Space Battleship Yamato

30min

Animation

Drama

Action & Adventure

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.

Episodes

Cast

SOS Earth!! Awaken, Space Battleship Yamato

1. SOS Earth!! Awaken, Space Battleship Yamato

30min

6th Oct 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

2. Fire the Signal Gun!! Space Battleship Yamato Takes Off

30min

13th Oct 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

3. Yamato takes off!! The 296,000 Light Years Challenge

30min

20th Oct 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!

4. Astonishing World!! The Yamato Exceeds the Speed of Light!

30min

27th Oct 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!!

5. Escape from the Floating Island!! The Wave Motion Gun Draws Danger Near!!

30min

3rd Nov 1974

The Yamato is trapped by Jupiter's gravity.

Space Destroyer Yukikaze Rests on a Field of Ice!

6. Space Destroyer Yukikaze Rests on a Field of Ice!

30min

10th Nov 1974

The Yamato searches Saturn's moon, Titan, for a rare mineral.

Sunken Yamato!! Destined Fortress Seizure Battle!!

7. Sunken Yamato!! Destined Fortress Seizure Battle!!

30min

17th Nov 1974

The Yamato faces disaster on the planet Pluto.

Deperate Yamato!! Destroy the Reflective Satellite Cannon!!

8. Deperate Yamato!! Destroy the Reflective Satellite Cannon!!

30min

24th Nov 1974

The Yamato destroys the Reflective Satellite

Revolving Defense!! Asteriod Belt!!

9. Revolving Defense!! Asteriod Belt!!

30min

1st Dec 1974

Limping along, the Yamato comes up with a new defensive strategy.

Farewell, solar system! From the galaxy, with love!

10. Farewell, solar system! From the galaxy, with love!

30min

8th Dec 1974

The Yamato says goodbye to their families before leaving the solar system.

Resolution! Break through the Gamilons' absolute defense line!

11. Resolution! Break through the Gamilons' absolute defense line!

30min

15th Dec 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!

12. Certain death! The wishing star of Orion, hell-star!

30min

22nd Dec 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!!

13. Hurry, Yamato!! Earth is suffering!!

30min

29th Dec 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!

14. The galaxy's ordeal! The year 2200 advances!

30min

5th Jan 1975

Tensions mount on the Yamato as she is trapped in a space storm.

Desperate escape! The galaxy's different dimension!

15. Desperate escape! The galaxy's different dimension!

30min

12th Jan 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!

16. Planet Beeland, underground prison of condemned criminals!

30min

19th Jan 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!

17. Charge! Balanosaurus special attack group!

30min

26th Jan 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!

18. Floating fortress island! Two men brave death!

30min

2nd Feb 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!

19. Homesickness of space! My mother's tears are my tears!

30min

9th Feb 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!

20. The day planet Balan's sun dropped!

30min

16th Feb 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!

21. Desperate Challenge from Domel's fleet!

30min

23rd Feb 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!

22. Decisive battle! Fight for honor at the rainbow star group!

30min

2nd Mar 1975

The Yamato battles Domel for the last time.

Finally arrived! Crest of the Magellanic Cloud's wave!

23. Finally arrived! Crest of the Magellanic Cloud's wave!

30min

9th Mar 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!

24. Death struggle! God, weep for the Gamilons!

30min

16th Mar 1975

The Yamato fights on Gamilas, as the Yamato survival depends on wiping out an entire civilization.

Iscandar! A dying planet of love!

25. Iscandar! A dying planet of love!

30min

23rd Mar 1975

The Yamato finally arrives at Iscandar.

Mother Earth, the Yamato is back!!

26. Mother Earth, the Yamato is back!!

30min

30th Mar 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...

First air date

6th Oct 1974

Last air date

4th Apr 1981

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

ja

Networks