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Cosmo Warrior Zero
	Cover of the first Cosmo Warrior Zero DVD volume.
コスモウォーリアー零; (Kosumo Wōriā Zero)
Genre	Adventure; Science fiction; Space opera
Created by	Leiji Matsumoto
Video game
Publisher	Taito
Directed by	Katsushi Murakami
Produced by	Doctor Serial Nishioka
Designed by	Katsumi Itabashi (mechanical)
Genre	Third-person shooter
Platform	PlayStation, PC
Released	May 18, 2000; 24 years ago (PlayStation), May 17, 2002; 22 years ago (PC)
Anime television series
Directed by	Kazuyoshi Yokota
Produced by	Shunji Namiki
Written by	Dr. Serial Nishioka
Music by	Germiniart High Quality
Studio	Vega Entertainment
Licensed by	NA: Discotek Media;
Original network	TV Tokyo (TX Network)
Original run	26 July 2001 – 28 September 2001
Episodes	15
Related works
	Space Pirate Captain Harlock; Galaxy Express 999; Queen Emeraldas;

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Cosmo Warrior Zero (コスモウォーリアー零（ゼロ）, Kosumo Wōriā Zero) is a science fiction third-person shooter video game released by Taito. It was adapted into an anime television series in 2001.

Plot

The long war between the planet Earth and the machine men is finally over, resulting in a peace that is more a victory for the machine men than the Earth. Warius Zero lost his family in the war to the machinemen but despite this he still is a member of the Earth fleet that is now working in concert with the machine men. His ship, made up of both humans and machine men, has been given a near impossible task: capture the space pirate Captain Harlock. While Zero struggles to accomplish this task, evidence begins to surface that the peace between machine men and Earth may not be as it seems.

Characters

Captain Warius Zero: Voiced by: Toshiyuki Morikawa (Japanese); Crispin Freeman (English)

After having his wife and child disappear in the battle between the humans and Machine men, Zero has no choice but to serve Earth's government as a Captain of second rate ships. After a run-in with the legendary Captain Harlock, Zero is given the new task of hunting down the space pirate. With his new controversial crew of machine men and humans and his old ship, the Karyū (Fire Dragon), Zero sets out to complete his mission and to keep his crew from fighting. After meeting Harlock, Zero has more of an appreciation towards him and stills believes in him even after he sees him attack civilians. Later on in the series, Zero and his first officer Marina Oki grow feelings for each other and end up falling in love.

Harlock: Voiced by: Eiji Takemoto (Japanese); Steven Blum (English)
Marina Oki: Voiced by: Aya Hisakawa (Japanese); Lia Sargent (English)
Lady Emeraldas: Voiced by: Kikuko Inoue (Japanese); Julie Thornton (English)
Tochiro: Voiced by: Tomohiro Nishimura (Japanese); Marvin Lee (English)
Grenadier: Voiced by: Hidenari Ugaki (Japanese); Tom Wyner (English)
Silviana: Voiced by: Kaori (Japanese); Mia Lee (English)
Nohara: Voiced by: Kouhei Owada (Japanese); Dave Mallow (English)
Umihara: Voiced by: Nobuaki Sekine (Japanese); Bob Papenbrook (English)
Ishikura: Voiced by: Souichiro Hoshi (Japanese); Terrence Stone (English)
Rai: Voiced by: Tadashi Miyazawa (Japanese); Michael Sorich (English)
Dr. Machine: Voiced by: Takashi Matsuyama (Japanese); Lex Lang (English)
Battlizer: Voiced by: Yoshiaki Matsumoto (Japanese); Kirk Thornton (English)
Yattaran: Voiced by: Yoshiaki Matsumoto (Japanese); Kirk Thornton (English)
Axelater: Voiced by: Yoshikazu Nagano (Japanese); Lex Lang (English)
Phase Breaker: Voiced by: Yukinobu Kaneko (Japanese); Lex Lang (English)
Helmatier: Voiced by: Yuri Shiratori (Japanese); Karen Strassman (English)
Zess Voder: Voiced by: Zenichi Nagano (Japanese); Michael McConnohie (English)

References to other works

Leiji Matsumoto's other older works were referenced in this series:

First Officer Marina Oki's home has marine snow, a direct reference to Leiji's 1980 television special The Legend of Marine Snow.
The main weapon of the Karyū is the "Saint Elmo", a reference to the 1987 Saint Elmo – Hikari no Raihousha.

Reception

Helen McCarthy in 500 Essential Anime Movies praised the screenplay and commented that "very few writers handle doomed heroism as well as Matsumoto".^[1]

References

^ McCarthy, Helen. 500 Essential Anime Movies: The Ultimate Guide. — Harper Design, 2009. — P. 50. — 528 p. — ISBN 978-0061474507

External links

Leiji Matsumoto page
Enoki Films Cosmo page
Cosmo Warrior Zero (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
Cosmo Warrior Zero at IMDb

[1] McCarthy, Helen. 500 Essential Anime Movies: The Ultimate Guide. — Harper Design, 2009. — P. 50. — 528 p. — ISBN 978-0061474507

