UTS Anime Review: Space Battleship Yamato 2199

Today, under the scope, I take a look at Space Battleship Yamato 2199, the 2013 remake of the legendary 1974 classic.
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[@Indoor_Carrot]

I like the moment the Gamilan commander launches the third wave of "torpedo" bombers on the Yamato after delivering the drill bomb into it's wave motion cannon's barrel. He says something like: "The weapon will surely destroy it. But I'm not taking any chances. Launch the fighters just to be sure" Why don't villains act rationally like this more often?

[@finnlake3180]

Simmel ist a Soldier mit a vilain

[@michaelfisher7170]

Nephew..."You don't even know what anime is." Me..."Kid, I was watching Yamato at 5 in the morning two decades before you were born."

[@tomr.644]

Screw the Death Star, the Wave Motion Gun is the original planet killer.

[@gcb345]

Star Trek TOS pre-dates this kind of weapon in the second season. The episode is called 'The Doomsday Machine'. You can find the entire episode KZbin. Not bad for a show that was filmed in the late 1960s.

[@Nitram4392]

To quote another comment section: "The Wave Motion Gun: The only weapon so cool you need sunglasses to fire it."

[@Irfan87]

George Lucas is a fan of Akira Kurosawa and many anime. He mentioned that the Wave Motion Gun was an inspiration for the Death Star.

[@billlosapio7571]

Preach!

[@thechroniclegamer4285]

The wave motion is more of a glassing cannon than a death star laser, it can only destroy a continent.

[@yamato0965]

Wave Motion Gun = when you really need a planet destroyed overnight

[@slabo9035]

More like when you need a planet destroyed in a few seconds.

[@AvroBellow]

A space weapon so powerful that it has its own Wikipedia page! LOL

[@xavi-kun]

“Where is the enemy?” “That direction” “Roger, removing that direction”

[@Barri2410]

@@AvroBellow There's none-unless you mean this one? en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave_motion_gun_(disambiguation)

[@Nitram4392]

To quote another comment section: "The Wave Motion Gun: The only weapon so cool you need sunglasses to fire it."

[@loccaleus1]

i watched the original as a kid and it was the start of my love for anime.

[@snortskysnorts254]

Same bruh, I watched it decades before it same out then boom one of the best anime of all time

[@gryphon9507]

4:30 You're wondering where they are getting all of those supplies. OMCS: Omni Manufactuing and Construction System. Wave Motion Engine was not the only peace of tech Iscandar gave Earth. Most of the tech on Yamato is either alien origin or a mixture of Earth tech and Iscandarian. Because the wave motion engine is basically a quantum zero point energy converter, it has unlimited power as a primary energy source. OMCS is basically a Star Trek replicator taking energy and creating matter in raw materials then building the part, the ship basically can make anything it needs so long as the OMCS is working. They even had an episode where it was off line and they had to rely on emergency rations until it was repaired. Apparently they keep those parts on hand.

[@yudhat1700]

now this answer my question that i had for a long time

[@publixmn2622]

Don't use wave motion guns again. Forever. Humans: We are introducing new fleet made of Andromedia.

[@cardiv5zuikaku944]

Andromeda is sexy tho uwu

[@Barri2410]

Ironically, the Iscandar (especially Queen Starsha herself) didn't do any sanction(s) for breaking the treaty (which was done by the Earth Federation, not by Yamato crews-especially Kodai who's the most active against the use of WMG, though he later use it against Gatlantis)

[@Barri2410]

@@cardiv5zuikaku944 eh, ada kakak :)

[@cardiv5zuikaku944]

@@Barri2410 siapa?-'

[@EdwardChan.999]

That's why I think 2202 failed as a remake. They just come up with weird excuses to ignore the plot in 2199 instead of coming up with new ideas to follow through.

[@angus1321]

Yamato, under the title of StarBlazers, was my first experience of anime and was directly responsible for my anime addiction...

[@Sarm-mx6qy]

Steven P Same. I remember having to get up really early in the morning to watch StarBlazers or Robotech before the standard American garbage cartoons started later on in the morning. lol I was around 10 years old at the time of I remember correctly. I want to say it wad the early 80s for me.

[@veryorignalname4804]

Same

[@farmerspaceboy2251]

Finally more people i can relate to

[@xaGe__]

You are not alone!

[@kenshinflyer]

Same here.

