How long does it take to watch all of Captain Herlock?

About 1.9 hours — one sitting.

Is Captain Herlock finished?

Yes, Captain Herlock is finished (1 episodes), so you can watch the whole thing at your own pace.

Is Captain Herlock good for a group?

Yes. Captain Herlock is tagged action, the tags that survive a room full of people talking over the screen. It is a film, so nobody has to commit to a schedule.

Where is Captain Herlock listed?

Captain Herlock is on AniList (id 17269) and MyAnimeList (id 17269); Queue Up keys it by its AniList id and shows it when it is on either of your lists.

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Is Captain Herlock good to watch with a friend?

One sitting. Captain Herlock (Space Pirate Captain Harlock (Movie)) is a film from Summer 2013 by Marza Animation Planet, Toei Animation Co., Ltd.: 1 episodes, about 1.9 hours in total, finished, 7.32/10 across the listing sites.

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Watching it together: one sitting. It is a film (about 1.9 hours), so the whole thing fits one evening — the easiest kind of anime to agree on. Rule: type MOVIE → one sitting.

This verdict comes from rules over the title's format, length and tags, not from a review — the rule that fired is named above.

The facts

Type: Film
Episodes: 1
Episode length: 115 min
Total time: about 1.9 hours — one evening
First aired: Summer 2013
Status: Finished
Studio: Marza Animation Planet, Toei Animation Co., Ltd.
Score: 7.32/10 across the listing sites
Tags: action, adventure, aliens, manga adaptation, crime, dark fantasy, drama, love triangle, military, space, politics, post-apocalyptic, sci-fi, seinen, shounen, swordplay, tragedy, war

Data from anime-offline-database (ODbL) as of 2026-07-04; the score is the median of the scores the anime listing sites give it, on a 1–10 scale. Also listed as: SPACE PIRATE CAPTAIN HARLOCK; Harlock Space Pirate; Harlock: Space Pirate; SPACE PIRATE CAPTAIN HERLOCK.

Do you and a friend both want to watch Captain Herlock?

Queue Up reads two public AniList lists and shows every anime you both have on Planning — with Captain Herlock flagged if it is one of them — then picks tonight's with a weighted roll or a bracket.

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Quick answers

How long does it take to watch all of Captain Herlock?: About 1.9 hours — one sitting.
How many episodes does Captain Herlock have?: 1 episode of 115 min.
Is Captain Herlock finished?: Yes, Captain Herlock is finished (1 episodes), so you can watch the whole thing at your own pace.
Is Captain Herlock good for a group?: Yes. Captain Herlock is tagged action, the tags that survive a room full of people talking over the screen. It is a film, so nobody has to commit to a schedule.
Where is Captain Herlock listed?: Captain Herlock is on AniList (id 17269) and MyAnimeList (id 17269); Queue Up keys it by its AniList id and shows it when it is on either of your lists.

Queue Up is a free tool: enter two AniList usernames and it ranks the anime you both want to watch, rolls one for tonight, runs a bracket to settle it and finds new anime that fit both of you. List data from AniList; title data: anime-offline-database (ODbL), dataset of 2026-07-04; page updated 2026-07-04. Not affiliated with AniList or MyAnimeList. Queue Up is a Somebody Decide program. How it works · Legal & privacy · All lists