Be Forever Yamato REBEL 3199
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IIRC, Funimation and Voyager Entertainment were responsible for the dubbing of 2199 and 2202 in western markets. Since neither of them seem to be around anymore, that’s probably why later dubs never happened. @Ithekro would probably know the details better than I do on that.
When Crunchyroll acquired Funimation and they merged - people were saying pretty much everyone working at Funimation was now working at Crunchyroll and a lot of the duplicate positions laid off were Cruchyroll people.
No clue how accurate that claim is - but many sites and known anime YouTubers were claiming the above.
Yeah I could see that. Companies eliminate redundant positions all the time after mergers. That, and the inevitable belt-tightening in general probably led to the decision not to invest in further dubbing of that particular franchise.
My family and I recently attended a rather large anime convention and the one thing I noticed, despite the rather respectable list of vendors, I saw not one single Yamato-related item there. It was all geared towards young Gen-Z and younger Gen-Alpha kids. Hardly anything from earlier eras, with the possible exception of a few Akira and Spirited Away posters scattered around. Dragonball Z, Pokemon, Demon Slayer, My Hero Academia and other, more kiddie-oriented, franchises dominated the place.
So, it was kind of a depressing observation. I don’t really see legacy properties like Yamato really getting a fair shake at the anime market share anymore, especially in the western regions. It’s still quite popular in Japan, but over here, it doesn’t appear as if anyone sees it as a good return on investment, or anything other than a Gen-X memberberries nostalgia project, despite how amazingly evolved it’s become since its original 70’s/80’s incarnation.
My family and I recently attended a rather large anime convention and the one thing I noticed, despite the rather respectable list of vendors, I saw not one single Yamato-related item there. It was all geared towards young Gen-Z and younger Gen-Alpha kids. Hardly anything from earlier eras, with the possible exception of a few Akira and Spirited Away posters scattered around. Dragonball Z, Pokemon, Demon Slayer, My Hero Academia and other, more kiddie-oriented, franchises dominated the place.
So, it was kind of a depressing observation. I don’t really see legacy properties like Yamato really getting a fair shake at the anime market share anymore, especially in the western regions. It’s still quite popular in Japan, but over here, it doesn’t appear as if anyone sees it as a good return on investment, or anything other than a Gen-X memberberries nostalgia project, despite how amazingly evolved it’s become since its original 70’s/80’s incarnation.
Any word on an art book for all the designs? Or they’ll probably just wait until after this season is done.
And a little under 6 months for the next 4 episodes (Chapter 4) to release (Fri. 10/10/25):
Nice to finally see the Arizona show up. Hopefully she'll have more to do than just a cameo like in the previous series.
It was pretty much a cameo in this latest round of episodes (Chapter 3). The Arizona is grounded in drydock, but the Earth resistence uses the ship's shock cannons from the Drydock facility (yes somehow the Drydock had LOS to the Alien 'Grand Reverse' facility) as a diversion to cover something covert operatives were doing in the facility as well as make it easier to make a direct attack at another location.
Minor ship tech update stuff.
According to the mecha designers, the Arizona has a length of 337 meters. Also, the side turret's barrels can elevate 90 degrees. Their barbette raises out of the enclosure meaning the thing is going to have a crazy wide fire arc of nearly the entire side hemisphere of the ship for each gun.
According to the mecha designers, the Arizona has a length of 337 meters. Also, the side turret's barrels can elevate 90 degrees. Their barbette raises out of the enclosure meaning the thing is going to have a crazy wide fire arc of nearly the entire side hemisphere of the ship for each gun.
That's actually a smart thing to do when using the arguably ancient turret paradigm. Nice to hear their taking actual technological evolution into account with next-gen ships in this series. I hope we get to see her fly with Yamato at some point.
It would be nice if Bandai would put out a model for it. It was one of the few Series Three ships that I liked in its brief appearance back in the day.
Someone posted the USS Arizona appearance scene on Youtube with English Subtitles embeded:
Yesterday I binge watched the 10 episodes and I have to say I enjoyed it (definitely more than 2202).
I have to say though that they managed to irritate me again with the representation of female characters.
(SPOILER OF COURSE).
A certain level of fan service in anime is a given. Amen. Also, the infantilization of female characters is a trope that is unfortunately all too present. Every female character that appears (with a few exceptions) behaves like a 14-year-old schoolgirl. I know, it's Japan. There's nothing you can do about it.
But what happens when a mature woman appears, acting like a mature person in a position of leadership?
Well, we are told that this is BAD. AND EVIL.
