Queen Emeraldas

Queen Emeraldas
Cover of the first Japanese manga volume
クィーン・エメラルダス (Kuīn Emerarudasu)
Genre	Space opera, space western[1]
Manga
Written by	Leiji Matsumoto
Published by	Kodansha
English publisher	NA: Kodansha USA
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Magazine
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	1978 – 1979
Volumes	4
Original video animation
Directed by	Yūji Asada (1–2) Shigenori Kageyama (3–4)
Produced by	Kōki Okagawa Shunji Sakai (1–2) Tomoyuki Imai (1–2) Shūkichi Kanda (1–2) Kōji Honda (3–4)
Written by	Mugi Kamio
Music by	Michiru Ōshima
Studio	OLM Team Wasaki (1–2) Multi-Access Company (3–4)
Licensed by	NA: ADV Films
Released	June 10, 1998 – December 18, 1999
Runtime	30–35 minutes (each)
Episodes	5 (List of episodes)

Queen Emeraldas (Japanese: クィーン・エメラルダス, Hepburn: Kuīn Emerarudasu) is a manga written and illustrated by Leiji Matsumoto, later adapted into a four-episode anime OVA of the same name. Queen Emeraldas is the story of the pirate spaceship, Queen Emeraldas, which is captained by the mysterious and beautiful Emeraldas, a strong and powerful privateer. Sometimes, the character Emeraldas is referred to as Pirate Queen Emeraldas.