Arcadia of My Youth

is an anime film depicting the origin of Reiji Matsumoto's seminal character Captain Harlock which premiered on July 28, 1982.

A sequel anime series titled aired from October 13, 1982 to March 30, 1983.

Plot
Earth has been conquered by the evil Illumidus Empire, with parallels drawn to the U.S. post World War II occupation of Japan. Captain Harlock and his group that will become his life long friends begin their fight against this tyranny visited upon the planet Earth, with no regard to the costs the struggle will have on them, caring only for the ideal of restoring freedom to the people of Earth.