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Jul 26, 2010 3:01 AM
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Another great episode, so much chaos, so much depth. But seriously, how can Yamato endure so much damage? Lol.
Oct 2, 2010 9:05 AM
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Best episode for me (it can change after wathing the last 2 eps).

The only thing that annoys me is the end, where we can see how damaged Yamato is, but after a while it looks like brand new. But we can't expect that everything will be perfectly made
Nov 30, 2010 3:06 PM
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Minorun-run said:
Best episode for me (it can change after wathing the last 2 eps).

The only thing that annoys me is the end, where we can see how damaged Yamato is, but after a while it looks like brand new. But we can't expect that everything will be perfectly made


Recycled animation is the explanation.

Damn great ep anyway
Jan 24, 2014 3:40 AM
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Great ep. The Yamato self repair abilities crack me up though.
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Aug 10, 2015 11:04 AM
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Damn all that destruction! Really epic episode and I do wonder what they'll cross next!
Feb 10, 2017 9:56 AM
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Another great episode. Glad the characters recognized their tainted victory. The end of Desler was awkward though.

Kôdai's speech was a totally unexpected commentary on the japanese education. I wonder how it could be broadcasted in a family / children program.


5/5 They missed another occasion yet to start the romantic relationship they look so willing to have between Yuki and Susumu. By the way, why doesn't he refer to her as NAME-kun (workplace colleagues) like she does with him?.
Aug 25, 2018 2:42 PM
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Wow! Total destruction of a planet. I was expecting Yamato to win, but I was not expecting this.
And the vice-president was right, Desler lost his mind.
Jun 2, 2023 11:39 AM
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That episode hit hard. Up until this point I felt so bad for the Gamilusian civilians who just wanted to live as much as we do. The end scene is so powerful and made me cry. It hurt to see Kodai reflect on the mass extinction of a people that was just indirectly caused by the Yamato. But if it weren't for the Yamato then earthlings would be extinct. It's a horrible dilemma that just pains me to wrap my head around.







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I've been watching the show with English audio synced to the subtitled version, so I can hear the old Star Blazers dub while also not missing any scenes or dialogue lost in translation. (Even with the Perfect Collection of the dub that restores most cut scenes, I still have to manually re-sync every now and then.) For the most part the Star Blazers dub is decent for a 1970s American anime localization (at least the de-censored version I'm watching) but in this episode they basically cut out almost all of Kodai/Wildstar's speech, removing its philosophical component entirely, and changed the opening conversation with Yuki/Nova to reflect that change. I really hate that they did that, because that moment is so beautiful in Japanese. I was really touched by it.
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