Capitan Futuro

What!? Just seven reviews (time writing my own) for this excellent sci-fi show!? Compared to many of todays anime, Captain Future and the adventures of his crew are superior in many aspects - excellent characters, very different and fantastic stories in a well composed universe, and still superb visuals. Based on the Captain Future pulp magazine stories of Mort Weisinger and Edmond Hamilton published from 1940 to 1944, Tomoharu Katsumata directed this fine anime. 53 episodes were produced and aired based on some of the stories of the pulp magazine. May rate is seven + one point for nostalgic reasons. If you never watched the show and you like to watch sci-fi anime, put this one pronto on your watchlist.

Note: I watched the German version back then (somewhere in the mid 80s or so), as far as I know there are also French, Italian and Japanese versions, sadly no English dubbed version is available to the day, but there is a Japanese edition available with English subtitles.

DVD release for Germany is scheduled for October, 20th 2003. Make sure to get your copy in time. But there is only the german voice included. At the times when this brilliant anime was done, soundtrack and voice were on one track in japanese and could not be divided. Germany made one of the best soundtrack for this 80s movies....I can hardly wait to see it again.

Well, I haven't read much of Edmond Hamilton's golden-age-of-scifi-novels, but if this show has managed to do one thing especially well, then it is to carry the pulpish "sense of wonder" into the present.

Toei Animation's 'Captain Future' series not only is remarkably true to the original, it also digs deep into the fantastic worlds of Hamilton in all their weird, epic beauty. The episodes are based on 13 novels, and the viewer gets dragged into a futuristic universe full of mysteries, space exploration, villainy and heroism - that's space opera at it's best.

Even if it's an older animé, Sir, it still checks out. It is well told and vividly illustrated (including artistic and unusual camera perspectives). An absolute must-see...!

I recommend the Japanese version with country-specific subtitles.

The Cartoon Captain Future was (at least) 20 years ahead of its time when it was first aired in the late 70 early 80. I watched the show on German TV around 1982-84. The action packed story along with a super OST made it my favorite cartoon making todays "fastfood-anime" look pretty poor.

I managed to find the show on 2 DVD collections on the Internet last year and I had a lot of fun watching Captain Future and his crew in action again after 20 years. And to my surprise it had not lost its "magic" like so many other things from the past...

I wonder why it has never been shown on Danish TV?

I had a old VHS tape of Cartoon Future and never gave it the time of day. However I was in the mood after several years to watch this Cartoon. OMG...I am so glued. Can anybody please tell me how to get the complete DVD Disc set in English? Is there a way.

I want more and more and now it has consumed me. This cartoon rocked and loved the storyline and Characters. I hope it comes out in English one day.

If anybody knows how to get a English Version or Dubbed in English, Please share the information.

The Whole cartoon was a wonderful surprise by the great characters and villains, I only had the VHS Tape version that had the 6 episodes I believe. The Graphics are so sketchy but great plot and storyline.