Yamato 2520 (1995)

Genre

science fiction anime and manga, adventure anime and manga

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h

Rating

7.7 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This set of OVA episodes follows a new crew in a spaceship named Yamato centuries after the original series. The story was intended to continue the space opera but was left incomplete due to legal issues.

unfinishedretroslow-pacedambitiousnostalgicepic-scalemelancholictechnical

What happens

Yamato 2520 (YAMATO2520, Yamato Nī Gō Nī Zero) was Yoshinobu Nishizaki's attempt at a sequel to Space Battleship Yamato, set several hundred years after the original series. However, Nishizaki was sued by Leiji Matsumoto for breach of copyright. Ultimately, Yamato 2520 was left unfinished after only three episodes (of planned ten) were released. The episodes came out on VHS and LaserDisc for home media. The OVA series features mechanical designs by Syd Mead and a soundtrack by jazz musician David Matthews. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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