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Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato

Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato

The darkest chapter in the Yamato saga

19787.92h 31m

Overview

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 Prince Zordar. They have harnessed a comet and is using its terrible power to unleash destruction upon its rivals and inferiors... which are in fact everyone. The Space Battleship Yamato heads back into action. But this time, it shall not return, and much of the Yamato crew have signed on for their last voyage.

Directed by Toshio Masuda
Written by Keisuke Fujikawa, Eimei Yamamoto, Yoshinobu Nishizaki
Produced by Yoshinobu Nishizaki
Box OfficeBudget: $3.6MRevenue: $43.0M

Top Cast

Kei Tomiyama

Kei Tomiyama

Susumu Kodai

Yoko Asagami

Yoko Asagami

Yuki Mori

Gorō Naya

Gorō Naya

Juzo Okita

Shūsei Nakamura

Shūsei Nakamura

Daisuke Shima

Kenichi Ogata

Kenichi Ogata

Analyzer

Shinji Nomura

Shinji Nomura

Yoshikazu Aihara

Yoshito Yasuhara

Yoshito Yasuhara

Kenjiro Ota / Politician C

Akira Kamiya

Akira Kamiya

Saburo Kato

Kazuo Hayashi

Kazuo Hayashi

Yasuo Nanbu

Kazuyuki Sogabe

Kazuyuki Sogabe

Akira Yamamoto / Razelar

Themes & Keywords

space warromancetragedymechaalien invasiontragic eventanimespaceshipevil tyrantnoble sacrifice

About Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato

Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato is a animation, science fiction film released in 1978 exploring themes of space war, romance, tragedy, mecha, alien invasion, tragic event. Directed by Toshio Masuda, it stars Kei Tomiyama, Yoko Asagami, Gorō Naya. 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 Prince Zordar. They have harnessed a comet and is using its terrible power to unleash destruction upon its rivals and inferiors... which are in fact everyone. The Space Battleship Yamato heads back into action. But this time, it shall not return, and much of the Yamato crew have signed on for their last voyage.

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