[@sparrowlt]

-The overwhelming odds Yamato can survive was adressed as in 2199 the ship has something no other ship (as far as its known) has: shields.. this , as well as its way bigger energy generation (firepower) comes from Iscandar tech adapting.. wich is superior to all other races -If you think the Yamato repairs fast here you should see the original series.. one episode had the Yamato nearly ripped in half with her ENTIRE botton blown out (nearly half ship) and next episode the ship is totally intact.. In 2199 the ship every time it takes damage you can see repair crews next episode working.. and if you pay attention to the dates told at the end of each episode you would see sometimes those repairs take weeks.. one of them (battle of rainbow cluster) took an entire month in a drydock to repair. -Crew loses are similar to the old series.. but in the old series Yamato had barelly 116 crew.. now she has 1000 crew.. so even similar casualties she still has about 950 at the end -Episode 25 was to adress directly the last episode of the original series where Dessler boarded Yamato..and its much better writen and adressed here ...specially concerning the future. -Yamato uses an OMC (organic matter converter) wich works roughly like an Startrek replicator: converts biomass into edible food ... thats what keeps then supplied as long as they dont have much loses or damage.. at one point the OMC breaks down and they need to stop in a planet to temporaly resuply until the OMC is fixed.. as for ammo they dont use much as their main weapons is the energy based shock canons.. they can fire 18" shells (wich they do) but not much of those are expend.. and while fighters use regular ammo its easy that the Yamato carries enought for the trip (as any normal carrier) as the fighters only shorty like 4 or 5 times in the entire trip -About Gamilon loses the show do handles them.. Ditz didnt wanted to directly ally with the humans because the huge loses at the battle of Ballun. and in the later movie "oddysey of the star voyaging ark" its more directly dealt with -the great thing about soundtrack and effects is that nearly ALL the music (save for a couple of pieces) and nearly ALL sound effects come directly from the original series.. but wiselly done .. it fits perfectly

[@failedexperiment9073]

When it comes to shields, we actually know about one other shielded ship class (despite it's never said): the Zoelguut class dreadnought. In one scene, Domelaze deflected barrage of Yamato's antimatter cannons, which isn't possible with armor, because contact of armor and positrons would result in anihillation, so at least frontal shield is installed on Zoelguuts, the bigger ship also most likely has bigger geschtam engine, so it has the energy production for wave motion shield. Also, with Gamilas technological superiority to Earth, I expect shield to be on tachyon powered Deusura II ( but yes, we can't learn anyting about ship which got destroyed before engaging in any real battle, where it cold use shields ).

[@MegaPlayerXxX]

Amen brother. People tend to forget that the journey actually took a YEAR and there were 26 episodes, so there was enough time to do repairs between each of them.

[@failedexperiment9073]

Sanctuary 2199 Shock cannons are anti-matter weapons, you can't deflect them with armor made of normal matter, science is very clear here, armor would just explode on contact. And if you look closely on the scene, where the beam is deflected, you can clearly see a forcefield on Domelaze's bow blocking Yamato's beam, which supports my point. And if I may talk about your claim, that Gamilas are not familiar with shield technology, I can prove you wrong there too. In the episode, where the Yamato is attacked by a telepath, Kodai defeats the projection by sealing it inside wave motion engine using internal wave motion shield. The attacker, even despite the fact she's not technician or scientist, correctly identifies the technology, which means that shields are commonly known in the Gamilas empire, they just don't use them very often.

[@failedexperiment9073]

@@Sanctuary-lx3xx Yamato's shields actually were active during the raid on Balun, there just wasn't any scene showing their activation, just the moment they got breached. The blue glow around the impact points is visible. Anyways, I agree, it's a shame we never truly got to see Zoelguuts in all their glory and also that they're underequipped for their size (enough heavy firepower, but they desperatly need more torpedo launchers, point defence grid and mayabe a hangar bay), just imagine how fearsome (and beautiful) could be a properly designed Mk.2 variant.

[@Barri2410]

Sorry, 2 correction 1. BBY-01 complement were 999 (so you should've said nearly 1000) 2. The main battery was bigger-480 mm (18.89 inch)

[@AvroBellow]

Space Battleship Yamato - The absolute PINNACLE of anime.

[@NelsonStJames]

Finally watching this on Crunchyroll in 2018. Don't know why I waited so long, but this is definitely a remake done right! You can tell the creators had the utmost respect for the original.

[@Iluvlollipops]

The creators are the kids of the original creators lol

[@ptrain9020]

Is there an English version of this and if so where can I get it?

