Space Battleship Yamato II

Space Battleship Yamato II (Japanese: 宇宙戦艦ヤマト2, Hepburn: Uchū Senkan Yamato Tsū), also known as Star Blazers: The Comet Empire[3] or Star Blazers II, is a Japanese military science fiction anime series produced by Academy Productions and Group TAC. It is the sequel to Space Battleship Yamato and an adaptation of the movie Arrivederci Yamato created by Yoshinobu Nishizaki and Leiji Matsumoto. It aired on Yomiuri TV in Japan from October 14, 1978 to April 4, 1979. It later got a remake in 2017 under the name Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2202.

Space Battleship Yamato II
Cover of the DVD-Memorial Box in Japan
宇宙戦艦ヤマト2
(Uchū Senkan Yamato Tsū)
GenreMilitary science fiction,[1] space opera[2]
Anime television series
Directed byNoboru Ishiguro
Produced byYoshinobu Nishizaki
Written byStory:
Leiji Matsumoto
Screenplay:
Eiichi Yamamoto
Keisuke Fujikawa
Music byHiroshi Miyagawa
StudioAcademy Productions,
Group TAC
Original networkYomiuri TV
Original run October 14, 1978 – April 4, 1979
Episodes26

Overview

As the popularity of the Space Battleship Yamato franchise became clear (largely because of the outcry from fans who saw the movie), a second season of the television series was produced, retconning the movie to present a different plot in which the Yamato and its primary characters were not killed off. Expanding the story to 26 episodes, the second season featured additional plot lines, such as a love story between Teresa (Trelaina) and Yamato crew member Daisuke Shima (Mark Venture), and an antagonism between Kodai and Saito (Knox), leader of a group of space marines. This season is considered the best by many fans on account of the strategic space fleet battles, the imaginative spaceship designs created by Studio Nue, and the character development of Gamilas leader Desler.

Footage from Arrivederci Yamato was reused in the second season, particularly in the opening titles; the sequence of the Yamato launching from water was also reused in two of the subsequent movies.

Plot

The Year is 2201, 2 years after the defeat of the Gamillas Empire and the restoration of Earth, the planet is entering a new age of Militarization with the completion of the new Intergalactic Ship, the Andromeda. However, the Gatlantis Empire (White Comet Empire), a new and even greater threat than the Gamilas, attacks Earth after crew of the Yamato investigates an SOS signal from the mysterious Teresa of planet Telezart. At the same time Desler, leader of the Gamilas Empire, also seeks revenge for his defeat at the hands of the Yamato.[4]

Cast

References
  1. Bernardin, Marc (December 14, 2012). "Watch 1st two minutes of new live-action Space Battleship Yamato". Syfy Wire. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
  2. Ressler, Karen (November 14, 2017). "Seven Seas Licenses Leiji Matsumoto's Space Battleship Yamato Manga". Anime News Network. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
  3. "The Making of Series 2, Part 1". StarBlazers.com. Archived from the original on June 14, 2012. Retrieved 2010-04-02.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. "The Making of Series 2, Part 2". StarBlazers.com. Archived from the original on April 2, 2012. Retrieved 2010-06-02.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)


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