Star Blazers 2199 (2012)

Original title

宇宙戦艦ヤマト２１９９

Directed by

Yutaka Izubuchi

Genre

space opera, military science fiction, science fiction anime, adventure anime

Country

Japan

Length

2 seasons, 52 episodes

Rated

TV-14

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 58 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Earth is under attack by an alien race and a desperate crew embarks on a mission in a rebuilt spaceship to find a device that can save humanity. The series follows the crew's journey through space as they face enemies and uncover secrets.

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What happens

Star Blazers 2199, known in Japan as Space Battleship Yamato 2199 (宇宙戦艦ヤマト2199, Uchū Senkan Yamato Ni-ichi-kyū-kyū), is a 2012–2013 Japanese military science fiction anime television series that is a remake of the first Space Battleship Yamato television series created by Yoshinobu Nishizaki and Leiji Matsumoto in 1974, known in the United States as Star Blazers. The series is a space opera, and was originally screened back-to-back in theaters across Japan, a few episodes at a time prior to release on home video, and aired on television from April 7, 2013, to September 29, 2013. Voyager Entertainment currently licensed the series outside Japan, with Funimation streaming their English dub of the series starting on November 8, 2017. Two movies based on the series were released in 2014: A Voyage to Remember and Odyssey of the Celestial Ark. A sequel series, Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2202, was released in theaters from 2017 to 2019. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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