Locke the Superman


Locke the Superman is a manga series created by Yuki Hijiri, which was later adapted into a movie and three OVA releases. The movie was given an obscure video release in the United States by Celebrity Home Entertainment as Locke the Superpower, which was rather heavily edited to 92 minutes, removing violence, nudity and any adult bits. Both it and the OVAs were later licensed and released by Central Park Media under the original name. Ten volumes were published in Poland under the title Locke Superczłowiek.
As of 2012, Discotek has licensed the original Locke the Superman movie from 1984 and it was released on November 6. This is the first ever DVD release in the US. It would be from the uncut, remastered, anamorphic telecline print used for the Japanese DVD release. Discotek provided both the Japanese audio with English subtitles and the original English dub from the 80s, which was previously released on VHS.

Plot

The chronicles of the space age written through a certain immortal psionic's activity.

Details

Yuki Hijiri published this manga series in a dojinshi published by Sakuga Group for the first time in 1967. He went to the commercial magazine, Monthly OUT by Minori Shobō, in 1978. It then appeared in Weekly Shōnen Gahōsha's Shōnen King from 1979 to 1988 when the magazine ceased publication. Thereafter the manga changed magazines many times.
Most chapters are equivalent to 1 or 2 volumes of the comics. The era of each chapter varies and the events do not occur in chronological order. The series "Detective Hunt and Assistant Locke" was originally a part of the series' main continuity. However, it became gradually inconsistent in a number of places eventually resulting in being retconned as taking place in a parallel universe.

Manga

SG Series
  1. Nimbus and the Negative World
  2. Give Love in This Universe
  3. Child of Junan
  4. Cosmic Game
  5. Liza
SG Collection
  1. New World Command
Shōnen King series
  1. Tiger of the Flames
  2. Millennium of the Witch
  3. Lord Leon
  4. Storm in Ronwall
  5. Planet in the Winter
  6. Cyber Genocide
  7. Sword of Light
  8. Outer Planet
  9. The Star and The Boy
  10. Star Gazer
  11. The Twilight Warrior
  12. Ship of Fools, Mind Buster
  13. Battlefield in Empty Space - Part 1
  14. Battlefield in Empty Space - Part 2
  15. Moon Hunter
  16. Wandering - Part 1
  17. Wandering - Part 2
  18. The Chronos Trap
  19. Permanent Traveler
  20. Primula
  21. The Magician's Mirror
  22. Song of the Earth
  23. Lost Wings
  24. Chartreuse
  25. Astro Race
  26. The Death of the Superman - Part 1
  27. The Death of the Superman - Part 2
  28. Dark Lion
  29. Golden Fang
  30. Red Serpent
  31. Keeper of the Book
  32. Final Quest
  33. King of the Darkness
  34. Desperado
  35. Evil Deity's Advent
  36. Prince of the Phantom
  37. Child Prodigy
  38. Solitaire
Out/Megu series（Media Factory）
  1. Tears of the saint
  2. Mirror Ring
  3. Brain Shrinker, Immortals
  4. The Sword of Nemesis
  5. The Moon of Clanvert
  6. We're Always Prepared to Take Your Cat Out For A Walk.
  7. Wizard in the Sky
  8. Menuett
  9. Kadett
  10. The Gate of the Constellation
  11. Omega
  12. Eternal Pupil
  13. Lonely Princess
  14. Knight in the Wilderness
  15. Liza
Comic Flapper series
  1. Epitaph
  2. Sneering Man
  3. Holly Circle
  4. Children of the Time
''Young King OURs"
  1. Rainbow in the winter
  2. Quadra
  3. The Frozen Constellation
  4. Nirvana
  5. Winds Embraces

    Polish edition

The Polish manga company Waneko licensed and published the series from 1999-2001 by under the title Locke Superczłowiek. Parts 1-8 were published as single volumes, while the last two volumes were published as double volumes. It was one of the first Japanese comics published in Poland.
  1. Tysiącletnie Imperium vol. 1
  2. Tysiącletnie Imperium vol. 2/Kto się boi esperów?
  3. Pogrom Cyberów
  4. Burza na Ronwall
  5. Zimowa Planeta vol. 1
  6. Zimowa Planeta vol. 2/Władcy Planety
  7. Lord Leon vol. 1
  8. Lord Leon vol. 2/Projekt Inifinte
  9. Lustrzany Pierścień vol. 1
  10. Lustrzany Pierścień vol. 2

    Characters in the series

All times

; Chōjin Locke

The Christian era

2000s

; 王志明
; Captain Tatjana Klochkov
; Kate Ronwall

The Universal era

The first year

; Irina Markelov/Malkove
; Dr. Kent Ronwall

The Allies of the solar system age

; Machiko Grace
; Pederson
; Lemus
; Julius Flay
; Governor Santos
; Elaine Bernstein
; Colonel Viktor von Stroheim
;Alfred Klaus
; Wilhelm Katō

The Galaxy Federation age

; Erika
; Wallenstein
; Lianna Migault
; 2nd Lt. Marian Lluis
; Amazona
; The Duke of Zenon Noor
; Wolff
; Eric G. Russell
; Lady Kahn
; Ryū Yamaki
; Jessica Olin/Amelia
; Cornelia Prim
; Lugh
; Ken Yamaki and Haruna Yamaki
; "The Twilight Warrior"
; Haruki Fujishima
; Albert Carian
; Lord Leon
; Flora Lane
; "Great Jorg"
; "Doc"
; Elena/Neon
; Azalea Ratwick
; Ran Svendsen
; Nia
; Eno
; "Tsar"
; Cassandra Al Hassan, commonly called Cass
; Stanislav Berkoff, commonly called Stan
; Ernest Abel
; Ariel Grant
; Gürnberg
; Clau Roni
; Serga Roni
; Riot Alexey
; Captain Francis, "The Holy Spirit" Fran
; Rag Yahato
; Lema
; Kumi Nielsen
; Domenico Ruska
; Professor Riger
; Auguste Lloyd
; Nagato
; Octavias
; Nana
; Ku, Nii-Go, Nii-Hachi, San-Ichi
; Teo Fabi
; Adele
; Soi
; Rosanna

Anime

Witch Era/Millennium of the Witch

Staff

Staff


New World Command

Staff

  • Director: Takeshi Hirota
  • Script: Takeshi Hirota
  • Character Design: Masahiro Sekino
  • Animation Director: Atsushi Shigeta
  • Music: Tomoki Hasegawa
  • Theme Song: Elana
Produced by Nippon Animation

Cast

Staff