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Uchuu Senkan Yamato
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[Star Blazers]
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Episode Guide v 3.0
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copyright 1991 Jeffrey M Delano
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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Thanks to Walter Amos , who provided me with dates et.al. from Animag #10.
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Thanks to Bud Cox who provided me with character names and title
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translations f rom Space Fanzine Yamato.
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[all dates taken from _Animag_ #10.]
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TELEVISION
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FIRST SEASON - 1976
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1. Battle at Pluto
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[SOS Earth!! Revive Uchuu Senkan Yamato]
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Earth forces fight a final battle with the Gamiras at Pluto. Later,
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Susumo and Daisuke discover Starsha's sister and a message capsule with
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her.
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2. Carrrier Attacks Grounded Yamato
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[The Opening Gun!!Uchuu Senkan Yamato Starts!!]
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Daisuke and Susumo crash in the now dried up Kyushu Sea and discover the
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wreck of the Yamato.
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3. Missle Attacks Yamato, Take-off
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[Yamato Take Off!! The Challenge of 296,000 Light-Years!!]
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Daisuke and Susumo are recruited by Captain Avatar as members of the
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Star Force, a group that will fight Gamiras and get a device from the
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planet Iskandar that will remove the radiation from Earth. While the
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Yamato is still being fitted for space, it is attacked by a Gamiras missle.
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4. Test of Warp Drive, at Mars
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[World of Wonder! Yamato Leaped Past Light]
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After a brief battle in space, Kato** finds himself adrift. Susumo goes
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after him, and they test the Wave Motion engine for the first time. Later
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they land in a snowstorm on Mars and make repairs.
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5. At Jupiter, test of Wave-Motion Gun
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[Escape the Floating Continent! Crisis Calls the Wave Motion Gun!!]
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A Floating Continent in Jupiter's atmosphere provides a target for the
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first test of the Yamato's ultimate weapon, the Wave Motion Gun.
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6. At Saturn - Mamoru Kodai's ship, the Yuki Kaze, is discovered
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[Space Destroyer Yuki Kaze Sleeps in the Icefield!]
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After a battle at Saturn, the Yamato lands on Titan and Susumo Kodai
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discovers his brother's ship frozen in the ice.
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7. At Pluto - Reflex Gun
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[Yamato Sinks! Fateful Battle to Destroy the Enemy Stronghold!!]
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The Yamato is taken to task by Gamalon's most deadly weapon, the Reflex
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Gun.
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8. Second Day at Pluto
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[Yamato Braves Death! Destroy the Reflection Satellite Gun!!]
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Susumo, Nemoto and Sugiyama infiltrate the Gamalon base on Pluto and
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disable the Reflex Gun.
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9. Asteroid Belt Beyond Pluto
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[Revolving Defense! Asteroid Belt]
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Col. Ganz and Tain, his assistant, make a last ditch effort to defeat
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the Yamato after the destruction of the Pluto base. The Yamato utilizes
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the asteroidal remains of the planet Minerva to destroy them.
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10. Susumo Kodai Says Goodbye to Earth
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[Solar System, Farewell!! From the Galaxy With Love]
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The Yamato is almost too far from Earth for any communication, so the
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crew takes a last time to say goodbye. Susumo says goodbye to Earth with
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Adm. Okita. Domeru is appointed the Star Force's new nemesis.
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11. Space Mines
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[Resolution! Break Through the Gamiras Absolute Defense Line!!]
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Desurer's aide,General Talan, uses space mines in an attempt to stop the
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Star Force.
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12. Space Net
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[Absolute Death! The Wishing-Star of Orion, Hell-Star]
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General Krypt uses a space net to stop the Star Force, and ecto gas.
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13. Gamira Pilot Captured
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[Hurry Yamato! Earth is Suffering!!]
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A Gamira pilot is captured, interogated, a released. Susumo comes to
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terms with war prejudice. Domeru is decorated.
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14. Octopus Star Storm
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[The Galaxy's Ordeal!! The Year 2200 A.D. Advances!!]
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An octopus star storm holds the Yamato from completing its mission, and
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Susumo makes a daring attempt to get through its eye.
