yamato/star blazers was the first anime i remember watching and i have a certain fondness for the series. i think the "Yamato 2199" series is a bit of a better successor than the live action though.
@ClonesDream This is a live action movie version of an 80's cartoon called Star Blazers. The original Japanese release a few years earlier was called Space Battleship Yamato. same cartoon, just renamed and dubbed in English when released in the US. Best info on it is to Wikipedia "Star Blazers" then Wikipedia "Space Battleship Yamato" There were more anime of Yamato after the original, the USA never aired it, bastages! :)