Chief Medical Officer. Like Yattaran, he serves as comic relief when he argues with the ship&#039;s cook, Miss Masu, over his raids of Masu&#039;s kitchen to get his beverage of choice, sake. He has a pet cat called Mi-kun (named Miaou in the French version), which he adopted after the then-kitten&#039;s mother, which was injured and apparently dying, brought him to Zero&#039;s office, and was later brought with Zero on board the Arcadia. Doctor Zero&#039;s cat, Mi-kun also appears in Space Battleship Yamato as Doctor Sado&#039;s cat. Mi-kun also makes on-off appearances in several other anime such as Queen Millennia and Galaxy Express 999. Mi-kun is based on Matsumoto&#039;s own pet cat, the latest of which is named Mi-kun III.    (Source: Wikipedia)

The year is 2977. Mankind has become complacent and stagnant. All work is done by machines, while humans spend all their time on entertainment. But when a mysterious invader from the stars catches Earth unawares, only the legendary space pirate Captain Harlock and the crew of the Arcadia have the will to stand against them. <br><br>
(Source: Anime News Network)

The story on Arcadia's mystery, on which the 13th television episode was based.

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