Space Battleship Yamato 宇宙戦艦ヤマト is a science-fiction anime series and franchise.
The original; series aired in Japan from 6th October 1974 to 30th March 1975. The series had 26 episodes.
It was a very popular series and over the years we’ve seen a number of sequels and adaptations.
Space Battleship Yamato – Plot
We want to avoid any spoilers so we’ll keep it short here. The year is 2199 and an alien race known as Gamilas is invading planet Earth.
An unexpected offer of help arrives from a very distant planet, Iskandar. Earth’s only hope of getting there is a restored Battleship Yamato which is being converted into super powerful spacecraft.
List of the Space Battleship Yamato Sequels
1978 – Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato
1978 – Space Battleship Yamato II
1979 – Yamato: The New Voyage
1980 – Be Forever Yamato
1980 – Space Battleship Yamato III
1983 – Final Yamato
1994 – Yamato 2520
2000 – Space Battleship Great Yamato
2004 – Great Yamato No. Zero
2009 – Yamato: Resurrection
We also had a number of remakes including a live action film in 2010