__Status:__ Captain of the Arcadia, Former Captain of the Death Shadow

Harlock is the archetypical romantic hero, a space pirate with an individualist philosophy of life. He is as noble as he is taciturn, rebellious, stoically fighting against totalitarian regimes, whether they be earth-born or alien. In his own words, he "fights for no one's sake... only for something deep in his heart".

 (Source: Wikipedia) 

Based on the story by manga master Leiji Matsumoto (The Cockpit, Queen Emeraldas), the 55 minute featurette picks up one year after the events of Galaxy Express 999 in which a young boy named Tetsuro and his motherly companion Matel worked to rid the universe on the Mechanized Empire who had taken over Earth. 
(Source: AniDB)

__Height:__ 176cm (5'9)

A Japanese actor, voice actor, singer and narrator from Shiogama, Miyagi Prefecture. He graduated from Tohoku Gakuin University's economics school and is currently affiliated with Across Entertainment.

He was the manager of the Tagajou Senior High School basketball team before he made a name for himself. His voice acting debut was the OVA [Megazone 23](https://anilist.co/anime/1935/) as the motorcycle-riding [Shinji Nakagawa](https://anilist.co/character/56633/), while his television debut was the anime [Bosco Adventure](https://anilist.co/anime/3460/) as the cowardly Otter. His break-out role, however, was in the anime [Ranma ½](https://anilist.co/anime/210/), in which he played the dual role of [Hibiki Ryoga](https://anilist.co/character/2369/) and the [Jusenkyo Guide](https://anilist.co/character/58321/). In 1991, Yamadera joined forces with [Toshihiko Seki](https://anilist.co/staff/95129/) and [Noriko Hidaka](https://anilist.co/staff/95181/) to form the acting unit Banana Fritters, which disbanded in 1995. In October 1997, Yamadera became a host on the TV Tokyo children's variety show Oha Suta. In March 2016, after almost two decades, he announced his retirement from it.

Yamadera's also known for his versatile range, as shown in the video game Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony where he voiced all five Monokuma Kubs, including Monophanie (female). According to the Danganronpa V3 official blog, Yamadera is the first person who came to mind as "the same person voicing multiple characters at the same time". No one has as much "multiple characters" experience as him. He was able to take the individual quirks of each of the Monokuma Kubs and make all of them unique.

Other notable examples of multiple voice acting include the Kingdom Hearts series where he voiced Donald Duck, Genie (Aladdin), Sebastian (The Little Mermaid), Beast (Beauty and the Beast), Mushu (Mulan), Jaq (Cinderella) and Stitch (Lilo and Stitch), and the [Japan Animator Expo](https://anilist.co/anime/20947/) series of 35 short films where Yamadera and [Megumi Hayashibara](https://anilist.co/staff/95014/) voiced all characters.

Yamadera was married to fellow voice actresses [Mika Kanai](https://anilist.co/staff/95029/) from 1993 to 2006, and to [Rie Tanaka](https://anilist.co/staff/95060/) from 2012 to 2018. On June 14, 2021, his marriage to singer and idol Robin Shoko Okada was announced.

__Trivia:__
- His nickname is Yama-chan.
- The official dub-over voice for Eddie Murphy, Jim Carrey and Disney's Donald Duck.
- He didn't consider to do voice acting at first and was more interested in being either a live-action actor or a salesman.
- He is known as "the man with the seven-colored voice".
- In 2011 and 2017, TV Asahi conducted a poll among Japanese voice actors and actresses on "who they thought was really the most amazing person in their profession". Yamadera ranked first both times.

David Anthony Matranga is an American voice actor from Houston, Texas. He works primarily for English dubbed anime for Funimation and Sentai Filmworks.

Captain Harlock is drawn into a saga of intergalactic proportions when the son of a deceased comrade unwittingly forges the Ring of the Niebelung. Evil forces gather to wage war against the last remaining superpowers of the galaxy led by a demented outcast. Harlock must counter the amassed armadas that threaten the last gods and recover the ring before Paradise is lost. 
(Source: Anime News Network)

[Website](https://www.matthoverman.com/)

An American actor, playwright, teacher of solo shows, and voice actor based in New York City.

