History Manga / CaptainHarlock

* {{Crossover}}: Harlock and company frequently cameo in ''GalaxyExpress999'', with a full-blown crossover in the ''Space Symphony Maetel'' series.

* CrapsaccaharineWorld: Earth in the original series is like this. No one on Earth has to work because of the fabulous luxuries available to them due to robot workers. As a result, humans do nothing but drink and relax while they're being invaded by the Mazone.

** Actually, Mayu was kidnapped by one of Lafresia's officers against the queen's explicit orders; but once the abduction was fait accompli, Lafresia felt free to exploit the situation.

* Matter of fact, male Mazone are seen several times among the civilians. It is only their warrior caste that is all female.

* {{Expy}}: Of Matsumoto characters dating back to 1953, as mentioned above.

Not to be confused with [[{{Tintin}} Captain Haddock]].

-->[[DesuDesBrigade [=JesuOtaku=]]]: "I think ChuckNorris checks his closet every night to make sure Captain Harlock is not in it."

** One particularly egregious example happens in the Maetel Legend OVA: the villain, supreme overlord wannabee in command of the mecha people, remarked that and ordered Emeraldas killed and Maetel taken prisoner, but when his mooks tried it they discovered she had a custom-made gun intended to kill only mecha people she later admits having ordered because she expected she would have to kill her own mother, Ra Andromeda Promesium, who is being mechanized and may go mad. As anyone who watched ''Galaxy Express 999'' knows, [[spoiler: the mother went in fact mad due the particular mechanization process and too though for the gun, so Maetel pulled a decades-long XanatosGambit ending in Maetel convincing Tetsuro to blow up his first planet, with Promesium on it]].

* BottleFairy: Mimay subsists on alcohol, although she does get flushed while drinking. Harlock himself is often seen with a glass of red wine, and never appears to be drunk.

* MyRevengeIsMercy

* [=~Screw The Rules, I'm Doing What's Right~=]: ''CaptainHarlock'' turns to space piracy because of the corruption of Earth's government, but still fights for he believes in and is willing to defend the Earth if need be.

** Bainas from {{Ozuma}}, while Emeraldas has the scar, Bainas has the unruly red hair. Both wear [[BadassCape badass capes]] and are badass captains, just like Harlock.

** Bainas from {{Ozuma}}, while Emeraldas has the scar, Bainas has the unruly red hair. Both wear BadassCapes and are badass captains, just like Harlock.

* FridgeHorror: about the RunningGag of saying that Emeraldas is the dangerous twin and Maetel the harmless one when it's Maetel the one who [[EarthShatteringKaboom blew up a planet]] because she was disgusted. Becomes FridgeHorror when you realizes that not only is the people who knows them best to make those remarks, but the twins fully agree, making you wonder what the hell happened to consider a woman who destroyed a planet being harmless when compared to Emeraldas.

* SeriousBusiness: Alcohol. In the ''Cosmo Warrior Zero'' OVA, Harlock is willing to let his friend Tochiro be lynched for having destroyed a planet's booze supplies.

* SwordAndGun: Sort of. Captain Harlock routinely carries a pistol, and... um... a ''much longer'' pistol, with a handguard that makes it resemble a cavalry saber. That's right, Captain Harlock is so [[{{Badass}} manly]] that [[BeyondTheImpossible he stabs people with his spaceship and shoots them with his sword]].

* StarSystem

* AGlassOfChianti: More of a wine in a brandy snifter thing with Harlock.