Harlock Saga

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The Ring of the Nibelung Harlock Saga
ニーベルングの指環 (Nīberungo no Yubiwa) ハーロック・サーガ (Hārokku Sāga)
Genre	Space opera
Based on	Space Pirate Captain Harlock by Leiji Matsumoto Der Ring des Nibelungen by Wilhelm Richard Wagner
Manga
The Ring of the Nibelung: Rheingold
Written by	Leiji Matsumoto
Published by	Shinchosha
Magazine	Various
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	1990 – 1991
Volumes	2
Manga
The Ring of the Nibelung: Walküre
Written by	Leiji Matsumoto
Published by	Shinchosha
Magazine	Various
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	1997 – 1998
Volumes	3
Original video animation
Harlock Saga
Directed by	Yoshio Takeuchi
Produced by	Jin'ichirō Koyama Tōru Nakano
Written by	Kei Hiyoshi
Music by	Kaoru Wada
Studio	Studio March
Released	January 25, 1999 – November 25, 1999
Runtime	30 minutes (each)
Episodes	6
Manga
The Ring of the Nibelung: Siegfried
Written by	Leiji Matsumoto
Published by	Shinchosha
Magazine	Weekly Comic Bunch
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	May 2001 – November 2001
Volumes	3
Manga
The Ring of the Nibelung: Götterdämmerung
Written by	Leiji Matsumoto
Published by	Shinchosha
Magazine	Weekly Comic Bunch
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	2001 – 2002 (on hiatus)

The Ring of the Nibelung (ニーベルングの指環, Nīberungo no Yubiwa) is a manga series written and illustrated by Leiji Matsumoto. An adaptation of Wilhelm Richard Wagner epic music drama Der Ring des Nibelungen, it tells the story of space pirate Captain Harlock and his crew as they try to stop a man who has stolen gold from the center of the galaxy and forged it into a powerful ring. It was adapted into a six-part original video animation series titled Harlock Saga (ハーロック・サーガ, Hārokku Sāga).