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Star Blazers: The Quest for Iscandar

Uchuu Senkan Yamato · 1974–1980

One ship's voyage to save a dying Earth.

#Action #Adult Cast #Adventure #Award Winning #Drama #Military #Sci-Fi #Space

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StatusFinished Airing SeasonFall 1980 StudioAcademy Productions, Office Academy SourceOriginal

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Earth has been bombarded into a radioactive ruin by the Gamilas, leaving humanity roughly a year underground before extinction. The sunken battleship Yamato is rebuilt with alien technology and dispatched on a 148,000 light-year round trip to Iscandar to retrieve a device capable of restoring the planet. Between hostile fleets, an absolute deadline, and a crew carrying personal losses into a mission most of them expect not to survive, the voyage becomes both a war story and a question about whether humanity earned the rescue.

⚠ Background — may contain spoilers

Space Battleship Yamato is among the foundational works of Japanese animation, widely credited with launching the medium's first major fan boom and with proving that anime could sustain serialized dramatic storytelling for adults. Its influence on Gundam, Evangelion, and essentially every subsequent space opera in the medium is difficult to overstate. The franchise has been remade and extended repeatedly across decades, and its theme music remains instantly recognizable across generations of Japanese audiences. Its status as a foundational work makes it essential context for the entire medium's history, and the franchise has been remade repeatedly across decades.

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Information

Type: TV
Episodes: 77
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: 1974-10-05 → 1975-03-29
Season: Fall 1980
Studio: Academy Productions, Office Academy
Source: Original
Duration: 25 min per ep
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
Producers: Tohokushinsha Film Corporation, Yomiko Advertising, Yomiuri Telecasting

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Episodes

77

1
SOS Earth!! Awaken, Space Battleship Yamato Aired 1974-10-05
2
The Opening Gun! Space Battleship Yamato Starts! Aired 1974-10-12
3
Yamato Launch! The Challenge of 296,000 Light Years! Aired 1974-10-19
4
World of Wonder! Yamato Leaps Past Light! Aired 1974-10-26
5
Escape the Floating Continent! Crisis Calls the Wave-Motion Gun! Aired 1974-11-02
6
Space Destroyer Yukikaze Sleeps in the Ice Field Aired 1974-11-10
7
Yamato Sinks! Fateful Battle to Destroy the Enemy Stronghold! Aired 1974-11-16
8
Yamato Braves Death! Destroy the Reflex Gun! Aired 1974-11-23
9
Revolving Defense! Asteroid Belt! Aired 1974-11-30
10
Farewell, Solar System! From the Galaxy, With Love! Aired 1974-12-07
11
Resolution! Break Through the Gamilons' Absolute Defense Line! Aired 1974-12-14
12
Certain Death! The Wishing Star of Orion, Hell-star! Aired 1974-12-21
13
Hurry, Yamato! Earth is Suffering! Aired 1974-12-28
14
The Galaxy's Ordeal! The Year 2200 Advances! Aired 1975-01-04
15
Desperate Escape! The Galaxy's Different Dimension Aired 1975-01-11
16
Planet Beeland, Underground Prison of Condemned Criminals Aired 1975-01-18
17
Charge! Balanosaurus Special Attack Group! Aired 1975-01-25
18
Floating Fortress Island! Two Men Brave Death! Aired 1975-02-01
19
Homesickness of Space! My Mother's Tears are My Tears! Aired 1975-02-08
20
The Day Planet Balan's Sun Fell! Aired 1975-02-15
21
Desperate Challenge from Lysis' Fleet! Aired 1975-02-22
22
Decisive Battle! Fight for Honor at the Rainbow Star Group! Aired 1975-03-01
23
Finally Arrived! Crest of the Magellanic Cloud's Wave! Aired 1975-03-08
24
Death Struggle! God, Weep for the Gamilons! Aired 1975-03-15
25
Iscandar! A Dying Planet of Love! Aired 1975-03-22
26
Earth! Yamato Returns! Aired 1975-03-29

1
2201: The Yamato Returns! Aired 1978-10-13
2
The Comet Appears; Remodeling the Yamato! Aired 1978-10-20
3
Earth's Crisis Awakens the Yamato! Aired 1978-10-27
4
Blast off to the Unknown! Aired 1978-11-03
5
Open Main Guns! Target: Yamato! Aired 1978-11-10
6
Heavy Fighting! The Space Marines! Aired 1978-11-17
7
Counter-attack! The Invisible Space Submarine! Aired 1978-11-24
8
Space Storm! Escape is Impossible! Aired 1978-12-01
9
Charge! Destroy the Yamato! Aired 1978-12-08
10
Crisis Relief! The Roar Of The Wave-Motion Gun Aired 1978-12-15
11
Leader Desler, the Vengeful Demon! Aired 1978-12-22
12
Will The Yamato Perish In the Hollow Planetoid? Aired 1978-12-29
13
Fierce Attack! The Teresart Landing Operation! Aired 1979-01-05
14
Counterstrike! The Discovery of Teresa! Aired 1979-01-12
15
Teresa: the Beginning of Love Aired 1979-01-19
16
Teresa: Farewell to Love! Aired 1979-01-26
17
Teresart - Disperse into Space! Aired 1979-02-02
18
The Decisive Battle! All Ships, Combat-Ready! Aired 1979-02-09
19
Yamato--Collision in Warp! Aired 1979-02-16
20
Yamato--A Daring Surprise Attack! Aired 1979-02-23
21
Courage: The Death Of Captain Hijikata! Aired 1979-03-02
22
Yamato, Fight to the Last! Aired 1979-03-09
23
The Destined Showdown! Aired 1979-03-16
24
Life and Death Struggle! Two Brave Men! Aired 1979-03-23
25
Strategic Invasion of the Imperial City! Aired 1979-03-30
26
Be Forever, Yamato Aired 1979-04-06

1
The Solar System is Destroyed Aired 1980-10-10
2
Great Battle on the Milky Way Aired 1980-10-17
3
Yamato Embarks at Dawn Aired 1980-10-24
4
Shoot for Planet Mars Aired 1980-10-31
5
S.O.S Legendra! Aired 1980-11-07
6
Great Battle Near the 11th Planet Aired 1980-11-14
7
The Rough Seas of Alpha Centauri Aired 1980-11-21
8
The Last Pioneer Aired 1980-11-28
9
Battle at Barnard Star Aired 1980-12-05
10
Dagon's New Fleet Counter-Attacks Aired 1980-12-12
11
Yamato Faces Danger at Cygnus Aired 1980-12-19
12
Stellar Prison Camp Aired 1980-12-26
13
Dreadful Bolar Federation Aired 1981-01-02
14
Subspace Submarine Captain Galman Wolf Aired 1981-01-09
15
Yamato's Captured! Aired 1981-01-16
16
Festive Day for Desler Aired 1981-01-23
17
Desler's Empire in a Crisis Aired 1981-02-06
18
The Angry Sun Aired 1981-02-13
19
On the Way to Planet Phantom Aired 1981-02-20
20
The Planet of Illusions Aired 1981-02-27
21
Lost Hope Aired 1981-03-06
22
Farewell Planet Phantom Aired 1981-03-13
23
Battle at the Scalageck Star Cluster Aired 1981-03-20
24
Secret of Planet Shalbart Aired 1981-03-27
25
Yamato, Shoot That Sun! Aired 1981-04-03

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