Space Pirate Captain Herlock: The Endless Odyssey - Recommendations

• TV (13 eps)
• 2000

Three years have passed since the Four Nations Alliance declared war on the Abh Empire. With both sides decimated by the first encounter, the lull in violence has provided enough time to build fleets massive enough to span the entire galaxy. Just before the Abh complete preparations for their conquest, however, the Alliance launches a pre-emptive strike, forcing them to take the defensive. Now in command of her own ship, Lafiel is assigned to the fleet as a destroyer captain, and eagerly awaits the opportunity to prove herself as a true Abriel. But when a new class of enemy ship appears on the front lines, the tides quickly turn for the worse. With her vessel now little more than cannon fodder, her dreams are turned into a desperate race for survival - can she and her crew survive amidst a battlefield of endless death and destruction?

• TV (13 eps)
• 1998

"I have only abandoned my body, I still live here" - are the words emailed to friends of Chisa, several days after her death by suicide. As Lain delves deeper into the world of the "Wired" (also known as the internet), the line between it and reality becomes more and more unclear. Close the world, open the nExt.

• OVA (26 eps x 26 min)
• 2012 - 2013

In the year 2199, unrelenting attacks from the planet Gamilus have forced all life on Earth into underground dwellings and raised radiation levels to near-toxic levels. The only way to clean up all this harmful radiation is by using the Cosmo Cleaner, which the Queen of the planet Iscandar has generously offered to humanity. Unfortunately, Iscandar is 148,000 light years away, but Earth only has one year before rising radiation levels make it uninhabitable! The only vessel capable of making the journey is the Yamato - a spaceship equipped with advanced technology and modeled after the famous WWII battleship. Can the crew of the Yamato make it to Iscandar and back before the extinction of all life on Earth?

• TV (113 eps)
• 1978 - 1981

Ever heard of a flying train? Tetsuro, living on a dismal earth, wants to ride it to Andromeda so he can get a mechanical body that will enable him to live forever. With the help of the mysterious woman, Maetel, Tetsuro braves many adventures on his way to Andromeda, heading towards a showdown with Count Mecha, an evil tyrant that brutally murdered his mother for sport. Will Tetsuro have the inner strength to face this monster on his own turf?

• TV (25 eps)
• 1980 - 1981

The year is 2203. A planet destroyer missile, crashing into the sun, has caused a dangerous increase in nuclear fusion that threatens to destroy the entire solar system in one year. A new mission calls the Star Force back into action, and the legendary Space Battleship Argo will launch once again to find a new home for the human race. Alongside the original crew is a group of new recruits, hungry for adventure and they'll get more than they ever dreamed! Beyond the edge of the solar system, two fearsome empires have arisen, and in their struggle for territory, they have turned the galaxy into a cosmic battlefield. Unaware of this, the Star Force is about to enter the fray.

• Movie (1 ep)
• 2009

A crisis is approaching Earth with the expansion of a moving black hole, in the year 2220. A plan is devised to move over 300-million people from Earth. When the latest transportation fleet is attacked, Space Battleship Yamato comes to its defense, the ship is now commanded by Susumu Kodai, also aboard is daughter Miyuki, child of Susumu and Yuki.

• Other
• 2024

• Movie (1 ep)
• 2014

A new super weapon has emerged and Gamilas ships vanish from the seas. In the meantime, the Yamato has left the Large Magellanic Cloud and is on its way back to the Milky Way Galaxy. During the voyage, the crew is hit by a gatlantean warrior fleet under command of Goran Dagam, who claims the "Yamatee" as his prey. After Susumu Kodai in command refuses to give up the ship, the Yamato makes a run and accidentally ends up inside a strange world that defies logic and the law of physics. An expedition team is sent to the surface and makes a truly mind-boggling experience that they cannot escape. Next to that the team doesn't seem to be alone after they encounter their old foes. Time runs out and the Gamilas and Terrons walk a thin line in a world that's not their own, having the Gatlanteans sitting in their necks.

• TV (26 eps)
• 1978 - 1979

A year has passed since the Star Force returned to save the Earth but another danger now approaches from deep space. A gigantic White Comet hurtles toward our galaxy, obliterating everything in its path. But it is no ordinary comet - it is the deadly Comet Empire, conqueror of worlds... and Earth is the next target! Against orders, the Star Force blasts off to investigate, but even if they can get past the flagship Andromeda, they don't yet know the true nature of their new enemy!

• OVA (4 eps)
• 1998 - 1999

In order to become a stronger person, a young boy named Hiroshi stows away on a freighter bound for planet Daibaran. The freighter comes under fire from an Afressian fleet, but is saved by the appearance of a mysterious spaceship. Upon reaching his destination, Hiroshi finds a job in one of the roughest saloons on the planet in order to toughen up, but ends up in an unfair fight when the Afressians begin to search for the one who attacked them. He is eventually rescued by a cloaked woman, who reveals herself to be Emeraldas, captain of the mysterious ship that saved him before. Stung by two defeats, the Afressian leader Bararuda decides that there is only room for one queen in space... but can a single ship piloted by one woman stand against the fury of a whole empire?