his brother despite his coldness. But on board the Arcadia he quickly befriends the crew, which consists of very different characters; Among them are the fat, strong mate Yattaran and the beautiful navigator Kei. Yama is also impressed by the heroism and loyalty of the captain. When Harlock exposes him as an agent, but lets him decide freely, Yama interrupts contact with his commanding agent - now he is a pirate himself.
Later, however, he learns of Harlock's grand plan: the pirate has stolen 100 warheads, which he is now distributing in the universe. If they ignite at the same time, the space-time structure would be destabilized and a new big bang would be triggered. Then a new humanity should develop that would not repeat the mistakes of the old. Yama cannot accept this cataclysm . He changes sides again and helps his brother to board the Arcadia and arrest the pirates.
Isora's plan worked. Now he reveals to Yama the dark shared secret of the pirate and the government: Harlock once tried to prevent corrupt members of Gaia Sanction from colonizing the "holy" earth by using his alien weapon ; thereby the terrestrial biosphere was destroyed. The government is keeping this a secret in its own interest and has been using holographic satellites to show mankind an image of an undestroyed earth for a hundred years. Harlock never speaks of it either; his feelings of guilt cause him to strive for a radical "fresh start".
In the climax of the film, Yama frees the prisoners shortly before their execution and convinces everyone that the centenary secret must be given up. The Arcadia flies to earth and destroys the hologram satellites despite massive resistance. Isora's flagship Oceanos boarded the pirate ship, a man-to-man fight ensued. At the same time, the cornered government is trying to destroy the entire earth, including both ships, with a super weapon. Isora can prevent that. While the Arcadia makes an emergency landing on earth, the two brothers finally meet; Isora dies in Yama's arms.
Finally, alien technology ensures that crew and ship are restored; the Arcadia resumes its fight. Yama is now her first officer. He had found living flowers on earth. Life seems to be recovering, Harlock's "new beginning" can be postponed. But the bombs are in place and the pirates have the detonator - just in case.
background
The film is based on the manga series Space Pirate Captain Harlock by Leiji Matsumoto . The story of the manga series was produced as early as 1978 under the direction of Rintarō as a 42-part anime television series, which was first broadcast from March 14, 1978 to February 13, 1979 in Japan by TV Asahi . There were also two movies in 1978 and 1982 based on the material.
Reviews
Timo Wolters from filmrezensions.net is particularly enthusiastic about the picture and sound quality of the film and comes to the conclusion: “Visually, Space Pirate Captain Harlock is probably the most complex and impressive that has been created on the computer in recent years. You can even forgive the fact that the story is told in a somewhat complicated way, although it actually comes across as simple. "
Gross profit
In Japan, Space Pirate Captain Harlock reached number two in terms of box office receipts on the first weekend of its theatrical release. In only a few European countries, the film was at the top of the ticket sales on its opening weekend in theaters.
Awards
Space Pirate Captain Harlock was named Best International 3D Animated Film at the 3D Creative Arts Awards 2014 and was nominated for Best Animated Film for the Awards of the Japanese Academy in the same year . The English voice actress Jessica Boone was honored with the Special Voice Acting Award at the 2015 Behind the Voice Actors Awards for her singing in the lead role of Kei Yuki .
synchronization
| role | Japanese speaker | German speaker |
|---|---|---|
| Captain Harlock | Shun Oguri | Sven Gerhardt |
| Miime | Yū Aoi | Anja Nestler |
| Kei Yuki | Miyuki Sawashiro | Esra Vural |
| Yama / Logan | Haruma Miura | Nico Sablik |
| Nami | Maaya Sakamoto | Anita Hopt |
| Isora | Toshiyuki Morikawa | Peter Lontzek |
| Tori | Ayano Fukuda | |
| Yattaran | Arata Furuta | Christoph Banks |
| old man | Kiyoshi Kobayashi | Kaspar Eichel |
| Great Minister | Chikao Ōtsuka | Rainer Gerlach |
Soundtrack
The original soundtrack for the film Space Pirate Captain Harlock comes from Tetsuya Takahashi , as well as Kuniyuki Morohashi and Naoyuki Horiuchi as co-composers, as well as a song by Tokiko Katō , and comprises 30 songs.
Title list of the soundtrack
- Densetsu ( Tetsuya Takahashi ) - 1:37
- Ai wa Anata no Mune ni: L'amour dans ton coeur (text, composition and vocals: Tokiko Katō ) - 5:32
- Uchū Kaizoku (Tetsuya Takahashi) - 1:10
- Kaizoku no Hata no Moto ni (Tetsuya Takahashi) - 3:14
- Tsuioku (Tetsuya Takahashi) - 0:43
- Saigo no Hitori (Tetsuya Takahashi) - 1:48
- Seiiki ( Kuniyuki Morohashi ) - 1:50
- Wakusei Tokāga (Tetsuya Takahashi) - 1:34
- Toki no Musubime (Tetsuya Takahashi) - 1:49
- Kizu (Tetsuya Takahashi) - 2:12
- Taiji - Dasshutsu (Tetsuya Takahashi) - 2:19
- Gaia Fleet (Kuniyuki Morohashi) - 1:58
- Caleidostar (Tetsuya Takahashi) - 1:34
- Hangeki (Tetsuya Takahashi) - 2:20
- Come Home Sensō (Kuniyuki Morohashi) - 4:15
- Arcadia-gō, Daho (Tetsuya Takahashi) - 2:06
- Nami to Isora (Tetsuya Takahashi) - 1:57
- Nami no Message (Tetsuya Takahashi) - 2:08
- Shikei Shikkō (Tetsuya Takahashi) - 2:21
- Jiyū (Tetsuya Takahashi) - 3:11
- Shinjitsu o Tsutaero (Tetsuya Takahashi) - 2:36
- Kibō (Kuniyuki Morohashi) - 2:32
- Oceanus! ( Naoyuki Horiuchi ) - 3:05
- Yama to Isora (Kuniyuki Morohashi) - 2:04
- Jovian Blaster (Tetsuya Takahashi) - 2:30
- Dark Matter Kikan (Tetsuya Takahashi) - 1:41
- Daichi e (Tetsuya Takahashi) - 1:29
- Keishō - Hasshin (Tetsuya Takahashi) - 3:27
- Sora o Tsugumono (Tetsuya Takahashi) - 3:31
- Captain Harlock Main Subject (Tetsuya Takahashi) - 1:48
The theme song Be the light of One Ok Rock appeared on their album Jinsei × Boku = March 6, 2013.
Web links
- Space Pirate Captain Harlock in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Space Pirate Captain Harlock at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- Space Pirate Captain Harlock in the German dubbing file
- Review the premiere of 'Space Pirate Captain Harlock' by The Hollywood Reporter (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Clearance Certificate for Space Pirate Captain Harlock . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF).
- ↑ Timo Wolters: Space Pirate Captain Harlock In: filmrezensions.net. Retrieved October 20, 2015.
- ^ Space Pirate Captain Harlock In: www.boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved October 20, 2015.
- ↑ Creative Arts Awards: 5th Annual. ( Memento of the original from October 16, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Advanced Imaging Society, accessed October 16, 2016.
