Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2205
A remake of the 1979 film Space Battleship Yamato: The New Voyage.
Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2205 is a Japanese military science fiction animated film duology from Satelight and Staple Entertainment. It follows Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2202 and remakes the 1979 film Space Battleship Yamato: The New Voyage, itself based on the television series created by Yoshinobu Nishizaki and Leiji Matsumoto. Kenji Yasuda (Macross Delta) directed, Harutoshi Fukui (Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn) wrote the script, and Nobuteru Yuki handled official character designs. The first film, subtitled Part 1: Takeoff, hit Japanese theaters on October 8, 2021; the second, Part 2: Stasha, followed on February 4, 2022. Later that year, the films aired on TV as eight episodes.
Nearly two years after the Gatlantis war, Desler finds Galman, a world identical to Gamilas in conditions and inhabitants, suggesting it is the Gamilans' original homeworld. He overthrows the Bolar Federation's rule there and begins moving Gamilas's population to Galman. During the evacuation, an unknown force destroys Gamilas and warps the entire planet of Iscandar away. Meanwhile, Earth rebuilds the Yamato under Captain Kodai, now leading a fleet that includes the support ship Asuka (commanded by Yuki) and the carrier Hyuga (commanded by Sanada), both crewed largely by fresh recruits. The fleet sets out on a six-month training and diplomatic mission to Gamilas, but upon learning of Gamilas's destruction and Iscandar's disappearance, Kodai disobeys orders to rescue Iscandar and the trapped Gamilas refugees.
Catching up with Iscandar and linking with Desler's fleet, the Yamato crew learns that an alien civilization called the Dezariam is trying to steal Iscandar and its valuable knowledge. Starsha summons Kodai and Desler, revealing that Iscandar, at its peak, preserved civilizations by destroying them and storing their memories in crystals; the Iscandarians eventually converted themselves into crystals to live eternally in their own memories. To protect Iscandar, they kidnapped people from Galman, moved them to Gamilas, and conditioned them to worship Iscandar. Desler, shocked but still devoted to Starsha, joins the final battle against the Dezariam. Kodai convinces Starsha and Yurisha to escape while planting a bomb in the Dezariam mothership, destroying it. To keep Iscandar's memories from the Dezariam and as penance for past sins, Starsha self-destructs
- director
- Kenji Yasuda
- writer
- Harutoshi Fukui
- character designer
- Nobuteru Yuki
- production companies
- Satelight and Staple Entertainment
- release dates
- Part 1: Takeoff on October 8, 2021; Part 2: Stasha on February 4, 2022
- format
- Film duology, later broadcast as eight TV episodes
Lore & Background
The Yamato fleet links up with Desler's fleet and learns that the Dezariam alien civilization is trying to steal Iscandar. Starsha reveals that Iscandar once preserved civilizations by destroying them and saving their memories into crystals; the Iscandarians converted themselves into crystals. They had kidnapped people from Galman, moved them to Gamilas, and conditioned them to worship Iscandar. Desler remains committed to saving Starsha out of love. Kodai convinces Starsha and Yurisha to escape while planting a bomb that destroys the Dezariam mothership. Starsha self-destructs Iscandar to keep its memories from the Dezariam, and she and Yurisha fade away as their existence was tied to the planet. Desler leads refugees to Galman while the Yamato continues its journey. Later, Sanada and Niimi find wrecks of future Andromeda-class warships in the Dezariam mothership, suggesting the Dezariam can time travel.
Reader's Guide
Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2205 is significant as a direct sequel to the 2202 series and a modern remake of the 1979 film The New Voyage, continuing the long-running Yamato franchise. It introduces new narrative elements such as the Dezariam's time-travel capabilities and the backstory of Iscandar's preservation of civilizations through memory crystals. The duology format allowed for a detailed expansion of the story, later adapted into eight TV episodes. Directed by Kenji Yasuda and written by Harutoshi Fukui, the film brought together returning staff and new designers. Its release in 2021 and 2022 maintained the franchise's presence in contemporary anime, bridging classic and modern storytelling.
Did You Know?
- The film was first announced on March 29, 2019, by Harutoshi Fukui and former director Nobuyoshi Habara alongside Daisuke Ono.
- The second part, Stasha, was released in Japanese theaters on February 4, 2022.
- The interior of the Dezariam mothership contained wrecks of Andromeda-class warships that should not exist until farther into the future.
- Starsha and Yurisha fade away because their existence was tied to the planet Iscandar.
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