Editing Captain Future (section)

==Adaptations and other derivative works==

===Anime===
{{Infobox animanga/Header
| name            = Captain Future
| image           = Captain Future anime screenshot.jpg
| caption         = Screenshot from the anime series
| ja_kanji        = キャプテン・フューチャー
| ja_romaji       = Kyaputen Fyūchā
| genre           = [[Adventure]], [[science fiction]]
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = tv series
| director        = [[Tomoharu Katsumata]]
| producer        = 
| writer          = [[Masaki Tsuji]]
| music           = [[Yuji Ohno]]
| studio          = [[Toei Animation]]
| licensee        = {{english anime licensee|US=[[ZIV International]], [[Harmony Gold USA|Harmony Gold]]}}
| network         = [[NHK General TV]]
| first           = November 7, 1978
| last            = December 18, 1979
| episodes        = 53
| episode_list    = 
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Footer}}

In 1978, one year after Hamilton's death, Japanese company [[Toei Animation]] produced a {{nihongo|''Captain Future''|キャプテン・フューチャー|Kyaputen Fyūchā}} [[anime]] television series of 53 episodes, based on 13 of the stories. Despite the differences in cultural references and medium, the animated series was true to the original in many ways,<ref>{{cite web| language= de| url= https://www.futuremania.de/vergleich.html| title= Futuremania: Der Animé im Vergleich zur Romanvorlage| website= futuremania.de|access-date=2023-12-16}} Although being revised and edited by Toei, all storylines are easily to be recognized and the elements necessary for their resp. course of action are present. Toei even paid attention to minute details. In-depth comparison & analysis of the animé episodes with their corresponding pulp stories by Futuremania, Oct. 2023.</ref><ref>See also Clements, Jonathan & McCarthy, Helen, „The Animé Encyclopedia, Revised & Expanded Edition“ (2010), page 86, ISBN 978-1-933330-10-5</ref> from the didactic scientific explanations to the emphasis on the usefulness of brains as opposed to brawn.

The series was translated in several languages and distributed globally. The four episodes comprising the series' second story arc were dubbed into English and released on video by [[ZIV International]] in the early 1980s as ''The Adventures of Captain Future''. In the late 1980s, [[Harmony Gold USA|Harmony Gold]] dubbed the series' initial four-part story as an edited "TV movie" simply entitled ''Captain Future'', but with alterations regarding some character names<ref>Harmony Gold, "Captain Future - Special Agents and Alien Cut-Throats", VHS cassette, runtime approx. 94 min.</ref> (different from those in Hamilton's stories - whether for licensing law or other reasons, remains a broad field for speculation). A Blu-ray Box in Japanese only was released in September, 2016 (Box 1) and November, 2016 (Box 2).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fandompost.com/oldforums/showthread.php?54234-Captain-Future-BD-Boxes&highlight=captain+future|title=CF BluRay Box Release Dates|publisher=The Fandom Post |access-date=June 19, 2017}}</ref> A German "Limited Collectors Edition" Blu-ray Box was released in December 2016, featuring not only the remastered Japanese uncut version (with German subtitles) but also the heavily cut German version.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.universumfilm.de/filme/142614/captain-future-komplettbox-bd-limited-collectors-edition-exkl-amazon.html|title=Captain Future Komplettbox BD|publisher=Universum Film. Retrieved February, 2017|access-date=2017-02-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810210141/https://www.universumfilm.de/filme/142614/captain-future-komplettbox-bd-limited-collectors-edition-exkl-amazon.html|archive-date=2017-08-10|url-status=dead}}</ref>

While only eight episodes in total were dubbed into English, the series met huge success particularly in [[Japan]], [[France]], where the title and lead character's name were changed to "Capitaine Flam", in Italy with the translated title of "Capitan Futuro", in [[Latin America]] and [[Spain]] with the title "Capitán Futuro", in [[Taiwan]] with the title "太空突擊隊" ("Space Commando").  The Arabic-language version has the title of فارس الفضاء (Faris al-Fadha'a, or "The Knight of Space") and was broadcast many times during the 1980s.

The series was also broadcast in [[Germany]], where it appeared under its original title. However, this version was cut by about a quarter of the original length, which mainly affected violent scenes or those considered "expendable" for the storylines.

