Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato

Farewell Space Battleship Yamato
Directed by	Leiji Matsumoto Toshio Masuda
Produced by	Toshio Masuda
Written by	Leiji Matsumoto
Starring	Kei Tomiyama Yoko Asagami Shusei Nakamura
Distributed by	Toei Animation
Release date(s)	July 14, 1978
Running time	151 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato (さらば宇宙戦艦ヤマト 愛の戦士たち, Saraba Uchū Senkan Yamato Ai no Senshitachi^?, lit. "Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato: Warriors of Love") (also rendered as Arrivederci Yamato) is the second theatrical film based on the classic anime series Space Battleship Yamato (known as Star Blazers in the United States).

Plot

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 Zwordar the Great (Prince Zordar in the English dub). The Earth ship is aided by an anti-matter woman, Teresa of Telezart (known as Trelaina in the English dub), while the Comet Empire have restored to life Earth's greatest enemy, the Gamilas' leader Desslar, who is eager for revenge. After a massive battle which destroys both Earth and Comet Empire forces, the Yamato crew defeat Zwordar's plans by ramming their ship into the Comet Empire head-on. Derek Wildstar/Susumu Kodai orders everyone else off the Argo/Yamato first. He sacrifices the Yamato and his own life to save humanity.

Cast

• Kei Tomiyama as Susumu Kodai
• Youko Asagami as Yuki Mori
• Akira Kamiya as Saburou Katou
• Akira Kimura as Captain Hijikata Ryu
• Bin Shimada as Aide
• Chikao Ohtsuka as Balzey
• Eiji Shima as Pilot
• Eken Mine as Politician A
• Goro Naya as Juzo Okita
• Shusei Nakamura as Daisuke Shima
• Ichirô Murakoshi as Goenitz / Politician B
• Ichirô Nagai as Hikozaemon Tokugawa / Sakezou Sado
• Isao Sasaki as Hajime Saito
• Kazue Komiya as Sabera
• Kazuo Hayashi as Yasuo Nanbu
• Kazuyuki Sogabe as Akira Yamamoto / Larzeler
• Kenichi Ogata as Announcer
• Kiyoshi Kobayashi as Zordar
• Kouji Yada as Science Director / Taran
• Kousei Tomita as Zavival
• Mahito Tsujimura as Andromeda Captain / Staff Officer
• Masato Ibu as Desler / Heikurou Todo
• Michihiro Ikemizu as Underling
• Miyuki Ueda as Teresa
• Osamu Ichikawa as Miru
• Osamu Saka as Gorrand Staff Official / President
• Shinji Nomura as Yoshikazu Aihara
• Taichirou Hirokawa as Narrator
• Takeshi Aono as Shirou Sanada
• Tetsuya Kaji as Earth Commander in Chief
• Yoshito Yasuhara as Kenjirou Oota / Politician C

Production

It was released in 1978. The previous year, the 90-minute movie version of Yamato outperformed another space opera, Star Wars, at the Japanese box office, leading to the production of a second movie that was originally intended to conclude the story; a third movie would be released two years later.^[1][2][3][4]

References

1. ^ "The Making of Farewell to Yamato, Part 1". StarBlazers.com. http://www.starblazers.com/html.php?page_id=477. Retrieved 2010-08-05. 
2. ^ "The Making of Farewell to Yamato, Part 2". StarBlazers.com. http://www.starblazers.com/html.php?page_id=478. Retrieved 2010-08-05. 
3. ^ "The Making of Farewell to Yamato, Part 3". StarBlazers.com. http://www.starblazers.com/html.php?page_id=479. Retrieved 2010-08-05. 
4. ^ "The Farewell to Yamato Time Machine". Starblazers.com. http://www.starblazers.com/html.php?page_id=490. Retrieved 2010-10-01. 

External links

• Starblazers Official website
• The Star Blazers You Didn't See
• Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato (anime) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
• Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato at the Internet Movie Database