Science fiction is so prevalent in anime that Hollywood movies and TV series can only envy its diversity. Here you can find space opera, giant robots, cyberpunk, and even alternate history.
1. Space Pirate Captain Harlock, 1978-1979
An anime classic based on the manga by Leiji Matsumoto, a space opera about the pirate Harlock, who sails the galaxies on the starship Arcadia. The series is continued by another adaptation, Galaxy Express 999, which takes place in the same universe.
Despite the dated graphics, the anime is memorable for its romantic atmosphere, well-written world and vivid characters. And the main character, Captain Harlock, will make you fall in love with him from the first episode — he is a grim but noble loner, ready to die for his principles.
2. Planetes, 2003-2004
The characters of Planetes are space scavengers who clean the Earth's orbit from old satellites and their debris that can damage ships.
1. Space Pirate Captain Harlock, 1978-1979
An anime classic based on the manga by Leiji Matsumoto, a space opera about the pirate Harlock, who sails the galaxies on the starship Arcadia. The series is continued by another adaptation, Galaxy Express 999, which takes place in the same universe.
Despite the dated graphics, the anime is memorable for its romantic atmosphere, well-written world and vivid characters. And the main character, Captain Harlock, will make you fall in love with him from the first episode — he is a grim but noble loner, ready to die for his principles.
2. Planetes, 2003-2004
The characters of Planetes are space scavengers who clean the Earth's orbit from old satellites and their debris that can damage ships.
- 6/7/2024
- by zoe-wallace@startefacts.com (Zoe Wallace)
- STartefacts.com
During the 71st Kikuchi Kan Prize ceremony, which was held on Dec 1, 2023, Son Goku’s Va Masako Nozawa left attendees in awe with a heartfelt declaration.
Masako Nozawa was honored with the 71st Kikichi Kan Prize for her contributions to the Japanese culture.
In her acceptance speech, Nozawa expressed genuine surprise at being chosen for the award, stating, “I’m incredibly happy to receive such a wonderful award, but I think there must be someone more deserving than me“.
However, the highlight of the speech was when Nozawa revealed her ambitious plan for the future, expressing her intention to continue voice acting until the age of 182.
“I love the job of a voice actor. I plan to continue until I’m 182 years old.”
Talking about where the number 182 came from, Nozawa said that even though it came out of the left field, it was a number that she quite liked.
Masako Nozawa was honored with the 71st Kikichi Kan Prize for her contributions to the Japanese culture.
In her acceptance speech, Nozawa expressed genuine surprise at being chosen for the award, stating, “I’m incredibly happy to receive such a wonderful award, but I think there must be someone more deserving than me“.
However, the highlight of the speech was when Nozawa revealed her ambitious plan for the future, expressing her intention to continue voice acting until the age of 182.
“I love the job of a voice actor. I plan to continue until I’m 182 years old.”
Talking about where the number 182 came from, Nozawa said that even though it came out of the left field, it was a number that she quite liked.
- 12/5/2023
- by Ami Nazru
- AnimeHunch
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- 5/2/2023
- MUBI
Leiji Matsumoto, the popular Japanese manga and anime artist known for his work with Daft Punk, has died at the age of 85.
Among his many works, Matsumoto created the popular manga series Space Pirate Captain Harlock. In an interview, Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo cited the manga as one of their biggest early influences. “At around the age of 5 years old, we would watch Captain Harlock,” they explained. “The music we have been making must have been influenced at some point by the shows we were watching when we were little kids.”
Alongside co-writer Cédric Hervet and director Kazuhisa Takenouchi, Daft Punk collaborated with Matsumoto on Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem. The 2003 animated film served as the visual companion to the group’s second album, Discovery. Scenes from the film were also released as standalone music videos for songs like “One More Time,...
Among his many works, Matsumoto created the popular manga series Space Pirate Captain Harlock. In an interview, Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo cited the manga as one of their biggest early influences. “At around the age of 5 years old, we would watch Captain Harlock,” they explained. “The music we have been making must have been influenced at some point by the shows we were watching when we were little kids.”
