Grumpy Jii-san talks Pirate

Grumpy Jii-san's been watching cartoons for way too long. But, when he re-watches an old favorite, he want to chat about it..

This time, the narration is shot in Arizona's Granite Mountain Wilderness Area.

You can find a transcript of these comments here:
http://grumpyjiisan.wordpress.com/2008/09/19/grumpyjii-arcadia

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Film & Animation

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• animereview
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• aniviews
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• aniscifi
• sfanime
• spaceopera
• captharlock
• spacepirate
• classicanime
• leijiverse

[Alaskaslim]

I get the feeling that, visually, the creators of the 2002 adaptation of Treasure Island (Treasure Planet), might have taken an influence from the works of this series.

[GrumpyJiisan]

Could be. Both Matsumoto's Yamato and Arcadia have that "ocean ship in space" look. Emeraldas's ship has the strongest "sailing ship" design. Also, there's the 1985 anime Odin. But, they aren't alone. In other media, Reeves' "Shattered World" novel (1984) and Kessel's "Meridian" comic book (2000-2004) also embraced the trope.

Personally, I'm a sucker for sailing ships, Harlock to Horatio Hornblower.

[whoisyouranime]

Good review. Personally, I am not a big fan of Rintaro. He kind of spoiled 2 animes for me which I give a 1 out of 5, Reign: The Conquerer and X The Movie. I recommend you stay away from those anime that I mentioned.

[GrumpyJiisan]

I hope my graphic didn't confuse people. RinTaro directed the Harlock TV series, Galaxy Express 999 TV, and more recently Herlock: Endless Odyssey. But Arcadia was directed by Tomoharu Katsumata.

As for RinTaro, his work with Otomo on Metropolis is excellent, and I'm partial to his older stuff such as Dagger of Kamui and his Manie Manie (Labyrinth Tales) segment, but he's turned out some real stinkers, too.

[bungoman]

This is me in 40 years. Or at least I hope so.

[Horoism]

When I'm your age, I hope to be just as GAR and review awesome anime from the mountains.

[GrumpyJiisan]

Coincidentally, I just rewatched the two (lesser) Capt. Blood sequels this past weekend ("Fortunes of Capt Blood" and "Captain Pirate", both with Louis Hayward, not Flynn.) They were on TCM and I couldn't pass them up! I love pirate movies! I have Flynn's Capt Blood and Sea Hawk on my DVD shelf.

I should also mention O'Brian's Aubrey novels, right next to the Hornblowers on my bookshelf.

[Enividaliehs]

Thanks a ton for reviewing this. I've watched both the old and new Captain Harlock series, as well as Maetel Legend and GE999, loved them all, but apparently I never came upon this.

Will definitely be looking out for this on DVD, given I can find it

[animeindoorsir]

Oh yeah I have the same thing but with VHS and instead of DVD's it converts the VHS into delicious cake and chocolate milk.

[ogdog187]

a laser disk that dead tec i like a betamax and hd dvd. do you have a blu ray player

[animeindoorsir]

Dude are you aware that you put in a lazer disk and took out a DVD? Are you magic?

[WordsFromAnOtaku]

I've never ventured into watching any of the Harlock canon because I thought you would have to watch the series in order to understand any of it. Glad to know that it's more stand alone. I'll definitely check it out.

[GrapplerJMo]

Matsumoto Leiji=God

Awesome review Jiisan!!! I actually recently downloaded the TV series of Captain Harlock (and currently getting the TV series of GE999) and hope to get around to watching it soon.