The Yamato and her crew face the onslaught of the Comet Empire, a civilization from the Andromeda Galaxy who seek to conquer Earth, led by Prince Zordar. They have harnessed a comet and is using its terrible power to unleash destruction upon its rivals and inferiors... which are in fact everyone. The Space Battleship Yamato heads back into action. But this time, it shall not return, and much of the Yamato crew have signed on for their last voyage.
Direction
Masuda stages destruction like a conductor orchestrating apocalypse.
Score
Hiroshi Miyagawa's score makes every death feel like a national holiday.
Production
Hand-drawn space battles that put modern CGI to absolute shame.
Director
Toshio Masuda
Kei Tomiyama
Susumu Kodai
Yoko Asagami
Yuki Mori
Gorō Naya
Juzo Okita
Shūsei Nakamura
Daisuke Shima
Kenichi Ogata
Analyzer
Shinji Nomura
Yoshikazu Aihara
Yoshito Yasuhara
Kenjiro Ota / Politician C
Akira Kamiya
Saburo Kato
Kazuo Hayashi
Yasuo Nanbu
Kazuyuki Sogabe
Akira Yamamoto / Razelar
Isao Sasaki
Hajime Saito
Ichiro Nagai
Sakezo Sado / Hikozaemon Tokugawa
Takeshi Aono
Shiro Sanada
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
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