Queen Millennia
A manga and anime about a planet on a collision course with Earth.
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From 28 January 1980 to 11 May 1983, the Sankei Shimbun and Nishinippon Sports newspapers serialized a manga written and illustrated by Leiji Matsumoto titled Queen Millennia.[1] Toei Animation produced a 42-episode anime adaptation of the manga, which Fuji Television broadcast from 16 April 1981 to 25 March 1982.[2][3]
Quick Facts
- Genre
- Adventure, science fiction
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Making and release
The manga was written and illustrated solely by Leiji Matsumoto.[1] The anime television series was animated by Toei Dōga and aired in the 7:00pm to 7:30pm time slot on the Fuji TV network.[3] The series was originally planned for 52 episodes but ended after 42 episodes due to lower ratings than its predecessor.[3] In the United States, Harmony Gold and Carl Macek combined Queen Millennia episodes with the 1978 series Space Pirate Captain Harlock to create the 65-episode Captain Harlock and the Queen of a Thousand Years, broadcast from 1985 to 1986.[4]
A Blu-ray Disc release by Sentai Filmworks in North America is scheduled for September 2, 2025.[5] A movie version of the anime premiered in theaters on 13 March 1982.[2]
What the cited sources add
The image song for the series involved a singer selected from 1,898 applicants, working with composer Takanashi, and was performed by the Queen Millennia Grand Orchestra with arrangement by Nozomi Aoki.[6]
References
- Wikipedia, "Queen Millennia" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Animage, March 1981, p. 54–55 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Queen Millennia" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Animage, March 1981, p. 54–55; "1998 Animage Pocket Data Notes", Tokuma Shoten, March 1998, p. 31; Animage, April 1982, p. 42–45 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Queen Millennia" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Sankei Shuppan, April 1982, p. 122–123; Sankei Shuppan, 1982, p. 125 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Queen Millennia" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Patten, "Watching Anime, Reading Manga: 25 Years of Essays and Reviews", Stone Bridge Press, 2004, p. 256; Ledoux, "The Complete Anime Guide", Tiger Mountain Press, December 1995, p. 31–32; "Die Königin der tausend Jahre", Wunschliste.de, 2009 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Queen Millennia" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Mateo, "Sentai Filmworks Releases Queen Millennia Anime's Complete Collection on Blu-ray Disc", Anime News Network, June 20, 2025 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Queen Millennia" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Sankei Shuppan, April 1982, p. 122–123 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
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- Wikipedia: Queen Millennia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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