Space Battleship Yamato

I was just looking around on youtube for the video originally posted at the start of this thread and found something.

Apparently there is a new Yamato movie coming out in Japan if it hasn't already been released!  In addition to the Big Ship herself, there's a "Blue Noah" in the preview I saw that looked very strongly influenced by the "Yamato 2520".

Figured I'd mention it for you fellow Yamato/Star Blazers fans.  Hopefully there will be kits and maybe even an American DVD release.

Yes, that is cool, their are rumors floating around for the past few years about doing the Yamato series as a live action movie.  With current CGI it would a wonderful thing to see.  Who knows if the New Star Trek Movie does well this may finally happen,  I just hope it not a flop like so many programs from our childhood that made into live action films.   Keep us posted on these little gems.

justimagine wrote:

What with the success of the Transformers movie, it seems that a live-action Gundam movie or Starblazers would be a natural.  Gundam has been francise for how many years?  How come no live action film? No doubt it would cost abit- but what a success the right film could be.

They did.  And they called it Gundam Savior.  And it sucked...  They need to do more full CG ones along the lines of Gundam Igloo like what Square did for Final Fantasy.

Love the vid, it looks like the makers got their inspiration from the latest Battlestar Galactica special effects.

I found this little gem, it's some guys having a laugh with the theme tune from my favourite japanese TV show from that era.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ym_XowcQ4gI

stretchie wrote:

I've been eying this kit for a while. I saw a video demonstrating the built kit. Pretty cool. Just can find it right now.   http://www.hlj.com/product/BAN946749

 there used to be a guy here called J-hulk/brian who got that kit probably over a year ago.  he was last seen posting some pix of it but that was it...

If Toho's still around, someone should be bugging them to do a new Yamato movie.  Yeah, I know they wrapped up the story and had that 2520 project, but did they let little continuity issues stop them from making new Gojira movies?

Gundam's been going for decades.  Macross has been going for a little over 25 years.  Evangelion's getting a makeover in the form of 4 movies.  It's about time Yamato got a revival.  The fact that the big kit they released last year sold so well despite a $400 price tag should be a hint that the interest is still there.

Thanks for the link!  It's been years for me, too, since I heard the theme.  I used to watch "Star Blazers" every afternoon with a bunch of friends in high school.

For anyone who isn't familiar with the plot, the Wikipedia article is a pretty good synopsis:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Battleship_Yamato

After Kimba, the White Lion, Tobor the Eight Man, Marine Boy and Speed Racer, this was the coolest cartoon from Japan that I had ever seen.  The plot and the characters were as three-dimensional as many regular movies.  I've been waiting for a good deal on the DVD set, but it's still pretty pricey.

"We must/be strong and brave

Our homes/we've got save

If we don't/in just one year

Mother Earth/will disappear

Our Star Blazers!"

No idea how in went in Japanese, of course.

Thanks for the link, TD!

When I started playing the vid, my wife started humming along with the music. :D  She said that when she was in grade school, the band played that song; she described the kids playing their accordions and small xylophones.  I can just imagine all those little Japanese kids feverously hammering away playing that song... just like we did in the US when we played the theme to Star Wars!

lol

I've been eying this kit for a while. I saw a video demonstrating the built kit. Pretty cool. Just can find it right now.

http://www.hlj.com/product/BAN946749

Well that was awesome!

Really wish there was a full length movie in that syle. I suspect the only people interested would be ones like me, who were kids in the 70's and grew up on Starblazers.

falschimjager wrote:

So if it can fly in space why does it go underwater? what's with the modernish fighters flyiing around in space. WHY DOES IT LOOK LIKE A BATTLESHIP?!?!?! I'm so confused.

Falschimjager,

Why does it look like a battleship?  Because it is one, the Yamato.  The details are a little fuzzy (it's been almost 25 years since I read the comic), but for some reason to save the Earth, the IJN battleship Yamato is salvaged and turned into a space vessel.  Rather than raise it, an undersea base was built (or perhaps already there, fuzzy memory) and once the conversion was complete, it was launched from the ocean floor.  Cool then and cool now.

TD4438 wrote:

lewbud wrote: Is this a new movie that's coming out?  If so, when? I don't believe so,but I wish it were.The roll around from bow to stern is my favorite part.

lewbud wrote:

Is this a new movie that's coming out?  If so, when?

Is this a new movie that's coming out?  If so, when?