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+| caption         = Cover of the first ''Cosmo Warrior Zero'' DVD volume.
 | ja_kanji        = コスモウォーリアー零
 | ja_romaji       = Kosumo Wōriā Zero
-| genre           = Adventure,<br>[[Science fiction]],<br>[[Space opera]]
+| genre           = [[Adventure fiction|Adventure]]<br>[[Science fiction]]<br>[[Space opera]]
 | creator         = [[Leiji Matsumoto]]
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 | designer        = Katsumi Itabashi (mechanical)
 | genre           = [[Third-person shooter]]
-| platforms       = [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]], [[personal computer|PC]]
+| platforms       = [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]], [[Personal computer|PC]]
 | released        = {{start date and age|2000|5|18}} (PlayStation), {{start date and age|2002|5|17}} (PC)
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-| type            = tv series
+| type            = TV series
 | director        = [[Kazuyoshi Yokota]]
 | producer        = Shunji Namiki
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 ==Characters==
 ;Captain Warius Zero: {{Voiced by|[[Toshiyuki Morikawa]]|[[Crispin Freeman]]}}
-After having his wife and child disappear in the battle between the humans and Machine men, Zero has no choice but to serve Earth's government as a Captain of second rate ships. After a run-in with the legendary Captain Harlock, Zero is given the new task of hunting down the space pirate. With his new [[controversial]] crew of machine men and humans and his old ship, the {{nihongo|Karyū|Fire Dragon}}, Zero sets out to complete his mission and to keep his crew from fighting. After meeting Harlock, Zero has more of an appreciation towards him and stills believes in him even after he sees him attack civilians. Later on in the series, Zero and his first officer Marina Oki grow feelings for each other and end up falling in love.
+After having his wife and child disappear in the battle between the humans and Machine men, Zero has no choice but to serve Earth's government as a Captain of second rate ships. After a run-in with the legendary Captain Harlock, Zero is given the new task of hunting down the space pirate. With his new controversial crew of machine men and humans and his old ship, the {{nihongo|Karyū|Fire Dragon}}, Zero sets out to complete his mission and to keep his crew from fighting. After meeting Harlock, Zero has more of an appreciation towards him and stills believes in him even after he sees him attack civilians. Later on in the series, Zero and his first officer Marina Oki grow feelings for each other and end up falling in love.
 ;Harlock: {{Voiced by|[[Eiji Takemoto]]|[[Steven Blum]]}}
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 ;Silviana: {{Voiced by|[[Kaori (voice actress)|Kaori]]|Mia Lee}}
 ;Nohara: {{Voiced by|Kouhei Owada|[[Dave Mallow]]}}
-;Umihara: {{Voiced by|[[Nobuaki Sekine]]|[[Bob Papenbrook]]}}
+;Umihara: {{Voiced by|[[Nobuaki Sekine]]|Bob Papenbrook}}
-;Ishikura: {{Voiced by|[[Souichiro Hoshi]]|[[Terrence Stone]]}}
+;Ishikura: {{Voiced by|[[Souichiro Hoshi]]|Terrence Stone}}
 ;Rai: {{Voiced by|[[Tadashi Miyazawa]]|[[Michael Sorich]]}}
 ;Dr. Machine: {{Voiced by|[[Takashi Matsuyama (actor)|Takashi Matsuyama]]|[[Lex Lang]]}}
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 ==References to other works==
+[[Leiji Matsumoto]]'s other older works were referenced in this series:
+* First Officer Marina Oki's home has [[marine snow]], a direct reference to Leiji's 1980 [[television special]] ''The Legend of Marine Snow''.
+* The main weapon of the Karyū is the "Saint Elmo", a reference to the 1987 ''[[Saint Elmo – Hikari no Raihousha]]''.
+==Reception==
-[[Leiji Matsumoto|Leiji Matsumoto's]] other older works were referenced in this series.
-*First Officer Marina Oki's home has [[marine snow]], a direct reference to Leiji's 1980 [[television special]] "Legend of Marine Snow".
-*The main weapon of the Karyū is the "Saint Elmo", a reference to the 1987 [[Saint Elmo - Hikari no Raihousha|Saint Elmo - Apostle of Light]].
-== Reception ==
 [[Helen McCarthy]] in ''500 Essential Anime Movies'' praised the screenplay and commented that "very few writers handle doomed heroism as well as Matsumoto".<ref>[[Helen McCarthy|McCarthy, Helen]]. ''500 Essential Anime Movies: The Ultimate Guide''. — Harper Design, 2009. — P. 50. — 528 p. — {{ISBN|978-0061474507}}</ref>
-== References ==
+==References==
 <references />
 ==External links==
-*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120206131038/http://www.leiji-matsumoto.ne.jp/zero/ Leiji Matsumoto page]
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120206131038/http://www.leiji-matsumoto.ne.jp/zero/ Leiji Matsumoto page]
-*[http://enokifilmsusa.com/library/cwzero_np.htm Enoki Films Cosmo page]
+* [http://enokifilmsusa.com/library/cwzero_np.htm Enoki Films Cosmo page]
-*{{ann|anime|1283}}
+* {{ann|anime|1283}}
-*{{IMDb title|0297536}}
+* {{IMDb title|0297536}}
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-[[Category:Discotek Media]]
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+[[Category:Transhumanism in anime and manga]]