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Main Title	Captain Future (a524)
Official Title	en The Adventures of Captain Future
Official Title	ja キャプテンフューチャー
Type	TV Series, 52 episodes
Year	07.11.1978 until 18.12.1979
Season	Autumn 1978
Tags	[similar]
Resources	Official website Toei BD release page Wiki (en) Wiki (jp) Allcinema Anison Syoboi Animemorial ANN MAL
Rating	5.38 (225)
Average	6.70 (226)
Review Rating	N/A (0)
Added by	hidden on 2003-02-09 19:33
Edited by	hidden on 2023-07-01 21:38

Main Title	Captain Future (a524)
Official Title	en The Adventures of Captain Future
Official Title	ja キャプテンフューチャー
Official Title	frverified Capitaine Flam
Official Title	itverified Capitan Futuro
Official Title	esverified Capitán Futuro
Official Title	deverified Captain Future
Official Title	arverified فارس الفضاء
Synonym	Captain Future, Капитан Фьючер
Short	CF

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Hirokawa Taichirou	as	Captain Future (Curtis Newton)
Ogata Ken`ichi	as	Grag
Masuyama Eiko	as	Joan Randall
Noda Keiichi	as	Otho
Kawakubo Kiyoshi	as	Simon-kyouju

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Original Work:	Edmond Hamilton
Chief Direction:	Katsumata Tomoharu
Character Design:	Noda Takuo
Music:	Oono Yuuji
Work:	Toei Douga

Curtis Newton, aka Captain Future, is an orphan. His parents died in their artificial satellite while he was an infant. His father was a scientist, who has abandoned Earth for the satellite to dedicate his life to science along with his ageing friend the genius Dr. Simon Wright. Wright senses his death, and decides to implant his brain in a mechanical container. They both manufactured a superior robot and an android. Captain Future dedicates his life to fight evil along with his three men, the brain, android, and robot.

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approx. 21h 40m

Completed fb65

284 (45.0%)

Watching 2a3jl

54 (8.6%)

Plan to Watch 54586h

271 (42.9%)

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by Lukkai on 2014-02-03 03:23

I still the little fights over control of the remote when me and my brother wanted to watch Captain Future, while our parents wanted to watch the news. :D

It's a good show. Of course there will be plotholes and sometimes a bit of an Deus Ex Machina feeling. But I wouldn't want to miss it.
Also featured (at least in the German version) one of the best soundtracks of its time!

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Captain Future (Curtis Newton)

male, orphanThe character (in common usage: only a child, or the young of an animal) has lost both parents.

voiced by: Hirokawa Taichirou

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Grag

male, robotA robot is an automatically guided machine, able to do tasks on its own. Another common characteristic is that by its appearance or movements, a robot often conveys a sense that it has intent or agency of its own. Not to be confused with android (human-like robot).

voiced by: Ogata Ken`ichi

episode appearance appears in ep: 2-5, 9-13, 17, 19-52

Joan Randall

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voiced by: Masuyama Eiko

Otho

male, free-form shapeshiftingFree-form shapeshifting is the ability to change one`s bodily appearance, form, and structure in any way that the desires, without being restricted to a limited number of forms. This is contrasted to fixed-form shapeshifting, the ability to switch one`s bodily appearance, form, and structure between two or more predetermined forms, while being restricted to picking only from among those forms.

voiced by: Noda Keiichi

Simon-kyouju

voiced by: Kawakubo Kiyoshi

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episode appearance appears in ep: 1-4, 10-12, 17-21, 33, 36, 41, 49-52

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voiced by: Inoue Kazuhiko

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voiced by: Jin Tarou

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Credit	Name	in Episodes	Comment
Original Work (原作)	Edmond Hamilton
Chief Direction (チーフディレクター)	Katsumata Tomoharu
Character Design (キャラクター設定)	Noda Takuo
Mechanical Design (メカ設定)	Tsuji Tadanao
Music (音楽)	Oono Yuuji
Music Selection (選曲)	Harada Atsushi
Sound Effects (効果)	Ishida Hidenori
Editing (編集)	Hanai Masaaki
Art Design (美術設定)	Tsuji Tadanao
Production Manager (製作担当)	Takeda Hiroshi
Production Manager (製作担当)	Yoshioka Osamu
Planning (企画)	Kuriyama Tomirou
Planning (企画)	Tamiya Takeshi
Work (制作)	Toei Douga
Production (製作)	Imada Chiaki

