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.
| Title | Air Date | Duration | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | Episode 1 | Drifting Place | 1997-04-09 | min |
| Season 1 | Episode 2 | Whale Hunters | 1997-04-16 | min |
| Season 1 | Episode 3 | From a Cold Planet ... | 1997-04-23 | min |
| Season 1 | Episode 4 | The White Demon | 1997-04-30 | min |
| Season 1 | Episode 5 | Super Battleship Moby Dick | 1997-05-07 | min |
| Season 1 | Episode 6 | Farewell! King Kuron | 1997-05-14 | min |
| Season 1 | Episode 7 | Nice to Meet You, Haunted Ship! | 1997-05-21 | min |
| Season 1 | Episode 8 | My Dear Cape God | 1997-06-04 | min |
| Season 1 | Episode 9 | Birth of a Fan Club | 1997-05-28 | min |
| Season 1 | Episode 10 | Planet Moad | 1997-06-18 | min |
| Season 1 | Episode 11 | Farewell, Lady Whisker ... | 1997-07-02 | min |
| Season 1 | Episode 12 | Lovers | 1997-07-23 | min |
| Season 1 | Episode 13 | Easy Rider | 1997-07-30 | min |
| Season 1 | Episode 14 | The Lasala Express | 1997-08-13 | min |
| Season 1 | Episode 15 | Songstress | 1997-09-10 | min |
| Season 1 | Episode 16 | Detonator | 1997-09-17 | min |
| Season 1 | Episode 17 | Declaration of Independence | 1997-10-22 | min |
| Season 1 | Episode 18 | Legend of a Savage Beast | 1997-10-29 | min |
| Season 1 | Episode 19 | Ahab's Eetaliation | 1999-03-24 | min |
| Season 1 | Episode 20 | Descendant of the Tattoo Clan | 1999-03-31 | min |
| Season 1 | Episode 21 | Comeback | 1999-04-07 | min |
| Season 1 | Episode 22 | The Unforgivable Ones | 1999-04-14 | min |
| Season 1 | Episode 23 | The Moad War Begins | 1999-04-21 | min |
| Season 1 | Episode 24 | The Beginning of a Legend ... Wandering | 1999-04-28 | min |
| Season 1 | Episode 25 | The Beginning of a Legend ... Countdown | 1999-05-06 | min |
| Season 1 | Episode 26 | The Legend of the Whale Hunters | 1999-05-12 | min |
| Directing | Osamu Dezaki | Director |
| Art | Osamu Dezaki | Storyboard Designer |
| Writing | Koji Ueda | Screenplay |
| Visual Effects | Hirotoshi Takaya | Character Designer |