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.
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In the year 2199, the space battleship Yamato embarks on a voyage to the planet Iscandar, to retrieve a device that will rejuvenate a war-ravaged Earth.
1.SOS Earth!! Awaken, Space Battleship Yamato
7.006-10-197430mEarth is losing to a superior foe, as the very survival of the planet lies within a message from a distant galax
2.Fire the Signal Gun!! Space Battleship Yamato Takes Off
13-10-197430mThe hope of the Earth lies within an old battleship found at the bottom of what used to be the Great Eastern Sea.
3.Yamato takes off!! The 296,000 Light Years Challenge
20-10-197430mThe 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 sav...
4.Astonishing World!! The Yamato Exceeds the Speed of Light!
27-10-197430mThe 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 the...
- Ep 5
5.Escape from the Floating Island!! The Wave Motion Gun Draws Danger Near!!
03-11-197430mThe Yamato is trapped by Jupiter's gravity.
- Ep 6
6.Space Destroyer Yukikaze Rests on a Field of Ice!
10-11-197430mThe Yamato searches Saturn's moon, Titan, for a rare mineral.
- Ep 7
7.Sunken Yamato!! Destined Fortress Seizure Battle!!
17-11-197430mThe Yamato faces disaster on the planet Pluto.
- Ep 8
8.Deperate Yamato!! Destroy the Reflective Satellite Cannon!!
24-11-197430mThe Yamato destroys the Reflective Satellite
- Ep 9
9.Revolving Defense!! Asteriod Belt!!
01-12-197430mLimping along, the Yamato comes up with a new defensive strategy.
- Ep 10
10.Farewell, solar system! From the galaxy, with love!
08-12-197430mThe Yamato says goodbye to their families before leaving the solar system.
- Ep 11
11.Resolution! Break through the Gamilons' absolute defense line!
15-12-197430mGamilas Supreme Commander Desslar unveils a trap that will destroy the Yamato: space mines. But these mines have a sinister function..
- Ep 12
12.Certain death! The wishing star of Orion, hell-star!
22-12-197430mDessler 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 affec...
- Ep 13
13.Hurry, Yamato!! Earth is suffering!!
29-12-197430mA Gamilas pilot is captured and the Yamato interrogates him, as Kodai personal tragedy comes into play.
- Ep 14
14.The galaxy's ordeal! The year 2200 advances!
05-01-197530mTensions mount on the Yamato as she is trapped in a space storm.
- Ep 15
15.Desperate escape! The galaxy's different dimension!
12-01-197530mDesslar 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.
- Ep 16
16.Planet Beeland, underground prison of condemned criminals!
19-01-197530mAnalyzer 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.
- Ep 17
17.Charge! Balanosaurus special attack group!
26-01-197530mGale, the general Domel replaced on Balan, devises a plan to destroy the Yamato. Captain Okita is critically ill, and Kodai steps into action.
- Ep 18
18.Floating fortress island! Two men brave death!
02-02-197530mThe 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 seamles...
- Ep 19
19.Homesickness of space! My mother's tears are my tears!
09-02-197530mChief Communcations Officer Aihara is worried about conditions on Earth. But what does he know that the crew doesn't?
- Ep 20
20.The day planet Balan's sun dropped!
16-02-197530mThe 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 t...
- Ep 21
21.Desperate Challenge from Domel's fleet!
23-02-197530mGamilas General Domel, pardoned for his failure at Balan, challenges the Yamato to one final battle.
- Ep 22
22.Decisive battle! Fight for honor at the rainbow star group!
02-03-197530mThe Yamato battles Domel for the last time.
- Ep 23
23.Finally arrived! Crest of the Magellanic Cloud's wave!
09-03-197530mThe Yamto finally arrives at the Magellanic Cloud and "Iscandar"... but have they found their hope for survival, or their enemy's haven?
- Ep 24
24.Death struggle! God, weep for the Gamilons!
16-03-197530mThe Yamato fights on Gamilas, as the Yamato survival depends on wiping out an entire civilization.
- Ep 25
25.Iscandar! A dying planet of love!
23-03-197530mThe Yamato finally arrives at Iscandar.
- Ep 26
26.Mother Earth, the Yamato is back!!
30-03-197530mThe 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...
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