[@Iluvlollipops]

It is on funimation for free. The second season is almost over. Only 6 ep left now I think

[@kenshinflyer]

Well, the producer of the original series was involved in these remakes, as well as the Resurrection movie. He knows what a blockbuster "Yamato" was 40 years ago, and it cost literally their blood, sweat, and tears to make it possible.

[@WyldstaarStudios]

It is shocking to me how badly Voyager Entertainment has botched the western distribution of Yamato 2199. As of August 2014 they completely stopped all sales of DVD/Blurays in North America of not only this series, but EVERY incarnation of Space Battleship Yamato. It's as though they don't want anyone outside of Japan to see the series anymore.

[@UnderTheScopeAnime]

+Wyld staar It's a damn shame too because so many more people need to see this series.

[@Ljordan093]

+Wyld staar Someone better call Funanimation and tell them to get the rights to this awesome series!

[@quantum5661]

for those that cant get a copy, check 9anime.is out.

[@WyldstaarStudios]

Lee Jordan + Funimation has acquired the rights to Yamato 2199, and has begun rolling out dubbed episodes. The English dub uses the original Japanese names, rather than the classic Star Blazers ones, thank God. Crunchyroll is rolling the subtitled versions.

[@einyv]

this is a year old but i am watching the series on it now. They have through Episode 12 now and they release a new one every Wednesday at 4pm EST

[@TheBlackfall234]

the repair and supply thing isnt really hard to get. They often showed and talked about how they need to get new supplies to repair the ship and they regularly landed on planets to get them.

[@Juice-chan]

Yep those repair and maintenence parts happened over weeks off screen. So if you would give them the ratio of screentime they took in the 1 year trip you would see half of the time a ship that is under repair. And they had 1000 crew members and lost I guess around 200-300 people.

[@Nitram4392]

They show the crew mining once in the beggining so I assumed that's where they get their ressorces.

[@augustday9483]

In the original show, there's a scene early on where they use a robotic assembler to create an entire fighter jet from scratch in the span of a few minutes. It even applies the paint job. I assume in 2199 that the Yamato has a similar machine on board which is capable of constructing anything they could need, from vehicles to hull plating to guns/ammo. With that sort of tech at their disposal, it's a little more believable (though still mighty impressive) to repair the ship in a couple weeks between battles as long as they have raw resources (which should be plentiful among asteroid belts).

[@UnderTheScopeAnime]

This is a PSA to tell everyone you know to go watch this series. Big shoutout to +ArcaneThinker for recommending it to me, otherwise it would've completely slipped past my radar (bad space pun). Anyways, next week will be a review I'm sure more than a few of you will be happy to see :)

[@Azmodeus87]

+Under The Scope Reviews If you like Yamato, based on how you describe it, i would recommend the Cresta/Banner of the stars franchise. It has a similiar focus on the character and world-building, As well as the grand scope and a very deft eye for strategy in space combat. Also the main duo is some of animes best pairings, with neither being OP or a plot device to any extent.

[@smokinhotpizza405]

hey dude how about making a review of steins gate you know it is one of The best if not the best anime you can watch i recommend you to watch this this anime because if you watched it you would have already made a review of it well I am just a stranger so you don't need to follow my advise p.s I could be coming back with advices if you review steins gate thanks for your time

[@UnderTheScopeAnime]

Andrea Bonelli Steins;Gate is one of my absolute favorites, and I will definitely review it at some point. No doubt about it.

[@khan-bm3zz]

+Under The Scope Reviews Two things- for your first picture of iscandar, why is there a comet empire general in front of the planet? As for the ammo- most of their ammo is lasers. They can store a lot of the other ammo, but it does stretch belief as for the crew. Hey, it's not as bad as voyager on that count?

[@THPGoldenWind]

+Under The Scope Reviews hey, i notice you didn't touch on the movie for this series Uchuu senkan yamato 2199 hoshimeguru hakobune it takes place during the return trip. I thin it's really good and i thought you might want to add it to this review. Also, did you do a review on the original series? if you did i would like to watch it.

[@davidkilgour8265]

People other then me know about this show!?!?!?! Great review.

[@GeraltofRivia22]

It's pretty sad that I've never heard of this gem before since almost no one talks about it. Instead, they focus on Otaku fanservice crap like SAO and whatever other bland flavour of the month happens to be popular. Thank you for bringing this master piece to my attention

[@Deltaflot1701]

The resupply and repair question is covered in the original series

[@Carnifici]

Soo glad I found your channel You are one of few really great anime reviewers out here, and you are doing amazing work, thank you very much (no, reviewing one of my fav. series has nothing do to with it). And to be honest, I'm amazed on the fact how much good quality videos you can came up in a month. I will try to spread the word about your channel, cause nothing that good should be unknown.

