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Space Pirate Captain Harlock Stage Play's Additional Cast Revealed
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
The July issue of Akita Shoten's Champion RED magazine revealed two of the main cast members in costume for the upcoming stage play adaptation of Leiji Matsumoto's Space Pirate Captain Harlock manga on May 19. The play's official Twitter account has retweeted scans from the magazine featuring the images.
The official website has also revealed additional cast, and a visual for the play (pictured at right).
The additional cast includes:
- Kaede Fujimoto as Elza
- Kentarō Menjō as Yasu
- Kōtarō Matsuda as Doctor Zero
- Taihei Nishi as Sabu
- Takaaki Iwao as Chief Engineer Maji
- Tomo as Masu
- Makoto Mizumoto as Gochwald
- Akihisa Sugai as Waishō
- Saaya Gotō as Jorjibel
- Sayaka Unagi as Cleo
- Rumi Saijoh as Nurem
- Rina Kamei as Histerias
- Arina Otokawa as Keras
- Yoshino Motoyama as Purunu
- Saya Horigome as Seras
- Jun Kuori as Mazone Elite Male
- Mii as Mazone Elite Female
- Yoshie Fujii as Manamūme
- Hinano Igarashi as Kapsela
- Nozomi as Balsa
- Yūna Matsuki as Pastris
- Eishin Yamada as Kiddodo
- Taiga Nishiwaki as Umitarō Setouchi
- Satoshi as Murakami
- Naoki Itō as Iyo
- Fire as Kokonoki
- Kazuki Hasegawa as Kishima
- Hideki Yanai as Kumano
- Takao Sugiura as Tochirō
- Asaka Kubo as Emeraldas
The previously revealed cast members are:
- Takeshi Hayashino (The Prince of Tennis musical) as Harlock
- Gon Suzuki as Tadashi Daiba
- Emi Itō as Shizuka Namino
- Hiromu as Diver Zero
- Yukari Shimotsuki as Isora Kirita
- Konona Shiba as Miime
- Takao Yamada as Yattaran
- Kei Ōgi as Lafresia
- Yume Yamamoto as Kei Yūki
Mitsuki Harada is directing and scripting the play. The play will hold nine performances at the Shinjukumura Live theater from June 8 to 12. Ticket sales began in April.
In Matsumoto's original 1977-79 Space Pirate Captain Harlock manga, the title character rebels against Earth's inept government and fights for humanity with his crew of 40 aboard the invincible space battleship Arcadia. The manga inspired a 1978-1979 television anime, and Crunchyroll and Funimation streamed the series. The anime inspired anime feature films, original video anime, and the sequel Arcadia of My Youth: Endless Orbit SSX. AnimEigo released the Arcadia of My Youth film in North America in 2003. The manga also inspired a CG film in 2013. Video streaming service Netflix released the film in English in 2014, Ketchup Entertainment released the film on DVD, and Twilight Time released the film on Blu-ray Disc.
