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142-732: A Formidable -class frigate of the Singapore Navy since 2008. ARC Intrépido (ST-20), a submarine of the Colombian Navy; see List of active ships of the Colombian Navy Fictional vehicles [ edit ] BWS Intrepid , a fictional Union of Border Worlds ship in Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom Astronave Intrepido , another name for Space Battleship Yamato (fictional spaceship) Intrepid -class starship,
213-446: A Formidable -class frigate of the Singapore Navy since 2008. ARC Intrépido (ST-20), a submarine of the Colombian Navy; see List of active ships of the Colombian Navy Fictional vehicles [ edit ] BWS Intrepid , a fictional Union of Border Worlds ship in Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom Astronave Intrepido , another name for Space Battleship Yamato (fictional spaceship) Intrepid -class starship,
284-517: A ship-of-the-line of Spain Intrépido (D38) , an Audaz -class destroyer of the Spanish Navy from 1962 to 1982. Intrepid (yacht) , US-22, an America's Cup sailboat that competed in 1967 and 1970 LM Intrepid , Lunar Module of the 1969 Apollo 12 lunar landing mission Intrepid -class gunvessel , British Royal Navy mid-19th-century wooden sloops Intrepid -class ship of
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568-416: A French military observation balloon of 1795 USS Intrepid , any of several US Navy and fictional ships, dating back to 1803 Intrepid (balloon aircraft) , an American Civil War military observation balloon Italian ship Intrepido , any of several Italian Navy ships, dating back to 1912 Spanish ship Intrépido Spanish ship Intrépido (1790), a San Ildefonso class warship,
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#1732786885982852-467: A black hole which will destroy the solar system in three months is discovered. In the mid-1990s, Nishizaki attempted to create a sequel to Yamato , set hundreds of years after the original. Yamato 2520 was to chronicle the adventures of the eighteenth starship to bear the name, and its battle against the Seiren Federation. Much of the continuity established in the original series (including
923-496: A fleet of enemy ships—or a small continent (as seen in the first season, fifth episode )—with one shot; however, it takes a brief but critical period to charge before firing. A crew of 114 departs for Iscandar in the Yamato to retrieve the radiation-removing device and return to Earth within the one-year deadline. Along the way, they discover the motives of their blue-skinned adversaries: the planet Gamilas, sister planet to Iscandar,
994-446: A further source of inspiration for Nishizaki. In 1973, works such as The Poseidon Adventure and Japan Sinks were enjoying considerable success. Eiichi Yamamoto believed this was because of the way in which they depicted people being able to survive in extreme circumstances, and this influenced the creation of Yamato . Additionally, he believed that, overall, industrialisation caused people to become more miserable, and Yamato
1065-596: A massive spaceship inside the ruins of the gigantic Japanese battleship Yamato which lies exposed at the former bottom of the ocean location where she was sunk in World War II . This becomes the "Space Battleship Yamato" for which the story is titled. In the English Star Blazers dub, the ship is noted as being the historical Yamato , but is then renamed the Argo (after the ship of Jason and
1136-538: A message capsule from a mysterious crashed spaceship is retrieved on Mars. The capsule yields blueprints for a faster-than-light engine and an offering of help from Queen Starsha of the planet Iscandar in the Large Magellanic Cloud . She says that her planet has a device, the Cosmo-Cleaner D (Cosmo DNA), which can cleanse Earth of its radiation damage. The inhabitants of Earth secretly build
1207-674: A mighty enemy attacks the Milky Way from a neighbouring galaxy, and defeats the Milky Way Alliance, reducing them to just six fleets. After the Alliance headquarters is destroyed, and when the collapse of the central Milky Way Alliance is imminent, the Great Yamato "Zero" embarks on a mission to assist the Milky Way Alliance in one last great battle. In March 2002, a Tokyo court ruled that Yoshinobu Nishizaki legally owned
1278-513: A music album Symphonic Suite Great Yamato . In early 2002 Matsumoto announced his intentions to create an anime titled The Great Galaxy Series: The Tale of Great Yamato 7vs7 . But Great Yamato was cut short when a court order in Japan blocked Matsumoto's further use of the copyright in March 2002. Space Battleship Yamato was a 1985 Japanese exclusive Laserdisc video game designed by Taito which