[@UnderTheScopeAnime]

+Carnifici Thanks! That really means a lot :)

[@themoss]

i couldn't leave without saying a big thank you for this review....

[@michaelfisher7170]

I discovered Yamato when Star Blazers played on tv in thae states. I was in junior high then. Today im 60 years old. I have Yamato 2199 and i watch it at least knce a year. Its a perfectly crafted tale and never gets old. Its like an old friend.

[@konstantinosmerikakis6206]

i have never heard of this anime before and your review came in perfect timing to my need of a space opera .

[@Sarm-mx6qy]

Konstantinos Merikakis Oohh brother you will LOVE it! By now I'm gonna assume you have seen it already. As a young boy about 10 years old I loved the origins that was back in the early 80s. But this is indeed the perfect remake and his review is on point in every way! Enjoy my friend. Season two episodes already out 2017! Woo hoo!

[@Artella02]

Ok, you're seriously one of the absolute best reviewers I've ever come across. Not just for anime, but for reviews of shows and series in general! It's a shame I didn't find you sooner. Great structure overall in the review and it has a nice flow. Doesn't feel too long or too short, everything feels valid to bring up and needs its space. I also really liked the balance you had between your own opinions and general views about the genres/history of anime/ and whatnot :) Some really good and interesting points! You definitely sold this series to me, so a big thanks for making this review or I'd have missed a gem! Keep up the great work :>

[@kiralynn72]

What a great vid ... you didn't just go 'I love it' or 'I hate it', but put much thought into your opinions ... well done sir :)

[@landrum3893]

Expertly written and presented analysis and opinion. Thanks for putting this out there for me to find 5 years later.

[@jboy2621]

Fire WAVE MOTION GUN! Mark Venture, Wildstar! Starsha!!! Nova!!! iQ-9? Move over R2.

[@IndianaJoe0321]

When Star Wars came out in 1977, there were accusations that George Lucas had spent time.in Japan, seen the space opera called Space Battleship Yamato, and lifted some ideas from the series. One can certainly see the similarities between IQ-9 & R2D2, as well as the planet-destroying weapons Wave Motion Gun/Death Star. Even the apparent racism between the Gamilas & humans can be seen in the Star Wars' Empire, where things are reversed. In the Empire, humans are the majority whilst aliens (such as Thrawn) are scarcely seen. The astute viewer further can recognize the similarities in the current "Rise of Skywalker" when the Star Destroyers each appeared with their own respective planet-destroying weapon.

[@aristedes9449]

_Yamato has a tendency for not staying sunk, so I always just assumed it had the power to regenerate itself._.

[@TarriPup]

The original series does introduce a machine that can create anything they want, and even show a demonstration. It would not be farfetched to say that their ability to create the necessary replacement parts for the ship's repair work is explained, had they explained it in the remake. The remake did talk about the technology they used to create things such as food... where they advise that you don't want to know what the resource is. xD

[@Nitram4392]

And there is enough time between the episodes in unverse for them to mine ressorces (like they show early on) and for repair crews to repair (what they also show)

[@Juice-chan]

It was a great series. watched it on the weekend. Went also under my radar for a long time. And that as a science fiction fan. Also its possibly the best animated space opera series in the moment. Just 2202 can beat it.

[@genericnpc08]

I like this remake! I can vaguely remember watching the old anime during the 90's when I was a kid.

[@sergioaccioly5219]

It's worth mentioning that in the original series, the yamato's complement was of a little over a hundred crew. But it did have an automated fabricator that built just everything the ship needed, up to including star fighters. My love affair with Yamato started with series two, when I saw attitude thrusters, and course settings in three dimensions. Plus references to Mars in an interstellar setting - that was a novelty in the 70s and 80s. Plus Captain Gideon and the Battle of Saturn. One of the high marks of space combat, even today. And much, much, better than what we got in Yamato 2202.

[@mar1no124]

Starblazers, my origin of loving anime and the ability to draw back in the 6th grade.