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15. Galactic Whirlpool
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[Desperate Escape! Yamato's Different Dimension]
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A galactic whirlpool stops the Yamato from its appointed mission.
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16. Stop at Beeland
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[Planet Beemera, Underground Prison of Comdemned Criminals!!]
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The Yamato stops at Beeland but Yuki and Analyzer are captured.
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17. Balanosaurus Attacks
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[Charge! Ballanodon Special Attack Group!!]
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Vulgar, Domeru's aide, organizes the colonial life forms of the planet
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Balan into an organized dinosaur-like shape, but it proves no match for the
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Wave-Motion Gun.
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18. Magnitron Wave
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[Floating Fortress Island! Two Men Brave Death]
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A magnitron wave machine rips machinery apart and creates a hazard until
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Shiro Sanda :-) manages to destroy it.
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19. Homer and the Communication Satellite
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[Homesickness of Space! My Mother's Tears are My Tears]
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A Gamira satellite allows contact with Earth - and demoralizes the crew
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by letting them know how bad it is at home.
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20. At Balan-Artificial Sun
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[The Day Planet Ballan's Sun Dropped!!]
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Domeru's ultimate plan is to push the Yamato into the Balanese surface
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with a huge artificial sun. But this would destroy the base on Balan, and
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Desurer orders Domeru to stop - allowing the Yamato to destroy the star and
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the base at the same time. (My personal favorite)
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21. Big Battle
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[Desperate Challenge from Domeru's Fleet!!]
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Domeru calls upon a formal battle with the Yamato and some special
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equipment - transporters, a drill for the wave-motion gun, and missles in
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the carrier bay.
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22. Big Battle, Second Day
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[Devisive Battle!! Battle for Honor in the Rainbow Star Group!!]
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Susumo Kodai manages to cause the missle to reverse itself, and the
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Yamato regains the use of its Wave-Motion Gun.
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23. At Gamira
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[Accomplishment is Coming! Magellanic Cloud High Wave!!]
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The Yamato are lured to planet Gamira, where Desurer attempts to destroy
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the space battleship by "drowning" it in Gamira's sea of sulfuric acid.
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24. Second Day at Gamira
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[Death Struggle! God, Weep for the Gamiras!!]
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The Gamalons are finally defeated on their own home planet, and the
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Yamato has no obstacles to complete its journey to Iskandar.
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25. At Iskandar
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[Iscandar! A Dying Planet of Love!!]
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The Star Force spends a relaxing week on Iskandar loading the Cosmo-
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Cleaner D, but there is trouble with deserters, led by engineer Sparks.
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26. The Journey Home
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[Earth! Yamato Returned!!]
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The Yamato is on its way home, but Desurer, who escaped the wreck of his
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planet, attacks them. His ship is seemingly destroyed, and Admiral Okita
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dies from radiation sickness.
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[Note: after perusing my new copy of the first Yamato Perfect Manual, I
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discovered that I was terribly off on my synopses of the second season.
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Below are the revised synopses, which should be accurate.]
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SECOND SEASON - October 14/1978-April 7,1979
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1. Yamato at Jupiter
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One year later and the Yamato is doing foot patrol at Jupiter. Sanada
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receives a mysterious signal.
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2. Blackout
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There is a blackout over most of the Earth, which is an attempt by a new
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threat to soften up Earth defenses. Sanada notices a huge comet heading
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towards Earth.
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3. Underground City
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Kodai and Yuki visit the remains of one of the underground cities that
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Earth used when it had been devastated by radiation. Kodai fears that the
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new threat could make them necessary again.
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4. Take-off, Battle Satellite
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Against the wishes of Earth government, the old Star Force is
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reassembled to answer the distress message that Sanda received. The Yamato
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destroys a battle satellite in the process of escaping.
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5. Battle with Andromeda
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Admiral Hijikata of the space force goes after the Yamato and decides
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that their spunk warrants leniency.
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6. At Planet Brumus
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The forces from the Comet Empire attack the planet Brumus, and the amato
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picks up the survivors, including their leader, the obnoxious Sgt. Saito.
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7. Submarine - Knox and Mamoru Fight
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Saito and Susumo have a disagreement over who's in command.
