Space Battleship Yamato

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Name: Space Battle Ship Yamato
宇宙戦艦ヤマト
Cosmoship Yamato
Star Blazers
Abbreviation(s):
Creator: Yoshinobu Nishizaki, Leiji Matsumoto, Academy Productions
Date(s): Anime 1974-1975, see below
Medium: Light novel, anime
Country of Origin: Japan
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Space Battleship Yamato is a an anime franchise consisting of an anime, TV series, manga, and several films (both animated and live action). It is one of the most influential anime franchises.

An American adaption, called Star Blazers, had a dedicated western fandom in the 1980s and was important to the early history of American anime fandom. YamatoCon, the first independent anime convention held in the United States, and earlier "Star Blazer Minicons", had Starblazers/Yamato as its main topic.[1][2]

Canon Overview

Remakes

See Wikipedia for remakes/spinoff history, but the 2013 series Space Battleship Yamato 2199 garnered some attention among Western anime fans.

Major Characters

Reception and Popularity

Meta and Community

Among anime fans more generally, the franchise was known for the 1983 sequel film Final Yamato holding the record the longest animated film at 163 minutes (though this record was surpassed in 2019). [3]

Star Wars and SBY have been compared for their similar settings and plot beats, although Yamato predated Star Wars by several years. [4]

Fanon and Tropes

Relationships

Susumu Kodai and Yuki Mori share a deep connection in the series, and are a couple in both of the movies Farewell Space Battleship Yamato and Final Yamato. They're a very popular ship in the fandom.

Communities

Selected Fanworks

Fanfiction

Fanart

Fanvids

Cosplay

Meta

Zines

Resources

References

  1. ^ a b Fred Patten (2004). "Watching Anime, Reading Manga: 25 Years Of Essays And Reviews [PDF]". Archived from the original on 15 September 2022.
  2. ^ Dave Merrill (29 June 2013). "Star Blazers Chronicles: YamatoCon!". CosmoDNA Fandom Archive. Archived from the original on 8 August 2022. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  3. ^ Wikipedia:Final Yamato
  4. ^ "Star Wars Place in Anime and Manga". Anime News Network. 23 September 2021. Archived from the original on 31 October 2021.