Harlock: Space Pirate Quotes

  • Captain Harlock: [from trailer] I've been called a criminal, a terrorist, and a threat to the known universe. But everything you were told is a lie. The truth is, the Gaia Coalition has become Earth's worst enemy. They've taken our freedom, our home, and our future. I am Captain Harlock, and I command the crew of the pirate ship Arcadia. The time has come for all mankind to take a stand...

  • Captain Harlock: [from trailer] If you believe in the future of our planet, you are not alone.

  • Palace bystander: [Referring to Ezra, in a wheelchair] Who knows, if he hadn't had the accident, he could've been Prime Minister. But fortune eludes those who are ill-equipped.

    [subtitled version, viewed on Netflix]

  • Yattaran: Tell me this: why do we sail?

    [Yattaran asks four men including Yama for the password to become a member of the Arcadia - only one of them is needed]

    Man 1: Sail? Why, there's times you sail for honour!

    Yattaran: No!

    [Yattaran does a throat-slitting gesture before the man is dropped off the Arcadia and down the mountain]

    Man 2: F-For riches?

    Yattaran: No!

    [Yattaran does the same gesture as the second man is also dropped]

    Man 3: [the third man backs up too far as Yattaran approaches him and falls off on his own]

    Yama: For freedom!

    [Yama says the password too late and is saved by Yattaran before he falls]