Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2202

Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2202
DVD cover of the first film.
宇宙戦艦ヤマト2202 愛の戦士たち (Uchū Senkan Yamato 2202 Ai no Senshi-tachi)
Genre	Space opera, Military science fiction, Adventure
Anime film series
(Theatrical Edition)
Directed by	Nobuyoshi Habara
Produced by	Shoji Nishizaki
Written by	Harutoshi Fukui
Music by	Akira Miyagawa
Studio	Xebec (Additional Production by Production I.G and OLM)[1]
Licensed by	NA Funimation
Released	February 25, 2017 – present
Runtime	50 minutes (film 1) 100 minutes (films 2–5)
Films	7
Serial novel
Written by	Yuka Minakawa
Illustrated by	Michio Murakawa
Published by	Kadokawa
Demographic	Seinen
Imprint	Kadokawa Shoten
Original run	October 13, 2017 – present
Volumes	2
Anime television series
Directed by	Nobuyoshi Habara
Produced by	Shoji Nishizaki
Written by	Harutoshi Fukui
Music by	Akira Miyagawa
Studio	Xebec
Original network	TXN (TV Tokyo, TV Osaka)
Original run	October 6, 2018 – scheduled
Related
Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2199 (2012 film series)

Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2202, known in Japan as Space Battleship Yamato 2202: Warriors of Love (宇宙戦艦ヤマト2202 愛の戦士たち, Uchū Senkan Yamato Ni-ni-zero-ni Ai no Senshi-tachi), is a Japanese military science fiction animated film series produced by Xebec, and the sequel to Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2199, originally based on the Space Battleship Yamato television series created by Yoshinobu Nishizaki and Leiji Matsumoto. It is directed by Nobuyoshi Habara (Fafner in the Azure) and written by Harutoshi Fukui (Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn) with official character designs by Nobuteru Yuki.^[2] The first film of the series was released simultaneously in Japanese theaters and streaming services starting February 25, 2017.^[3] Similar to the first film series, the second loosely adapts both the animated series Space Battleship Yamato II and the movie Arrivederci Yamato.

Story

In 2202, three years after the Gamillas invasion of the Solar system, the people in, the Solar System is finally at peace. The Earth's biosphere has been restored with the Cosmo Reverse System brought by the Yamato at the end of Space Battleship Yamato 2199. With the end of the war, there is a peace treaty between Earth and Gamillas which will strengthen their military bond and secure true peace. In addition to the reconstruction of Earth, the joint forces form a new intergalactic defense fleet with a new ship, Andromeda, to be its new symbol of power. Earth is set on a path of military expansion despite Starsha Iscandar's wishes of peace, and developing new forms of wave motion gun despite the agreement between Starsha and the crew of the Yamato.

When a new threat called Gatlantis, also known as the White Comet Empire, starts to wreak havoc on a newly reformed galaxy, the goddess Teressa calls upon the Yamato once more in order to fight back against the new threat.

Differences from the Original Series

Similar to the first film heptalogy, Yamato 2202 is a loose retelling of both Space Battleship Yamato II and Arrivederci Yamato with a few scenes and terminologies redone.

• The heptalogy was set in 2202, unlike the original sequel's timeline setting of 2201.
• The Andromeda, the new line of ships of the Galactic Federation has a larger size of 444m long, compared to the original size in the original anime.
• Gamillas and Earth are not only at peace but allies against Gatlantis and they work together to deal with the threat.
• The Kodai/Mori relationship is considerably more complicated.
• An 11th planet in Earth's solar system, with an artificial sun and populated by both humans and Gamillans, becomes an important setting for two episodes.

Production

The film series was first teased by producer Shoji Nishizaki in the Yamato Crew Report Magazine, stating that production of the sequel is in development. But added that it wasn't yet greenlighted.^[4][5] The first teaser of the film series was revealed on March 31, 2016 with an illustration by Makoto Kobayashi. It was later confirmed that director Nobuyoshi Habara, best known for the Fafner in the Azure anime and Fukui Harutoshi, the author of the Novel series Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn will both direct and write the film series. Later on, the first teaser video of the film series was released.

Bandai Visual then later confirmed that the film will be released in both theaters in Japan as well as in several video streaming services in a limited basis. In December 2016, the official website confirmed that Kenjiro Tsuda will replace Keiji Fujiwara as Isami Enomoto while Hiroshi Kamiya and Masaki Terasoma were added as part of the cast.^[6] It soon followed with Sayaka Kanda as the voice of Teresa alongside a new 30 second trailer.^[7] Bandai Visual later released a special trailer of the film with the song "From Yamato with Love" and followed with the 12-minute preview stream of the first chapter.^[8]

The second film was released on June 24, 2017 the third released on October 14, 2017,^[9] while the fourth film is released on January 27, 2018.^[10] The fifth film is released on May 25, 2018^[11] and the sixth film will be released on November 2, 2018.^[12]

As with the first series, Space Battleship Yamato 2199, Voyager Entertainment and Funimation both licensed the series in North American territories, which commenced weekly streaming with an English-dubbed version (via Funimation) and an English Subtitled version (via Crunchyroll) on May 9, 2018.^[13]

Media

Notes

References

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)
• Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2202 (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia