Japanese television in 1974 saw the debut of Uchu Senkan Yamato an animated science fiction series which told the story of a mission to save the Earth from an alien invasion.
This series is best known for its namesake, the Space Battleship Yamato, a radically rebuilt WWII Japanese Battleship which has been transformed into a space worthy warship. Designed by Leiji Matsumoto, the Yamato came equipped with an array of powerful weapons and a space warp drive that could jump the ship many lightyears at a time.
In 1979 this series was adapted for US television in the form of Star Blazers. While rather edited, it remains a major inspiration for early anime fandom in the US.
In 1994 a certain group of anime loving Trekkerboiz decided to pay tribute to this series in the final episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation by sneaking in a few Yamato inspired elements onto a future Enterprise-D
We know who you are.
But, wait, there's more...
In 2004, Leiji Matsumoto created an alternate universe serie of Uchu Senkan Yamato called Great Yamato # 0. I recently discovered this series while doing some research on anime.
The design is an updated version of his earlier Yamato, but there clearly seems to be a few Enterprise-D elements snuck in this time around.
These images are NOT to scale!
This series is best known for its namesake, the Space Battleship Yamato, a radically rebuilt WWII Japanese Battleship which has been transformed into a space worthy warship. Designed by Leiji Matsumoto, the Yamato came equipped with an array of powerful weapons and a space warp drive that could jump the ship many lightyears at a time.
In 1979 this series was adapted for US television in the form of Star Blazers. While rather edited, it remains a major inspiration for early anime fandom in the US.
In 1994 a certain group of anime loving Trekkerboiz decided to pay tribute to this series in the final episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation by sneaking in a few Yamato inspired elements onto a future Enterprise-D
We know who you are.
But, wait, there's more...
In 2004, Leiji Matsumoto created an alternate universe serie of Uchu Senkan Yamato called Great Yamato # 0. I recently discovered this series while doing some research on anime.
The design is an updated version of his earlier Yamato, but there clearly seems to be a few Enterprise-D elements snuck in this time around.
These images are NOT to scale!