Script/Screenplay (脚本)	Tsuji Masaki	1-8, 24-28, 45-48
	金子武郎	9-12, 21-24, 33-36, 41-44
	Kounami Fumio	13-16
	Hoshiyama Hiroyuki	17-20, 37-40
	Ono Ryuunosuke	29-32
	Andou Toyohiro	49-52
Storyboard (絵コンテ)	Katsumata Tomoharu	1-2, 6, 11
	Sasaki Masahiro	3-4, 15, 27, 50
	Morishita Kouzou	5, 9-10, 12, 17, 29, 33, 36, 40, 45, OP1-OP2
	Takayama Hideki	7-8, 13, 35, 46
	Ishiguro Noboru	20, 28, 31, 49
	Yamauchi Shigeyasu	47
Episode Direction (演出)	Katsumata Tomoharu	1-2, 6, 11, 13, 25
	Sasaki Masahiro	3-4, 15, 27, 50
	Morishita Kouzou	5, 9-10, 12, 17, 33, OP1-OP2
	Takayama Hideki	7-8, 13, 20, 23, 28, 31, 35, 41, 46
	Yamauchi Shigeyasu	19, 26, 30, 39, 45, 47, 49
Animation Direction (作画監督)	Mori Toshio	1-2, 7-8, 11-14, 17, 19, 21, 24-27, 29, 31, 35, 41, 43, 52
	Aohachi Yoshinobu	3, 5, 15, 23
	Ochiai Masamune	4, 10, 33
	Shinoda Akira	6, 9, 20, 22, 30
	Noda Takuo	18, 32
	Kogawa Shigeru	ED1, OP1-OP2
Key Animation (原画)	Kogawa Shigeru	ED1, OP1-OP2
In-Between Animation (動画)	Nonaka Kazumi		uncredited
Film Processing (現像)	Toei Kagaku Kougyou
Recording (録音)	Tanaka Hideyuki
SF Research (科学考証)	石倉八木
Design Manager (設定製作)	須藤和一

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Relation	Song	in Episodes	Rating	Credit	Staff
opening	Yume no Fune Nori	1-30, OP1	N/A (0)	Vocals/Performed by (歌手)	Hide Yuuki
				Lyrics (作詞)	Yamakawa Keisuke
				Music Composition (作曲)	Oono Yuuji
				Music Arrangement (編曲)	Oono Yuuji
	Yume no Fune Nori	31-52, OP2	N/A (0)	Vocals/Performed by (歌手)	Takekawa Yukihide
				Lyrics (作詞)	Yamakawa Keisuke
				Music Composition (作曲)	Oono Yuuji
				Music Arrangement (編曲)	Oono Yuuji
ending	Popular Toori no Uchi	ED1	N/A (0)	Vocals/Performed by (歌手)	ピーカブー
				Lyrics (作詞)	Yamakawa Keisuke
				Music Composition (作曲)	Oono Yuuji
				Music Arrangement (編曲)	Oono Yuuji
insert song	OK! Captain		N/A (0)	Vocals/Performed by (歌手)	神代ユースコーラス
				Lyrics (作詞)	Yamakawa Keisuke
				Music Composition (作曲)	Oono Yuuji
				Music Arrangement (編曲)	Oono Yuuji
	Oira wa Sabishii Space Man		N/A (2)	Vocals/Performed by (歌手)	Hide Yuuki
				Lyrics (作詞)	Noda Masahiro
				Music Composition (作曲)	Oono Yuuji
				Music Arrangement (編曲)	Oono Yuuji

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TV Anime Super History Vol. 18

Album, 17 tracks, 21.11.1998

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Minna Anime ga Suki Datta: Our Favourite Anime Songs II

Album, 22 tracks, 18.09.2009

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Anime Song History III

Album, 46 tracks, 18.08.2010

Horie Mitsuko, [...]

