Queen Millennia

Well I'll be damned: someone uploaded all episodes of Queen Millennia, a Japanese anime series created in the early 1980s by Leiji Matsumoto. Yes, that's the guy who also made the video / movie Interstella 5555 together with Daft Punk, so it's not surprising that the style is quite similar.

I remember watching this series when I was in my teens just like the protagonist, and I guess I wasn't the only one who had fantasies of the girl Yayoi serving up some hot chocolate with whipped cream while you're piloting a spaceship! The drawing style, story and music of this series are all awesome. Oh Joys of the Internet!

Youtube - Queen Millennia - Die Königin der tausend Jahre