Discotek Media picked up the Captain Harlock Endless Orbit SSX series back in 2017 and they’re now doing some expansion on availability through streaming. The series has been added to Tubi TV in its original Japanese language with English subtitles and it’s limited to the US and Canada as others own the streaming rights elsewhere. Originally airing in 1982 and running for twenty-two episodes, a complete collection DVD was released in 2017.
Based on the original work by Leiji Matsumoto, Kazuo Komatsubara handled the character designs with Toei Animation producing it. The Japanese cast includes Makio Inoue as Captain Harlock, Hiromi Tsuru as Revi, Jouji Yanami as Doctor Ban, Kei Tomiyama as Tochirō Ōyama, Reiko Tajima as Emeraldas, Tohru Furuya as Fader Zone, Youko Asagami as Kei Yūki and Yuriko Yamamoto as La Mime.
Plot concept: Far into the future, a terrible alien menace named Illumidas has conquered Earth. War hero Captain Harlock and his faithful crew are forced to flee into space on their cutting-edge battleship. As they travel the galaxy fighting injustice, Harlock dreams of some day finding Arcadia, a legendary planet where all humans can be free. Along his journey, Harlock is joined by more valiant young people who share his dream of a better future for all humankind. But the Illumidas — assisted by a brilliant human engineer, who will betray even his own kind in the name of revenge — will stop at nothing to halt his voyage. Harlock and his allies are declared pirates, under the code name SSX! This 1982 series from the mind of Leiji Matsumoto acts as a loose prequel to the classic Galaxy Express 999 and Space Pirate Captain Harlock. Reuniting Harlock with old friends while introducing a new and colorful cast, Endless Orbit SSX offers more of the quiet introspection, manly derring-do, and stunningly animated ship-to-ship combat sequences that the Harlock series is known for. Arcadia, take off!
