Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato

Farewell Space Battleship Yamato
Cover art of the DVD.
Directed by Noboru Ishiguro
Produced by Yoshinobu Nishizaki
Written by Eiichi Yamamoto
Story by Leiji Matsumoto
Starring Kei Tomiyama
Yoko Asagami
Shusei Nakamura
Music by Hiroshi Miyagawa
Production
company
Academy Productions
Group TAC
Distributed by Toei Company
Release date
 July 14, 1978
Running time
 151 minutes
Country Japan
Language Japanese
Budget ¥360 million ($3.6 million)[1]
Box office ¥2.9 billion[2] ($21.2 million)[3]

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, literally "Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato: Warriors of Love"), also called Arrivederci Yamato, is the second film based on the classic anime series Space Battleship Yamato (known as Star Blazers in the United States) and is the sequel to the 1977 film Space Battleship Yamato. The same storyline was reused and expanded on later in the year on TV in Space Battleship Yamato II, albeit with a more upbeat ending.

Plot

The Yamato and her crew face the onslaught of the Comet Empire, a civilization from the Andromeda Galaxy that seeks to conquer Earth, led by Zwordar the Great (Prince Zordar in the English dub). The Earth ship is aided by an antimatter woman, Teresa of Telezart (known as Trelaina in the English dub), while the Comet Empire has revived Earth's greatest enemy, the Gamilas' leader Desslar, who is eager for revenge. After an immense battle destroys the forces of both Earth and the Comet Empire, the Yamato destroys the White Comet's cover, revealing the Empire City that hid inside it. After a long battle, Susumu Kodai orders everyone else off the Yamato before ramming her into the Emperor's ship head-on, sacrificing his life and the ship to defeat Zwordar and save humanity.

Voice cast

Production

In 1977 the first film of the series, Space Battleship Yamato, outperformed Star Wars at the Japanese box office. This led to the production of Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato, which was released in 1978. It was originally intended to conclude the story, but a third film, Be Forever Yamato, was released two years later.[4][5] Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato had a total budget of ¥510 million ($5.1 million), including ¥360 million ($3.6 million) for production and ¥150 million ($1.5 million) for advertising.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Farewell to Yamato Production Data". Cosmo DNA. July 2, 2013.
  2. ↑ Clements, Jonathan (2017). Anime: A History. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 167. ISBN 9781844578849.
  3. ↑ Macias, Patrick (2003). Japan's Movie House Masterpieces. DH Publishing. p. 39. ISBN 9780972312448.
  4. ↑ "The Making of Farewell to Yamato, Part 1". StarBlazers.com. Archived from the original on April 2, 2012. Retrieved 2010-08-05.
  5. ↑ "The Making of Farewell to Yamato, Part 2". StarBlazers.com. Archived from the original on April 2, 2012. Retrieved 2010-08-05.


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