Today I am going to be Reviewing and Analysing a forgotten 70's classic. This anime was so popular at the time it came out that it even got a Best Drama Award at 1975. But it's been forgotten over time and it recently got a remake in 2012 with much better animation and storytelling but it still is under people's radar. Hardly I hear of anyone watching it
I am going to give a brief review and a detailed analysis which might contain spoilers and also give the best watch order to watch.

SPACE BATTLESHIP YAMATO

This anime is set in a far future timeline , where Humanity has discovered the existence of other lifeforms on planets and has devised the means for Space Exploration using Space Ships. Its a classic Space opera blended with Sci fi elements along with Action and high stakes situation. The Cast is an Adult Mature cast both the protagonist and antagonist included. The Protagonist is a level headed genius and makes hard calls during tough times. Although not ruthless, he is compassionate to a degree but it doesn't let it blind him. The side characters are fairly well written and complement the Protagonist in his actions. The Antagonist and the rest of his cast are designed well and their actions are meaningful and gives the protagonist crew a hard time. They are not mindless villains but aiming for a bigger picture which makes them the enemy of those who resist them. The animation is top notch basically in the remake version and is an addictive watch for those interested in these type of genre. As for its flaws i hardly find any of them. I believe it's a must watch for those interested in the Space genre specially.



My Personal rating would be 10/10

As for the Watch order-
I would Suggest to watch the remake first, then if you want to dive in watch the Original

1. Space battleship yamato 2199( Start from this)
2. Space battleship yamato 2202
3. Space battleship yamato 2205
4. Be Forever Yamato REBEL 3199

If you want to watch the Original then this is the watch order-

1. Star Blazers The Quest for Iscander
2. Star Blazers The Comet Empire
3. The New Voyage
4. Be Forever Yamato
5. Star Blazers The Bolar Wars
6. Final Yamato



Analysis of The Anime( Spoilers Included)-

The Story starts in the year 2199 , when All of Earth's Natural resources, oceans and green surface has become a barren wasteland and Humanity had to live in shelter underground. The Story shifts back to 7 years ago when the Earth made contact with an alien species , a race from The Gamilias Empire light years away from Earth who is conquering Star Systems to expand their army. At first Earth was given an option to surrender and join them so that they can live freely by swearing their allegence to them but Earth refused and it led to a war . Earth had no chance against the superior quality of weapons and strategy of the Gamilas empire and soon was forced to retreat suffering heavy damage along with it. The Gamilas Empire slowly began conquering the Solar system forming a base in Pluto and Europa and they started Bombing the Earth from long range. In these 7 years it led to Earth being converted into a barren desolate land drained of all vitality and human beings were forced to retreat underground and form colonies.



However as all hope seemed lost The Earth recived a visitor from a distant planet light years away in the Big Magellanic cloud called as Iscander. Their motto was salvation of all life in the universe and offered to help Earth restore their glory. Earth would need to traverse galaxies and reach Iscander to retrieve the Cosmo reverse system which is capable of restoring the Earth to its proper natural state. As Earth lacked the means for Intergalactic travel with their current technology , Iscander gives them the Infinite Energy Wave motion engine at the cost of their own people's life to enable Earth to travel far beyond their Solar system.



Earth poured all their resources into a Space Battleship equipped with the Wave motion engine and they named it Yamato. A team of brilliant minds were chosen for the voyage, which includes the protagonist who was named as a Tactical officer, his friend, a navigation officer
, a team of scientists, mechanics, medical team, repair team, security team as well. With an experienced Veteran soldier who was leading as the Captain they prepared an 168000 Light years voyage to Iscander which they must complete under a year, to have any hope of saving humanity.



The whole anime shows the journey of the crew in Yamato, the various traps sown by the Gamilas empire to stop them in their tracks. The various side quests they complete on the journey. The Various moments of friendship, betrayal, Dealing with the enemies. The endless battles in Space each with a different theme. Its a rollercoaster of a ride. And The Plot twist at the end is crazy which nobody even expected it. I won't spoil everything but if you want a great adventure themed sci fi this is a must watch anime, Trust me



I hope you read this and get enough insight for watching it. And hopefully you give reviews as well after watching it . That's all for today.