1349-498: A satellite company of the computer game developer Lionhead Studios , now disbanded Intrepid Kart, an Italian kart racing chassis manufacturer Intrepid Camera , a British large format camera manufacturer Vessels and vehicles [ edit ] See also: Intrepid (ship) and Intrepid class French ship Intrépide , any of several French Navy ships, dating back to 1666 HMS Intrepid , any of several Royal Navy ships, dating back to 1747 L'Intrépide ,
1420-664: A time, and, if they encounter an enemy, it will start a shoot 'em up section that they must complete without losing all their Cosmo Tigers in order to advance. Released in 1999 for the PlayStation , the game's story is based on original Yamato series, but incorporates events from Leiji Matsumoto 's manga. The game requires the player to manage the Yamato, and its crew, flying the ship, attacking enemies, and using individual crewmen to invade enemy territory. Released in May 2000 for
1491-551: Is a manga created by Leiji Matsumoto during his tenure as a copyright holder for Space Battleship Yamato (1998-2002). It was published in Shogakukan 's monthly magazine Gotta Comics from February 2000 to October 2001 and partially collected into two volumes. It was set in the year 3199 and brought together the distant descendants of the Yamato crew to lift off in a much bigger version of the original ship. In 2001 Matsumoto, Columbia Records , and composer Hiroshi Miyagawa released
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#17327868859821562-485: Is a remake of the film Space Battleship Yamato: The New Voyage . Kenji Yasuda directed the film while Harutoshi Fukui returned as writer. It is the first Yamato work animated by Satelight . A sequel in the remake series, 3199 was announced in January 2022 and is a remake of both Be Forever Yamato and Space Battleship Yamato III . It will premiere as seven films, beginning on July 19, 2024. Naomichi Yamato
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1704-663: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Space Battleship Yamato (fictional spaceship) Animated films: Space Battleship Yamato ( Japanese : 宇宙戦艦ヤマト , Hepburn : Uchū Senkan Yamato , also called Cosmoship Yamato and Star Blazers ) is a Japanese science fiction anime series written by Yoshinobu Nishizaki , directed by manga artist Leiji Matsumoto , and produced by Academy Productions. The series aired in Yomiuri TV from October 6, 1974 to March 30, 1975, totaling up to 26 episodes. It revolves around
1775-436: Is directing with Fukui returning as writer. The series is animated by Studio Mother with Satelight assisting. With the retelling of Arrivederci Yamato as the open-ended Yamato II television series (ending in late 2201), Arrivederci was redesignated as a discardable, alternate timeline. The follow-on film, Yamato: The New Voyage , took place in late 2201; and its successor, Be Forever Yamato , in early 2202. Yamato III
1846-486: Is dying; and its leader, Lord Dessler (Desslok in the Star Blazers dub), is trying to irradiate Earth enough for his people to move there, at the expense of the "barbarians" he considers humanity to be. The series was condensed into a 130-minute-long movie by combining elements from a few key episodes of the first season. Additional animation was created for the movie (such as the scenes on Iscandar) or recycled from
1917-408: Is not known if this change was due to the lackluster response to Yamato III , the production staff's dissatisfaction with the truncated series (additionally, Nishizaki and Matsumoto had limited involvement with it), or a mere oversight. In 2220, the ship is rebuilt following the events of Final Yamato . The new captain of the ship is Susumu Kodai, who was the main character in the previous movies. It
1988-693: Is stated in Space Battleship Yamato: Resurrection that it is set 17 years after Final Yamato . Leiji Matsumoto had written adaptations of Space Battleship Yamato , published in Akita Shoten 's Bōken Ō magazine from November 1974 issue (released on October 1) to May 1975 issue (published on April 1) and collected into one volume, and Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato , published from July 1978 issue (released on June 1) to December 1979 issue (published on November 1) and collected into two volumes. Also included in