__Non-Anime Roles:__ 
- Buzz Lightyear - Toy Story (Animated Movie)

The long war between the planet Earth and the machine men is finally over, resulting in a peace that is more a victory for the machine men than the Earth. Warrius Zero lost his family in the war to the machine men but despite this he is still is a member of the Earth fleet that is now working in concert with the machine men. His ship, made up of both humans and machine men, has been given a near impossible task: capture the space pirate Captain Harlock. While Zero struggles to accomplish this task, evidence begins to surface that the peace between machine men and Earth may not be as it seems.... 
(Source: Anime News Network)

__[Website](http://www.steveblumvoices.com) | [Twitter](https://twitter.com/blumspew) | [Instagram](http://instagram.com/blumspew) | [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/SteveBlumVoices/) | [TikTok](https://www.tiktok.com/@blumspew) | [Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/user/Voiceactor1/)__

An American voice actor known primarily for his work in anime dubs and video games. Fans of Cartoon Network's Toonami can recognize Blum's voice as TOM, the block's robotic host. He was also the voice of 7-Eleven's "Oh thank heaven" television and radio advertisements.Steven is currently the "disembodied voice"" of the podcast show http://goanimetv.com/ also works with Vic Mignogna making parodies of Budweiser's audio commercials called "real fans of genius".

A veteran of the voice-over business, Steve Blum cut his vocal teeth in the industry, on anime shows like Guyver and Giant Robo, and since has voiced hundreds of diverse characters in productions representing every media imaginable!   Steve's training was highly unorthodox by industry standards. Before voice acting became a full-time profession, Steve worked in a book store, a pet store, an auto-parts store, serviced fire protection equipment, ran a mailroom, drove a delivery truck, managed warehouses, became an international film and video sales/service coordinator, copywriter and marketing executive for a sci-fi film company, an ADR script writer, part-time musician...

But where's the acting experience? All on the job. It started with a few monster growls, then a couple of old men's lines, a hero or two... thousand - and the rest is history. More than 15 years later, he's out there soiling microphones and barking, spitting, and yowling his way into your lives every day and actually making a living at it!

[Twitter](https://twitter.com/SilvioGiraldi)

Silvio is a Brazilian actor, dubber and director.

It is a harsh and barren wasteland, where the weak aren't allowed to dream. It is also a sacred land for true men, for there is no place a man can feel more alive. This is the Gun Frontier. Sea Pirate Captain Harlock and the errant samurai, Tochiro arrive in the United States on the Western Frontier. Along with a mysterious woman they meet along the way, the two friends challenge sex rings, bandits, and corrupt sheriff. They are searching for a lost clan of Japanese immigrants, and they will tear Gun Frontier from end to end until they find it. 
(Source: Anime News Network)

On an archaelogical mission to the end of the known universe, Professor Daiba unwitting unleashes an ancient horror from its confines. Five years later the malevolent alien force sets in motion a plan which reunites the various crewmembers of the Arcadia to sail the stars once more as well as bring Tadashi Daiba to meet Harlock for the first time (again). 
(Source: Anime News Network)

Russell Wait (born February 15, 1977 in Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S.) is an American voice actor and voice director based in Hong Kong.

Many years into the future, battle has been raging across the galaxies as 500 billion humans, whose forebears were exiled from Earth, plan to return to what is still called home. Forced to flee a ravaged Earth, humans have now depleted the corners of the galaxy to which they fled. Earth has now become the most valued and precious resource of all, controlled by the corrupt Gaia Coalition which governs the human race across the different galaxies. Captain Harlock and his trusted crew are the only hope mankind has of discovering the secrets that the Gaia have kept hidden.


[Instagram](https://Instagram.com/hermesbaroli/) | [Twitter](https://twitter.com/Hermesbaroli) | [Facebook](https://facebook.com/hermesbaroli)

Hermes Pereira Baroli, better known only as Hermes Baroli, is a Brazilian actor, voice actor, dubbing director, entrepreneur, screenwriter, television presenter and art director. He is also the son of actors and voice actors [Gilberto Baroli](https://anilist.co/staff/102351/) and [Zodja Pereira](https://anilist.co/staff/202529/), brother of actresses and voice actresses [Letícia Quinto](https://anilist.co/staff/100136/) and half-brother of [Luciana Baroli](https://anilist.co/staff/106520/), married to [Leticia Grassi](https://anilist.co/staff/205030/). One of his most remarkable works was the voice of the character Seiya of Pegasus in The Knights of the Zodiac. He also voiced Matt Damon in Saving Private Ryan, Manabu in Sekai Ninja Sen Jiraiya, Edward Norton in Fight Club, James Franco in 127 Hours and Scott Summers / Cyclops (1st voice) in X-Men: Evolution.

[Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/josearenasmx/) | [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/josearenasmx/)

A Mexican voice actor. He is known for being the Latin American Spanish voice of Jake the Dog in *Adventure Time*, Spencer Shay in *ICarly* and  Dr. Eric Foreman in *Doctor House*.
He is the recurring dub voice of Jerry Trainor and Michael Fassbender.

The story revolves around a race that seeks to dominate the galaxy. A lone mysterious female warrior, known to others as Emeraldas sails the endless planets of the universe- in her Seas of Star ship- fighting the tyranny of that merciless race. She is tormented by the memory of her lost love. 
(Source: Anime News Network)

The year is 2977. Mankind has become complacent and stagnant. All work is done by machines, while humans spend all their time on entertainment. But when a mysterious invader from the stars catches Earth unawares, only the legendary space pirate Captain Harlock and the crew of the Arcadia have the will to stand against them. 
(Source: Anime News Network)

Gianni Giuliano, born in Savona on January 16, 1948, is a renowned Italian voice actor, dubbing director, and actor.
After completing high school, he moved to Rome, graduated from the Silvio D’Amico Academy of Dramatic Arts, and embarked on a prolific career in theater and film.
He is married to actress and voice artist [Anna Leonardi](https://anilist.co/staff/327248/Anna-Leonardi).


**Non anime roles:**
- Gazolagezola - Kamen Rider Black RX (TV Series)
- Gynajagram - Kamen Rider Black RX (TV Series)

The story on Arcadia's mystery, on which the 13th television episode was based.

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: Anime News Network)

Moved to Japan in the 80s and did some work for Frontier Enterprises. Currently an English teacher

Júlio de Souza Chaves was a Brazilian actor, voice actor, and dubbing director. He is the father of the late voice actor [Márcio Chaves](https://anilist.co/staff/322335/).

__Non-Anime Roles:__
~!- Mel Gibson, Tommy Lee Jones, Andy Garcia, Josh Brolin, Jeff Bridges, Jeremy Irons, James Woods, David Hasselhoff, Rowan Atkinson, Richard Jenkins, Sam Neill, Chazz Palminteri, Ted Danson, Billy Dee Williams, Paul Michael Glaser, Eric del Castillo, Manuel Saval, Gastón Tuset, Jonathan Pryce, Alan Thicke, Alastair Duncan and Brad Dourif (Most of the productions)
- Alfred Pennyworth (2013-2021; Official voice in DC Animations and Games)
- Oliver Queen / Green Arrow (2004-2021; Official voice in DC Animations and Games)
- Spike (2002-2021; Tom & Jerry franchise)
- Maxwell "Max" Tennyson (2008-2021; Ben 10 franchise)
- Waylon Smithers, Jr. (9th voice - 13th-32nd season; The Simpsons)
- Marlin (Finding Nemo and Finding Dory)
- The Lorax (Dr. Seuss' The Lorax)
- Kassadin, The Void Walker and Xin Zhao, The Seneschal of Demacia (League of Legends)
- Aslam (The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian and The Voyage of the Dawn Treader)
- Fergus Roderick MacLeod / Crowley (Supernatural)
- Lando Calrissian (Star Wars franchise)
- Brother Blood (Teen Titans, Teen Titans Go! and Teen Titans: The Judas Contract)
- Luiz (Rio and Rio 2)
- Master Wang Fu (2nd voice - 2nd-4th season; Miraculous: Les aventures de Ladybug et Chat Noir)
- Whitey (Flushed Away)
- Vernon Dursley (Harry Potter franchise)
- Vitruvius (The Lego Movie)
- Gilbert Huph  (The Incredibles)
- Tom (2nd dub; Tom and Jerry: The Movie)
- Dr. Delbert Doppler (Treasure Planet)
- Adult Copper (1st dub; The Fox and the Hound)
- Agent K "Kay" (Men in Black trilogy)
- Max Rockatansky / Mad Max (2nd dub; Mad Max)
- Martin Riggs (Lethal Weapon)
- Obadiah Stane / Iron Monger (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
-  Harvey Dent / Two-Face (Batman Forever)
- Mr. Bean (Mr. Bean 1990 and Mr. Bean: The Animated Series)
- Johnny English (Johnny English 3.0)
- Melvin - Alien Dad (Chicken Little)
- Grandpa Pig (1st voice - 1st-9th season; Peppa Pig)
- Francis Joseph "Frank" Underwood (House of Cards)
- Emile Mondavarious (Scooby-Doo 2002)
- Owl (Christopher Robin)
- Bill (The Last of Us Part I and II)
- Weatherby Swann (Pirates of the Caribbean franchise)
- Charlie Swan (2nd dub; Twilight franchise)
- Gurney Halleck (Duna)
- Jonah Hex (Jonah Hex)
- Frank Stevens (Ted 1 and 2)
- William "Willie" Francis Tanner (2nd dub; ALF)
- Vlad (Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation)
- Melephant Brooks (Toy Story 4 and Forky Asks a Question)
- Billy Batson / Shazam (1st dub; Shazam! 1981)
- Nero Blackstone (Call of Duty: Black Ops III)
- Plo Koon (Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures)
- Dr. Aaron Glassman (1st voice; The Good Doctor)
- Hermes (Hercules movie and series)
- Joker (The Batman 2004 and The Batman vs. Dracula)
- Pops Returno Elfowitz (Disenchantment)
- Gerard Argent (2nd dub; Teen Wolf)
- Pops (The Secret Life of Pets 2)
- Papa Smurf (Smurfs: The Lost Village)
- Luis Sánchez (The Book of Life)
- Pop Pop Thunderman (The Thundermans)
- General Tsin [1st voice], Jong Sung Jai Kai Chow [2nd voice] and Master Kweng (Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness)
- Raul (Sitting Ducks)
- Thaler (The Witcher 3)
- Bow (She-Ra: Princess of Power 1985)
- Ratchet (Transformers 2007, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Transformers: Dark of the Moon and Transformers: Age of Extinction)
- Captain William "Buck" Rogers (Buck Rogers In The 25th Century)
- Murray Franklin (Joker 2019)
- Detective David "Dave" Starsky (Starsky and Hutch)
- Beldar Conehead / Donald R. DeCicco (Coneheads)
!~

