Harlock: Space Pirate

Harlock: Space Pirate
Japanese release poster
Directed byShinji Aramaki
Screenplay by
  • Harutoshi Fukui
  • Kiyoto Takeuchi
Story byHarutoshi Fukui
Based onSpace Pirate Captain Harlock
by Leiji Matsumoto
Produced by
  • Joseph Chou
  • Yoshi Ikezawa
  • Rei Kudo
Starring
  • Shun Oguri
  • Haruma Miura
  • Yu Aoi
Music byTetsuya Takahashi
Production
companies
Distributed byToei Company (Japan)
GFM Films (international)[1]
Release dates
  • September 3, 2013 (2013-09-03) (Venice)
  • September 7, 2013 (2013-09-07) (Japan)
Running time
111 minutes[2]
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Budget¥3 billion ($30 million)
Box office$19 million

Harlock: Space Pirate (Japanese: 宇宙海賊キャプテンハーロック, Hepburn: Uchū Kaizoku Kyaputen Hārokku, released as Space Pirate Captain Harlock in Japan) is a 2013 Japanese 3D CG anime science fiction film directed by Shinji Aramaki.[3][4][5] It is the most expensive Japanese CG anime film of all time, with a production budget of ¥3 billion ($30 million) and was a box-office bomb, having grossed only $19 million out of its $30 million budget.

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  2. ^ "Harlock Space Pirate [2D] (PG)". British Board of Film Classification. 23 March 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  3. ^ "Space Pirate Captain Harlock Remake's English Teaser Posted". Anime News Network. 31 January 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
  4. ^ "Captain Harlock Sci-Fi Anime's Remake to Open This Fall". Anime News Network. 31 January 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
  5. ^ Frater, Patrick (10 May 2013). "Toei's Harlock captured by GFM". Film Business Asia. Archived from the original on 28 October 2013. Retrieved 10 May 2013.