Alongside co-writer Cédric Hervet and director Kazuhisa Takenouchi, Daft Punk collaborated with Matsumoto on Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem. The 2003 animated film served as the visual companion to the group’s second album, Discovery. Scenes from the film were also released as standalone music videos for songs like “One More Time,...
- 2/20/2023
- by Alex Young
- Consequence - Music
Leading Japanese manga artist Matsumoto Leiji, whose space operas became known to fans globally in animated incarnations, died on Feb. 13 in Tokyo at age 85.
His representatives announced on Monday that the cause of death was heart failure.
Born Matsumoto Akira in 1938 in Kurume, a city on Japan’s southern island of Kyushu, Matsumoto began drawing manga professionally after his arrival in Tokyo at age 18. He made his debut in 1954 with a comic titled “Mitsubachi no Boken” (Adventure of the Honey Bee).
He drew successful manga about ronin (masterless samurai), cowboys and other subjects, but became best known for series about adventures set in outer space, including “Space Pirate Captain Harlock” and “Galaxy Express 999,” both of which bowed in 1977. Animated versions became enduringly popular in Japan and around the world.
Matsumoto collaborated with producer Nishizaki Yoshinobu on the 1974-75 “Space Battleship Yamato” TV animated series that was shown in the U.
His representatives announced on Monday that the cause of death was heart failure.
Born Matsumoto Akira in 1938 in Kurume, a city on Japan’s southern island of Kyushu, Matsumoto began drawing manga professionally after his arrival in Tokyo at age 18. He made his debut in 1954 with a comic titled “Mitsubachi no Boken” (Adventure of the Honey Bee).
He drew successful manga about ronin (masterless samurai), cowboys and other subjects, but became best known for series about adventures set in outer space, including “Space Pirate Captain Harlock” and “Galaxy Express 999,” both of which bowed in 1977. Animated versions became enduringly popular in Japan and around the world.
Matsumoto collaborated with producer Nishizaki Yoshinobu on the 1974-75 “Space Battleship Yamato” TV animated series that was shown in the U.
- 2/20/2023
- by Mark Schilling
- Variety Film + TV
Digital Media Rights (Dmr), a leading global distributor of movies and television programs, and publisher of popular Ott channels, today announces the launch of RetroCrush, a new digital channel, on March 30, 2020. Devoted to streaming classic anime TV and movies, including more than 100 series and 40 features at launch, RetroCrush will be available with new video-on-demand (VOD) apps on iOS, Android, Amazon Fire TV, Roku and smart TVs, and on desktop at www.retrocrush.tv. RetroCrush joins Dmr’s expanding family of Ott channels that also includes AsianCrush, Midnight Pulp, YuyuTV and Cocoro.
RetroCrush is available now with popular anime titles from the 70s, 80s and 90s. It will be available as a free, ad-supported video on-demand (Avod) service. Will Chao and Mary Gibson are RetroCrush’s content curators, with Selin Kilic and John Stack providing acquisitions support. Remarked RetroCrush curator Will Chao:
What makes this channel exciting is its focus on...
RetroCrush is available now with popular anime titles from the 70s, 80s and 90s. It will be available as a free, ad-supported video on-demand (Avod) service. Will Chao and Mary Gibson are RetroCrush’s content curators, with Selin Kilic and John Stack providing acquisitions support. Remarked RetroCrush curator Will Chao:
What makes this channel exciting is its focus on...
- 3/31/2020
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
In 1973, Osamu Dezaki took the zero-to-hero sports shojo written by Sumika Yamamoto about high school freshman Hiromi and made a 25-episode TV animation series. Six years later, the successful Nippon Television show was put on the big screen by the same director. Being one of the best-selling shojo manga of all time, the tennis drama is a groundbreaking story that puts a strong female character in the lead and can be seen, together with “Attack No.1” (1969), as a precursor of future anime.
