Thursday, May 21, 2009

Captain Harlock Commands a Seat in Your Room

There are many fictional "captains" out there you may be familiar with. You can probably name three at most in ten seconds. Anime fans will likely name Captain Harlock. Yes, he's the famous eye-patched pirate captain of the spaceship Arcadia. This anime captain was created by Leiji Matsumoto and evolved since his appearance in the anime classic Adventures of a Honeybee in 1953. Yes, that's how old he is and the character certainly deserves the seat he is in now in anime history.

Captain Harlock as a statue exemplifies all the things the character embodies, independence, rebellion, pain, strength, and resignation. He's an anti-hero and a reluctant one at that, but when he decides to do something, he does it and nothing's going to stop him. Buy this fine work of art of the brooding Captain Harlock now before he becomes too bored sitting in that chair of his and go off on some space adventure to battle earth-invading forces.