Oguri Shun & Miura Haruma at marine event for movie "Captain Harlock"

Oguri Shun, Miura Haruma, Furuta Arata and Fukuda Ayano attended the marine event for the movie "Captain Harlock" at Odaiba on 20 August. The anime movie is due to be shown in cinemas from 7 September. The cast boarded the tourist ferry "Hotaruna" designed by Matsumoto Reiji where they could get a good view of Odaiba and enjoy the breeze. Oguri who is the voice actor of Harlock, commented that the movie will show viewers a world that they've never seen before while Miura who took on voice acting for the first time, commented that he had depended on Oguri a lot during the recording even though his character is supposed to be after Harlock's life.

Source: Sanspo

Oguri Shun & Miura Haruma to be voice actors in anime movie of "Captain Herlock"

Oguri Shun and Miura Haruma will be starring in the anime movie of "Captain Herlock" as voice actors and the film will be shown in cinemas this autumn. The movie which is the first adaptation in 30 years and is based on the manga by Matsumoto Reiji, will feature Oguri as the lead character Captain Herlock while Miura will play his rival Yama who tries to assassinate Herlock. The film will be based on a newly-created side story which does not exist in the original. Other co-stars include Aoi Yui, Furuta Arata and Fukuda Ayano.

The story talks about Herlock being a rebel against the government and becoming a space pirate. Yama is sent by the government to kill Herlock thus he infiltrates into Herlock's organisation and aims to kill the latter after gaining his trust.

The original manga was serialised in Play Comic between 1977 and 1979 and had been made into an anime series in 1978 followed by 3 movies. It had achieved ratings of up to 70% when it was shown in France in 1978.

Source: Sponichi