“Aim for the Ace!” will screen at Japan Society
“Aim for the Ace!” tells the story of Hiromi Oka, a high school student, who joins the tennis club because of her admiration for senior student Ryuzaki. Ryuzaki, spoken by famous voice actress Masako Ikeda (“Galaxy Express 999” ), is the best player in the team and in the course of the film Oka gets the chance to play double with her.
“Aim for the Ace!” will screen at Japan Society
“Aim for the Ace!” tells the story of Hiromi Oka, a high school student, who joins the tennis club because of her admiration for senior student Ryuzaki. Ryuzaki, spoken by famous voice actress Masako Ikeda (“Galaxy Express 999” ), is the best player in the team and in the course of the film Oka gets the chance to play double with her.
- 3/22/2020
- by Alexander Knoth
- AsianMoviePulse
Odd List Ryan Lambie 28 Apr 2014 - 06:21
From Japanese anime to Disney via stop-motion, here are 18 animated films that are mystifyingly unavailable on Blu-ray...
Not all movies need to be seen in HD, but if there's one type of filmmaking that regularly benefits from the Blu-ray format, it's animation. Let us cite one example at random: My Neighbour Totoro. Until fairly recently, the only copy we had on the shelf was an early, imported version on DVD, which was grainy and a little washed-out.
When Studio Canal issued Totoro on Blu-ray in 2012, the difference in image quality was little short of a revelation: Hayao Miyazaki's colours and fluid lines positively shimmered. In short, it was like seeing this fresh, sun-drenched film again for the first time.
The same could be said for so many other animated films, no matter what country they come from: in high-definition, we can truly...
From Japanese anime to Disney via stop-motion, here are 18 animated films that are mystifyingly unavailable on Blu-ray...
Not all movies need to be seen in HD, but if there's one type of filmmaking that regularly benefits from the Blu-ray format, it's animation. Let us cite one example at random: My Neighbour Totoro. Until fairly recently, the only copy we had on the shelf was an early, imported version on DVD, which was grainy and a little washed-out.
When Studio Canal issued Totoro on Blu-ray in 2012, the difference in image quality was little short of a revelation: Hayao Miyazaki's colours and fluid lines positively shimmered. In short, it was like seeing this fresh, sun-drenched film again for the first time.
The same could be said for so many other animated films, no matter what country they come from: in high-definition, we can truly...
- 4/25/2014
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
Now this is a piece of news that brings a tear to an eye (and not ironically, sarcastically or in any bad way speaking) – the Japanese government announced anime director Hayao Miyazaki as one of this year’s 15 winners of the Person of Cultural Merit honor on Tuesday.
Hayao Miyazaki is best known for his animated films produced under Studio Ghibli, such as Princess Mononoke, Howl’s Moving Castle, and Ponyo. He is now deep in production of his latest work, an anime “with lots of airplanes” and a projected 2013 release date.
The Japanese government awards the cultural honor every November to people who contributed to Japanese culture for many years (something similar to an Award for lifetime achievement). The winners of The Order of Cultural Merit, highest order, are decorated by the Emperor himself in the Imperial Palace on November 3 — a national holiday called Cultural Day. This year’s...
Hayao Miyazaki is best known for his animated films produced under Studio Ghibli, such as Princess Mononoke, Howl’s Moving Castle, and Ponyo. He is now deep in production of his latest work, an anime “with lots of airplanes” and a projected 2013 release date.
The Japanese government awards the cultural honor every November to people who contributed to Japanese culture for many years (something similar to an Award for lifetime achievement). The winners of The Order of Cultural Merit, highest order, are decorated by the Emperor himself in the Imperial Palace on November 3 — a national holiday called Cultural Day. This year’s...
- 11/2/2012
- by Vesna Sunrider
- Filmofilia
First trailer for Niji-Iro Hotaru ~Eien no Natsu Yasumi~ (Rainbow-Colored Fireflies: The Eternal Summer Vacation) by One Piece and Galaxy Express 999: Eternal Fantasy director Kônosuke Uda.
