Underplayed Gems

Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato (1978)

Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato poster
Original title
さらば宇宙戦艦ヤマト 愛の戦士たち
Directed by
Toshio Masuda, Leiji Matsumoto
Genre
action film, science fiction film, science fiction anime and manga, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country
Japan
Runtime
2h 31m
Rated
G
Rating
7.7 of 10 from 11 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Three years after their first victory, the crew of the space battleship Yamato must defend Earth from the White Comet Empire, a new alien threat. The film follows their mission as they face overwhelming odds and make sacrifices to protect their home.

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What happens

Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato: Warriors of Love (Japanese: さらば宇宙戦艦ヤマト 愛の戦士たち, Hepburn: Saraba Uchū Senkan Yamato Ai no Senshitachi), also called Arrivederci Yamato, is the second film based on the classic manga and anime series Space Battleship Yamato (known as Star Blazers in the United States) and the sequel to Space Battleship Yamato (1977). Set three years after the events of the first film, Yamato must protect Earth from another tyrannical alien race in the form of the White Comet Empire, who prove to be a much graver threat. This same storyline would be reused and expanded on later in the same year on TV in Space Battleship Yamato II, albeit with a different ending. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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