Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 3199, known in Japan as Be Forever Yamato: Rebel 3199 (ヤマトよ永遠に REBEL 3199, Yamato yo Towa ni: Rebel 3199)[N 1] and internationally titled Star Blazers Rebel 3199, also shortened to Star Blazers 3199,[3] is a 26 episodes long anime series and the direct sequel of Space Battleship Yamato 2205: The New Voyage.[4] The series was announced in the last scene of 2205's second movie Part 2: Stasha and its first chapter was released on July 19, 2024.[5][6][7] The new project's tagline is "Change the future. The enemy is … the space battleship Yamato"[4][8]
2205 head writer Harutoshi Fukui stated that the series will be a mix of various elements from Be Forever Yamato and Space Battleship Yamato III.[4]
The series is released in chapters, each consisting of multiple episodes shown in theaters, much like its prequels.
The first four chapters have been released. Chapter five will be released on February 20, 2026, while the remaining chapters have unconfirmed release dates.
Plot[]
For more details, see List of Space Battleship Yamato 3199 episodes and Individual episode summaries.
The year is 2207 A.D. Two years have passed since the annihilation of Garmillas and Iscandar. Suddenly, a mysterious giant object, the Ground Reverse, appears in the solar system.
Despite the best efforts of the Earth Defense Force, the Ground Reverse easily breaks through multiple layers of defenses and descends into Earth's New Capital without hesitation. Swarms of para-troopers appear without a sound. Multi-legged tanks land. In the blink of an eye, the capital is overrun. Is there no way for Earth to resist? At that moment, the crew of the old Yamato fleet receives a top-secret order. "Rally to the Yamato!"
Then a mysterious singing voice is heard. A mysterious man mutters, "I'm back." What is the invader's surprising identity? With the fate of mankind at stake, the voyage of the space battleship Yamato now begins into a time and space never before explored.[9]
The drama side is also more and more fulfilling. Mori Yuki is captured by enemy officer Alfon, and Kodai Susumu is unable to escape from his remorse - their love is put to the test of separation. Furthermore, Stasha's orphan Sasha will also be heavily involved. A fierce battle full of tension develops as all the characters act with their own will, and the meaning of that battle is once again questioned...[10]
Production[]
The series was proposed by Harutoshi Fukui together with its direct prequel, Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2205.[11] Studio MOTHER provided the series' animation, with Studio Satelight, 2205's animation studio, offering assistance.
Release[]
The series was announced in the last scene of 2205's second movie Part 2: Stasha[5] and was later confirmed during the Online YamaTalk treamed on Bandai Namco Arts' official YouTube channel on February 10 2022[12]. On October 28 2022 it was announced that Harutoshi Fukui and Hideki Oka would continue working as the writers of the new project, and that Nobuteru Yuuki and Junichiro Tamamori would keep their roles of character designer and mecha designer respectively[2]. On January 3, 2024, Naomichi Yamato was announced to be the project's director.[7]
On October 21, 2023, at the Fukuyanime 6, a talk show was held where the Fukui revealed the series would release in 2024.[6] On January 3, it was announced that Chapter 1 "Black Invasion" would release on July 19, 2024.[7] Each new chapter's release date and name has been announced the day the previous chapter hit theaters.[13][14]
The series is released by Bandai Namco under the Emotion Label. each chapter is released in Japanese cinemas. Like the previous wprks in the remake series, the Blu-ray for each chapter is available for presale at special screening theaters before the general release.
Official subtitles for the episodes are being released on Crunchyroll.
Chapters list[]
| English Title | Japanese Title | First Release Date | Subbed Release Date | Blu-ray Release Date (Japan) | Equivalent Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chaoter 1: "Black Invasion" | 第一章「黒の侵略」 | July 19, 2024 | July 26, 2024 | October 30, 2024 | 1,2 |
| Chapter 2: "Red Sun Sortie" | 第二章「赤日の出撃」 | November 22, 2024 | November 26, 2024 | January 29, 2025 | 3,4,5,6 |
| Chapter 3: "Aquamarine Asteroid" | 第三章「群青のアステロイド」 | April 11, 2025 | April 11, 2025 | June 25, 2025 | 7,8,9,10 |
| Chapter 4: "Light Blue Maiden (Sasha)"[N 2] | 第四章「水色の乙女」 | October 10, 2025 | October 17, 2025 | n/a | 11,12,13,14 |
| Chapter 5: "Incandescent Galactic War" | 第五章 「白熱の銀河大戦」 | February 20, 2026 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Notes[]
- The original Be Forever Yamato and Space Battleship Yamato III were not set in 3199, however that date is used as the time setting of Space Battleship Great Yamato and Great Yamato #0.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Yamato 3199 official website Staff & Cast
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Space Battleship Yamato 2205 Report 16
- ↑ Scenario booklets included in the Japanese Blu-Rays
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Be Forever Yamato REBEL 3199 Confirms Its 26-episode Run
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Hello Sasha"
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Fukuyanime 6 talkshow transcript
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Yamato 3199 twitter announcement January 3, 2204
- ↑ Be Forever Yamato: Rebel 3199 Anime's Story to Start in the Year 2207
- ↑ Yamato 3199 official website story section
- ↑ Yamato 3199 official website introduction section
- ↑ Yamato 2205/3199 Proposal Memo, archived on Cosmo DNA
- ↑ Space Battleship Yamato 2205 A New Journey Second Chapter -STASHA- Screening Commemorative Online Yamatalk
- ↑ @new_yamato_2199 on Twitter
- ↑ Chapter 3's announcement on X.com
Footnotes[]
- ↑ Japanese theaters romanize "REBEL" as "Rebel." (@ikufukudon on X.com on 10/10/25) Crunchyroll's news website uses the spelling "REBEL"
- ↑ The title, displayed on the key art of the chapter, places Sasha's name in Furigana over the characters spelling out "Light Blue Maiden." The Stage Greeting Report for chapter 4 published by mantan-web.jp spells "Sasha" between parentheses after the title
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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 • Space Battleship Yamato Resurrection 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 • Star Blazers Rebirth | |
| Novels | |
| Space Battleship Yamato novelizations • Rerising of Yamato: Aquarius Algorithm • Rerising of Yamato: 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 | |
| Scrapped projects | |
| Yamato Millennium • Star Blazers (Disney) | |