Arcadia of My Youth (1982)

Arcadia of My Youth (1982)

starring Makio Inoue, Kei Tomiyama

directed by Tomoharu Katsumata

130 minutes

in Japanese with English subtitles

Harlock returns to Earth which is now occupied by an army of aliens. Some humans continue to resist the aliens, others are working with them. Halock goes looking for an old friend, Maya. Harlock finds a new friend, Tochiro, before he finds Maya. Harlock and Tochiro are captured Zoll, a man from the planet Tokarga. He uses a piece to technology to reveal to them that their ancestors were once friends.

Harlock goes looking for Maya once again. This time he finds her but they get separated after they are attacked by the aliens. Tochiro meets Emereldas, the captain of a pirate ship that just crashed on Earth. Tochiro helps to repair her ship.

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Farewell, Space Outlaw

Captain Harlock is ready to disband the crew of the Arcadia but they object. The Arcadia lands in Egypt where they left Mayu but she isn't there. She stowed away aboard a cargo ship along with some other kids. The Arcadia heads to Japan in hopes of finding Mayu there. The crew expects that they will be welcomed with a parade but instead they are greeted by armed forces that give them a day to leave Earth.

Captain Harlock goes and talks to the prime minister who tells him that he and all his crew have been branded as criminals and therefore are not welcome on Earth. The Arcadia is getting ready to leave when the giant sphere that landed in Tokyo in the second episode begins to emit rainbow colored waves. Mazone start to emerge from the ground in Japan and around the world.

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Duel! The Queen vs. Harlock

The Mazone pursue the Arcadia. They attack Captain Harlock's ship recklessly. They launch themselves at it and crash into the Arcadia. The pirate ship sustains damage but survives the fight and destroys all the Mazone ships that were thrown at it.

Queen Lafresia's flag ship arrives on the scene. It is vastly bigger than the Arcadia. Daiba tries firing the main guns at the massive Mazone ship but the blasts don't do any damage to it. The flagship returns fire and causes more damage to the Arcadia.

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Then, the Angels Sang

The Arcadia finally encounters the main Mazone battle fleet. The Mazone first try to destroy the Arcadia by landing troops on the outer hull who attach bombs to the Arcadia. The troops cause some damage but they are for the most unsuccessful. 

The Arcadia is recovering from that attack when they are approached by a medical ship that is in need of supplies. Captain Harlock agrees to help them but when the ship gets very close to the Arcadia it opens fire. Captain Harlock moves the Arcadia away and opens fire on the "medical" ship, destroying it.

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Heroic! The Commander Dies

The Arcadia leaves Earth and heads further out into the solar system. Commander Kiruta is injured but insists that he wants to help in the upcoming fight with the Mazone. He has a talk with Captain Harlock and tells him about his past.

The Arcadia encounters the Mazone fleet near Jupiter. Captain Harlock ordered the Arcadia into the asteroid belt. The Mazone attack. The asteroids make it difficult for the Mazone battle cruisers to maneuver and many are destroyed.

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Farewell! Mayu

Captain Harlock notices that sun spot activity is increasing. He uses solar winds to speed the Arcadia back to Earth, ahead of the Mazone fleet. The Arcadia heads to Mayu's school. Harlock feels that she isn't safe there.

Commander Kiruta meets with Captain Harlock and suggests that he could take Mayu to his father in Egypt and hide her there. Captain Harlock agrees with the plan. Kiruta and Mayu head to Egypt while the Arcadia and its crew fight with the advanced portion of the Mazone fleet.

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Tears on a Red Sweater

Shizuka stays in contact with Queen Lafresia who gives her a new mission. Shizuka fails to complete that mission which leads Queen Lafresia to conclude that Captain Harlock knows that she is a spy. Queen Lafresia cuts off contact with Shizuka.

Shizuka gets desperate. She tries shooting her way on to the bridge. Captain Harlock orders her off the Arcadia. The Mazone try to kill her once she is out in space The crew of the the Arcadia rescue her and nurse her back to health. She turns on them once she has recovered but it turns out to be an empty threat although they don't realize that until after Captain Harlock has shot and killed her.

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The Eve of the Showdown

The Arcadia heads towards Mars where the advance force of the Mazone lies in wait. The main fleet of the Mazone is still outside the solar system. 

Doctor Zero looks after the Arcadia's new passenger, Shizuka Namino. He doesn't know it but she has earrings that are recording everything she sees. the information is sent back to Queen Lafresia. Everyone aboard the Arcadia seems to accept Shizuka without question except for Miime, who suspects that it is a mistake for Doctor Zero to give her a tour of the entire ship.

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The Beautiful Mysterious Woman

The Arcadia heads back towards Earth. Mayu teaches some of the crew members how to play the Ocarina.

Commander Mitsuru Kiruta, back on Earth, meets with a Mazone who gives him what she says are the Mazone invasion plans for Earth. She knows that he doesn't care for the Prime Minister and suggests that he join forces with the Mazone. He refuses and kills her.

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A Galactic Lullaby 

The Arcadia arrives at the Twin Planets to search for Mayu. They are the last planets that the Arcadia has yet to visit in the Ulysses Nebula. The Mazone have a trap set up for the Arcadia. It is sprung when the Arcadia passes inbetween the two planets. The Mazone use a gravity beam to immobilize the Arcadia.

The Mazone launch missiles and send ships up to attack the Arcadia. Captain Harlock and his crew break out of the trap by destroying the source of the gravity beam. Captain Harlock goes down to one of the planets in a small ship. He finds the Mazone base and Mayu. The Mazone try to stop him but he shoots his way in and then back out of the Mazone base.