[@clarity2199]

This series was excellent in most cases. If anyone is new to the series never seen before, it's a must watch and done very well. But I want to warn the die hard fans of this show....if you are a Desslar/Desslok fan, you may be disappointed, as I was. Unlike the Desslok of old, this Desslok has no care or regard for his people and would kill them in a heartbeat. They both love Starsha, but this new Desslok is so nuts over her, that everything he did was to try and gain her interest, while the original Desslok created this war as a new home for his people that were living on a dying planet. I felt this change did great injustice to the character, turning him into a more 2 dimensional obessed bad guy than the more developed character of old who was a balance of good and bad making him feel more realistic. Desslok was my favorite character and watching what they did to him I felt disappointment and injustice to the character. But he was the only problem I had. I used to like Lysis as well, and I really loved what they did with him. They fleshed him out much more than before.

[@woofdogmeow]

This show was my introduction into anime and I fell in love with this series. I however grew up on the US dubbed version with entirely different names even the title and ship was renamed back then Star Blazers and the ship was the Argo, Kodai was wild star It was a good show to cut my anime teeth on.. The show showed me cartoon characters can die an unheard of thing for a 10 year old of the 70's .

[@Latinkon]

Just watched the remake recently, and while it is not perfect, I really feel that _Space Battleship Yamato 2199_ is far better than what Disney's _Star Wars_ has been thus far.

[@kiralynn72]

I grew up with Star Blazers and I ADORE Space Battleship Yamato 2199!

[@patrickradcliffe3837]

Just some context. The have a energy matter replicator for making parts and food. As far as facing impossible odds is a common trope in Yamato this goes back to WW II and the last voyage of the Japanese fleet and the IJN Yamato in particular. As to some of the Gamilas generals Goer in particular comes from having that one boss that has the same personality as Goer. In regards to animation the original had some very cutting edge styles (dated by today's standards) but still worth a watch with the understanding that it was geared to a younger audience, it also had fan service but was edited out in Starblazers dub. If I had to chose one it would be 2199 as it is more polished product with writing and plotlines. The original was supposed to be 52 episodes but was cut too 26.

[@Frost-01]

you forgot that they mentioned they can recreate entire components and electronics as long as they had access to raw materials which were abundant in space, i mean thats how they even found the Yukikaze, have you forgotten?

[@whateverthisis389]

Imagine if they other Space Battleships from WW2,raising other Legendary Ships,like Bismarck and Tirpitz,Hood and Prince Of Wales,Prinz Eugen and Genaissenhau,and more

[@lawlerzwtf]

I agree with this review completely! Subscribed

[@tiberionx]

Super Robot wars V made me interested to these anime, this and Nadiseco. Just because how badass Okita and Ruri are

[@hasch5756]

Battleship Yamato is based upon the actual Japanese WWII military ship Yamato, which was so big that its launch accidentally capsized *all other boats* inside the harbour...

[@emmanuelvideo]

daumn this was a spot on review, awesome subscribed!

[@bificommander]

Loved this show. It was so unashamed in it's naval aesthetic (the "dimensional submarine" attests to that), and even though I never saw the original, or much old sci fi, it made me nostalgic anyway. Even if, yeah, the threats to the Yamato became a bit hard to take seriously after they'd plown through a fleet of 10.000 Gamillian ships with almost no effort (to be fair, they didn't blow all of them up, but they never had a problem) And yet when drama requires it, a single ship is suddenly supposed to be a threat. Still, I enjoyed the anime immensely.Does anyone know any good anime like this one, preferably just a little more realistically grounded? I know of Legend of Galactic heroes, but while the story was nice, the presentation was a bit too stilted and the visual badly needed a 2199-like update. Anyone have any recommendations? (Other than praying that some Anime producer picks up a Honor Harrington book by chance and decides to adapt it. C'mon, this needs to happen! Nimitz looks like he walked out of an anime anyway. Plus, the longlivity treatments that make people look much younger that they are will finally justify a starship that looks like it's crewed by high schoolers.)

[@failedexperiment9073]

About that battle on Balun, Gamilas ships were extremely close to each other and Yamato's shield at max power deflects positrons instead of absorbing them, so it can take more damage and if lucky, send beam on an enemy ship. Because of this many ships refused to fire to don't damage allied vessels and Zoellick instead of fixing the problem sent nearby ships even closer to Yamato, so much more ships refused to fire. Gamilas ships are are very powerful if deployed in well commanded groups, but only very few admirals in the empire are real commanders and their potencial is usually wasted, so Yamato won even battles it wasn't supposed to win. At the end, Zoellick lost because of his ego not only many ships, but also Balun with stargate network.

[@thirstysailor579]

Well, actually since Yamato's journey is so long one can say that is why repairs appear to be done so quickly is because they are made them while off screen. Another thing is the supplies, didn't they collect a decent amount of materials at the old mining station. For ammo I think that the weapons are primarily energy based allowing them to pull the energy from the Wave Motion Core. In Episode 3 I think it was stated they couldn't fire the shock cannons until they could bypass the system. As for man power, you got me there. Unless of course the surviving enlisted pulled double duty.

