Shin Taketori Monogatari Sennen Joou (新竹取物語 1000年女王, "The New Tale of the Bamboo Cutter: Millennium Queen") is a science fiction manga series by Matsumoto Leiji which was serialized from 28 January 1980 through 11 May 1983 in both the Sankei Shimbun and Nishinippon Sports newspapers.
The manga series was adapted into a 42-episode anime television series by Toei Dōga and broadcast on the Fuji TV network from 16 April 1981 through 25 March 1982. An anime film was released on 13 March 1982 shortly before the TV series ended.
The anime series was combined by Harmony Gold and Carl Macek (creators of ROBOTECH) with episodes from the 1978 Matsumoto series, Space Pirate Captain Harlock, and shown from 1985 to 1986 in the United States as the 65-episode Captain Harlock and the Queen of a Thousand Years.
The series was also broadcast in Mexico and Latin America during the 80s with the title "La Princesa de los Mil Años" (The Thousand Year Princess). It was broadcast in Germany on Tele 5 during 1992, and on New Channel in Greece in 1997 and on Mangas in France in 2004.