2059-551: Is the second original animated video based on Space Battleship Yamato . It was released in five episodes from 2004 to 2007. Its first episode was temporarily available for streaming online in 2007. Unable to continue his plans for the Great Yamato project after a copyright shift in March 2002, Leiji Matsumoto radically redesigned the ship and staffed it with a completely new crew starting with modified versions of his Great Yamato characters. The story begins in 3199, when
2130-474: The Argonauts ). Using Starsha's blueprints, they equip the new ship with a space warp drive, called the "wave motion engine", and in an apparently unexpected move, weaponize the technology to create a new, incredibly powerful weapon at the bow called the "Wave Motion Gun". The Wave Motion Engine ( 波動エンジン , hadō enjin ) is capable of converting tachyon particles which travel faster than light and enables
2201-545: The Maginot Line . The first draft for Space Battleship Yamato was completed on May 21, 1974. In August, a ten minute pilot episode was created, with at least nine copies being sent to the relevant organisations, and, after the pilot's success, pre-production of the anime began, with the first episode airing in October that year. The original series contained 26 episodes, following the Yamato ' s voyage out of
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2272-562: The Yamato copyrights. Nishizaki and Matsumoto eventually settled, and Nishizaki pushed ahead with developing a new Yamato television series. Project proposals for a 26-episode television series were drawn up in early 2004, but no further work was done with Tohoku Shinsha not backing the project. American series expert Tim Eldred was able to secure a complete package of art, mecha designs, and story outline at an auction over Japanese store Mandarake in April 2014. Set 20 years after Final Yamato ,
2343-416: The Yamato or its primary characters. Like Arrivederci , the story is set in the year 2201, and expands the film story to 26 episodes. This second season featured additional plots such as a love story between Teresa (Trelaina) and Yamato crew member Daisuke Shima (Mark Venture), and an onboard antagonism between Kodai and Saito (Knox), leader of a group of space marines . Footage from Arrivederci Yamato
2414-639: The Yamato to "ride" the wave of tachyons and travel faster than light. The Wave Motion Gun ( 波動砲 , hadō hō ) , also called the Dimensional Wave Motion Explosive Compression Emitter, is the "trump card" of the Yamato that functions by connecting the Wave Motion Engine to the enormous firing gate at the ship's bow, enabling the tachyon energy power of the engine to be fired in a stream directly forwards. Enormously powerful, it can vaporize
2485-673: The Canadian World War II spymaster The Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum in Manhattan Intrepid Travel , Australia based small group adventure company Intrepid Games, a satellite company of the computer game developer Lionhead Studios , now disbanded Intrepid Kart, an Italian kart racing chassis manufacturer Intrepid Camera , a British large format camera manufacturer Vessels and vehicles [ edit ] See also: Intrepid (ship) and Intrepid class French ship Intrépide , any of several French Navy ships, dating back to 1666 HMS Intrepid , any of several Royal Navy ships, dating back to 1747 L'Intrépide ,
2556-502: The English Star Blazers dub) unleash radioactive meteorite bombs on Earth, rendering the planet's surface uninhabitable. Humanity has retreated into deep underground cities, but the radioactivity is slowly affecting them as well, with humanity's extinction estimated in one year. Earth has a space fleet, but they do not yet have interstellar capability, and they are hopelessly outclassed by Gamilas. All seems lost until
2627-513: The Gamilas (Gamilons). Space Battleship Yamato is one of the most influential anime series in Japan. Its turn toward serious themes and complex storylines influenced later works in the medium, including Gundam , Macross , and Evangelion , in addition to influencing the style of video games such as Space Invaders . The first ideas for what would eventually be Space Battleship Yamato began in 1973 by producer Yoshinobu Nishizaki , but
2698-557: The Japanese original is often more focused on the ship itself. In a speech at the 1995 Anime Expo, series episode director Noboru Ishiguro said low ratings and high production expenses forced producer Yoshinobu Nishizaki to trim down the episode count from the original 39 episodes to only 26. The cut episodes would have introduced Captain Harlock as a new series character. In the year 2199, an alien race known as Gamilas (Gamilons in