At the end of Arcadia of My Youth Capitain Harlock and the crew of the space ship Arcadia had been banished from Earth. The Earth, as well as many other planets in the universe had been taken over by the Illumidus, a race of destructive humanoids who ruin, enslave or destroy almost any inhabitable planet they come across. In "Endless Orbit SSX" Harlock battles the Illumidus while searching for a mythical "Planet of Peace" where all the peoples of the universe can live freely and without war. 
(Source: Wikipedia)

Introducing Captain Harlock, the fiercely independent space pirate who fights totalitarianism in every corner of the Universe. When a mysterious alien force invades Earth, teenager Tadashi Daiba joins up with the only people brave enough to defend the planet: Captain Harlock and his ragtag crew of renegades! Aboard the space battleship Arcadia, Harlock sets forth to uncover the truth behind the beautiful extraterrestrial women taking over his home planet. 
(Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)

Adaption of Wagner's opera by Leiji Matsumoto.

It is a harsh and barren wasteland, where the weak aren't allowed to dream. It is also a sacred land for true men, for there is no place a man can feel more alive. This is the Gun Frontier. Sea Pirate Captain Harlock and the errant samurai, Tochiro arrive in the United States on the Western Frontier. Along with a mysterious woman they meet along the way, the two friends challenge sex rings, bandits, and corrupt sheriff. They are searching for a lost clan of Japanese immigrants, and they will tear Gun Frontier from end to end until they find it.

An anime movie that was announced at Japan Expo which was supposed to air in 2023.

After witnessing the death of his mother and being left for dead at the hands of Count Mecha, ten-year old Tetsuro Hoshino is awakened by a mysterious woman, Maetal. In exchange for only his company, Maetal offers him the ride of his life on the Galaxy Express 999. It is said that those who travel aboard the legendary train to the end of the line can receive a free mechanical body and with it, immortality.

Impoverished and alone, Tetsuro leaps at the opportunity and joins Maetal on a quest that will span the cosmos. As the Galaxy Express 999 makes its way across our solar system and beyond, Tetsuro is drawn deeper into a dangerous universe where peril lurks at every stop. 
(Source: Discotek)

Gun Frontier: Harlock & Tochirou Seishun no Tabi is set on a wasteland planet and centers on quick-draw Herlock, and his close friend who always wields a samurai sword, Tochirou, as they journey across the land. The story begins when they meet a girl named Sinunora.
 
(Source: Anime News Network)

Two years after the events in Galaxy Express 999, Earth has become a battleground. Tetsuro, older and fighting the Machine People, rejoins Maetel aboard the GE999.