[@Gunnar_Konig]

+Helmet of Will About manpower, the Yamato was carrying several times more crew than the minimum required, for two reasons. Firstly because they expected losses and second due to the Izumo project.

[@oliverrevilo5009]

Great series. I'm only on episode 8 and find it engrossing. The episodes with the Battle for Pluto were particularly gripping, and episode 7 where the crew are allowed to contact their families back on Earth for only 30 seconds was moving.

[@macker33]

Fantastic anime and so long since there was a good space opera anime.

[@PeterHamiltonz]

Couldn't agree more. Excellent review.

[@lancehalderman564]

Im buying a model of that gamilon U boat from the sub episode.. it looks cool :)

[@thomasc.3832]

i just loved this series and i can't wait for Yamato 2202

[@jabberwocky1790]

As to dealer, "being brought back after dieing", there are short glimpses as to how they didn't die, for example, dessler ship on second balerus can be seen detaching from the main ship as it's engulfed in flames.

[@SergeyLoft]

Thank you!!!! This show is one the best (like Avatar. the last airbender) It's better than most movie that i watch for years. Damn! After Yamato i can't watch "walking dead" and "game of thrones" thay start to feel unfocus. is this just me??

[@FieryKanata]

On the return of Dessler: The murder attempt at Dessler is a clear reference to operation Valkyrie, the attack on Hitler's life. As for other events in the show and characters for that matter. General Domel being a clear reference to Erwin Rommel, the desert fox even almost being excecuted (irl he was forced to commit suicide ) So in my opinion it was not a useless 'bring back the character to life' but a quite nifty historical reference.

[@patricklenigan4309]

I agree with you on everything but the fact that going back and watching the original Yamato. I thought the original is a good way to be introduced to the series ahead of this so you can truly grasp the story.

[@RexWort]

I miss this old plot Call me nolgastic but it had more depth than today anime cut and paste plot

[@Nitram4392]

I never watched old animes but I found the plot still better, so I don't think it's just nostalgia. 😁👍

[@arcanethink]

I knew you would love it :)

[@rklpctt]

Your forgetting about the machine that make what ever they need

[@POLLOTROM]

I grew up with the original in the late 70's -80's and they kick ass.

[@Mortyr2008]

Great channel! Great reviews keep it up! :)

[@UnderTheScopeAnime]

+Krisg Thanks :)

[@NYMR-Pacific-6323]

Its Made By The Creator Of Galaxy Express 999. Thats Pretty Cool. Its Even Similar In Weapons Were Used In The Galaxy Railways.

[@omarcaal8152]

Excellent review!! When I saw the trailer for this new version, to say that I was VERY EXCITED, is an understatement. LOL However, I've been desperately trying to watch this new series in its entirety, but everywhere I look, I can only watch a few of the episodes. Please tell me where I can watch it completely. Thank you for your time & take care. :-)

[@kenshinflyer]

Uchuu Senkan Yamato, under the Starblazers guise, technically, is my first anime. It was aired in the Philippines sometime between 1983 and 1984. I was so excited that Resurrection, the live-action movie, and, then, the 2199 and 2202 remakes came to being. It drastically changed in story, but one thing remains the same: Yamato, "Faint Gleam of Hope." Voltes V is the only anime most Filipinos remember form the 70s and 80s today, but Yamato will always be #1 in my heart. I love this anime to death.

[@ionbarbueremia5225]

I love those character designs so much!!

[@killman369547]

As for where the yamato gets supplies like ammunition if i remember correctly the ship has manufacturing capabilities. They likely just scan for some useful asteroids, mine them and process the materials and manufacture more ammo or armor plating. As for food in the OG series anyway IQ-9 ran some hydroponic gardens.

[@rend_404]

I freaking loved this series, yes it is criminally underrated, and yes I'm gonna everyone I know to watch this series lol, great review btw.

[@rend_404]

I'm gonna tell*

[@grumpybutter7053]

Great review, we need u for season 2

[@tennozeorymer]

Yamato 2199 is, I think, probably the best remake I've ever seen. I mean, gawd, it's SO GOOD

[@ETHRON1]

Star Blazers was the most Awesome series ever made.