2769-512: The Milky Way and back again. A continuing story, it featured the declining health of Yamato ' s Captain Okita (Avatar in the Star Blazers dub), and the transformation of the brash young orphan Susumu Kodai (Derek Wildstar) into a mature officer, as well as his budding romance with female crewmember Yuki Mori (Nova Forrester). The foreign edits tend to play up the individual characters, while
2840-552: The PlayStation, this game is based on the events of Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato and Space Battleship Yamato II . It features the same basic gameplay as The Faraway Planet Iscandar , but allows for a branching story, with events coming from either Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato or Space Battleship Yamato II . Released in September 2000 for the PlayStation, this game is an original series fan disc based on
2911-462: The aliens' home galaxy only to discover what appears to be a future Earth—defeated and ruled by the enemy. Appearing in this film is Sasha, the daughter of Queen Starsha of Iscandar and Mamoru Kodai (Susumu's older brother). Following these movies, a third season of the television series was produced, broadcast on Japanese television in 1980. Its date was not mentioned in the broadcast, but design documents, as well as anime industry publications, cited
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2982-535: The character Susumu Kodai (Derek Wildstar in the English version) and an international crew from Earth, tasked during an interstellar war to go into space aboard the space warship Yamato , derived from the World War II battleship of the same name , in response to a message of aid from the planet Iscandar in order to retrieve a device which is able to reverse the radiation infecting Earth after being bombed by
3053-430: The crew going out on a suicide mission to save humanity. The film has been considered as a non-canonical, alternate timeline. Viewer dissatisfaction with the ending of Arrivederci Yamato prompted the production of a second Yamato television season which retconned the film and presented a slightly different plot against Zōdah (Prince Zordar in the Star Blazers dub) and his Comet Empire, and ended without killing off
3124-554: The destruction of Earth's moon) is ignored in this sequel. In place of Leiji Matsumoto, American artist Syd Mead , known for works such as ∀ Gundam , and Blade Runner , provided the conceptual art. Due to the bankruptcy of Nishizaki's company West Cape Corp (former Academy Productions), and legal disputes with Matsumoto over the ownership of the Yamato copyrights, the series was never finished and only three episodes (out of ten) were produced and released on home video . Great Yamato No. Zero ( 大ヤマト零号 , Dai Yamato Zero-go )
3195-467: The dissatisfaction of fans, used different voice actors than the earlier seasons. Premiering in Japanese theaters on March 19, 1983, Final Yamato reunites the crew one more time to combat the threat of the Denguilu, a militaristic alien civilization that intends to use the water planet, Aquarius, to flood Earth and resettle there, having lost their home planet to a galactic collision. Captain Okita, who
3266-413: The first remake heptalogy , and debuting in Japanese cinemas on February 25, 2017, 2202 is a remake of the second series, with Nobuyoshi Habara as director and Harutoshi Fukui as writer. Most of the staff and original cast from the first remake were brought back to the project. It is animated by Xebec . The sequel to the second remake heptalogy, it debuted in Japanese cinemas on October 8, 2021. 2205
3337-485: The forebears of Dessler and the Gamilas race. Dessler and the remnants of his space fleet have found and liberated Galman from the Bolar Federation. Originally conceived as a 52-episode story, funding cuts meant the season had to be truncated to 25 episodes, with a corresponding loss of overall story development. This third season was adapted into English several years after the original Star Blazers run and, to
3408-569: The grey-skinned aliens, and its twin planet Iscandar next in line for invasion. He finds an eventual ally in the Yamato , then on a training mission under deputy captain Kodai. The theatrical movie Be Forever Yamato , set in the year 2202, sees the Black Nebula Empire launch a powerful weapon at Earth, a hyperon bomb which will annihilate humanity if they resist a full-scale invasion. The Yamato , under new captain, Yamanami, travels to
