Space Battleship Yamato 2 (宇宙戦艦ヤマト2, Uchuu Senkan Yamato 2) was a sequel to the original Space Battleship Yamato. In 2201 a new danger even greater than the Gamilas attacks Earth after the space battleship Yamato crew investigates an SOS signal. To make matters worse Dessler from the Gamilas empire seeks revenge for his defeat at the hands of the Yamato.[1][2][3][4]
Overview[]
As the popularity of this franchise became clear (due largely to an enraged fan outcry from those who saw the movie), a second season of the television series was produced, retconning the movie and presenting a different plot against the movie's enemy without killing off the Yamato or its primary characters. Expanding the story to 26 episodes, the second season featured additional plots such as a love story between Teresa and Yamato crew member Daisuke Shima and an onboard antagonism between Kodai and Saito, leader of a group of space marines. The English dub of this season is considered the best by many of the series' American fans, no doubt due in large part to the wildly imaginative spaceship designs created by Studio Nue.
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. The English adaptation was known as Star Blazers: The Comet Empire[5]
Cast[]
- Noriko Ohara as Sabera
- Kazuo Hayashi (Yasuo Nanbu)
- Kei Tomiyama Susumu Kodai
- Yōko Asagami (Yuki Mori)
References[]
- ↑ "The Making of Series 2, Part 2". StarBlazers.com. http://www.starblazers.com/html.php?page_id=443. Retrieved 2010-06-02.
- ↑ "The Making of Series 2, Part 3". StarBlazers.com. http://www.starblazers.com/html.php?page_id=444. Retrieved 2010-06-02.
- ↑ "The Making of Series 2, Part 4". StarBlazers.com. http://www.starblazers.com/html.php?page_id=445. Retrieved 2010-06-02.
- ↑ "The Making of Series 2, Part 5". StarBlazers.com. http://www.starblazers.com/html.php?page_id=446. Retrieved 2010-06-02.
- ↑ "The Making of Series 2, Part 1". StarBlazers.com. http://www.starblazers.com/html.php?page_id=442. Retrieved 2010-04-02.
External links[]
- Starblazers Official website
- Space Battleship Yamato II (anime) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
- Space Battleship Yamato II at the Internet Movie Database
- Madman Entertainment
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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 | |