This page lists all television episodes from the original Space Battleship Yamato and its sequel series, running from 1974 to 1981.
Series 1[]
Note: the "Days Left" column indicates the time remaining before all life on Earth was expected to perish from radiation poisoning, announced at the end of most episodes
| Episode | Title | Plot | Original Airdate | Days Left |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "SOS Earth! Revive Space Battleship Yamato!" | As Earth suffers under a brutal attack by Gamilas forces, a message of hope arrives from the planet Iscandar. | October 6, 1974 | N.A. |
| 2 | "The Opening Gun! Space Battleship Yamato Starts!" | The new Earth battleship Yamato is revealed to Kodai and Shima. | October 13, 1974 | N.A. |
| 3 | "Yamato Launch! The Challenge of 296,000 Light Years!" | Yamato prepares for its mission to Iscandar, but the Gamilas base on Pluto attempts to destroy the ship before it launches. | October 20, 1974 | 363 |
| 4 | "World of Wonder! Yamato Leaps Past Light!" | The "Yamato" prepares for her first warp flight, but a Gamilas carrier is deployed to make sure that doesn't happen. | October 27, 1974 | 362 |
| 5 | "Escape the Floating Continent! Crisis Calls the Wave-Motion Gun!" | The ship discovers a hidden floating continent/base set up by Gamilas on Jupiter. The crew decide to use the ship's Wave Motion Gun as a way to destroy the base. | November 3, 1974 | 361 |
| 6 | "Space Destroyer Yukikaze Sleeps in the Ice Field" | The crew stops over at one of Saturn's moons. There, they discover the wreck of the Yukikaze and a battalion of Gamilas shock troops. | November 11, 1974 | 359 |
| 7 | "Yamato Sinks! Fateful Battle to Destroy the Enemy Stronghold!" | The ship is about to pass over Pluto and escape the Solar System. Unfortunately, the Gamilas target them with a deadly weapon of their own - the Reflection Satellite Cannon! | November 17, 1974 | 356 |
| 8 | "Yamato Braves Death! Destroy the Reflex Gun!" | After tricking their enemies that the ship has sunk, Kodai and Sanada lead a commando group to destroy the Reflection Satellite Cannon. | November 24, 1974 | 354 |
| 9 | "Revolving Defense! Asteroid Belt!" | The ship prepares to leave the Solar System and off into the unknown, but the surviving Gamilas forces from Pluto prepare for a final showdown. | December 1, 1974 | 338 |
| 10 | "Farewell, Solar System! From the Galaxy, With Love!" | With the Gamilas all but crushed in the Solar System, Captain Okita allows every crew member to say goodbye to their families on Earth before they leave. | December 8, 1974 | 315 |
| 11 | "Resolution! Break Through the Gamilas' Absolute Defense Line!" | Just as the ship leaves the Solar System, the Gamilas leader, Dessler deploys his newest weapon against the Yamato- space mines. | December 15, 1974 | 311 |
| 12 | "Certain Death! The Wishing Star of Orion, Hell-Star!" | Still smarting from the last encounter with the ship, Dessler decides to lure the Yamatointo a star and has a special gas that's ready for deployment on hand in case the ship escapes. | December 22, 1974 | 308 |
| 13 | "Hurry, Yamato! Earth is Suffering!" | The ship recovers a Gamilas pilot in space and the crew try to recover any information that they can get out of him | December 29, 1974 | 305 |
| 14 | "The Galaxy's Ordeal! The Year 2200 Advances!" | As the new year approaches, the ship takes refuge from a massive solar storm. | January 5, 1975 | 280 |
| 15 | "Desperate Escape! The Galaxy's Different Dimension" | Domel, Dessler's best general, has decided to attack the ship. It couldn't have happened at a worse time because the Yamatois trapped in a galactic whirlpool! | January 12, 1975 | 273 |
| 16 | "Planet Beemera, Underground Prison of Condemned Criminals" | Mori is sent with Analyzer to a planet to get food supplies. During the mission, the duo get captured by the planet's inhabitants who believe them to be Gamilas sympathizers. | January 19, 1975 | 267 |
| 17 | "Charge! Balanodon Special Attack Group!" | Goer tries his own hand in defeating the Yamato by unleashing a giant monster. | January 26, 1975 | 263 |
| 18 | "Floating Fortress Island! Two Men Brave Death!" | Sanada and Kodai are sent to disable a Gamilas electromagnetic satellite. While on the mission, Sanada reveals to Kodai about his past, especially with the latter's brother. | February 2, 1975 | 260 |
| 19 | "Homesickness of Space! My Mother's Tears Are My Tears!" | Aihara gets homesick and starts getting visions regarding his family back home. However, it turns out to be an illusion thanks to Domel. | February 9, 1975 | 255 |
| 20 | "The Day the Sun Falls onto Planet Balan!" | The ship finally reaches Balan, Gamilas' midpoint base in between Earth and Iscandar. Domel tries a final gambit to destroy the ship once and for all. | February 16, 1975 | 253 |
| 21 | "Desperate Challenge from Domel's Fleet!" | Domel is put on trial for reckless behavior during the previous battle with the Yamato. Fortunately, Dessler gives him one last chance to destroy the ship. Domel plans to wage one last battle at the Rainbow Star Group. | February 23, 1975 | 215 |
| 22 | "Decisive Battle! Fight for Honor at the Rainbow Star Group!" | The final battle between Domel and the Yamato finally happens, with the fate of the ship's mission at stake. | March 2, 1975 | 214 |
| 23 | "Finally Arrived! Crest of the Magellanic Cloud's Wave!" | The ship finally reaches Iscandar's solar system but come across a stunning revelation - the Gamilas homeworld and Iscandar are twin planets. And to make things worse, the ship gets dragged to Gamilas for one last battle with Dessler. | March 9, 1975 | 164 |
| 24 | "Death Struggle! God, Weep for the Gamilas!" | A battle between the Yamato and Dessler is fought on the Gamilas homeworld. | March 16, 1975 | 161 |
| 25 | "Iscandar! A Dying Planet of Love!" | The Yamato finally reaches Iscandar and gets the Cosmo Cleaner-D from Starsha. Meanwhile, Kodai's brother is revealed to be alive and well on Iscandar. Unfortunately, a mutiny is about to happen and mar the happy situation. | March 23, 1975 | 131 |
| 26 | "Earth! Yamato Returns!" | Dessler, having revealed to have survived his previous battle with the Yamato, prepares up for one last duel with the ship as it reaches home. | March 30, 1975 |
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