==== Score ====
The original incidental music was composed by [[Yuji Ohno]], while the English-dubbed version had a new [[soundtrack]] composed by [[Mark Mercury]]. Mercury's work survived on the Latin American version, but a new opening was added for it, composed by [[Shuki Levy]] and sung by Chilean performer [[Memo Aguirre|Juan Guillermo Aguirre]] (a.k.a. "Capitán Memo").<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.capitaineflam.free.fr/captainfuture.htm |title=Le Site du Capitaine Flam - Captain Future |website= Capitaineflam.free.fr |access-date=2010-11-05}}</ref>

For the [[German language|German]] version, a completely new soundtrack was created by German composer [[:de:Christian Bruhn|Christian Bruhn]]. To this day, the futuristic synth disco funk soundtrack is considered cult for giving the series the right feeling. A soundtrack CD was released in 1995. A remix of the theme ''Feinde greifen an'' ("enemies attack") by German DJ [[Phil Fuldner]], called "The Final", entered the top ten of the [[Germany|German]] and [[Austria]]n single charts in 1998.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.swisscharts.com/song/Phil-Fuldner/The-Final-3650 |title= The Final| website= swisscharts.com}}</ref>

====Episodes====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
! #
! Chapters
! Episodes
! Directed by
! Written by
|-
| 1
| rowspan="4" | {{lang|ja|恐怖の宇宙帝王}}<br /> (Captain Future and the Space Emperor) 
| {{lang|ja|宇宙帝王現わる}}
| [[Tomoharu Katsumata]]
| [[Masaki Tsuji]]
|-
| 2
| {{lang|ja|炎の海の牢獄}}
| Tomoharu Katsumata 
| Masaki Tsuji
|-
| 3
| {{lang|ja|天翔ける砦の奇蹟}}
| Masahiro Sasaki
| Masaki Tsuji
|-
| 4
| {{lang|ja|衛星ヌーンの決戦}}
| Masahiro Sasaki
| Masaki Tsuji 
|-
| 5
| rowspan="4" | {{lang|ja|時のロスト}}‧{{lang|ja|ワールド}}<br /> (The Lost World of Time)
| {{lang|ja|SOS1億年前}}
| Kozo Morishita 
| Masaki Tsuji
|-
|6
| {{lang|ja|聖なる星クウムの謎}}
| Tomoharu Katsumata 
| Masaki Tsuji 
|-
|7
| {{lang|ja|太陽系創世記}}
| Hideki Takayama 
| Masaki Tsuji 
|-
|8
| {{lang|ja|遥かなり50億年の旅}}
| Hideki Takayama 
| Masaki Tsuji 
|-
| Special<br />episode
|  {{lang|ja|謎の宇宙船強奪団}}<br /> (Star Trail to Glory)
| {{lang|ja|華麗なる太陽系レース}}<br /> (The Super Solar System Race)
| Tomoharu Katsumata 
| Masaki Tsuji 
|-
|9
| rowspan="4" | {{lang|ja|挑戦！嵐の海底都市}}<br /> (Captain Future's Challenge)
| {{lang|ja|破壊王の陰謀}}
| Kozo Morishita 
| Takeo Kaneko
|-
|10
| {{lang|ja|海底の罠}}
| Kozo Morishita 
| Takeo Kaneko
|-
|11
| {{lang|ja|戦慄の海悪魔}}
| Tomoharu Katsumata 
| Takeo Kaneko 
|-
|12
| {{lang|ja|破壊王の謎}}
| Kozo Morishita 
| Takeo Kaneko
|-
| 13
| rowspan="4" | {{lang|ja|輝く星々の彼方へ！}}<br /> (The Quest beyond the Stars)
| {{lang|ja|惑星に空気がなくなるとき}}
| {{StoryTeleplay|tlabel=Directed by|t=Tomoharu Katsumata|sb=Shigeho Hirota}}
| Fumio Ishimori 
|-
| 14
| {{lang|ja|悲劇の暗黒星}}
| Hideki Takayama 
| Fumio Ishimori
|-
| 15
| {{lang|ja|見張りのおきて}}
| Masahiro Sasaki
| Fumio Ishimori 
|-
| 16
| {{lang|ja|甦える惑星}}
| Johei Matsura
| Fumio Ishimori 
|-
| 17
| rowspan="4" | {{lang|ja|透明惑星危機一髪！}}<br /> (The Magician of Mars)
| {{lang|ja|ウル・クォルンの挑戦}}
| Kozo Morishita 
| Hiroyuki Hoshiyama
|-
| 18
| {{lang|ja|暗闇族のすむ地底}}
| Johei Matsura 
| Hiroyuki Hoshiyama
|-
| 19
| {{lang|ja|惑星ただ一人}}
| {{StoryTeleplay|tlabel=Directed by|t=Shigeyasu Yamauchi|sb=Yoshihiro Tomita}}
| Hiroyuki Hoshiyama
|-
| 20
| {{lang|ja|透明惑星の幻人間}}
| {{StoryTeleplay|tlabel=Directed by|t=Hideki Takayama|sb=[[Noboru Ishiguro]]}}
| Hiroyuki Hoshiyama