3479-481: The line , a British Royal Navy mid-18th-century third rate ships of the line Intrépida -class fast attack craft of the Argentine Navy dating from the 1970s ARA Intrépida (P-85), a Intrépida -class fast attack craft Intrepid RM-1 , a Chevrolet-powered IMSA GTP car, which raced from 1991 to 1993 Dodge Intrepid , an automobile built by Chrysler from 1993 to 2004 RSS Intrepid (69) ,
3550-417: The line , a British Royal Navy mid-18th-century third rate ships of the line Intrépida -class fast attack craft of the Argentine Navy dating from the 1970s ARA Intrépida (P-85), a Intrépida -class fast attack craft Intrepid RM-1 , a Chevrolet-powered IMSA GTP car, which raced from 1991 to 1993 Dodge Intrepid , an automobile built by Chrysler from 1993 to 2004 RSS Intrepid (69) ,
3621-418: The original series, while Matsumoto planned a new Yamato series . However, additional legal conflicts stalled both projects until August 2008, when Nishizaki announced plans for the release of his film on December 12, 2009. Set 17 years after the events of Final Yamato , Resurrection brings together some members of the Yamato crew, who lead Earth's inhabitants to resettle in a far-flung star system after
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#17327868859823692-464: The original space battleship fighting the Balbards' attempt to launch a black hole at Earth. Kodai, Yuki, and Sanada are the only original series characters who would have returned in the series. Released on December 1, 2010, Space Battleship Yamato is the franchise's first live-action film. Directed by Takashi Yamazaki , the movie stars Takuya Kimura as Susumu Kodai and Meisa Kuroki as Yuki. It
3763-566: The production of the 1977 film . The role was given to Leiji Matsumoto , who had at an earlier stage declined an offer, due to his desire to have complete creative control. Matsumoto overhauled the story, designing the titular ship after the IJN Yamato , its crew, and the Wave Motion Gun, which came from Sexaroid , an erotic comedy manga written by Matsumoto in 1968. In the earliest stages of production, Space Battleship Yamato
3834-497: The project underwent a number of revisions and overhauls before settling on the final design. The team responsible for the creation of Space Battleship Yamato consisted of Yoshinobu Nishizaki , Keisuke Fujikawa, Eiichi Yamamoto and Aritsune Toyota. It was initially planned to be a tokusatsu , and Nishizaki was inspired to create something set in space after reading Methuselah's Children . Aritsune Toyota offered his 1970 novel Desecrated Earth ( 地球の汚名 , Chikyū no omei ) as
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4047-569: The series would have shown Susumu Kodai leading a salvage operation for the remains of the Yamato . The ship is rebuilt as the Earth Defense Force builds a second Space Battleship Yamato to combat the Balbard Empire, an alien race that has erected a massive honeycombed cage called Ru Sak Gar over Earth, in a bid to stop the human race's spacefaring efforts. A feature film to be released after the series ended would have featured
4118-701: The series' test footage (such as the opening sequence). The movie, which was released in Japan on August 6, 1977, was edited down further and dubbed into English in 1978; entitled Space Cruiser Yamato or simply Space Cruiser , it was only given a limited theatrical release in Europe and Latin America, where it was called Patrulha Estelar ( Star Patrol , in Brazilian Portuguese) or Astronave Intrepido ( Starship Intrepid , in Spanish), though it
4189-547: The third volume is the gaiden manga Eternal Story of Jura , originally published in 1976 in Akita Shoten's Playcomic periodical. Seven Seas Entertainment licensed the manga in 2017 and released it in English as hardcover omnibus Space Battleship Yamato: The Classic Collection on April 9, 2019. Space Battleship Great Yamato ( 新宇宙戦艦ヤマト , Shin Uchū Senkan Yamato , lit. "New Space Battleship Yamato")
4260-415: The time of release. Debuting in Japanese cinemas on April 7, 2012, 2199 is a remake of the 1974 series. Yutaka Izubuchi serves as supervising director, with character designs by Nobuteru Yuki , and Junichiro Tamamori and Makoto Kobayashi in charge of mecha and conceptual designs. The series is a joint project of Xebec and AIC . Hideaki Anno designed the new series' opening sequence. The sequel to
4331-588: The year 2205 as the time it takes place. In the story, the Sun is hit by a stray proton missile from a nearby battle between forces of the Galman Empire and Bolar Federation. This missile greatly accelerates nuclear fusion in the Sun, and humanity must either evacuate to a new home or find a means of preventing a supernova . During the course of the story, it is learned that the people of the Galman Empire are actually
