Yamato 2520 (YAMATO2520, Yamato Nī Gō Nī Zero) was Yoshinobu Nishizaki attempt at a sequel to Space Battleship Yamato set several hundred years in the future after the original show. However, Yoshinobu Nishizaki was sued by Leiji Matsumoto for breach of copyright.[1]
Summary[]
Syd Mead was appointed the new Yamato designer[2], David Matthews was hired as composer[3], and Carolyn Leonhart sang the theme song. From the first Yamato era, in outer space, a little more than 300 years later, venture of the young people was drawn in the stage. The first Yamato (Space Battleship Yamato) succeeding world view, it enters, but in the Space Battleship Yamato series interstellar national power outside the earth which begins the Gamilas empire which adapts altogether does not appear, only opposition of terrestrial federation and the Seiren Federation which together designate Earth as the beginning is drawn. 7 volumes were planned, but it only sold 3 volumes due to the bankruptcy of the production company.[4][5][6]
Story[]
In the year 2520 of the Yamato Star Calendars, the Milky Way Hundred Year War concluded, with fights between the Earth Federation and Seirēn Federation ending. The 17th Space Battleship Yamato has crashed on Limbos. 17 years later, the planetary phosphorus boss of the M27 globular cluster located to the boundary line of both camps. The young people of Limbos are forced to live under the military occupation of the Seirēn. Nabu Ancient discovers the Yamatop data disk and builds a 18th generation YAMATO in the dry dock of the Seirēn automatic factory which is left on the basis of the design figure. But, there is also information regarding the super ancient civilization which has become cause of Milky Way 100 Year War on that data disk, and Earth Federation and Seirēn Federation again begin war based on that information.[7]
Cast[]
Yamato Crew[]
- Kazukiyo Nishikiori as Nabu Ancient
- Tomo Sakurai as Marcie Shima
- Yasunori Matsumoto as Aga Serene
- Ichiro Nagai as Captain Togo Shima
- Kotono Mitsuishi as Maki
- Takehito Koyasu as Lennon O'Sullivan
- Hiro Yuki as Konman
- Daiki Nakamura as Flick
- Nobutoshi Canna as Pete/Bob
- Mari Mashiba as Gori
- Ken Yamaguchi as Tonbe
- Chafurin as Jog
- Koji Ishii as Stock/Moai
- Hiroshi Naka as Hachimaki
- Isshin Chiba as Kemushi/Doc
- Akemi Okamura as Rose/Mimi
- Kenyu Horiuchi as Emilio
- Shigeru Chiba as Speed
- Kosuke Okano as Carl
- Konami Yoshida as Susha
- Ryotaro Okiayu as Megane
- Gara Takashima as Yamato Computer
- Yamato
Earth Federation[]
- Ken Yamaguchi as Captain Schmidt
- Ken Narita as Thompson
- Dr. Sakamoto
Seirēn Federation[]
- Masato Ibu as Emperor Blaune
- Akira Kamiya as Major Rikiyard
- Yoko Asagami as 2nd Lieutenant Amethys
- Hideyuki Umezu as 2nd Lieutenant Packard
- Koji Nakata as Marshal Maskanen
- Shozo Iizuka as Commander Neros
- Norio Wakamoto as Lt. Cmdr. Thrauza
- Tetsuya Iwanaga as Non-commissioned officer
- Junji Kitajima as Soldier
- Yoshio Kawai as Radar Specialist
Other[]
- Gara Takashima as Gordian
- Taichiro Hirokawa as Narrator
Mecha[]
Earth Federation[]
- Blue Noah
- Yamato 17th
- EF Dreadnought
Seirēn Federation[]
- SF Amethys
- SF Dreadnought
- SF Cosmo Sub
References[]
- ↑ "宇宙戦艦ヤマト事件判決". law.co.jp. http://www.law.co.jp/cases/yamato.htm. Retrieved 2008-07-20.(Japanese)
- ↑ "Syd Mead Yamato 2520 Artwork". OurStarBlazers.com. https://ourstarblazers.com/vault/meadart/. Retrieved 2008-07-20.
- ↑ http://davidmatthewsjazz.com/bio.html
- ↑ "RISING UP TO FIGHT AGAIN: The Yamato Sequels". Star Blazers. http://web.archive.org/web/20120326024843/http://www.starblazers.com/html.php?page_id=27. Retrieved 2008-07-20.
- ↑ "The Rise and Fall of Yamato 2520, Part 1". OurStarBlazers.com. https://ourstarblazers.com/vault/364/. Retrieved 2013-06-28.
- ↑ "The Rise and Fall of Yamato 2520, Part 2". OurStarBlazers.com. https://ourstarblazers.com/vault/380/. Retrieved 2013-06-28.
- ↑ "Roots of Rebirth". Star Blazers. http://web.archive.org/web/20120328195410/http://starblazers.com/html.php?page_id=300. Retrieved 2008-07-20.
External links[]
- Yamato 2520 (anime) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
- Yamato 2520 at the Internet Movie Database
- YAMATO2520 Page（ファンサイト） (Japanese)
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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 | |