A website for a company named Film World Studios posted an early teaser trailer on Tuesday to reveal that the company acquired the live-action rights to Leiji Matsumoto’s Space Pirate Captain Harlock manga.
“Film World Studios, llc” is extremely proud and privileged to announce the acquisition of the live action rights of Leiji Matsumoto’s comic book “Space Pirate Captain Harlock”.
Seven Seas Entertainment is releasing Matsumoto and Kōichi Shimahoshi’s Captain Harlock: Dimensional Voyage (Captain Harlock ~Jigen Kōkai~ manga in October, and Discotek Media will releasethe Captain Harlock Endless Orbit SSX (Arcadia of My Youth: Endless Orbit SSX) television anime on DVD.
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.