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Space Battleship Yamato

Space Battleship Yamato

PG1974•30m•8.0/10
AnimationDramaAction & Adventure

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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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Language

JA

Status

Ended

First Aired

October 6, 1974

Last Aired

April 4, 1981

Networks

YTV

Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
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Seasons & Episodes
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Season
SOS Earth!! Awaken, Space Battleship Yamato
E1
SOS Earth!! Awaken, Space Battleship Yamato
Air date: 1974-10-06
Earth is losing to a superior foe, as the very survival of the planet lies within a message from a distant galax
Fire the Signal Gun!! Space Battleship Yamato Takes Off
E2
Fire the Signal Gun!! Space Battleship Yamato Takes Off
Air date: 1974-10-13
The hope of the Earth lies within an old battleship found at the bottom of what used to be the Great Eastern Sea.
Yamato takes off!! The 296,000 Light Years Challenge
E3
Yamato takes off!! The 296,000 Light Years Challenge
Air date: 1974-10-20
The 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?
Astonishing World!! The Yamato Exceeds the Speed of Light!
E4
Astonishing World!! The Yamato Exceeds the Speed of Light!
Air date: 1974-10-27
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?
E5
Escape from the Floating Island!! The Wave Motion Gun Draws Danger Near!!
Air date: 1974-11-03
The Yamato is trapped by Jupiter's gravity.
E6
Space Destroyer Yukikaze Rests on a Field of Ice!
Air date: 1974-11-10
The Yamato searches Saturn's moon, Titan, for a rare mineral.
E7
Sunken Yamato!! Destined Fortress Seizure Battle!!
Air date: 1974-11-17
The Yamato faces disaster on the planet Pluto.
E8
Deperate Yamato!! Destroy the Reflective Satellite Cannon!!
Air date: 1974-11-24
The Yamato destroys the Reflective Satellite
E9
Revolving Defense!! Asteriod Belt!!
Air date: 1974-12-01
Limping along, the Yamato comes up with a new defensive strategy.
E10
Farewell, solar system! From the galaxy, with love!
Air date: 1974-12-08
The Yamato says goodbye to their families before leaving the solar system.
E11
Resolution! Break through the Gamilons' absolute defense line!
Air date: 1974-12-15
Gamilas Supreme Commander Desslar unveils a trap that will destroy the Yamato: space mines. But these mines have a sinister function..
E12
Certain death! The wishing star of Orion, hell-star!
Air date: 1974-12-22
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.
E13
Hurry, Yamato!! Earth is suffering!!
Air date: 1974-12-29
A Gamilas pilot is captured and the Yamato interrogates him, as Kodai personal tragedy comes into play.
E14
The galaxy's ordeal! The year 2200 advances!
Air date: 1975-01-05
Tensions mount on the Yamato as she is trapped in a space storm.
E15
Desperate escape! The galaxy's different dimension!
Air date: 1975-01-12
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.
E16
Planet Beeland, underground prison of condemned criminals!
Air date: 1975-01-19
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.
E17
Charge! Balanosaurus special attack group!
Air date: 1975-01-26
Gale, the general Domel replaced on Balan, devises a plan to destroy the Yamato. Captain Okita is critically ill, and Kodai steps into action.
E18
Floating fortress island! Two men brave death!
Air date: 1975-02-02
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.
E19
Homesickness of space! My mother's tears are my tears!
Air date: 1975-02-09
Chief Communcations Officer Aihara is worried about conditions on Earth. But what does he know that the crew doesn't?
E20
The day planet Balan's sun dropped!
Air date: 1975-02-16
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...
E21
Desperate Challenge from Domel's fleet!
Air date: 1975-02-23
Gamilas General Domel, pardoned for his failure at Balan, challenges the Yamato to one final battle.
E22
Decisive battle! Fight for honor at the rainbow star group!
Air date: 1975-03-02
The Yamato battles Domel for the last time.
E23
Finally arrived! Crest of the Magellanic Cloud's wave!
Air date: 1975-03-09
The Yamto finally arrives at the Magellanic Cloud and "Iscandar"... but have they found their hope for survival, or their enemy's haven?
E24
Death struggle! God, weep for the Gamilons!
Air date: 1975-03-16
The Yamato fights on Gamilas, as the Yamato survival depends on wiping out an entire civilization.
E25
Iscandar! A dying planet of love!
Air date: 1975-03-23
The Yamato finally arrives at Iscandar.
E26
Mother Earth, the Yamato is back!!
Air date: 1975-03-30
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...

Cast

Kei Tomiyama

Kei Tomiyama

Susumu Kodai

Gorō Naya

Gorō Naya

Juzo Okita

Shūsei Nakamura

Shūsei Nakamura

Daisuke Shima

Yoko Asagami

Yoko Asagami

Yuki Mori

Takeshi Aono

Takeshi Aono

Shiro Sanada

Ichiro Nagai

Ichiro Nagai

Hikozaemon Tokugawa

Kenichi Ogata

Kenichi Ogata

Analyzer

Yoshito Yasuhara

Yoshito Yasuhara

Kenjiro Ota

Taichiro Hirokawa

Taichiro Hirokawa

Mamoru Kodai

Sachiko Chijimatsu

Sachiko Chijimatsu

Shima's Mother

Michiko Hirai

Starsha (voice)

Masatô Ibu

Masatô Ibu

Heikuro Todo

Michihiro Ikemizu

Michihiro Ikemizu

Sukeharu Yabu

Akira Kamiya

Akira Kamiya

Saburo Kato

Keisuke Yamashita

Keisuke Yamashita

Yasuo Nanbu

Haruko Kitahama

Haruko Kitahama

Beemera Queen

Osamu Kobayashi

Osamu Kobayashi

General Domel

Akiko Tsuboi

Akiko Tsuboi

Akiko Kodai

Shinji Nomura

Shinji Nomura

Yoshikazu Aihara

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