Episode
Space Pirate Captain Harlock: Witch Castle in the Sea of Death
Overview
The Arcadia heads back to Earth to investigate a third signal being emitted from the Sargasso Sea. There, the witch Aman, who was waiting for the Arcadia, wages an attack using a 1945 Imperial Japanese naval ship. Harlock, curious as to how this phenomenon occurred, sets off to investigate at the bottom of the sea
Details
- Series
- Space Pirate Captain Harlock
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 13
- Air date
- 1978-06-20
- Runtime
- 25 min
Episode context
Witch Castle in the Sea of Death is Episode 13 in Season 1 of Space Pirate Captain Harlock. It aired on 1978-06-20. The runtime is 25 min.
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Episode 12: Mother, Be Eternal
Tadashi is upset at himself for talking about the Arcadia to Lola. Then he begins practicing like mad so he can shoot in time next battle. Examining Venus, they spot formations on a fossilized continent that look like Nazca drawings. They follow it onwards to the base and find drawings about Earth from over 180,000,000 years ago.
Episode 14: The Sphinx's Gravestone
Commander Kiruta takes Mayu with him. Desperate to find her, Harlock receives a message from Commander Kiruta. "Fly to Cairo, Egypt.", "Board a Cessna.", "The Arcadia is to wait in the Valley of the Dead.
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