Space Battleship Yamato
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I hope they implemented the original anime score generously and without any prejudice. I was kinda scared when they used a rock song for one of those trailers.*
Clearly, there are some big-time Yamato/Star Blazers fans participating in this thread. My question (which is more tech-related) is, is there a link availble to a website in which we can find Yamato's vital statistics (tonnage, length, height, width, crew, weaponry, etc) as a space-going future battleship?
That strikes me as odd. Even in the Star Blazers version, the ship was explicitly the WWII battleship Yamato refitted and renamed, and that battleship belonged to the Yamato class. So calling it "Argo class" seems an unnecessary retcon.
I don't think I need to explain why that's an even odder turn of phrase.
Remember, "Space Cruiser Yamato" was renamed "Star Blazers" when it hit the American market, and Yamato was renamed the Argo. As a little kid watching the cartoon, I didn't know WTF the Yamato was. I would imagine the authors of the Star Blazers Warship Technical Manual (man, that's a mouthful) also leaned towards hedging their bets that both Japanese and American fans would purchase it. SCY purists might have had a problem if it were simply "Argo-class", but Americans would understand.
Presumably, the Star Blazers Warship Technical Manual Recognition Guide incorporates Gamilon and Comet Empire ships as well, much like the Jane's Information Group does with their various recognition guides. I don't know for certain as I have not seen the SBWTMRG, but that seems the rational explanation.
Yes, I know. I said as much in the post you just responded to, when I said it had been "refitted and renamed." But even in Star Blazers, we were explicitly told that the ship had been the Yamato before it was converted into a spaceship and rechristened Argo. They renamed the ship to something more US-friendly, but they didn't deny its history as a Japanese battleship. So even in the context of Star Blazers, it seems more logical to call it Yamato class.
Do you mean for "Race: Earth?" No, that's not a rational explanation, because Earth is the name of a planet, not a "race." The race is human. Perhaps if they'd used "Nation" rather than "Race," it would make more sense to use "Earth," since they did have a united Earth government at that time.
I didn't write the book. I merely offered possible explanations, not only for you but for people viewing this thread. If you wanna quibble with them over the meaning of "race", you should take it up with the authors...I'm perfectly content with the vital stats of this fictional space battleship as submitted.
^I don't understand why you'd take my criticisms as somehow personally directed at you. I'm talking to you about the material written by others. There's no reason to get defensive about that. I don't think either one of us has any actual stake in this topic, so let's just relax and keep it friendly.
Let's keep it friendly folks...Captain Okita would have wanted it that way.
Here's more foreign release announcements...still no word on a US date...yet.
http://www.screendaily.com/news/dis...ato-foreign-sales-steam-ahead/5021451.article
Here's more foreign release announcements...still no word on a US date...yet.
http://www.screendaily.com/news/dis...ato-foreign-sales-steam-ahead/5021451.article
If you wanna quibble with them over the meaning of "race", you should take it up with the authors...I'm perfectly content with the vital stats of this fictional space battleship as submitted.
I am relaxed and friendly. And in my last line, I explained that I was perfectly content with the vital stats of Yamato/Argo as submitted by the ever-helpful Lynn Minmei. Therefore, there was no need to talk to me about the material written by others, especially if you're going to talk down to me about how wrong you perceived my rational explanation to be (which certainly fits the bill for a personally directed criticism, dontchathink? Hence the WTF icon.). Oh, and when I use words like "presumably" and "seems", that does give some wriggle room for personal interpretation, which of course every reader of that post can take at face value. For all we know, the SBWTMRG was written from a Gamilon point of view (in which case we'd be well served to give 'em a pass, lest they drop planet bombs on us for being the Grammar Police
). And I wasn't being defensive in that post. I was merely attempting to direct you to the appropriate people responsible for the "Race:Earth" description which apparently offended you, and which I was in no way responsible for. You are, of course, welcome to contact said publisher and see if they would like to recall those volumes for additional editing (gramatical errors are like cockroaches; where you see one, you can bet there are ten more, lurking in the darkness), but frankly I wouldn't hold my breath on that response, if you don't mind me sayin', Chris. I was being my relaxed and friendly and helpful SicOne self. You have a nice day, pardner.
Nothing for Italy, too. Damn. I hope someone will pick it for distribution.
What the hell? As you yourself said, this is a public message board. My original complaints about the material you posted were not directed at you, they were just general observations. Then you made some comments which assumed that I was lacking information about Star Blazers, and I corrected your misapprehension. That's the only thing I directed at you, and it was only in response to something you chose to direct at me. You're taking this all bizarrely personally. And you're the only one who's made this personal. I have no interest in casting aspersions on you; I have no idea who you even are. I was just making a general, impersonal observation, and that's the way I'd like to keep things.
Is that common to have a direct-to-DVD movie that clearly has appeal in America released only in Japan? I know in time it will make its way over to this side of the lake, but I imagine many people would buy it whether they knew it as "Star Blazers" or not, based upon reviews and special effects interest.
Yamato stays #1 at the box office with only a 9.2% slide.
That's pretty damn awesome. http://boxofficemojo.com/intl/japan/
That's pretty damn awesome. http://boxofficemojo.com/intl/japan/
I see there's been some fighting since I last popped in here... 
Anyway, I'm still eager to learn about any possible date where a Japanese-language DVD of this will be available... I really want to see this film!
I'm sure this has been posted elsewhere, but just in case some haven't seen it, here is two minutes from the film, from a YouTube clip:
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uk5AyXPfVZs&feature=player_embedded[/yt]
Anyway, I'm still eager to learn about any possible date where a Japanese-language DVD of this will be available... I really want to see this film!
I'm sure this has been posted elsewhere, but just in case some haven't seen it, here is two minutes from the film, from a YouTube clip:
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uk5AyXPfVZs&feature=player_embedded[/yt]
Space Battleship Yamato knocked out of #1 spot by the new Kamen Rider and Tron Legacy. She dropped to #4 right behind Potter with a loss of 40.4%. Ouch.
http://boxofficemojo.com/intl/japan/?yr=2010&wk=51&p=.htm
http://boxofficemojo.com/intl/japan/?yr=2010&wk=51&p=.htm
Actually, if you look at the average per screening, it's right up there and ahead of Harry potter in that HP is on 239 more screens. In fact it's still making more (per showing) on average than Tron Legacy; so I honestly doesn't seem to be doing that bad at this point still - and it's in the 3rd week of release.
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