|-
| 21
| rowspan="4" | {{lang|ja|太陽系七つの秘宝}}<br /> (Captain Future and the Seven Space Stones)
| {{lang|ja|銀河に眠る神秘の石}}
| Akira Yokoi
| Takeo Kaneko
|-
| 22
| {{lang|ja|銀河サーカスの死闘}}
| Akira Yokoi
| Takeo Kaneko
|-
| 23
|{{lang|ja|キャプテンフューチャー死す！}}
| {{StoryTeleplay|tlabel=Directed by|t=Hideki Takayama|sb=Akira Yokoi}}
| Takeo Kaneko 
|-
| 24
|{{lang|ja|未知のミクロ宇宙}}
| Johei Matsura 
| Takeo Kaneko 
|-
| 25
| rowspan="4" | {{lang|ja|暗黒星大接近！}}<br /> (Calling Captain Future)
| {{lang|ja|渦巻く墓標}}
| {{StoryTeleplay|tlabel=Directed by|t=Tomoharu Katsumata|sb=Isao Nakatsugawa}}
| Masaki Tsuji 
|-
| 26
| {{lang|ja|吠える大氷流}}
| {{StoryTeleplay|tlabel=Directed by|t=Shigeyasu Yamauchi|sb=Isao Nakatsugawa}}
| Masaki Tsuji
|-
| 27
|{{lang|ja|怪獣狩人は語る}}
| Masahiro Sasaki
| Masaki Tsuji
|-
| 28
|{{lang|ja|幻の星、幻の文明}}
| {{StoryTeleplay|tlabel=Directed by|t=Hideki Takayama|sb=Noboru Ishiguro}}
| Masaki Tsuji
|-
| 29
| rowspan="4" | {{lang|ja|宇宙囚人船の反乱}}<br /> (The Face of the Deep)
| {{lang|ja|囚人船ハイジャックさる！}}
| {{StoryTeleplay|tlabel=Directed by|t=Yasuo Hasegawa|sb=Kozo Morishita}}
| Ryunosuke Ono
|-
| 30
| {{lang|ja|銀河からの大脱走}}
| {{StoryTeleplay|tlabel=Directed by|t=Shigeyasu Yamauchi|sb=Yoshihiro Tomita}}
| Ryunosuke Ono
|-
| 31
|{{lang|ja|ゼロからの出発}}
| {{StoryTeleplay|tlabel=Directed by|t=Hideki Takayama|sb=Noboru Ishiguro}}
| Ryunosuke Ono
|-
| 32
|{{lang|ja|星くずのスペースマン}}
| Johei Matsura 
| Ryunosuke Ono
|-
| 33
| rowspan="4" | {{lang|ja|魔法の月の決闘}}<br /> (The Magic Moon)
| {{lang|ja|キャプテンフューチャー募集！}}
| Kozo Morishita 
| Takeo Kaneko
|-
| 34
| {{lang|ja|恐怖のスペース・ロケーション}}
| Keisuke Koide
| Takeo Kaneko 
|-
| 35
|{{lang|ja|幻影の惑星}}
| Hideki Takayama 
| Takeo Kaneko 
|-
| 36
|{{lang|ja|放たれた最終兵器}}
| {{StoryTeleplay|tlabel=Directed by|t=Yasuo Hasegawa|sb=Kozo Morishita}}
| Takeo Kaneko 
|-
| 37
| rowspan="4" | {{lang|ja|彗星王の陰謀}}<br /> (The Comet King)
| {{lang|ja|消えた宇宙船}}
| Yoshikatsu Kasai
| Hiroyuki Hoshiyama
|-
| 38
| {{lang|ja|彗星の支配者}}
| Johei Matsura
| Hiroyuki Hoshiyama 
|-
|  39
|{{lang|ja|アルルスの正体}}
| {{StoryTeleplay|tlabel=Directed by|t=Shigeyasu Yamauchi|sb=Noboru Ishiguro}} 
| Hiroyuki Hoshiyama 
|-
| 40
|{{lang|ja|悪夢の世界・四次元}}
| {{StoryTeleplay|tlabel=Directed by|t=Yasuo Hasegawa|sb=Kozo Morishita}} 
| Hiroyuki Hoshiyama 
|-
| 41
| rowspan="4" | {{lang|ja|脅威！不死密売団}}<br /> (The Triumph of Captain Future)
| {{lang|ja|不死密売シンジケート}}
| {{StoryTeleplay|tlabel=Directed by|t=Hideki Takayama|sb=Yoshihiro Tomita}}
| Takeo Kaneko 
|-
| 42
| {{lang|ja|不死帝王の挑戦}}
| Keisuke Koide 
| Takeo Kaneko 
|-
| 43
|{{lang|ja|生と死の幻影}}
| Yoshikatsu Kasai
| Takeo Kaneko 
|-
| 44
|{{lang|ja|永遠の都の決斗}}
| Johei Matsura 
| Takeo Kaneko 
|-
| 45
| rowspan="4" | {{lang|ja|惑星タラスト救出せよ！}}<br /> (Planets in Peril)
| {{lang|ja|よみがえれ伝説の英雄}}
| {{StoryTeleplay|tlabel=Directed by|t=Shigeyasu Yamauchi|sb=Kozo Morishita}}
| Masaki Tsuji 
|-
| 46
| {{lang|ja|グラッグ奪回作戦}}
| Hideki Takayama 
| Masaki Tsuji 
|-
| 47
|{{lang|ja|ひとりぼっちの地獄刑}}
| Shigeyasu Yamauchi 
| Masaki Tsuji 
|-
| 48
|{{lang|ja|英雄カフールの謎}}
| Yoshikatsu Kasai 
| Masaki Tsuji 
|-
| 49
| rowspan="4" | {{lang|ja|人工進化の秘密！}}<br /> (The Star of Dread)
| {{lang|ja|宇宙遺跡の謎}}
| {{StoryTeleplay|tlabel=Directed by|t=Shigeyasu Yamauchi|sb=Noboru Ishiguro}}
| Toyohiro Ando
|-
| 50
| {{lang|ja|半獣人の謎}}
| Masahiro Sasaki
| Toyohiro Ando 
|-
| 51
|{{lang|ja|死都の対決}}
| Johei Matsura 
| Toyohiro Ando 
|-
| 52
|{{lang|ja|光と闇の彼方へ}}
| Yoshikatsu Kasai 
| Toyohiro Ando 
|-
|}