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8. Cyclone/Time Trap
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A time trap which they cannot escape from forces everything in the
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Yamato to age rapidly.
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9. Mazor Captured
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A Comet Empire pilot is captured. He escapes and, turned away by his
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own people, rams the Yamato in a senseless attempt to regain his honor.
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10. Asteroid Belt
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The Yamato uses the Asteroid Belt between Jupiter and Mars just as they
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did in the first season.
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11. Starflies
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Starflies are cute spaceborn insects that carry a deadly metal eating
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bacteria.
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12. Tunnel Satellite
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A tunnel satellite entraps the Yamato and Hyota Arakome, of all people,
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figures out the solution.
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13. First Day at Telezart
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The Yamato finally arrives at its destination - the devastated planet
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Telezart. They fight a land battle with the Comet Empire.
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14. Second Day at Telezart
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The ground war continues and Kodai, Shima and Analyzer finally meet
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Teresa, under the ruins of the planet.
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15. Third Day at Telezart
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Teresa explains the danger of the Comet Empire to Earth and declares
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that she must stay behind with her planet even though the Comet Empire will
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destroy it.
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16. Fourth Day at Telezart
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The Yamato prepares to leave but Teresa sends a final message and Shima
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goes to investigate.
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17. Departing Telezart
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The Yamato is well away from Telezart when the Comet Empire reaches it,
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and Teresa turns the planet into anti-matter, causing a magnificent
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explosion that delays the Empire's arrival at Earth by two days.
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18. Yamato Joins Fleet
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The Earth Defense Force fleet gathers together. Desurer escapes with
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Talan from the Comet Empire.
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19. Saito holds services on Brumus
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Despite Kodai's objections, Sgt. Saito is allowed to hold services for
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the friends he lost on Brumus during the return trip.
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20. First Battle
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Yamato joins the fleet and Sanada takes a short recon to Titan.
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21. Big Battle
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The Advanced fleet makes their final stand at Jupiter. The combined
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force of the Wave-Motion Guns succeed in removing the cometary force field
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of the planet, but all the fleet except the Yamato is destroyed.
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22. Moon Becomes Test of Comet's Power
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The Yamato retires to Ganymede for repairs, and the Comet Empire turns
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the Moon into a fireball to show Earth its power.
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23. Desurer Battles the Yamato
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Desurer again uses the space mines, but the Yamato succeeds in damaging
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Desurer's own ship. Shima is blown into space by and explosion. The Comet
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Empire lands on Earth.
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24. Desurer Reforms
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Kodai invades Desurer's ship, and is injured. Seeing Susumo and Yuki's
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gallantry, Desurer reforms and tells them the secret of how to defeat the
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Comet Empire. Trelena rescues Shima.
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25. Final Assault
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The Yamato infiltrates the Comet Empire and manages to detonate its
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power system - only to have a more deadly ship come from the ruins.
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26. Comet Empire's Destruction
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Teresa, a godlike being, destroys the Comet Empire and all aboard, and
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bids the Yamato return home.
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If much of the second season seems like a rehash of the first season
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(with the Enemy throwing traps at the Star Force in an attempt to turn them
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back) it's probably because the storyline was taken from a movie,
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Arrivedarcci Yamato, and needed to be "filled" out to be a series.
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The above synopses were made around eight years ago. I haven't seen USY/SB
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since. The above are not titles, but plot outlines as recorded 8 years
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ago.
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THIRD SEASON -October 11/1980-April 4/1981
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The following third season information is taken entirely from Anime-Zine
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number three, reproduced w/o permission. Many kind thanks to Walter Amos
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for providing the information. The magazine had synopses of the episodes,
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but since I haven't seen the third season yet I don't want to ruin it for
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myself by reading them.
