Space Battleship Yamato (Japanese: 宇宙戦艦ヤマト, Hepburn: Uchū Senkan Yamato, also called Cosmoship Yamato and Star Blazers) is a Japanese science fiction anime series produced and written by Yoshinobu Nishizaki, directed by manga artist Leiji Matsumoto, and produced by Academy Productions. The series aired in Yomiuri TV from October 6, 1974 to March 30, 1975, totaling up to 26 episodes. It revolves around the character Susumu Kodai (Derek Wildstar in the English version) and an international crew from Earth, tasked during an interstellar war to go into space aboard the space warship Yamato, derived from the World War II battleship of the same name, in response to a message of aid from the planet Iscandar in order to retrieve a device which is able to reverse the radiation infecting Earth after being bombed by the Gamilas (Gamilons). Space Battleship Yamato is one of the most influential anime series in Japan. Its turn toward serious themes and complex storylines influenced future works in the medium, including Gundam, Evangelion, and Macross, in addition to video games such as Space Invaders.
1974年 - 1975年に放送されたテレビアニメ『宇宙戦艦ヤマト』を嚆矢とし、架空の宇宙船である「宇宙戦艦ヤマト」の乗員の活躍を描いた一連のサイエンス・フィクション作品群である。
Meet Yohko Yamamoto - a cat-eyed, 15-year-old girl in the late 20th century with a love for videogames and Pocky. Because of her exceptional talent with arcade shooters, she's been recruited by Lawson to travel a thousand years into the future to pilot the prototype ship TA-29. Together with Ayano Elizabeth Hakuhoin, Madoka Midoh and Momiji Kagariya, Yohko leads the Terran team against Rouge and Ness' infamous Red Snappers in this epic space adventure.
In 2191, Earth made first contact with aliens called ''Gamilas''. First attempt at peaceful contact with the Gamilas failed, resulting in interstellar war. The United Nations Cosmo Navy, even though outmatched by the Gamilas space naval forces, was able to stop their direct assaults on Earth in the Second Battle for Mars, but suffered heavy losses in the process. The Gamilas, from their military base on Pluto, then started planetary bombardment with modified asteroids called ''planet bombs''. The planet bombs hampered United Nations efforts to rebuild their space fleet and forced Earth to build underground cities to protect humanity. The planet bombs altered the atmosphere and irradiated the planetary surface, causing the complete destruction of the planet's biosphere. The Gamilas then started what is believed to be their first step in terraforming—preparing the Earth to be inhabited by themselves—by introducing plant life that was lethal to any life on Earth. With mankind facing extinction, the United Nations started planning for a small colony of humans to leave Earth in an attempt at the survival of humanity, called the ''Isumo Plan''. But in early 2198 ''Starsha'', from the planet Iscandar, learned of Earth's situation and dispatched her sister ''Yurisha'' to Earth. Yurisha brought with her the designs to what is called the ''Dimensional Wave Motion Engine'', providing for interstellar flight along with other technological assistance to Earth. The Iscandarans revealed that they could reverse the damage done to the Earth with the ''Cosmo Reverse System''. For technical reasons they could not send the system directly and would need Earth to send a ship for it. The United Nations then scrapped the Isumo Plan in order to build a new Cosmo Navy ship to retrieve the Cosmo Reverse System. The new ship was designed as a heavily armed space battleship. To conceal the ship's construction from the Gamilas, Earth built the new ship at the same site as the sunken World War I
よみがえれ宇宙戦艦ヤマト！ 希望の光を求め、銀河を超える旅立ちの時が来た!! 西暦2199年。外宇宙から襲来した謎の星間国家ガミラスによって、人類は滅亡の渕に立たされていた。その中で人類最後の希望を託すべく「ヤマト計画」が進められていた。その人類最後の希望を託すべき艦の名は「ヤマト」。しかし、人類に残された猶予は1年しかない。ヤマトは果たして人類を救うことができるのか…。
西暦2199年。人類は絶望の淵に立たされていた。 外宇宙から襲来した謎の星間国家＜ガミラス＞による遊星爆弾により地球は壊滅的な被害を負い、人類滅亡までの猶予はわずか1年…。 残された最後の希望、それは、人類初の恒星間航行が可能な宇宙戦艦＜ヤマト＞で、ガミラスの攻撃によって汚染された地球を浄化再生するシステム＜コスモリバースシステム＞を受け取りに行く＜ヤマト計画＞だった…。 人類の命運を懸けた16万8千光年の大航海を追想する。
The ''Yamato'' and her crew face the onslaught of the Comet Empire, a civilization from the Andromeda Galaxy that seeks to conquer Earth, led by Zwordar the Great (Prince Zordar in the English dub). The Earth ship is aided by an antimatter woman, Teresa of Telezart (known as Trelaina in the English dub), while the Comet Empire has revived Earth's greatest enemy, the Gamilas' leader Desslar, who is eager for revenge. After an immense battle destroys the forces of both Earth and the Comet Empire, the Yamato destroys the White Comet's cover, revealing the Empire City that hid inside it. After a long battle, Susumu Kodai orders everyone else off the ''Yamato'' before ramming her into the Emperor's ship head-on, sacrificing his life and the ship to defeat Zwordar and save humanity.
The Black Nebula Empire, last seen in ''Yamato: The New Voyage'', lands a huge fortress on Earth and sends out an invasion force, while the Black Nebulan fleet wipes out Earth's space fleets. The fortress contains a bomb capable of destroying half the planet. The Nebulans threaten to use it if they are attacked.
A documentary on the history and making of the epic anime series "Space Battleship Yamato" (also known as "Star Blazers").
星暦2520年、銀河100年戦争と呼ばれた、地球連邦とセイレーン連邦との戦いが終わってから17年後、両陣営の境界線に位置するM27球状星団の惑星リンボス。 セイレーンの軍政下で、抑圧された暮らしを余儀なくされていた若者たちは、郊外に墜落していた宇宙戦艦（第17代宇宙戦艦YAMATO）のデータディスクを発見し、その中にあった設計図を元に放置されていた自動造船工場のドックで第18代YAMATOを建造する。 しかし、そのデータディスクには、銀河100年戦争の一因となった超古代文明に関する情報も記録されており、それを巡って地球連邦とセイレーン連邦は、再び戦争を始めてしまう。
3199の宇宙の歴史を持つ銀河を舞台にしています。 銀河を破壊する力を持つ7つの巨大な敵（7つのメタノイド）の出現により、ギャラクシーAは破壊される危険にさらされています。 そんな中、誰も予想していなかった宇宙戦艦グレートヤマトNo.ゼロがA銀河を救うために出発。 グレートヤマトNo.ゼロの乗組員をめぐる激しい戦いが始まった。
