anime recommendation: Captain Herlock

Originally I planned to sort in the bookshelves and continue writing on my current fic project. That was at 10 a.m. today. Then I remembered the dvd box set that arrived yesterday and decided to have a look at the disks to see if they were ok (and whether or not I liked the animation style).
Result: the books are still piled up on the window sill, my fic is untouched and I spent the day watching Matsumoto's "Captain Herlock - the endless odyssey" in one go (13 eps; done at about 5:30 p.m.).
The animation style is "80s" and reminds me a lot of "Captain Future", the voice acting is movie quality, and the soundtrack... *mmmmh!* (and I'm usually one to be annoyed by film music).
As for the plot - there are a few typical space opera physics goof-ups (being a physicist I can't help but notice those) but since the story itself holds a few decidedly myth / fantasy elements, it doesn't disturb much - and for the story itself...
if you like space operas and "Pirates of the Caribbean" then
...go, watch it!

I had a great day! :D