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1. The Solar System Faces Destruction
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2. The Great Battle in the Milky Way
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3. Yamato Sets Sail at Daybreak
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4. Hit That Mars
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5. S O S Rogendor
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6. Fierce Battle Near Planet 11
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7. The Rough Seas of Alpha
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8. The Last Pioneer
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9. Battle at Barnard's Star
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10. Dagon's New Fleet Attacks Back
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11. Yamato in Danger Near the Cygnus
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12. A Penal Colony in Space
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13. Dreadful Bollar Commonwealth
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14. The Subspace Submariner: Garuman Wolf
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15. Yamato a Prisoner
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16. A Fete Day for Desslar
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17. Desslar's Empire at the Eleventh Hour
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18. The Angry Sun
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19. On the Way to Planet Phantom
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20. Planet Phantom It Is
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21. Shattered Hope
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22. Farewell Planet Phantom
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23. Battle at the Scalageck Strait
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24. The Secret of Planet Shalabart
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25. Yamato, Hit the Sun
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FILM
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1. Space Battleship Yamato - 8/1977 - 2 hrs. Constructed from series.
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2. Arrividercci Yamato, Soldiers of Love - 8/5/1978 -made into second
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series.
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3. New Voyage - 7/14/1979 - 90 min. TV movie - _not_ third season.
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4. Be Forever Yamato - 6/2/1980 - theatrical release.
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5. Space Cruiser Yamato, The Concluding Chapter(aka Final Yamato) -
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3/19/1983
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ENGLISH/JAPANESE NAMES
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Acknoledgements: Oh, boy. I have four different (count 'em!) sources for
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these names. To give credit where credit is due, each name is preceeded by
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a number that represents its source, below:
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Pronunciation: A dash means that the previous vowel is pronounced twice.
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Nuff said?
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ENGLISH NAME JAPANESE NAME
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YAMATO
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1 Spacecruiser Yamato Uchu- Senkan Yamato
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1 Derek Wildstar Susumu Kodai
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1 Nova Yuki Mori
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1 Captain Avatar Admiral Juzo Okita
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3 Doctor Sane Doctor Sakezo- Sado
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1 Mark Venture Daisuke Shima
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1 Sandor Shiro- Sanada
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1 Conroy Saburo- Kato-
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1 Cory Conroy Shiro Kato
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1 Captain Gideon Admiral Hijikata
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3 Homer Glitchman Giichi[or Yoshikazu] Aihara
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3 Dash Yasuo Nambu
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3 Eager Kenjiro- O-ta
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4 Orion Hikozaemon Tokugawa
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4 Hardy Akira Yamamoto
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1 Royster Hyota Arakome
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3 Sparks Sukeharu Yabu
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3 Lance(ep. 1.8 only) Akira Nemoto
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3 Kato(ep. 1.8 only) Wahiko Sugiyama
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3 Rider(ep. 1.15 only) Hayashi
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PLUTO
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2 Ganz Tukorutu
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2 Bain Gasotu
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BALAN
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1 Lysis Domeru
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2 Vulgar Ge-ru
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GAMIRASU
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1 Gamalon Gamiras
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1 Leader Deslok Generalissimo Desurer
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4 Sgt. Masterson General Talan*
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COMET EMPIRE
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2 Zordar Zuo-da
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2 Morta Miru
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2 Nascar Nasuka
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2 Gorse Gorsodo
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2 Dire Ge-nitutu
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2 Mazor Me-ga
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2 Invidia Sa-bera
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ISCANDAR
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1 Starsha Starsha
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1 Alex Wildstar Mamoru Kodai
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TELEZART
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1 Trelena Teresa
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The following names(from YPM1) I can't make a positive connection with
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English names:
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2 Torbac Baruze-
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2 Gortz Zabaibaru
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2 ? Goorasodo
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2 Hardy Hito Hirata
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2 Sasha? Suyaruba
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The following are English names whose Japanese equivalents I couldn't find:
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(all Gamirasu)
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Skarp
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Zanik
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Ranker
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Borka
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SOURCES
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1). Animag #10
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2). Yamato Perfect Manuals1 &2
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3). Space Fanzine Yamato #1
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4). Anime-Zine #3
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*This character is known as Sgt. Masterson during the third season and as
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General Talan during the first and second.
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** Some people say this is Hardy, not Conroy. However, as I remember he
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was called Conroy, and if it looked like Hardy it was because his hair was
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mussed up. In any case, Hardy did not become a major charactrer until
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Arrividerci Yamato, and most likely it is Conroy.
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Jeffrey M Delano
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J_Delano@unhh.unh.edu
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