Space Battleship Yamato II
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is a sequel to the original Space Battleship Yamato
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series. The story is set in the year 2201. The White Comet Empire, a new danger that is a even greater threat than the Gamilons, attacks Earth after the Yamato crew investigate an SOS signal from the mysterious Trelaina of planet Telezart. To complicate matters, Leader Desslok of the Gamilon Empire, also seeks revenge for his defeat at the hands of the Yamato.
, and the compelling character development of Gamilon Leader Desslok.
Footage from Arrivederci Yamato was reused in the second season, particularly in the opening titles; the sequence of the Yamato launching from water was also reused in two of the subsequent movies. The English adaptation was known as Star Blazers: The Comet Empire.
Space Battleship Yamato
is a Japanese science fiction anime series featuring an eponymous spacecraft. It is also known to English-speaking audiences as Space Cruiser Yamato; an English-dubbed and heavily edited version of the series was broadcast on North American and Australian television as Star Blazers...
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Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...
series. The story is set in the year 2201. The White Comet Empire, a new danger that is a even greater threat than the Gamilons, attacks Earth after the Yamato crew investigate an SOS signal from the mysterious Trelaina of planet Telezart. To complicate matters, Leader Desslok of the Gamilon Empire, also seeks revenge for his defeat at the hands of the Yamato.
Overview
As the popularity of this franchise became clear (due largely to an enraged fan outcry from those who saw the movie), a second season of the television series was produced, retconning the movie and presenting a different plot against the movie's enemy without killing off the Yamato or its primary characters. Expanding the story to 26 episodes, the second season featured additional plots such as a love story between Teresa (Trelaina) and Yamato crew member Daisuke Shima (Mark Venture) and an onboard antagonism between Kodai and Saito (Knox), leader of a group of space marines. The English dub of this season is considered the best by many of the series' American fans due to the strategic space fleet battles, the wildly imaginative spaceship designs created by Studio NueStudio Nue
Studio Nue is a Japanese design studio formed in 1972 by Naoyuki Kato, Kenichi Matsuzaki, Kazutaka Miyatake, and Haruka Takachiho...
, and the compelling character development of Gamilon Leader Desslok.
Footage from Arrivederci Yamato was reused in the second season, particularly in the opening titles; the sequence of the Yamato launching from water was also reused in two of the subsequent movies. The English adaptation was known as Star Blazers: The Comet Empire.
Cast
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