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Space Pirate Captain Harlock

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Space Pirate Captain Harlock

2013

1h 53m

Adventure

Sci-Fi

Animation

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Determined to keep the malevolent Gaia Coalition from ruling the universe, one man boldly attacks enemy spaceships.

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Tom Hughes

Guardian

Veering between gleaming, clean-lined techno-lust and a punkier, junk-space aesthetic, it really is a marvel to look at: an artfully dazzling distillation of videogamey flash, proggy space-majesty and Final Fantasy flounce.

Rated: 3/5

Apr 23, 2015

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Tom Huddleston

Time Out

This digitally animated Japanese space adventure is as po-faced as they come.

Rated: 2/5

Apr 20, 2015

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Allan Hunter

Daily Express (UK)

The spectacular visuals and fights are the real stars.

Rated: 3/5

Apr 24, 2015

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Simon Foster

Screen-Space

The dazzling visuals and immense scale employed by director/animator Shinji Aramaki adequately compensate (just) for the derivative narrative in his update/reboot of Leiji Matsumoto's visionary 1970's space-opera, 'Harlock'.

Jan 28, 2014

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Anderson O

Solid action sequences, not as great performances. But the motivation of freedom and what the Space Pirates fight for, brought me back a few times for Harlock Space Pirate.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/23/25

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Loïs O

Ce n'est pas un mauvais film mais il ressemble à des cinématiques de jeux vidéo. De plus le film est relativement lent

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

12/21/24

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Audience Member

A real disgrace, Japanese writers forgot how to build a decent story several years ago and their animation is to the point of death. This is an insult to all what Original harlock really was. Not this sad piece of rubbish for sure.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/12/23

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Audience Member

An absolutely brilliant movie,very surprised and very pleased we found it.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/29/23

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Audience Member

A personal favourite between me and my brother, one of the edgier CGI films i've seen, with an almost grim dark setting with anime inspired locations. If nothing else, come for the visuals and stay for the fights, because as far as these types of films go this is certainly amongst the most visually stunning, action packed and morally riveting. Provided you don't look too hard at the pot-hole story, I would certainly recommend for the battle and music alone.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/05/23

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gianmarco R

a great animated film with spectacular graphics and animations, the story is very beautiful and the battles are fantastic

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

07/11/19

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Ayano Fukuda

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Arata Furuta

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Kiyoshi Kobayashi

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Synopsis

Determined to keep the malevolent Gaia Coalition from ruling the universe, one man boldly attacks enemy spaceships.

Director: Shinji Aramaki
Screenwriter: Leiji Matsumoto, Harutoshi Fukui, Kiyoto Takeuchi
Production Co: Anchor Bay Films
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi, Animation
Original Language: Japanese
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 31, 2015
Runtime: 1h 53m

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