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The year is 2199. The human race has been crushed in their war with the Gamilos, driven into underground cities by the invader's assault. Scientists estimate they have only a year left. The young officers Susumu Kodai and Daisuke Shima receive a mysterious capsule from a ship that made an emergency landing on Mars and return with it to Earth. It contains humanity's last hope: the planet Iscandar on the other side of the Magellan Galaxy has the technology to defeat the Gamilos and restore the planet. The space battleship Yamato is entrusted with this task, but they have only one year before humanity ends.

Series Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Daisuke Ono

    Susumu Kodai (voice)

  2. Cast 1

    Kenichi Suzumura

    Daisuke Shima (voice)

  3. Cast 1

    Sakaya Kanda

    Teresa (voice)

  4. Cast 1

    Houko Kuwashima

    Yuki Mori (voice)

  5. Cast 1

    Hochu Otsuka

    Shirou Sanada (voice)

  6. Cast 1

    Rie Tanaka

    Akira Yamamoto (voice)

  7. Cast 1

    Aya Hisakawa

    Kaoru Niimi (voice)

  8. Cast 1

    Takayuki Sugo

    Juuzou Okita (voice)

  9. Cast 1

    Shigeru Chiba

    Sakezou Sado (voice)

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Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2202

2018 | 26 episodes

It is the year 2202, three Years after the war with Gamillas, the people in the Solar System are finally at peace once again and the Earth has been restored back to life. With the end of the war, there is a peace treaty between Earth and Gamillas which will strengthen their military bond and secure true peace. In addition to the reconstruction of Earth, the joint forces form a new intergalactic defense fleet with a new ship, Andromeda, to be its new symbol of power. Due to these advancements, the Earth is going on a path of military expansion despite Starsha Iscandar's wishes of peace. But when a new threat called the Gatlantis starts to wreak havoc to a newly reformed galaxy, the Goddess Teressa calls upon the Yamato once more in order to fight back against the new threat.

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A fairly interesting and more adult update of the classic space operate anime fare out of Japan. Unlike the original TV show which was ostensibly aimed at pre-teen boys and younger, this show has a kind of post teen target audience in mind with lots of introspection, some romantic and sexual tension, and overall a more reflective film making style that brings a kind of depth and artistry that the first series from decades earlier did not have. As an adult American male I think I can safely say that I have enjoyed watching this series without feeling too nostalgic about for the series that ...