===Related works by Allen Steele===
"The Death of Captain Future" (''Asimov's Science Fiction'', October 1995) is a [[novella]] by American writer [[Allen Steele]] set in Steele's "Near Space" realistic near future setting of expansion into the Solar System. Here, Steele contrasts the more gritty setting with the naïvety of the titular character. In story, a man named Bo McKinnon collects "ancient pulp magazines" and acts out a fantasy life based on the Captain Future stories. The novella won the 1996 [[Hugo Award for Best Novella]]. An [[audio drama]] version of the story appeared as a play produced by [[Seeing Ear Theater]]. "The Exile of Evening Star" (''Asimov's Science Fiction'', January 1999) continues and concludes the story. It includes many quotes from the original magazines.

Steele's ''Avengers of the Moon: A Captain Future Novel'' ([[Tor Books]] 2017) is a [[continuity reboot]] which gently updates the narrative (including the science) to fit with a more modern sensibility. It was authorized by Hamilton's estate. The novel features the main characters from the original stories and presents a new [[origin story]] for its [[protagonist]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Steele|first1=Allen|title=Avengers of the Moon: A Captain Future Novel|date=2017|publisher=Tor|location=NY|isbn=9780765382184}}</ref> ''The Return of Ul Quorn'', a quartet novella series published by the revived ''[[Amazing Stories]]'' magazine, followed as the sequel of ''Avengers of the Moon''; the first entitled ''Captain Future in Love'' (2019), the second entitled ''The Guns of Pluto'' (2020), the third entitled ''1,500 Light Years from Home'' (2021), and the fourth entitled ''The Horror at Jupiter'' (2021). ''The Guns of Pluto'' included a reprint of Hamilton's story "The Harpers of Titan" and ''1,500 Light Years from Home'' included a long-lost musical parody.