Associated with Ocean Productions in Vancouver, BC

Harlock goes to Sengoku era in Japan and meets Masamune Date.

After the death of his mother at the hands of the evil robot Count Mecha, young Tetsuro has become a delinquent street urchin who dreams only of revenge. 
Tetsuro lives in a far future world in which humans have the choice to travel to another planet where they can exchange their bodies for immortal, robotic counterparts. His goal is to someday acquire (through theft) enough money to board the Galaxy Express 999, a train which is capable of traveling through space, and which will take him to the planet of robots. 
One day, after escaping from the police, he meets the beautiful Maetel, who resembles his mother. She offers to take him on the Galaxy Express 999 to get a robotic body and to get revenge on Count Mecha. Along the journey, the two meet many varied people (including Captain Harlock and Queen Emeraldas), and Tetsuro learns what it means to be human. 
(Source: Anime News Network)

He was known for providing the voice of Furby, as well as the voice of Newton Gimmick and other voices in the popular toy series The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin in the 1980s. He died on February 11, 2004 from complications following leg surgery at 56 in Burbank, California. 

Brother of the voice actors [Emanuela Rossi](https://anilist.co/staff/204647) and [Massimo Rossi](https://anilist.co/staff/96185), and cousin of the voice actors [Laura Boccanera](https://anilist.co/staff/96205) and [Fabio Boccanera](https://anilist.co/staff/95779).

Emeraldas navigates the sea of stars—and swears to do so until the flame of her life is extinguished. Aboard her ship, the Queen Emeraldas, she sails in search of a certain object, and along the way encounters the passions and tragedies of those who dare brave the infinite reaches of space. 
 
(Source: Kodansha Comics USA) 
 
Included one-shot: 
Volume 4: Emeraldus Versus Herlock

After a meteor hits Earth, traitor forces have (for all intents and purposes) taken over, and the people are suffering. In the chaos, a boy named Tetsuro Daiba, who had lost his parents in the meteor hit, is paid a visit by Mello, a mysterious woman appearing in a bright light. When Daiba comes to, he finds itself in a spaceship infirmary under observation. Stealing a fighter that he didn`t know how to pilot (until he tried it), he breaks out, flying like a total pro. 
He was able to remember how to pilot from his DNA memory... and to find out more, his doctor friend takes him to his secret underground lab, in which he acts as a professor to find out ways to stop the traitor regime. When the forces invade to take him back, a girl named Rei Yuuki mysteriously shoots down their entire carrier with only a fighter jet! Apparently, both have mysterious powers that the enemies want, which may or may not be connected to their being the only two known survivors of the meteor impact. 
While looking for a third survivor (which turned out to be a cat), the two are taken by force to Queen Photon (ruler of the traitor regime), who claims that she is out to SAVE the Earth from those who sent the Meteor. The two don't know whether to believe her or Mello until the (telepathic) cat breaks them out of the Queen's sealed chamber, and Mello comes to straighten things out. That's when the two (er, three) of them make a choice... Stay on a planet that can't support their advanced race, or strike out into the unknown of space? 
(Source: Anime News Network)

Michael McConnohie is an American voice actor, writer and director who has provided many voice roles in movies, anime, and video games. He and fellow actress Melodee Spevack run a production company called VoxWorks. Some of his major works include the Narrator on Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo and Hunter x Hunter, Azulongmon in Digimon, Gork in Masked Rider, Keiichi Ikari in Paranoia Agent, Rolf Emerson in Robotech, Manzou the Saw in Samurai Champloo, Cosmos and Tracks in Transformers, Hot Shot / Ironhide in Transformers: Robots in Disguise, D in Vampire Hunter D, Chief Inquisitor Margulis in Xenosaga and Charles zi Britannia in Code Geass.

(Source: Wikipedia)

Maetel abandoned her mother and her home planet, the doomed and frozen La Metal, where people must become cyborgs to survive. When she is beckoned to return, her options seem slim: follow her mother's path (and with it a robot mind and the contempt of all humans), or run away and fight with humans against the machines. Yet, she is not without comrades and defenders. If she can accept the friendship of beings of metal who desire peace, and oppose those who think being made of flesh and blood is enough to make one human, she may still have a chance to find her own path. 
(Source: Anime-Planet)

Collection of previously unrecorded oneshots, writings and short serials by Leiji Matsumoto, published under the Champion Red Comics label