Case in point:
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Todo Shino
She is the head of the Earth Federation Forces Intelligence Bureau and also the younger sister of Minister Heikuro Todo.
Let's start with all the problems that are explained to us in detail.
She has CONSCIENTLY chosen not to have a family (I don't know how many times we are told this in all the episodes). This is BAD, because we are repeatedly told that having a family is THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING IN THE UNIVERSE and is also a moral duty.
So some of her questionable choices are explained by the fact that she doesn't HAVE A FAMILY.
She has the highest position of power held by a woman that we have seen in the series (I mean among the earthlings, the aliens have queens, empresses or whatever). Let's say that between her and the woman immediately below in the hierarchical chain (a captain of an experimental ship who we are told got the position only through nepotism) there is an abyss.
And how is such a thing possible?!? Because she chose NOT TO HAVE A FAMILY, so her position is derived from a morally depraved choice, so is the role she holds.
In fact, all the women in the series, whatever role they have, immediately abandon it at the birth of a child to become full-time mothers.
Men can also be admirals, presidents or Masters of the Universe and be fathers at the same time. No problem for them.
And what has this abyss of depravity led to? THAT SHE IS A DIRTY TRAITOR, who sold the Earth to Desirium.
What else can you expect FROM A WOMAN WHO PREFERRED CAREER OVER FAMILY?!?
(There's basically a dialogue that goes like this: "Oh no, she betrayed us!!!", "Well we need to understand her, she doesn't have a family!" - I'm paraphrasing.)
(Note that the traitor men in the series are basically just money-obsessed entrepreneurs. There are also "noble" entrepreneurs who have resisted the temptation of easy money).
It's amazing how the Japanese mentality on gender issues is still stuck in the 50s.
I have to say though that they managed to irritate me again with the representation of female characters.
(SPOILER OF COURSE).
A certain level of fan service in anime is a given. Amen. Also, the infantilization of female characters is a trope that is unfortunately all too present. Every female character that appears (with a few exceptions) behaves like a 14-year-old schoolgirl. I know, it's Japan. There's nothing you can do about it.
But what happens when a mature woman appears, acting like a mature person in a position of leadership?
Well, we are told that this is BAD. AND EVIL.
Case in point:
no gif
Todo Shino
She is the head of the Earth Federation Forces Intelligence Bureau and also the younger sister of Minister Heikuro Todo.
Let's start with all the problems that are explained to us in detail.
She has CONSCIENTLY chosen not to have a family (I don't know how many times we are told this in all the episodes). This is BAD, because we are repeatedly told that having a family is THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING IN THE UNIVERSE and is also a moral duty.
So some of her questionable choices are explained by the fact that she doesn't HAVE A FAMILY.
She has the highest position of power held by a woman that we have seen in the series (I mean among the earthlings, the aliens have queens, empresses or whatever). Let's say that between her and the woman immediately below in the hierarchical chain (a captain of an experimental ship who we are told got the position only through nepotism) there is an abyss.
And how is such a thing possible?!? Because she chose NOT TO HAVE A FAMILY, so her position is derived from a morally depraved choice, so is the role she holds.
In fact, all the women in the series, whatever role they have, immediately abandon it at the birth of a child to become full-time mothers.
Men can also be admirals, presidents or Masters of the Universe and be fathers at the same time. No problem for them.
And what has this abyss of depravity led to? THAT SHE IS A DIRTY TRAITOR, who sold the Earth to Desirium.
What else can you expect FROM A WOMAN WHO PREFERRED CAREER OVER FAMILY?!?
(There's basically a dialogue that goes like this: "Oh no, she betrayed us!!!", "Well we need to understand her, she doesn't have a family!" - I'm paraphrasing.)
(Note that the traitor men in the series are basically just money-obsessed entrepreneurs. There are also "noble" entrepreneurs who have resisted the temptation of easy money).
It's amazing how the Japanese mentality on gender issues is still stuck in the 50s.
It is a traditional spiritual culture, deeply rooted in its past. Many of the Asian civilizations demonstrate these traits. Sure, they've embraced pop-culture of the west well enough (maybe too much in some cases), but that's just on the surface. They still believe in their ancient institutions and establishments, although I suspect that's been deteriorating to a degree, like in the west - just not as quickly.
Different culture with different priorities.
The Japanese themselves know very well that it is wrong. The dominant males are simply fine with it. Let's not justify everything with "It's a different culture."
It is a different culture. Not everyone defines themselves by the West’s moral code.
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