Queen Millennia

The queen of a thousand years or Queen Millennia (Japanese新竹 取 物语1000年 女王·, Shin Taketori Monogatari: Sen -tion Joo, GV "The New Tale of the Bamboo Cutter: The queen of a thousand years" ) is a manga by the Japanese illustrator Leiji Matsumoto from the years 1980 to 1983, based on which the anime studio Toei Animation from 1981 to 1982, a 42- episode anime series produced. A movie was released in 1982. The plot is based loosely on the Japanese fairytale Taketori Monogatari.

Action

Hajime is a 14 - year-old boy and lives in Tokyo with his parents. One day he saves a cat's life and thus made ​​the acquaintance of the beautiful Yayoi Yukino, the daughter of a noodle restaurant owner. As Hajimes parents come in a mysterious explosion killed, he lived after his uncle, Prof. Amamori, the director of the observatory of Tsukuba. There he also meets Yayoi again, which works as an assistant for Prof. Amamori in the observatory.

Hajime gets there aware of the latest discovery: an unknown planet approaching Earth and is expected to meet on 9 September 1999 with her. Humanity seems to be at the mercy of this disaster helpless. In addition, an underground organization called The thieves of the thousand years draws attention to itself, which combats a certain queen of a thousand years. Hajime is drawn into the events inevitably in and learns more and more of the impending danger and the mystery of the queen.

Publications

Manga

The Queen of the thousand years, first appeared in Japan from 1980 to 1983 in separate chapters in the daily newspapers Sankei Shinbun and Nishi Nippon Sports. From 1983, the Sankei Shuppan -Verlag published the series, which consists of a total of 1000 chapters in five anthologies. When Japanese publisher Shogakukan published in the 1990 editions of the manga, including a Bunko version.

Anime television series

The television series was produced in the years 1981 and 1982, directed by Nobutaka Nishizawa based on the manga. Following the broadcast by the Japanese TV station Fuji TV in the same two years ( April 16, 1981 to 23 May 1982) it was also sold due to the great success abroad, including Spain, France, Italy, Mexico, China and Germany.

In Germany, the Queen of the thousand years was the first time in March 1991 at the Munich commercial broadcaster Tele 5 as part of the children's show Bim Bam Bino. The dubbed version consisted of only 41 episodes, because you had omitted a sequence that summed up again in the original Japanese after the first three quarters of the series, the previous action with known images. The second and so far last broadcast in Germany took place on 27 April 1992 to 23 June 1992. Later that year, the transmission mode of Tele 5 has been discontinued, since the series was no longer shown on German television. Despite this relatively short presentation the series became one up today continuing cult status among German anime fans.

The English version of the series, which was released in the U.S. in 1985, is a compilation of the series Captain Harlock Captain Harlock and under the title the Queen of a Thousand Years.

On June 21, was released in 2005 in Japan, the complete TV series on DVD box. The set includes 6 DVDs and a bonus CD with the soundtrack of the series and the movie. About a publication in Germany is yet unknown.

Synchronization

For the German synchronization of the Alster Hamburg studios were responsible, the leader at that time were in the area of ​​synchronization and finishing of films, television series and commercials, and have had successful shows like Knight Rider and Columbo in the portfolio. The company was bought out in 1991 and ceased operations as an independent company in 1994.

Music

The music of the series comes from Ryudo Uzaki and Tomoyuki Asakawa. The Japanese opening credits song, Cosmos dream by Masaki Takanashi, and the music credits, Mahoroba densetsu by Manami Ishikawa, were both used in the German dubbed version.

Episode Guide

Anime movie

On March 13, 1982, a 121 -minute film was released in Japan under the direction of Masayuki Akihi, which tells the story of the series in a modified form. Some characters were omitted, others were added, and the character design, the movie compared to the series changes. The music is by Kitaro, who is called in 1982 to publish Soundtrack Queen Millennia. The film was never released in Germany.

Others

• Daischi, the cat by Yayoi, bears the name of Leiji, named after Leiji Matsumoto, the father of the series in the original.

• With his film Maetel Legend, published in 2000, Leiji Matsumoto tried to beat off the American backgrounds cut a bridge between the Queen of the 1,000 years and the Harlock universe. The film is neither a sequel nor a spin-off of the original series, but offers a completely alternate story to the main characters ( the Queen and Hajime ) with this no longer has anything in common.