by Theron Martin, Nov 21st 2005  Hakugei: Legend of Moby Dick
DVD 1: Call Me Lucky  Hakugei DVD 1 In the year 4699 the human
race has colonized the stars, but also created a lot of space
junk in the process. In the Nantucket Nebula, Young Lucky Luck
seeks out the famous Captain Ahab to join his team of crack
whale hunters. (“Whale” in this case referring to derelict space
ships and “whale hunter” referring to the independent salvage
teams which recover and scavenge from them.) Though Lucky is
ultimately successful, an ulterior motive is afoot: Captain Ahab
and his ship Lady Whisker are desperately needed by the citizens
of planet Moad, whose rebellion against the all-powerful
Federation has led to the deployment of the Federation's newest
and most powerful warship: the white whale-shaped ship known as
Moby Dick. But Ahab himself has a past with that ship, one that
he'd rather forget but cannot.  Meanwhile, the android Dew has
been taken from his original survey assignment and altered in
some unknown way by w