Leiji Matsumoto
Director
Space Battleship Yamato (1974)
Specials
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.
Released Oct. 6, 1974
Episode 30 min
None+
Genres: Action, Adventure, Animation, Anime, Anime: Military, Anime: Space, Drama
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Network: YTV
S0E1 - Space Battleship Yamato
Space Battleship Yamato is the first theatrical movie based on the classic anime series. Unlike the later films that would follow it, this is a compilation film consisting of various television episodes edited from the "Iscandar" arc of the television series. It originally had a new ending created for the theatrical release in which Starsha had died before the Yamato reaching Iscandar. This ending was removed for the TV broadcast and was lost until the DVD release. In English speaking countries it was known by the title, Space Cruiser.
Aug. 6, 1977, midnight
S0E2 - Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato
Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato, also called Arrivederci Yamato, is the second film based on the classic anime series Space Battleship Yamato. The same storyline was reused and expanded on later in the year on TV in Space Battleship Yamato II, albeit with a more upbeat ending.
Aug. 5, 1978, midnight
S0E3 - Space Battleship Yamato: The New Voyage
Yamato: The New Voyage was a television movie that was first broadcast on Fuji TV. This was the third movie in the Space Battleship Yamato saga. The Yamato crew must defeat the new Dark Nebula Empire.
July 31, 1979, midnight
S0E4 - Be Forever Yamato
Be Forever Yamato is the third theatrical film based on the classic anime series Space Battleship Yamato. The film is unique for switching from monaural VistaVision to Quadraphonic CinemaScope when the Yamato enters the Double Galaxy.
Aug. 2, 1980, midnight
S0E5 - Final Yamato
The Space Battleship Yamato saga ended in 1983 with the fourth theatrical movie, Final Yamato. At a running time of approximately 165 minutes, Final Yamato currently holds the record as being the longest running animated film ever made.
March 19, 1983, midnight
S0E6 - Space Battleship Yamato: Resurrection
Space Battleship Yamato: Resurrection is Japanese animated film, and the first part of a planned series of films which are the latest addition to the Space Battleship Yamato saga. Resurrection is set in the year 2220, 21 years after the first Yamato story and 17 years after the story of the last film, Final Yamato. A wandering black hole is approaching the Solar system, and will surely destroy all life on Earth. The decision has been made to evacuate Earth's entire population. The planet to which Earth's population is being moved is called Amare, ruled by Queen Iriya, some 27,000 light years away in the Sairam star system. When the film opens, that task is already under way. The Yamato had been destroyed in 2203.
Dec. 12, 2009, midnight
S0E7 - Great Yamato No. 0 Episode 1
March 31, 2004, midnight
S0E8 - Great Yamato No. 0 Episode 2
May 10, 2004, midnight
S0E9 - Great Yamato No. 0 Episode 3
June 25, 2004, midnight
S0E10 - Great Yamato No. 0 Episode 4
June 15, 2007, midnight
S0E11 - Great Yamato No. 0 Episode 5
June 15, 2007, midnight
S0E12 - Hope for Tomorrow
Feb. 21, 1995, midnight
S0E13 - Launch
Dec. 18, 1995, midnight
S0E14 - Combat
Aug. 25, 1996, midnight
S0E15 - Space Battleship Yamato: Grand Symphony Yamato: 1984
Many a concert was held during the Yamato production years with fans turning out in droves to watch Hiroshi Miyagawa wave the wand and bring the spirit to life before their very eyes. Each event was a huge success, but throughout that time Yoshinobu Nishizaki (whose had produced live music performances long before he ever got into anime) was nurturing something else: a classic orchestral concert in the grand tradition. That dream came true on May 4, 1984, when The Yamato Grand Symphony was performed at Tokyo's Postal Life Insurance Hall by the NHK Symphony Orchestra.
1,800 fans from 12 to 24 years old were chosen by lottery to attend. Since it was recorded on video, formal dress was required. A non-Yamato overture was performed prior to Producer Nishizaki's opening remarks, but it was not recorded. The concert became one of three Yamato albums released on CD along with the first two symphonic suites in 1985. Numerous video releases also appeared in multiple formats. A 'trackdown' recording of the symphony was included in the 2004 Eternal Edition Premium box set which was remastered from a combination of video and tape sources. The most recent release was a DVD from Columbia in 2005.
May 4, 1984, midnight
Network: YTV
Episode Runtime: 30 min.
Season Runtime: 2310 min.
Released: Oct. 6, 1974
Last Air Date: April 4, 1981, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: PG
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