[@ragashingo2105]

Loved the planet Iskandar gag! :)

[@ianimarkulev]

I think it's such a good remake because most of the anime is the same as before. Every scene, every sound. Even the guns still go with that 70's pchew-pchew. The soundtrack is the same as the original anime aswell and the rework does so well to carry out the legacy of it. I've always been a WW1 battleship fan and not so much of a sci-fi fan but man does this anime make me forget i don't like sci-fi. Also top 5 anime openings of all time...you can't argue with that.

[@firehot427]

It's a ww2 battleship...

[@battleship6177]

Yamato was a WWII Japanese Battleship

[@dennisw8166]

Grew up to this show. Can't wait to see the newer version!

[@samueldejesus-delgado4596]

Under The Scope Reviews concerning repair, ammo production and evrething like food and other is been stablish in the series bible(both original and 2199) that they have a machine similar to Star Trek replicators enable them to produce all needed material (such as ammo, spare parts ect) and what they use is asteroids and salvage parts of the Gamilas ships or vegetable material found on planets visit during the vogaje! One peve 2199 is a year hence you were to prnounce that the same you pronunced 2013 other than that excelent review!

[@mugwump7049]

I'm surprised you didn't mention Captain Harlock at the end of the video. It's another one of Leiji Matsumoto's many works and it's even better than Yamato, especially the 2nd series and the Endless Odyssey mini. Also worth mentioning by the same author are Galaxy Express, Galaxy Railways and Gun Frontier, a western-flavored adaptation of Cpt. Harlock.

[@cbspock1701]

I found Star blazers in 78/79 when it first aired in America. I saw it on WNEW channel 5 in NY. I would watch it before going to school. I was already into Star Trek watching that in reruns and of course Star Wars in 77 and Galactica in 78. Then I also had Star Trek on the big screen in 79 as well. I loved the first 2 series Iscandar and the Comet Empire. I loved the series. It was fun to see in 1983 Star Trek the search for Spock sort of borrow stealing the Yamato when they stole the Enterprise and it sort of plays the same way with both ships escaping from dock and the attempt to stop them by an advanced starship. Then later in the 80s in the TNG episode best of both worlds the Enterprise uses its deflector dish as a weapon and the writers wrote as an homage to Star blazers. It even powers up like the wave motion gun. From Star blazers I found battle of the planets. When I got to college in the late 80s I found the Star blazer movies, the bolar wars, Gatchamon, Bubblegum Crisis, the dirty pair, robotech etc

[@kiralynn72]

OH by the way, I grew up with the original Star Blazers and after having Michael Bay and the like, destroy my much loved Transformers I was very tentative about how this remake would go ... but Yamato 2199 looks and sounds AWESOME!!!

[@Sarm-mx6qy]

Sami Lynn It is! It really is, you will love it! Promise.

[@joshua_william_maminski]

1:24 very suggestive photo right there

[@doctorlivesy7593]

2199: Wave motion gun Me: lightsaber cannon

[@axilmar254]

The only thing that I dislike in this new version is that they replaced the brother of Susumu with his spirit as a ghost. In the original, one of the best scenes in the whole series is when Susumu finds Mamoru on planet Iscandar, in which Mamoru has fallen in love with queen Starsha and remains there. It's very romantic, so joyful and so heartbreaking at the same time. I actually cry when I get to that scene! Unfortunately, this scene is totally missing from the new version...

[@Cybernaut551]

2199 will be a great year!

[@KlunkerRider]

By a long shot the BEST anime I have seen in a very very very long time, perhaps the best since Zeta Gundam. FYI the Yamato's self-repair capabilities were addressed in the original series when its explained that due to the length and isolation of the journey, besides the large amount of space given over to the wave motion engine/drive/gun systems, the vast remander of the ships interior was given to automated manufacturing and fabrication facilities, hence they could reproduce almost every aspect of the ship during the journey, the actual crew areas was restricted to what little area of the ship was left, like the bridge island and upper decks. Granted the makers of this kinda took that aspect for granted that we all knew that from the original series ;-)

[@Gunnar_Konig]

+KlunkerRider Actually they say it in 2199 too, though it's a tiny mention about the top notch production facilities and there's even an episode about them landing to gather metals. Plus If I recall correctly other uneventful resource gathering missions are mentioned as having happened a couple times during the small timeskips when the ship is repaired.

[@KlunkerRider]

Gunnar Konig Thanks, the only thing I wish the creators of this series had done would have been at each location they repaired damage it was a different shade of grey, like the paint didnt quite match, including where they made repairs over the red part of the hull, so that you could see the patchwork of damage compilation revealed over the course of the series. That would have been more realistic IMO.