===Comics===
In the 1980s, German publisher [[:de:Bastei-Verlag|Bastei-Verlag]] released a ''Captain Future'' comic series based on the anime series, with original adventures. In February 2025, French comic artist Alexis Tallone and author Sylvian Runberg obtained permission from Toei Animation to release a Captain Future comic based on the first story, ''Captain Future and the Space Emperor''. While the anime design of the characters is largely retained, several changes were made to reflect their pulp fiction origins and actual technological advances since the stories were first penned.<ref>[https://rp-online.de/kultur/buch/captain-future-comic-zur-tv-serie-aus-den-80ern_aid-124502441 ''Hero of the 80s - Captain Future is Flying Again''] (German). [[Rheinische Post]], February 25, 2025. Retrieved February 27, 2025.]</ref>

=== Feature film ===
In March 2010, German Director [[Christian Alvart]] (''[[Pandorum]]'', ''[[Case 39]]'') secured the film rights for Captain Future and is working on a live-action adaptation in 3D.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.quietearth.us/articles/2010/03/16/Excl-Pandorums-Christian-Alvart-talks-CAPTAIN-FUTURE-adaptation| title=Exclusive: Pandorum's Christian Alvart talks Captain Future adaptation| website= quietearth.us| publisher=Quiet Earth}}</ref>

In 2015, a short [[movie trailer|trailer]] of a CGI version of ''Captain Future'' by [[Prophecy FX]] was leaked.<ref>{{cite web| language= de| url= http://www.mobilegeeks.de/video/captain-future-erwacht-in-gelungenem-hd-trailer-zu-neuem-leben/| title= Project FX feature trailer| website= mobilegeeks.de| date= 2015-07-27| access-date= 2015-07-31| archive-date= 2015-07-30| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150730231809/http://www.mobilegeeks.de/video/captain-future-erwacht-in-gelungenem-hd-trailer-zu-neuem-leben/| url-status= dead}}</ref> The trailer was said to be a study for a yet-undisclosed project. In March 2016, Chris Alvart confirmed in an interview on a RocketBeansTV podcast to have acquired the design rights from TOEI Animation so that the movie will have the look and feel of the animated series.<ref>{{cite interview| first= Christian | last= Alvart| url= https://www.rocketbeans.tv/mediathek/kino-104-mit-christian-alvart/ | publisher= RocketBeansTV |language= de| work= Kino+ |title= #104 Christian Alvart| date= March 17, 2016 | at= rocketbeans.tv| access-date= April 29, 2016}}</ref>

===Other appearances===
*The Japanese TV series ''[[Captain Ultra (TV series)|Captain Ultra]]'', a placeholder series between two actual [[Ultraman]] series, was more or less a live-action adaptation of the ''Captain Future'' series (which has remained popular in Japan as well). The characters were all present, even if the names were changed.
*In the German [[List of Netflix original programming|Netflix series]] ''[[Dark (TV series)|Dark]],'' [[List of characters in Dark|Mikkel Nielsen]] is given a ''Captain Future'' magazine to occupy himself while he recuperates in hospital from injuries while cave exploring. When he tells the nurse looking after him he is from the future, his claims are simply dismissed as having an [[Fantasy-prone personality|overactive imagination]] inspired by the magazine.
*In the TV series ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]'', a Captain Future magazine cover is featured as a wall poster beside the entrance door in [[Leonard Hofstadter|Leonard]]'s and [[Sheldon Cooper|Sheldon]]'s apartment.
*In ''[[Cat Planet Cuties]]'', Episode 9 features a well known song from the anime television series of Captain Future.<ref>{{cite web | title = Manga Entertainment Announcements at London MCM Expo Including Wolf Children (Updated) | publisher = [[Anime News Network]] | date = 27 October 2012 | url = http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-10-27/manga-entertainment-announcements-at-london-mcm-expo-including-wolf-children  | access-date = 22 February 2015}}</ref>
*In the [[Crisis on Infinite Earths|Pre-Crisis]] [[DC Comics]], a character named Edmond Hamilton was featured as a [[List of Superman enemies#Foes of lesser renown|minor adversary]] of [[Superman]]. This character, as a result of his homonymy with the [[Edmond Hamilton|science fiction author]] and his most famous work, took up the identity of Colonel Future and ended up battling Superman despite having heroic intentions.<ref>''Superman'' #378 (December 1982) and #399 (September 1984)</ref> This character is a homage to the real Edmond Hamilton and his work in DC Comics.