No doubt this the best anime that Japan has airing from the past 2 or 3 years and i can see how the original series affect the anime industry back in the past. Marathoned the series after catching up to the latest episode of Valvrave which i will share my thoughts about it as well once the final episode come out. Anyway i will say Space battleship Yamato 2199 is a good reboot as a person who never watched the original series considering the series have solid story and characters who drive it. Along with the epic series opening it is good enough to make me interested to make the original series get into my watchlist.
The story of the series is basically about when Humanity face the brink of destruction as the Earth as they fought losing battle against Sentient Alien race called Garmillan and have the surface of the Earth become uninhabitable. During these darkest hour, mankind managed to create a powerful battleship called Yamato which is tasked to travel to distant planet Iskandar where the ruler of the planet promised a technology to restore the Earth back to its former self. However the journey will not be easy as the crews of Yamato will face alot of trials and attack by the Garmillan in order to reach Iskandar.
While Yamato itself is Scifi rather than mecha series, i can see how it have profound effects to series like Gundam due to theme of "One Ship become the hope of Humanity" which inspired ships like White Base, Macross or Nadesico and definitely Zentradi are definitely based from Garmillans(wonder if they will get Deculture if Yamato has Basara/Minmai on board). Okita Juzo, the captain of Yamato is one of most badass ship captain i have seen, because he shows how a man can overcome any odds with his willpower and probably he got auto iron-wall seishin every turn. My only complain with the series is that it lacks fleet to fleet battle which makes it less epic than LOGH and Hadou Cannon could be less broken and finally Desler should have been portrayed to be less reckless because he should be a Sympathetic villain. Otherwise Space Battleship Yamato is a very good anime and my personal favorite episode is the 9th one.
I just started on this new version of Yamato anime. I kind of reminded me of the veri first Macross with strong element of patriotism and nation dignity in the aftermath of the empire's WWII defeat.
ReplyDeleteConsidering the flagship of the series itself is based upon one of the Imperial Japan's battleship back in WW2 it is bound to see some nationalism element in the anime. But i like how the series does not go way too ultranationalistic at least in the new anime.
ReplyDeleteI am also a Yamato fan and only got into the original series after finishing LOGH few years back since Central Anime doing a good job at subbing and promoting space operas. Yamato chogokin ships are only going up in price and I own a few myself.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, if you like the Space Noah Class from SRW, which was designed by Miyatake Katsutaka, you'll find a lot of his ship designs in season 2 of the original Yamato series. The tronium buster cannon is akin to a twin hadou hou while the Kurogane's drill is from the one in the Rainbow Cluster battle.
ReplyDeleteYes i do noticed that Hagane and Kurogane is a homage to Yamato series and i think probably Daitetsu too due to his ironwall. I may get the plastic model for Yamato ship someday and Cosmo falcon too which reminds me of Diamond squad from Macross 7.
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