Before I even get into the review, I have to mention the other reviews, because they're wrong; this series is a manga adaptation of the anime, not the other way around. So, because this series is a drawn version of the anime, the pacing is weird, the story is scattered, and the ending is just a random spot where the publisher (or artist, I'm not entirely sure), decided to stop the manga and call it a day.
My 6 rating is because the story of yamato is fantastic, and the art in this is passable enough to make it readable. However, I would not recommend
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 Alternative TitlesSynonyms: Cosmoship Yamato Japanese: 宇宙戦艦ヤマト More titlesInformationType: Manga
Volumes: 3
Chapters: 18
Status: Finished
Published: Oct 1974 to Dec 1979
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Boukenou Authors:
Matsumoto, Leiji (Story & Art) Statistics Ranked: #131202 2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded. Popularity: #12377
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May 26, 2021
This classic, unfortunately didn't age very well, it has some of the times mannerisms (some characters are much archetypes than real human beings and the comedic moments dont pay off), and, for me, the worst part is that it seems that important chunks of the story were missing (for example: a major conflict in the first volume ending was completely cut, showing just his end result), it feel like watching one of the Zeta Gundam movies, where big part of the story were cut in order to fit in a movie format, and, as a consequence the narrative was compromised. I still think that the
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Mar 21, 2024
I think this is a fun manga to read if you go into it with appropriate caveats. Without any spoilers, these are as follows:
- It is hard science fiction with dated humor (this doesn't mean it doesn't work though). You have to accept what is happening and going on at face value. - The story is not complete. Probably due to how it was serialized and its release alongside the show version, the three parts are not themselves complete nor does it conclude in an overall story arch. Story 1 kind of "wraps up" but is missing quite a bit at the end - it gives ... 
Dec 31, 2021
Space Battleship Yamato, a classic that shaped Japanese military sci-fi fiction, a work that would later me remade and reimagined many times, her is where it began. Question is, how well did it age?
Among the first things that one could notice is that the original manga has only 3 volumes, while the first adaptation has 26 episodes. While I haven’t seen the anime yet, I can say that the manga does feel a bit bare-bone, like a draft for future works. There is a feel of absence of “fillers”, something to add between the start of the journey and its end. The plot is too ... 
Mar 25, 2024
People who enjoy vintage sci-fi will enjoy this. I'm not saying this is the greatest or even the most entertaining manga ever, but it is one that feels quintessential of the time period. One of those things where reading it almost transports you back to the 70s. I can hear Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, Aerosmith, AC/DC and The Rolling Stones in these pages. I can imagine being a child reading this and going in line to see Star Wars. As it is about 50 years old, there are some things that don't necessarily age well in that it has a simple good guys vs. bad
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Apr 29, 2023
Besides being obviously outdated, which can't be helped, it feels weak even accounting for that.
It could be nice for an easily impressed kid that loves space exploration, but then the manga format and the length doesn't help much on it being lively for anyone younger than your grandpa. Manga is well-illustrated and printed in excellent paper (newpop prime PT-BR), and can be a window to the past regarding art style and what people of that time expected for the future. So it could actually be used in art studies/references in some very specific cases. "Battles" feels off and dead, it doesn't capture the movements too well. Character ... |