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A Lone Man's Charge

The Mazone fleet gets closer to Earth. It destroys all signs of humanity (spaceships, space stations, satellites) along the way. Captain Harlock and the crew of the Arcadia continue to look for Mayu, without success. Commander Kirute becomes convinced that the Mazone are real and that they are headed to Earth. He tries talking some sense into the Prime Minister but the PM is more interested in other things.

Commander Otawara, an old comrade of Kiruta, leaves Earth to battle the Mazone by himself. Otawara was kicked out of the military because he killed his wife. He was convinced she was a Mazone but no one believed him. The Arcadia hails Otawara as he is passing by. He gets a last chance to talk to an old friend, Masu Tsunajima, the cook on the Arcadia.

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The Call of the Star Flute

Captain Dainess of the Mazone fleet prepares a trap for the Arcadia on the Wind Planet. The Arcadia receives notice of an advance force of the Mazone fleet that is nearing Earth. Captain Harlock must decide whether to continue the search for Mayu or rush to Earth's defense. He opts to continue the search for Mayu, despite some arguments from the crew.

The ship changes course and heads for the Wind Planet after it picks up the sound of an Ocarina playing. The Wind Planet is a desolate place where the wind blows 60 to 90 miles per hour.

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Arcadia - The Secret Story of Its Construction

The Mazone fleet continues to look for the Arcadia. They have searched all the planets multiple times. Queen Lafresia believes that they must be hiding among the asteroids and orders them all destroyed.

Captain Harlock continues to tell the story of his further adventures with Tochiro Oyama and Emerelda. Harlock and Oyama made Planet Heavy Meldar their home base. Commander Kiruta came looking for them. He led a fleet of SDF ships. He sent the Hoshino Force to Planet Heavy Meldar but they were destroyed by Emerelda and her space pirates.

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My Friend, My Youth

Captain Harlock and his crew repair the Arcadia in Pirate Island. The Mazone look for the Arcadia. Queen Lafresia suspects that the Arcadia must be in bad shape, wherever it is. She initiates Operation Roller to find Captain Harlock and his ship but her forces are unable to find any sign of the Arcadia.

Pirate Island blends in very well with the other asteroids in that region of space. Captain Harlock reminisces about Tochiro Oyama, his friend who built the Arcadia and who is the father of Mayu.

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The Life-and-Death Struggle on the Rainbow Planet

Captain Harlock and his crew are despondent after their failure to find Mayu on the Human Planet. They wander, seemingly aimlessly, for a while until they spot some Mazone ships. Daiba leads a team after the Mazone fighters. They engage and destroy some of them but then Captain Harlock orders them to return to the Arcadia.

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The Ulysses Nebula

The Arcadia travels to the Ulysses Nebula. The nebula contains seven planets (Ice Planet, Insect Planet, Goat Planet, Wind Planet, Rainbow Planet, Twin Planets, Human Planet). The Arcadia goes to the Human Planet. There the crew meets a friend of Captain Harlock, Dr. Ayn. He lives there with Romeo (his son), Maria (Romeo's wife), plus Vena (his granddaughter) and Ikaru (his grandson), and several more people.

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The Will of the Arcadia

The Arcadia continues to battle with the Mazone fleet but Captain Harlock's men, including Yattaran, are overworked and need a break. Captain Harlock comes up with a a stratgy to buy them some time. The Arcadia attacks the civilian portion of the Mazone Fleet. This creates problems for Queen Lafresia.

The Mazone warriors are divided over the civilians within their midst. Some want to kill them. Queen Lafresia is not among them. She sends her agents to Earth to find out why Captain Harlock continues to fight for Earth. Her agents learn about Mayu. She is reluctant to kidnap Mayu but when various factions of the Mazone fleet start to turn on one another she decides that it must be done.

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A Long Way Away Voyage

There is dissent within the ranks of the Mazone. Tesius, the Mazone's chief scientist, urges Queen Lafresia to let some of the civilians settle an inhabitable world. Cassandra, a Mazone military commander, urges Queen Lafresia to kill any and all who dare desert their cause, to retake Earth.

It was Tesius who first argued for moving the Mazone back to Earth. She now sees things differently and wants Queen Lafresia to consider another path. Tesius' words fall on deaf ears. Queen Lafresia cannot be swayed.

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Dr. Zero and Mii

The Arcadia comes into contact with the Mazone fleet. Three comets passing nearby jam everyone's instruments. Dr. Zero decides that it is time for him to be more than a doctor and join the fight. The Arcadia launches fighters and attacks the Mazone fleet, once the comets have ceased to jam their instruments.

The Arcadia goes after the largest ship in the fleet, believing it to be the Queen Lafresia's flagship. The humans discover that it is a passenger ship, loaded with Mazone civilians.

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The Shooting Star of Pure Love

Captain Harlock and his crew take on board the Shooting Star, a much smaller ship. It is piloted by Zorba, son of Zol, and Lucia, a medic. He is Tokagan but she is Mazone. They have escaped from the main Mazone fleet.

Daiba is suspicious of Zorba and Lucia but Captain Harlock welcomes them. He talks to Zorba about Zol. He tells him about how they crossed paths and what happened to Zol. 

Queen Lafresia contacts the Arcadia and demands the return of Zorba and Lucia. Queen Lafresia has Lumani, Zorba's mother. She is torturing the Tokagan woman. She shows him a hologram of his mother. Zorba is ready to return but his mother tells him not to.

Captain Harlock refuses to hand over Zorba and Lucia. The Mazone send a squadron of ships after the Arcadia. They attack the Arcadia. Zorba decides that he cannot stay. He and Lucia sneak away in the Shooting Star. The Mazone squadron shifts its attack to the Shooting Star. Zorba and Lucia are gunned down when they approach the Mazone flag ship.