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Hakugei: Legend of the Moby Dick is an animated Japanese television series, based on Herman Melville's 1851 novel Moby-Dick. However, this adaptation used futuristic outer space as the setting, with "whales" being large abandoned spaceships instead. It aired from 1997 to 1999, albeit with a suspension of new episodes from November 1997 to October 1998. The series ran for 26 episodes, which have been released on DVD in the US by ADV Films, spread across six discs.
Original Release
04/09/1997
US Release
11/21/2005
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Monica Rial | Lucey / The Singer / Additional Voices |
| Rob Mungle | Cook |
| John Gremillion | Speed King |
| George Manley | Barba |
| Vic Mignogna | Dew |
| David Born | Doc Christiansen / Doc Christansen |
| Chris Patton | 'Aca' Academias |
| Illich Guardiola | Mutz Gunryu |
| John Swasey | Ahab |
| Andrew Love | Det White Hat |
| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Drifting Place | Wednesday, 09 April 1997 |
| 2 | Whale Hunters | Wednesday, 16 April 1997 |
| 3 | From a Cold Planet... | Wednesday, 23 April 1997 |
| 4 | The White Demon | Wednesday, 30 April 1997 |
| 5 | Super Battleship Moby Dick | Wednesday, 07 May 1997 |
| 6 | Farewell! King Kuron | Wednesday, 14 May 1997 |
| 7 | Nice to Meet You, Haunted Ship! | Wednesday, 28 May 1997 |
| 8 | My Dear Cape God | Wednesday, 04 June 1997 |
| 9 | Birth of a Fan Club | Wednesday, 18 June 1997 |
| 10 | Planet Moad | Wednesday, 25 June 1997 |
| 11 | Farewell, Lady Whisker | Wednesday, 09 July 1997 |
| 12 | Lovers | Tuesday, 22 July 1997 |
| 13 | Easy Rider | Wednesday, 30 July 1997 |
| 14 | The Lasala Express | Wednesday, 03 September 1997 |
| 15 | Songstress | Wednesday, 10 September 1997 |
| 16 | Detonator | Wednesday, 17 September 1997 |
| 17 | Declaration of Independence | Wednesday, 22 October 1997 |
| 18 | Legend of a Savage Beast | Wednesday, 29 October 1997 |
| 19 | Ahab's Retaliation | Tuesday, 23 March 1999 |
| 20 | Descendent of the Tattoo Clan | Wednesday, 31 March 1999 |
| 21 | Comeback | Wednesday, 07 April 1999 |
| 22 | The Unforgivable Ones | Wednesday, 14 April 1999 |
| 23 | The Moad War Begins | Wednesday, 21 April 1999 |
| 24 | The Beginning of a Legend... Wandering | Wednesday, 28 April 1999 |
| 25 | The Beginning of a Legend... Countdown | Thursday, 06 May 1999 |
| 26 | The Legend of the Whale Hunters | Wednesday, 12 May 1999 |
Directors
Osamu Dezaki, Kô Matsuzono, Osamu Sekita, Masaaki Kumagai, Eiji Yamanaka, Fumihiro Yoshimura, Tôru Shimose, Takeyuki Sadohara, Satoshi Kuwabara, Tsuyoshi Yoshimoto, Saburo Hashimoto, Hisaharu Shintani, Yoshinori Odaka
Writers
Osamu Dezaki, Akio Sugino, Koji Ueda, Katsuhiko Koide, Eto Mori
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Monica Rial | Lucey / The Singer / Additional Voices |
| Rob Mungle | Cook |
| John Gremillion | Speed King |
| George Manley | Barba |
| Vic Mignogna | Dew |
| David Born | Doc Christiansen / Doc Christansen |
| Chris Patton | 'Aca' Academias |
| Illich Guardiola | Mutz Gunryu |
| John Swasey | Ahab |
| Andrew Love | Det White Hat |
| Jessica Boone | Marie |
| Chris Ayres | Murato / Additional Voices |
| Braden Hunt | Shiro Tokisada |
| James Faulkner | The Moby Dick |
| Luci Christian | Lisa |
| Brittney Karbowski | Additional Voices |
| Akio Ôtsuka | Ahab |
| Greg Ayres | Additional Voices |
| Shelley Calene-Black | Irene |
| Christine M. Auten | Sara |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| John Ledford | Executive Producer |
| Yoshihiro Shimizu | Producer |
| Takayuki Matsutani | Producer |
| Tsuneyuki Morishima | Producer |
| Yasuhisa Kazama | Producer |
| Tetsuo Katayama | Producer |
| Hiroshi Toita | Producer |
| Sumio Udagawa | Producer |
| Minoru Kubota | Producer |
