After a drawn-out, viciously-fought war, the earth has been conquered by the alien Illumidus Empire. Harlock, a captain in earth's fleet, crashes his ship to prevent the Illumidus from using it, and flat-out refuses to join them. With the help of his allies, Tochiro and the space pirate Emereldas, and his lover Miya, he wages a private and bitter war against the Illumidus.

• Toei Animation
• Makio Inoue
• Kei Tomiyama
• Yūjirō Ishihara
• Shuichi Ikeda
• Eiko Masuyama
• Shūichirō Moriyama
• Reiko Tajima
• Hiromi Tsuru