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Mi-kun is based on Matsumoto's own pet cat, the latest of which is named Mi-kun III. Mi-kun also makes on-off appearances in several other anime such as Queen Millennia and Galaxy Express 999. Doctor Zero's cat, Mi-kun also appears in Space Battleship Yamato as Doctor Sado's cat. He has a pet cat called Mi-kun (named Miaou in the French version), which he adopted after the then-kitten's mother, which was injured and apparently dying, brought him to Zero's office, and was later brought with Zero on board the Arcadia. Like Yattaran, he serves as comic relief when he argues with the ship's cook, Miss Masu, over his raids of Masu's kitchen to get his beverage of choice, sake. Yattaran is based on manga artist Kaoru Shintani (best known for Area 88) who, in his early career worked for Matsumoto building models for reference.ĭoctor Zero ( ドクターゼロ ?). He is also a brilliant mathematician and has a major interest in building plastic model kits of ships (he was even seen building a scale model of the Arcadia in one episode). Harlock's first mate on the Arcadia, he is usually portrayed as comic relief in the series, but when a battle against alien threats become imminent he will be at the captain's side. In the 1999 Harlock Saga OVA, she is refashioned to appear as a human-looking woman (as well as given a different back story, making her a member of the Nibelung clan in the story and changing her musical instrument from the harp to a pipe organ with the ability to control time, but otherwise having the same abilities as in her previous incarnation), but she returns to her original appearance and origins in the 2002 Endless Odyssey OVA. Her empathic nature makes her valuable in a counseling capacity (for example, when she consoles Miss Masu following the loss of the latter's estranged fiancé). She has a quiet, sensitive personality and, although she does not have an official position aboard the Arcadia, she will help Doctor Zero tend to injured crew members in times of need. She does not appear to have a mouth (apparently a common feature in Juran physiology), but she is able to absorb liquids through the general mouth area. She is Harlock's closest companion and confidante and is willing to protect him at any cost when needed. After her rescue, Miime became part of the crew of the Arcadia and pledged her life to Harlock in gratitude for saving her. A mysterious alien woman with long blue hair who thrives on alcohol and possesses psychic and psionic powers, she is the last survivor of her home planet Jura, from which she was saved by Harlock. She is the Arcadia's chief navigator and science officer and the second-youngest crew member after Tadashi. There is a slight intimation that she harbors a crush on Harlock (though this would be made more definite in the later SSX series), and initially seems inclined romantically towards Tadashi Daiba, though the two eventually settle into a platonic friendship. She first met Harlock when he raided a ship that was transporting her back to Earth as a prisoner after she had assaulted a military officer who had belittled her father's death. A young human woman with blonde hair who was already part of Harlock's crew at the time Tadashi came aboard.
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Tadashi is sometimes in conflict with Harlock early in the series, but he would become a trusted part of Harlock's senior staff as the series progressed. He lost his mother in a disaster on the Neptunian moon Triton when her pleas for help were ignored by the indifferent government. The 14-year-old son of a scientist who was killed by the Mazone, he joined the Arcadia crew following the death of his father.
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Daiba is the audience surrogate, the viewer's gateway to Harlock's world.
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In his own words, he "fight for no one's sake, only for something deep in heart". He is as noble as he is taciturn, rebellious, stoically fighting against totalitarian regimes, whether they be earthborn or alien. Harlock is the archetypical romantic hero, a space pirate with an individualist philosophy of life.