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.
WriterYoshinobu Nishizaki
SOS Earth!! Awaken, Space Battleship Yamato
Oct 6, 1974
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
Oct 13, 1974
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
Oct 20, 1974
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!
Oct 27, 1974
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?
Escape from the Floating Island!! The Wave Motion Gun Draws Danger Near!!
Nov 3, 1974
The Yamato is trapped by Jupiter's gravity.
Space Destroyer Yukikaze Rests on a Field of Ice!
Nov 10, 1974
The Yamato searches Saturn's moon, Titan, for a rare mineral.
Sunken Yamato!! Destined Fortress Seizure Battle!!
Nov 17, 1974
The Yamato faces disaster on the planet Pluto.
Deperate Yamato!! Destroy the Reflective Satellite Cannon!!
Nov 24, 1974
The Yamato destroys the Reflective Satellite
Revolving Defense!! Asteriod Belt!!
Dec 1, 1974
Limping along, the Yamato comes up with a new defensive strategy.
Farewell, solar system! From the galaxy, with love!
Dec 8, 1974
The Yamato says goodbye to their families before leaving the solar system.
Resolution! Break through the Gamilons' absolute defense line!
Dec 15, 1974
Gamilas Supreme Commander Desslar unveils a trap that will destroy the Yamato: space mines. But these mines have a sinister function..
Certain death! The wishing star of Orion, hell-star!
Dec 22, 1974
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.
Hurry, Yamato!! Earth is suffering!!
Dec 29, 1974
A Gamilas pilot is captured and the Yamato interrogates him, as Kodai personal tragedy comes into play.
The galaxy's ordeal! The year 2200 advances!
Jan 5, 1975
Tensions mount on the Yamato as she is trapped in a space storm.
Desperate escape! The galaxy's different dimension!
Jan 12, 1975
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.
Planet Beeland, underground prison of condemned criminals!
Jan 19, 1975
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.
Charge! Balanosaurus special attack group!
Jan 26, 1975
Gale, the general Domel replaced on Balan, devises a plan to destroy the Yamato. Captain Okita is critically ill, and Kodai steps into action.
Floating fortress island! Two men brave death!
Feb 2, 1975
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.
Homesickness of space! My mother's tears are my tears!
Feb 9, 1975
Chief Communcations Officer Aihara is worried about conditions on Earth. But what does he know that the crew doesn't?
The day planet Balan's sun dropped!
Feb 16, 1975
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...
Desperate Challenge from Domel's fleet!
Feb 23, 1975
Gamilas General Domel, pardoned for his failure at Balan, challenges the Yamato to one final battle.
Decisive battle! Fight for honor at the rainbow star group!
Mar 2, 1975
The Yamato battles Domel for the last time.
Finally arrived! Crest of the Magellanic Cloud's wave!
Mar 9, 1975
The Yamto finally arrives at the Magellanic Cloud and "Iscandar"... but have they found their hope for survival, or their enemy's haven?
Death struggle! God, weep for the Gamilons!
Mar 16, 1975
The Yamato fights on Gamilas, as the Yamato survival depends on wiping out an entire civilization.
Iscandar! A dying planet of love!
Mar 23, 1975
The Yamato finally arrives at Iscandar.
Mother Earth, the Yamato is back!!
Mar 30, 1975
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...
