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Cosmo Warrior Zero
コスモウォーリアー零 (Kosumo Wōriā Zero)
Genre	Adventure, Science Fiction
Original video animation
Director	Kazuyoshi Yokota
Studio	Enoki Films
Released	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, Kosumo Wōriā Zero^?) is a science fiction OVA series.

Contents 1 Plot 2 Characters 3 References to other works 4 External links

[edit] 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. Warrius 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...

[edit] Characters

Captain Warrius Zero

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 Captain of second rate ships. After picking up a SOS signal, Zero soon meets Harlock who blows up several cargo ship and destroys Zero's own. After coming back to Earth, Zero is given a new task of hunting down the space pirate Harlock with his new crew of machine men and humans in his old ship, the Karyū (Fire Dragon^?). Zero is often faced with problems between the machine men and the humans on his ship who always seem to fight, often causing problems. 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.

[edit] 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 "Legend of Marine snow".

• The main weapon of the Karyū is the "Saint Elmo", a reference to the 1987 Saint Elmo - Apostle of Light.

[edit] External links

• Enoki Films Cosmo Warrior Zero webpage - property of © 2001 LEIJI MATSUMOTO · PROJECTO ZERO
• Cosmo Warrior Zero (anime) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
• Cosmo Warrior Zero at the Internet Movie Database

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