Uchuu Senkan Yamato


Star Blazers: The Quest for Iscandar

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Synonyms: Space Battleship Yamato, Space Cruiser Yamato
Japanese: 宇宙戦艦ヤマト
English: Star Blazers: The Quest for Iscandar
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Information

Type: TV
Episodes: 26
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Oct 6, 1974 to Mar 30, 1975
Premiered: Fall 1974
Broadcast: Sundays at 19:30 (JST)
Studios: Group TAC
Source: Original
Genres: ActionAction, AdventureAdventure, Award WinningAward Winning, DramaDrama, Sci-FiSci-Fi
Themes: Adult CastAdult Cast, MilitaryMilitary, SpaceSpace
Duration: 25 min. per ep.
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

Statistics

Score: 7.641 (scored by 77677,767 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #14102
2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #4120
Members: 29,106
Favorites: 243

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Synopsis

In the year 2199, Earth is a mere shell of its former glory after a vicious bombardment by the Gamilas Empire. The inhabitants have been forced underground to escape the irradiated surface, but the deadly radiation inches closer and closer to the retreating population. With only one year before complete and utter extermination, time is fast running out and hope is in short supply.

So far, any attempt to escape or retaliate has been instantly annihilated by the alien empire—until an emergency transmission from the planet Iscandar in a neighboring galaxy offers a glimmer of hope to save the doomed planet. Covertly, Earth's Self Defense Force constructs a faster than light engine for a journey to Iscandar. Armed with new weapons and a determined crew of fearless navy men, the World War II era battleship Yamato is reborn as Space Battleship Yamato. She and her crew set out on a perilous journey across the stars to save their home and the entire human race.

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Background

Winner of the 1975 Seiun Award for Best Dramatic Presentation.

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Characters & Voice Actors


Staff

Matsumoto, Leiji
Director, Original Creator
Ishiguro, Noboru
Director, Storyboard
Ashida, Toyoo
Episode Director, Animation Director
Iuchi, Shuji
Episode Director


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"Uchuu Senkan Yamato (宇宙戦艦ヤマト)" by Isao Sasaki (eps 1-21,23-25)
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Ending Theme

1: "Makka na Scarf" by Isao Sasaki (eps 1-21,23-25)
2: "Uchuu Senkan Yamato (宇宙戦艦ヤマト)" by Isao Sasaki (eps 22)




Reviews

Jun 5, 2023
I saw something about the show and the premise, and it was just too absurd but also too creative to not check it out. As a Gundam fan, I can clearly see the inspiration Gundam received from this series. I was quite hooked from the beginning, and the show does a good job of showing you the stakes by repeatedly looming the countdown to Earth's total destruction at the end of each episode. I never felt like the pacing was lagging or that we were just spending unnecessary amounts of time in one place after another; everything moves at a quick speed.

My biggest complaint is ...
Feb 17, 2022
The story and impact of Space Battleship Yamato is one of the most inspiring and important events in the history of anime. When it first appeared in 1974, it shook the foundation of what TV manga could do. It would be the strong, innovative, and emotional writing of Yamato that would partly aid the medium towards gaining the name anime. It's cited as an inspiration for many valuable works such as Evangelion, Super Dimension Fortress Macross, and Mobile Suit gundam. Now that I think about it, Hideako Anno did quite a harvest on his influences. If you look at early mecha, there is a series ...
Oct 23, 2019
Mixed Feelings
Notice: This review covers all seasons and movies of the franchise. Reading it is like reading about all of them.

Battleship Yamato (known as Star Blazers in the American dub) is an early work of Leiji Matsumoto and the first example of what a good animated series can be all about. As basic and silly as it may seem today, this series happened to be amongst the most mature titles of its era and opened the way for others to pick up the style and work on it. Anime back then were really childish and crude but this one tried its best to be serious with ...

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