- For the similarly titled episode of Space Battleship Yamato 2202: Warriors of Love, see "Farewell, Space Battleship Yamato."
Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato (さらば宇宙戦艦ヤマト 愛の戦士たち Saraba Uchū Senkan Yamato Ai no Senshitachi, lit. "Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato: Warriors of Love") (also rendered as Arrivederci Yamato) is the second theatrical film based on the classic anime series Space Battleship Yamato. It was released in 1978. The previous year, the 90-minute movie version of Yamato outperformed Star Wars at the Japanese box office, leading to the production of a second movie that was originally intended to conclude the story; a third movie would be released two years later. A massive fan outcry to the film convinced the show's creators to make a second season of the TV series based on the film, but with a much different ending. As such, the events of Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato are now considered to be an alternate storyline altogether and is no longer regarded as official canon.[1]
Plot[]
The Yamato and her crew face the onslaught of the Comet Empire, a civilization from the Andromeda Galaxy who seek to conquer Earth, led by Emperor Zwordar. The Earth ship is aided by an anti-matter woman, Teresa of Telezart, while the Comet Empire have restored to life Earth's greatest enemy, the Gamilas' leader Desslar, who is eager for revenge. After a massive battle which destroys both Earth and Comet Empire forces, the Yamato crew defeat Zwordar's plans by ramming their ship into the Comet Empire head-on. Susumu Kodai orders everyone else off the Yamato first. He sacrifices the Yamato and his own life to save humanity.
Cast[]
| Character | Original | English |
|---|---|---|
| Susumu Kodai/Derek Wildstar | Kei Tomiyama | Dave Mallow |
| Yuki Mori/Nova Forrester | Yoko Asagami | Robin Levenson |
| Juzo Okita/Captain Avatar | Goro Naya | Michael Sorich |
| Daisuke Shima/Mark Venture | Shusei Nakamura | Eddie Frierson |
| Shiro Sanada/Stephen Sandor | Takeshi Aono | Jeff Winkless |
| Hikozaemon Tokugawa/Chief Patrick Orion | Ichiro Nagai | Clifton Wells |
| Sakezo Sado/Dr. Sane | Robert Axelrod | |
| Analyzer/IQ-9 | Kenichi Ogata | Bill Capizzi |
| Yoshikazu Aihara/Homer Glitchman | Shinji Nomura | David A. Thomas |
| Kenjiro Ota/Christopher Eager | Yoshito Yasuhara | Daniel Woren |
| Saburo Kato/Pete Conroy | Akira Kamiya | Michael Sorich |
| Yasuo Nanbu/Dash Jordan | Kazuo Hayashi | Kerrigan Mahan |
| Akira Yamamoto/Jefferson Davis Hardy | Kazuyuki Sogabe | Stephen Apostolina |
| Razera/General Gorse | Michael Forest | |
| Captain Ryu Hijikata/Captain Gideon | Akira Kimura | Edward Mannix |
| Hajime Saito/Sergeant Webb Knox | Isao Sasaki | Barry Stigler |
| Kotetsu Serizawa/General Stone | Mahito Tsujimura | Ted Lehmann |
| Sabera/Princess Invidia | Kazue Komiya | Melanie MacQueen |
| Teresa/Trelaina | Miyuki Ueda | Joan-Carol O'Connell |
| Valsey/General Bleak | Chikao Otsuka | Ted Lehmann |
| Goenitz/General Dyre | Ichiro Murakoshi | Simon Prescott |
| Miru/Morta | Osamu Ichikawa | Michael Sorich |
| Desler/Desslok | Masato Ibu | Doug Stone |
| Heikuro Todo/Commander | Robert V. Barron | |
| Welte Talan/General Talan | Koji Yada | Steve Kramer |
| Narrator | Taichiro Hirokawa | Michael McConnohie |
Additional Voices[]
- Kenichi Ogata (Jiro Tsurumi)
- Yoshito Yasuhara (Politician C)
- Tetsuya Kaji (Earth President)
- Eken Mine (Politician A)
- Mahito Tsujimura (Andromeda Captain)
- Michihiro Ikemizu (Subordinate)
- Eiji Shima (Andromeda 1st Officer)
- Bin Shimada (Pilot)
- Osamu Kobayashi (Zwordar)
- Osamu Saka (Gorand, Chief of Staff)
- Ichiro Murakoshi (Politician B)
- Kosei Tomita (Zurvival)
- Koji Yada (Science Bureau Chief)
External links[]
- Farewell Space Battleship Yamato (anime) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
- Farewell Space Battleship Yamato at the Internet Movie Database
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| TV series | |
| Original Series: Space Battleship Yamato (Episodes) • Space Battleship Yamato 2 (Episodes) • Space Battleship Yamato III (Episodes) Remakes: Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2199 (Episodes) • Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2202 (Episodes) Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2205 (Episodes) • Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 3199 (Episodes) | |
| Films | |
| Original Series: Space Battleship Yamato • Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato • Space Battleship Yamato 2: Compilation Yamato: The New Voyage • Be Forever Yamato • Space Battleship Yamato III: Catastrophe of the Solar System Final Yamato • Yamato Rebirth Remakes: Space Battleship Yamato 2199: A Voyage to Remember Star Blazers 2199: Odyssey of the Celestial Ark • Star Blazers Chronicle 2202 | |
| Live action films | |
| Space Battleship Yamato • Star Blazers | |
| OVAs | |
| Yamato 2520 • Great Yamato #0 | |
| Manga | |
| Space Battleship Yamato by Leiji Matsumoto • Space Battleship Yamato by Yuki Hijiri • Space Battleship Yamato by Akira Hio Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato • Space Battleship Yamato: The New Voyage • Be Forever Yamato Space Battleship Yamato III by Takayuki Masuo • Space Battleship Yamato III by Hiroshi Aizawa • Final Yamato •
Space Battleship Great Yamato | |
| Comics | |
| Star Blazers • Star Blazers : The Magazine of Space Battleship Yamato | |
| Novels | |
| Space Battleship Yamato novelizations • Space Battleship Yamato Dawn: Aquarius Algorithm • Space Battleship Yamato Dawn: The Malignant Memory Space Battleship Yamato 2202: Warriors of Love Side Stories • My Heart is Like This | |
| Video games | |
| The Distant Planet Iscandar • Warriors of Love • Reminiscences of Iscandar • Revenge of the Dark Nebula Empire • Collapse of the Double Galaxy Super Robot Wars V • Space Battleship Yamato arcade game • Space Battleship Yamato for PC • Space Battleship Yamato for Game Boy Space Battleship Yamato for WanderSwan Color • Final Yamato • Space Battleship Yamato 2199 BFI Chapter 2: The Romance of the Endless Sea Space Battleship Yamato 2199: Iscandar • Space Battleship Yamato 2199 Cosmo Guardian • Space Battleship Yamato 2199: The Last Hope 365 Space Battleship Yamato 2202: Hero's Record • Space Battleship Yamato 2202: A Long Journey • Space Battleship Yamato: Voyagers of Tomorrow | |
| Radio | |
| Stereo Gekiga Space Battleship Yamato • All Night Nippon Space Battleship Yamato Special • YRA Radio Yamato | |