Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2199
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Star Blazers 2199, known in Japan as Space Battleship Yamato 2199 (宇宙戦艦ヤマト2199, Uchū Senkan Yamato Ni-ichi-kyū-kyū), is a 2012–2013 Japanese military science fiction anime television series that is a remake of the first Space Battleship Yamato television series created by Yoshinobu Nishizaki and Leiji Matsumoto in 1974, known in the United States as Star Blazers. The series is a space opera,[2] and was originally screened back-to-back in theaters across Japan, a few episodes at a time prior to release on home video, and aired on television from April 7, 2013, to September 29, 2013. Voyager Entertainment currently licensed the series outside Japan, with Funimation streaming their English dub of the series starting on November 8, 2017.[3]
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宇宙戦艦ヤマト2199 (Uchū Senkan Yamato 2199) | |
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Genre | Adventure, military science fiction, space opera |
Created by | Leiji Matsumoto Yoshinobu Nishizaki |
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Produced by | Atsushi Ariyoshii Hideaki Matsumoto Fumi Teranishi Mikio Gunji Tetsuya Matsubara (films 1–3) |
Written by | Yutaka Izubuchi |
Music by | Akira Miyagawa |
Studio | AIC (films 1–3) Xebec (films 4–7) |
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Released | April 7, 2012 – August 24, 2013 |
Runtime | 50 minutes (film 1) 100 minutes (films 2–7) |
Films | 7 |
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Produced by | Atsushi Ariyoshii Hideaki Matsumoto Fumi Teranishi Mikio Gunji |
Written by | Yutaka Izubuchi |
Music by | Akira Miyagawa |
Studio | AIC (ep. 1–10) Xebec (ep. 11–26) |
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Original network | JNN (MBS) |
Original run | April 6, 2012[1] (premiere on Family Gekijo) April 7, 2013 – September 29, 2013 |
Episodes | 26 (List of episodes) |
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A Voyage to Remember | |
Directed by | Takao Kato |
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Studio | AIC Xebec |
Released | October 11, 2014 (2014-10-11) |
Runtime | 120 minutes |
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Two movies based on the series were released in 2014: A Voyage to Remember and Odyssey of the Celestial Ark. A sequel series, Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2202, was released in theaters from 2017 to 2019.