Harlock Saga

Harlock Saga
by Nobuo Takeuchi

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Movie Review: Excellent complete Matsumoto series on One volume!
Summary: 5 Stars

Based on Richard Wagner's opera of the same name, although extremely loosely, the story revolves around Harlock and his crew searching for the stolen gold from planet Rhein, which can manipulate the forces of the universe. (....Sound familiar? This same plot was used not long ago for an episode of Xena...!) The last of the Nibelung clan, who happens to be Memme's (a.k.a. La Mime, who seems to have a different look with every series) brother, has stolen it and had it forged into a ring by the young Tadashi Daiba. The adventure comes to a head in Valhalla with a space battle, a Death Star like space fortress, some Giants who are in love with Memme's sister Freya, and the Norse God's themselves. At the adventures end, the Ring is in Harlock's hands. Meeme promises it will be returned to the planet Rhein--which was seemingly destroyed at the beginning of the series.....oh well.

As usual, another exciting adventure from the extreme world of Harlock, where the women are still 7 feet tall with 9" waists and floor sweeping hair. Just about everyone appears in this series--including Emeraldas & Maetal. The DVD also has a nice "World of Harlock" section with an introduction into each of the main characters. A nice featurette on the making of the English language dub introduces us to the voice actors behind the characters. Other extras include a title free credits section, trailers, and a DVD-Rom section too.

All in all, this is a very enjoyable package! You can watch the English dub or Japanese with subtitles so there is definitely something for everyone on this DVD. Let's hope they can bring us future Matsumoto adventures (like Maetel Legend!) in this fashion...