The film from Toei Animation is based on a novel by and will open in Japan on May 19th.
Synopsis:
The film follows a sixth-grade boy named Yūta who slips back in time 30 years during summer vacation. After his father’s death, Yūta tries to reclaim what was lost by experiencing summer activities like insect collecting and fireworks and discovering his first love in a village that should be underwater.
[via Ann]...
The film from Toei Animation is based on a novel by and will open in Japan on May 19th.
Synopsis:
The film follows a sixth-grade boy named Yūta who slips back in time 30 years during summer vacation. After his father’s death, Yūta tries to reclaim what was lost by experiencing summer activities like insect collecting and fireworks and discovering his first love in a village that should be underwater.
[via Ann]...
- 2/2/2012
- by Ulrik
- Affenheimtheater
When Panasonic wanted to show off its latest 50-inch Full HD TVs at the Ceatec consumer electronics show, it enlisted the help of celebrated anime director Leiji Matsumoto (Space Battleship Yamato, Galaxy Express 999) and Exact 3D, a new dedicated production service.
Matsumoto created an animated short utilizing the suite of services Exact 3D designed to demonstrate the capabilities of the new high-end plasma TVs.
Exact 3D is now getting a global market launch, though a major Hollywood studio has already been using its services on a full-length, 3D-animated Japanese feature.
The suite of services is being offered jointly by Brosta TV and Japan Cable Television, both subsidiaries of TV Asahi Corp.
"The reason the two companies are involved is that Brosta TV has a lot of experience in producing anime, while Jctv has more experience in working with live action," said Masashi "Sho" Matsuhashi, a producer at Brosta TV.
Matsumoto created an animated short utilizing the suite of services Exact 3D designed to demonstrate the capabilities of the new high-end plasma TVs.
Exact 3D is now getting a global market launch, though a major Hollywood studio has already been using its services on a full-length, 3D-animated Japanese feature.
The suite of services is being offered jointly by Brosta TV and Japan Cable Television, both subsidiaries of TV Asahi Corp.
"The reason the two companies are involved is that Brosta TV has a lot of experience in producing anime, while Jctv has more experience in working with live action," said Masashi "Sho" Matsuhashi, a producer at Brosta TV.
- 10/26/2010
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Classic 70s anime series Space Battleship Yamato is coming to the big screen in an expensive-looking adaptation. Check out the trailer right here…
Now, to the unwary, the trailer for Space Battleship Yamato will look very strange, indeed. And if you've never heard of the classic 70s anime series before, you may squint at the promo footage below and wonder, "Why does that spacecraft look like a boat? What's Captain Birdseye doing on there? And is that really Aerosmith playing in the background?"
For the bewildered among you, here's a brief explanation. Space Battleship Yamato, otherwise known as Space Cruiser Yamato, or even Star Blazers if you're from the Us or Australia, was an epic space opera anime series that originally aired in 1974.
Directed, written and designed by Leiji Matsumoto (whose immediately recognisable, elfin character art can also be seen in such classics as Captain Harlock, Galaxy Express 999 and...
Now, to the unwary, the trailer for Space Battleship Yamato will look very strange, indeed. And if you've never heard of the classic 70s anime series before, you may squint at the promo footage below and wonder, "Why does that spacecraft look like a boat? What's Captain Birdseye doing on there? And is that really Aerosmith playing in the background?"
For the bewildered among you, here's a brief explanation. Space Battleship Yamato, otherwise known as Space Cruiser Yamato, or even Star Blazers if you're from the Us or Australia, was an epic space opera anime series that originally aired in 1974.
Directed, written and designed by Leiji Matsumoto (whose immediately recognisable, elfin character art can also be seen in such classics as Captain Harlock, Galaxy Express 999 and...
- 9/21/2010
- Den of Geek
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