Star Blazers (1974)
Synopsis
Star Blazers is an American animated television series adaptation of the Japanese anime series, Space Battleship Yamato I, II, and III. Star Blazers was first broadcast in the United States in 1979. Significantly, it was the first popular English-translated anime that had an overarching plot and storyline that required the episodes to be shown in order. It dealt with somewhat more mature themes than other productions aimed at the same target audience at the time. As a result, it paved the way for future arc-based, plot-driven anime translations.
First Air Date: 1974-10-06
Last Air Date: 1979-04-07
Number of Seasons: 3
Number of Episodes: 77
Created By: Leiji Matsumoto
Networks: NBC
Top Cast
- Eddie Allen as Dashell 'Dash' Jordan
- Michael Bertolini as Homer Glitchman
- Amy Howard Wilson as Nova Forrester
- Lydia Leeds as Queen Starsha
- Kenneth Meseroll as Derek Wildstar
- Tom Tweedy as Mark Venture
- Gordon Ramsey as Orion Sr.
- Mike Czechopoulos as Gamilon Colonel Vulgar
- Christopher Collins as Comet Empire General Dire
- Morgan Lofting as Princess Invidia
Seasons
Specials (1977)
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Episodes:
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Ep. 1: Space Cruiser
This "movie" is actually the original series "Uchû senkan Yamato" (1974-1975) edited into 2+ hours and shown theatrically. It should also be noted that it was this movie that made "Yamato" extremely popular in Japan (the original TV series didn't do so well in the ratings) and its success led (so far) to two other TV shows, four more movies, and a direct-to-video mini-series.
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Ep. 2: Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato
In Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato (also rendered as Arrivederci Yamato), the Yamato and her crew face the onslaught of the Comet Empire, a civilization from the Andromeda Galaxy who seek to conquer Earth, led by Zohdah the Great. The Yamato is aided by a telekinetic woman composed of anti-matter, Teresa of Telezart, while the Comet Empire has restored to life Earth's old enemy, the Gamilas' leader Desslar, who is eager for revenge. After a massive battle which destroys both Earth and Comet Empire fleets, the Yamato crew defeat Zohdah's fortress, but at the cost of the ship and their lives. A massive fan outcry to the film convinced the show's creators to make a second season of the TV series based on the film, but with a much different ending. As such the events of Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato are now considered to be an alternate storyline altogether and is no longer regarded as official canon.
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Ep. 3: Yamato: The New Voyage
In the film, later modified into a theatrical movie, Desslar sees his homeworld, Gamilas, destroyed by the grey-skinned aliens, and its twin planet Iscandar next in line for invasion. He finds an eventual ally in the Yamato, then on a training mission under deputy captain Kodai.
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Ep. 4: Be Forever Yamato
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Ep. 5: Final Yamato
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Ep. 6: Star Blazers The Comet Empire - Warp Speed Version
Three years ago, when we first decided to look into remastering STAR BLAZERS™, we apprised the folks at Voyager of our efforts. That was the FIRST time we remastered the Comet Empire story arc, and our current efforts are based off of that original project. Back then our resources weren't as snazzy as they are now, and we had to yank all of our video with one of those good ol' "high end" ATI video capture cards. We knew the prints weren't up to commercial grade but sent copies of then to Voyager anyway, hoping they'd take the hint. They apparently decided to stick with those old, grainy, 16mm film prints for their DVDs for obvious reasons -- hence our current effort. At the same time we were redoing the Comet Empire, though, our minds kept going back to the lone dubbed Yamato movie. You know, the Streamline dub of FAREWELL TO SPACE BATTLESHIP YAMATO. Don't knock it too badly, because it's actually a pretty good dub given Streamline was the top anime dubbing outfit at the time. It's just that it suffers from the same problem as does the Bolar Wars story arc. It has the WRONG VOICES, if you know what we mean. Why couldn't it be remixed with the Claster cast audio from the series ... or better yet, a movie-length compilation from the series itself? Sort of a "warp speed version" like those memorial videos they used to release in Japan, back when releasing an entire anime TV series on videotape or laserdisc was quite a pricey prospect. Our pitch to Voyager was that they could release it as a bargain alternative to buying the entire series, and so we made warp speed versions of all three seasons of STAR BLAZERS™. They said nary a word, but as you can guess our suggestion was never officially taken. Oh, well. We can make a guess at why they decided not to go with the idea and we understand. Even so, we don't want our work to go missing on a dusty storage shelf somewhere before it gets lost to disc rot. Included in this archive is a slightly retooled version of our 2005 Comet Empire "warp speed version" movie. This was pulled directly from our archive master print. We ask that you please forgive the quality of the video and the frequent screen artifacts from time to time. These resulted from the video capture card we were using to generate our work prints back then. We also note that this print was cropped in letterbox format to simulate a theatrical release and with viewing on widescreen TVs and monitors in mind. In retrospect this may not have been such a good idea, what with the stink that the DRAGON BALL Z™ fans have raised over their own show getting similar treatment. Perhaps we might redo it in the future if enough fans show interest. A word at this point about the way this is edited. The idea behind the "warp speed version" was to edit each season down into a three-hour movie. Our prints were keyed off of the original Japanese movie edits for the first two seasons, and off of the Bolar Wars TV movie compilation for the third season. This required the reshuffling of certain scenes, as well as the alteration of others, in order to provided a reasonable flow of events. We couldn't include everything, but we tried as hard as we could to include as many of the fans' favorite moments as possible -- given the limitations of Claster's dub, that is. It actually turned out a lot better than we expected, although the lack of consistent quality audio sources was (and still is) irritating. Oh, how we wish Voyager had remastered the Comet Empire audio like they did for the Iscandar episodes! Our only change was to redo all of title and credits cards. This was for the sake of those whose names were listed and for obvious reasons. This included both people on our team and at Voyager back then -- including one fellow at Voyager in particular who was a big help in our original effort. The key part he played, although much appreciated at the time, must forever remain anonymous per his wishes. This also goes for...
