Hakugei: Legend of the Moby Dick

Name: Hakugei: Legend of the Moby Dick
Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Animation
Released: 1997-04-09
Rating: 8.286
Cast: Toshihiko Seki, Akio Otsuka, Yuko Mizutani, Kiyoyuki Yanada

8.3First aired 1997-04-09Last aired 1997-10-01Status: Ended

Sci-Fi & FantasyAnimation

Seasons: 1
Episodes: 26
Networks: NHK

Overview

Hakugei: Legend of the Moby Dick is an animated Japanese television series, based on Herman Melville's original novel Moby-Dick. However, this adaptation used futuristic outer space as the setting, with "whales" being large abandoned spaceships instead. It aired from 1997 to 1999, albeit with a suspension of new episodes from November 1997 to October 1998. The series ran for 26 episodes, which have been released on DVD in the USA by ADV Films, spread across six discs.