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#17327868859824402-463: Was based on the television series of the same name. Game Machine listed Space Battleship Yamato on their August 1, 1985 issue as being the second most-successful upright/cockpit arcade unit of the month. Released in 1992 for the Game Boy , Space Battleship Yamato is a turn-based strategy game, with the player fighting against Dessler. The player can move a few places on the battlefield at
4473-480: Was commonly believed to be set in 2205 (several printed publications used this date, although it was never stated in the show's broadcast). But the following film, Final Yamato , was set in 2203. The opening narration of Final mentioned the Bolar/Galman conflict, implying that the date for Yamato III was to be regarded as some time between 2202 and 2203 (making for an unrealistic and compressed timeline). It
4544-587: Was designed to show a triumph of humanity and love. Originally intended to be an outer-space variation on Lord of the Flies , the project at first was titled "Asteroid Ship Icarus " and had a crew from all over the world journeying through space in a hollowed-out asteroid in search of the planet Iscandar. There was to be much discord among the crew with many of them acting purely out of self-interest and for personal gain. The enemy aliens were originally called Rajendora. The Rajendorians were robots whose exact form
4615-559: Was found to be in cryogenic sleep since the first season, returns to command the Yamato and sacrifices himself to stop the Denguili's plan. Kodai and Yuki also get married. The story is set in the year 2203, contradicting earlier assumptions that its predecessor, Yamato III , took place in 2205. Although New Space Battleship Yamato was abandoned, Nishizaki promptly began work on a new movie titled Yamato: Resurrection ( 宇宙戦艦ヤマト 復活篇 , Uchū Senkan Yamato: Fukkatsu hen ) , set after
4686-572: Was later released on video in most countries. The success of the Yamato movie in Japan led to the production of a second movie that would end the story. Also going by the name Arrivederci Yamato , Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato , set in the year 2201, shows the Yamato crew going up against the White Comet Empire, a mobile city fortress called Gatlantis, from the Andromeda Galaxy . A titanic space battle results in
4757-483: Was placed on the character's flaws, who were overall more misanthropic, and only one of them would survive until the end of the series. The production of Yamato in its conceptual stage was overseen by Eiichi Yamamoto , until 1974, when he had to leave to work on a documentary film. As a replacement, Toshio Masuda , who had worked on Tora! Tora! Tora! , was considered, but had to decline as he had other projects of his own to focus on, though he would become involved in
4828-420: Was planned to be 52 episodes in length, before reducing this to 39, and ultimately, 26. The bulk of the cut content centered around Gamilas, who had more characters, and more complex motivations and goals. Additionally, in this earlier stage, the Yamato ' s battles were more closely tied to events in World War II – for example, the battle near Neptune in the first episode represented Germany circumventing
4899-434: 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 television movie Yamato: The New Voyage (aka Bon Voyage Yamato ), came next, featuring a new enemy, the Black Nebula Empire. The story opens in late 2201. In the film, later modified into a theatrical movie, Dessler sees his homeworld, Gamilas, destroyed by
4970-405: Was revealed originally that the plot would be based on that of the 1974 series. However, an official trailer released during June 2010 on Japanese television has also shown elements from the series' second season (1978). The film had a budget of over ¥2 billion, and was the fourth highest grossing Japanese live-action film of the year, and the 31st highest grossing Japanese film of all time at
5041-471: Was unknown, and it was to be revealed towards the end of the story that the Rajendorians, along with the rest of the life on their home planet, had died over a hundred years ago. The first rough draft of Yamato came towards the end of summer 1973, where the Yamato (named as such by Nishizaki) was a regular spaceship, that used a large rock as a shell, and the story was notably darker. Heavier emphasis
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