[@dol_mel7487]

+KlunkerRider I love how it's already had a sequel announced its likely gonna be the same style due to its final episodes were made near the last half of the year of 2015

[@KlunkerRider]

Jetfire48 Are you talking about "Odyssea of the Celestial Ark" or is this another brand new full series? I already have seen "Celestial Ark" (it is good) and would be very anxious with anticipation for another new series :-D

[@Gunnar_Konig]

KlunkerRider Season 2 was confirmed months ago man.

[@FLJBeliever1776]

Futuristic, Highly Advanced Society mixed with a Galaxy Far, Far Away... That sounds like Space Battleship Yamato!

[@brianhall23]

I watched Star Blazers as a kid and this remake is very well done. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

[@benlex5672]

2205 is coming out (season 3). Look forward to that. P.S. repairs for Yamato are mostly done by bots ad uses materials mined off-scene from near-by asteroids. They actually made all details to point in 2199, even when it is just a line or two. How the hell do I still remember this after all these years. BTW all motivations for the precious war were revealed in 2202. Last but not least, Kodai older-brother is that one background character that made everyone else looks like losers. Don't ask me why, but you should look into it. On the side-note, LOGH also have a remake, and it's made by IG productions, so quality is guaranteed.

[@TravisJohnsonncc1701]

Spot on Review! I'm a new fan!

[@charlesjhemphilliii4792]

I don't know about the rest of America but in the St Louis area it's unknown I found it by accident. The movie that is, on KZbin the animation was agrivateing because it was only in Japanese without subtitles. Cartoon Network shows some anime like inue yasha last redout, ghost in the Shell. A real limited selection. Anything else is totally unknown unless you find online accidentally like I did but only to find out its not dubbed in English or English subtitles.

[@battleshipfleet]

YES I LOVED THIS SHOW

[@jtjr26]

I loved this series as well. I never saw the original but this series was excellent.

[@hamburgerbiohappy8558]

Next do Space Battleship Yamato 2202:Warriors of Love

[@wayutakemura919]

No matter how much a fanboy I am, I can never say that that one is good.

[@Barri2410]

@@wayutakemura919 the fight/battle were good Story? Not really (for me). Couldn't understand much about 3 problems (love, human/machine, WMG issue) in one

[@stevenchoza6391]

Funny how this alternate version of Yamato saw more action than the real Yamato.

[@dwiggins1]

As a fan of the Original, I loved it! The only difference is the added more females. The composer who did the music was the son of the original composer, hint it sounded simpler to the original!

[@Request_2_PANic]

What you said was correct. The series started in 2012 and ended in '13.

[@hankmessaros1835]

At 1st I thought I would hate it, because I love the original so much but the way they did it was incredible , it was almost frame by frame but the art work and sound was so well done. It was my star blazers with a modern look. I am so happy with this look and not some cornball looking anime for kids. Long live star blazers

[@kaejr8731]

Can watch on Funimation now and preorder Part One!

[@xowishuwereherex]

The original version had the better character development and would help with novice viewers. I have seen both the original version in Japanese with sub titles and the Star Blazers American version. If you see the other two first then the reboot makes more sense.

[@JacobWilsonVO]

It has finally been licensed, it will be on funimations site dubbed on november 8th.

[@joman6745]

it's truly one exhilarating ride, i finished all 26 episodes in under 3 days (i know, i know but i have a family too ;) i loved the animation and this is something i can't stand to the original series such crudeness but ofcourse it was another time in japanese animation and before my time. Although, the movies did get a little better with the years. I'll try to find the new 2202 now

[@ussiowa501]

Fuck Star Wars im watching Space Battleship Yamato now!

[@jasonnewsham7724]

About the whole Gamillon deaths you have to remember there were few at the beginning of the war. they were far superior to the human race. and we were mad about it

[@randyranderson690]

Starblazers (Name marketed in the US) was my first space opera and introduction to anime. I instantly fell in love with this back in the 70s and I still have a ton of love for it as I have the Story of Iscandar and the Com,et Empire on VHS (the sole reason I keep a VCR). Thank you for this video but it was annoying to hear you keep mispronouncing the name Yamato through the entire thing. Even in the theme they pronounce it Ya-mah-toe

[@aleks19971997]

Oh snap, now I got a new anime to watch... Thanks Under The Scope

[@UnderTheScopeAnime]

+‫אלכס מור‬‎ You're welcome :)

[@FaustV1]

I watched both seasons and I enjoyed it a lot.