Space Battleship Yamato
Space Battleship Yamato is a Japanese science fiction anime series featuring an eponymous spacecraft. It is also known to English-speaking audiences as Space Cruiser Yamato; an English-dubbed and heavily edited version of the series was broadcast on North American and Australian television as Star Blazers. The first two seasons of this version were broadcast in Greece in 1981-82 as Διαστημόπλοιο Αργώ. An Italian-language version was also broadcast under the name Star Blazers in Italy, and a Portuguese-language version was successfully shown in Brazil under the title Patrulha Estelar and Viaje a la Ultima Galaxia or Astronave Intrepido in Spain and Latin America. It is a seminal series in the history of anime, marking a turn towards more complex serious works and influencing works such as Mobile Suit Gundam and Neon Genesis Evangelion; Hideaki Anno has ranked Yamato his favorite anime and credited it with sparking his interest in anime. Yamato was the first anime series or movie to win the Seiun Award, a feat not repeated until the 1985 Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind.
Cast: Kei Tomiyama, Gorō Naya, Shūsei Nakamura
26 episodes
1. SOS Earth!! Awaken, Space Battleship YamatoEarth is losing to a superior foe, as the very survival of the planet lies within a message from a distant galaxPGCC30minOct 6, 1974
2. Fire the Signal Gun!! Space Battleship Yamato Takes OffThe hope of the Earth lies within an old battleship found at the bottom of what used to be the Great Eastern Sea.PGCC30minOct 13, 1974
3. Yamato takes off!! The 296,000 Light Years ChallengeThe Earth Defense force mission is clear - take the newly rebuilt Yamato 148,000 light years to the planet Iscandar, to retrieve a machine called the Cosmo-Cleaner D which will save Earth from its irradiated state. But will the Gamilas stop them?PGCC30minOct 20, 1974
4. Astonishing World!! The Yamato Exceeds the Speed of Light!The Yamato tests out the Wave Motion Engine's warp capabilities, which will allow them to travel 148,000 light years to Iscandar and back in one year. But will the Gamilas stop them?PGCC30minOct 27, 1974- 5. Escape from the Floating Island!! The Wave Motion Gun Draws Danger Near!!The Yamato is trapped by Jupiter's gravity.PGCC30minNov 3, 1974
- 6. Space Destroyer Yukikaze Rests on a Field of Ice!The Yamato searches Saturn's moon, Titan, for a rare mineral.PGCC30minNov 10, 1974
- 7. Sunken Yamato!! Destined Fortress Seizure Battle!!The Yamato faces disaster on the planet Pluto.PGCC30minNov 17, 1974
- 8. Deperate Yamato!! Destroy the Reflective Satellite Cannon!!The Yamato destroys the Reflective SatellitePGCC30minNov 24, 1974
- 9. Revolving Defense!! Asteriod Belt!!Limping along, the Yamato comes up with a new defensive strategy.PGCC30minDec 1, 1974
- 10. Farewell, solar system! From the galaxy, with love!The Yamato says goodbye to their families before leaving the solar system.PGCC30minDec 8, 1974
- 11. Resolution! Break through the Gamilons' absolute defense line!Gamilas Supreme Commander Desslar unveils a trap that will destroy the Yamato: space mines. But these mines have a sinister function..PGCC30minDec 15, 1974
- 12. Certain death! The wishing star of Orion, hell-star!Dessler prepares another trap for the Yamato: an energy net that captures them. The only way out is in the direction of a massive sun, as a huge secret is revealed that might affect the crew.PGCC30minDec 22, 1974
- 13. Hurry, Yamato!! Earth is suffering!!A Gamilas pilot is captured and the Yamato interrogates him, as Kodai personal tragedy comes into play.PGCC30minDec 29, 1974
- 14. The galaxy's ordeal! The year 2200 advances!Tensions mount on the Yamato as she is trapped in a space storm.PGCC30minJan 5, 1975
- 15. Desperate escape! The galaxy's different dimension!Desslar commissions Gamilas General and war hero Domel to defeat the Yamato. The Yamato travels near a galactic whirlpool, but as assist from afar saves their mission.PGCC30minJan 12, 1975
- 16. Planet Beeland, underground prison of condemned criminals!Analyzer and Yuki fly down to a planet looking for food for the crew, but are captured by the inhabitants. Analyzer reveals a secret to Yuki that will change both of them.PGCC30minJan 19, 1975
- 17. Charge! Balanosaurus special attack group!Gale, the general Domel replaced on Balan, devises a plan to destroy the Yamato. Captain Okita is critically ill, and Kodai steps into action.PGCC30minJan 26, 1975
- 18. Floating fortress island! Two men brave death!The Yamato comes across a Gamilas fortress that emits Magnetron waves, which set vibrations into metals and rips them apart. Kodai and Sanada board the fortress using a new seamless plane that Sanada created. They destroy the base, and the Yamato flies on.PGCC30minFeb 2, 1975
- 19. Homesickness of space! My mother's tears are my tears!Chief Communcations Officer Aihara is worried about conditions on Earth. But what does he know that the crew doesn't?PGCC30minFeb 9, 1975
- 20. The day planet Balan's sun dropped!The Yamato reaches planet Balan, the halfway point in their mission to Iscandar. But Domel is waiting on his base there, and springs a trap that might destroy both the Yamato AND the base...PGCC30minFeb 16, 1975
- 21. Desperate Challenge from Domel's fleet!Gamilas General Domel, pardoned for his failure at Balan, challenges the Yamato to one final battle.PGCC30minFeb 23, 1975
- 22. Decisive battle! Fight for honor at the rainbow star group!The Yamato battles Domel for the last time.PGCC30minMar 2, 1975
- 23. Finally arrived! Crest of the Magellanic Cloud's wave!The Yamto finally arrives at the Magellanic Cloud and "Iscandar"... but have they found their hope for survival, or their enemy's haven?PGCC30minMar 9, 1975
- 24. Death struggle! God, weep for the Gamilons!The Yamato fights on Gamilas, as the Yamato survival depends on wiping out an entire civilization.PGCC30minMar 16, 1975
- 25. Iscandar! A dying planet of love!The Yamato finally arrives at Iscandar.PGCC30minMar 23, 1975
- 26. Mother Earth, the Yamato is back!!The Yamato Returns Home! With the Cosmo Cleaner D, they are ready to save Earth. But one final battle may cost them a crew member closest to Kodai...PGCC30minMar 30, 1975
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Space Battleship Yamato
Space Battleship Yamato is a Japanese science fiction anime series featuring an eponymous spacecraft. It is also known to English-speaking audiences as Space Cruiser Yamato; an English-dubbed and heavily edited version of the series was broadcast on North American and Australian television as Star Blazers. The first two seasons of this version were broadcast in Greece in 1981-82 as Διαστημόπλοιο Αργώ. An Italian-language version was also broadcast under the name Star Blazers in Italy, and a Portuguese-language version was successfully shown in Brazil under the title Patrulha Estelar and Viaje a la Ultima Galaxia or Astronave Intrepido in Spain and Latin America. It is a seminal series in the history of anime, marking a turn towards more complex serious works and influencing works such as Mobile Suit Gundam and Neon Genesis Evangelion; Hideaki Anno has ranked Yamato his favorite anime and credited it with sparking his interest in anime. Yamato was the first anime series or movie to win the Seiun Award, a feat not repeated until the 1985 Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind.