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Ep. 7: Rebirth Trailer
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Ep. 8: Comet Empire Teaser - original version
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Ep. 9: Season 2 Teaser
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Ep. 10: BONUS 01 - Remastered Main Titles
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Ep. 11: BONUS 02 - Remastered End Credits
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Ep. 12: BONUS 03 - Claster Main Titles
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Ep. 13: BONUS 04 - Claster End Titles
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Ep. 14: BONUS 05 - Krypt Reports to Desslok
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Ep. 15: BONUS 06 - Episode 1x06 original English ending
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Ep. 16: BONUS 07 - Remastered End Credits - version 2
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Ep. 17: BONUS 08 - The Visit to Iscandar (from Space Cruiser dubbed movie)
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Ep. 18: DIVERGENCES 01 - Episodes 1x01 to 1x05 (from the Central Anime fansubs)
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Ep. 19: DIVERGENCES 02 - Episodes 1x06 to 1x09 (from the Central Anime fansubs)
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Ep. 20: DIVERGENCES 03 - Episodes 1x10 to 1x13 (from the Central Anime fansubs)
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Ep. 21: DIVERGENCES 04 - Episodes 1x14 to 1x17 (from the Central Anime fansubs)
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Ep. 22: DIVERGENCES 05 - Episodes 1x18 to 1x22 (from the Central Anime fansubs)
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Ep. 23: DIVERGENCES 06 - Episodes 1x23 to 1x26 (from the Central Anime fansubs)
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Ep. 24: Season 2 BONUS 01 - Claster Main Titles
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Ep. 25: Season 2 BONUS 02 - Claster End Credits
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Ep. 26: Season 2 BONUS 03 - Remastered Main Titles v1
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Ep. 27: Season 2 BONUS 04 - Remastered End Credits v1
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Ep. 28: Season 2 BONUS 05 - Remastered Main Titles v2
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Ep. 29: Season 2 BONUS 06 - Remastered End Credits v2
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Ep. 30: DIVERGENCES - Episodes 2x01 to 2x05
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Ep. 31: DIVERGENCES - Episodes 2x06 to 2x09
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Ep. 32: DIVERGENCES - Episodes 2x10 to 2x12
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Ep. 33: DIVERGENCES - Episodes 2x13 to 2x17
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Ep. 34: DIVERGENCES - Episodes 2x18 to 2x21
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Ep. 35: DIVERGENCES - Episodes 2x22 to 2x26
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Ep. 36: Series 1 - Disc 1 - Trailer for Disc 2
A trailer for Disc 2 - short sequence from episodes 6-10.
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Ep. 37: Series 1 - Disc 2 - Trailer for Disc 3
Coming Attractions from Star Blazers Series I, Part III. The next DVD release in the "Quest for Iscandar" series.
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Ep. 38: Series 1 - Disc 2 - Bonus Scene - Sinking of the Yamato
When Japan's mega-popular animated TV series "Space Battleship Yamato" was converted to "Star Blazers" in 1979, more than the name was altered for American viewers. Many scenes were edited from the animation to decrease the level of violence and several Asian cultural references. One of the most fascinating edits was this sequence, cut from episode 2, in which we look back at the sinking of the original battleship Yamato in 1944.
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Ep. 39: Series 1 - Disc 6 - Trailer for Series 2
In the year 2201, a new and sinister enemy haunts the stars! Don't miss the debut of STAR BLAZERS Series 2:The Comet Empire, coming to DVD in October, 2001! See a sneak preview from episode 1!
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Ep. 40: Space Cruiser Guardian of the Galaxy
Three years before it hit fame as Star Blazers, Space Battleship Yamato would receive its first, little known, English adaptation.
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Ep. 41: Space Battleship Yamato: Resurrection
Uchû senkan Yamato: Fukkatsuhen In the year 2220 A.D., the Earth Federation launches a plan to evacuate Earth when discovering that a traveling black hole capable of destroying anything in its path is on course towards the solar system. As the people on Earth prepare to relocate to planet Amare, whose ruler offers refuge, the tyrants known as the "S.U.S. Empire" attack the first Earth evacuation fleet. After learning that his wife Capt. Yuki Mori-Kodai disappeared in the battle and that legendary space battleship Yamato has been fully rebuilt, Susumu Kodai accepts command of the ship as he intends to not only help humanity once again, but also find Yuki in the hope of helping his relationship with his daughter Miyuki, who puts the blame on him for her mother's disappearance. But in order to fullfil the mission, the Yamato must go through battles against the SUS Empire, who intend to spoil humanity's hopes of finding a new place to live in and turn Earth into energy for their own selfish needs.
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