The Best Teppan! Natsukashi no Anime Songs (Shita)

Album, 18 tracks, 21.03.2012

Hide Yuuki, [...]

Kore Dake wa Shitte Okitai 50 Kyoku no Anime Song

Album, 50 tracks, 23.09.2015

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1	Space-Emperor of Terror	25m	07.11.1978
2	The Prison in the Sea of Flames	25m	14.11.1978
3	The Miracle of the Soaring Fortress	25m	21.11.1978
4	Showdown at the Satellite Noon	25m	28.11.1978
5	SOS 1 billion years ago	25m	05.12.1978
6	The Riddle of the Holy Star Koom	25m	12.12.1978
7	Solar System Genesis	25m	19.12.1978
8	A Journey of 5 Billion Years	25m	26.12.1978
9	The conspiracy of the Wrecker	25m	09.01.1979
10	The Underwater-Trap	25m	16.01.1979
11	The horrible Sea-Devil	25m	23.01.1979
12	The Riddle of Wrecker	25m	30.01.1979
13	When the atmosphere of the planet disappears	25m	06.02.1979
14	The tragic Dark Planet	25m	13.02.1979
15	The Law of the Watcher	25m	20.02.1979
16	The Ressurected Planet	25m	27.02.1979
17	The challenge of Ul Quorn	25m	06.03.1979
18	The Dark Tribe from the Depth of the Earth	25m	13.03.1979
19	Planet - Alone	25m	20.03.1979
20	The Phantoms of the transparent Planet	25m	27.03.1979
21	The mystery stone that sleeps in the galaxy	25m	03.04.1979
22	Deathmatch at the Milkyway-Circus!	25m	10.04.1979
23	Captain Future dies!	25m	17.04.1979
24	The undiscovered Micocosmos	25m	24.04.1979
25	Whirling Gravestones	25m	01.05.1979
26	The Howling Eternal Current	25m	08.05.1979
27	The Monster Hunter talks	25m	15.05.1979
28	Illusionary Star, Illusionary Civilization	25m	22.05.1979
29	Prisonership being hijacked!	25m	29.05.1979
30	The Great Escape from the Milkyway	25m	05.06.1979
31	Start from Zero	25m	12.06.1979
32	The Stardust Spaceman	25m	19.06.1979
33	Captain Future Recruiting!	25m	26.06.1979
34	Horrible Space Location	25m	03.07.1979
35	The Planet of Phantoms	25m	17.07.1979
36	The set-free Ultimate Weapon	25m	31.07.1979
37	The disappeared Spaceships - The conspiracy of the comet king	25m	07.08.1979
38	The Governor of the Comet	25m	14.08.1979
39	The True Colors of Alulus	25m	28.08.1979
40	Universe of Nightmare - Four Dimensions	25m	04.09.1979
41	Immortality-Smuggling Syndicate	25m	11.09.1979
42	Challenge of the Immortality-Emperor	25m	25.09.1979
43	Phantoms of Life and Death	25m	09.10.1979
44	Decisive Battle in the Capital of Eternity	25m	23.10.1979
45	Resurrect the Legendary Hero	25m	30.10.1979
46	Rescue-Mission "Grag"	25m	06.11.1979
47	Hell-Penalty - Solitude	25m	13.11.1979
48	The Mystery of Hero Kaful	25m	20.11.1979
49	The Mystery of the Space-Ruins	25m	27.11.1979
50	The Mystery of the Semi-Monster-Race	25m	04.12.1979
51	Showdown at the City of Death	25m	11.12.1979
52	To the other side of Light and Darkness	25m	18.12.1979
OP1	Yume no Fune Nori (1-30)	2m	07.11.1978
OP2	Yume no Fune Nori (31-52)	2m	12.06.1979
ED1	Popular Toori no Uchi	2m	07.11.1978
C4	French Opening	0m
C5	French Ending	0m

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