Space Battleship Yamato (1974): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 1974, Space Battleship Yamato is an animation, drama and action & adventure series.

What it’s about. Space Battleship Yamato is a Japanese science fiction anime series featuring an eponymous spacecraft. It is also known to English-speaking audiences as Space Cruiser Yamato; an English-dubbed and heavily edited version of the series was broadcast on North American and Australian television as Star Blazers. The first two seasons of this version were broadcast in Greece in 1981-82 as Διαστημόπλοιο Αργώ. An Italian-language version was also broadcast under the name Star Blazers in Italy, and a Portuguese-language version was successfully shown in Brazil under the title Patrulha Estelar and Viaje a la Ultima Galaxia or Astronave Intrepido in Spain and Latin America. It is a seminal series in the history of anime, marking a turn towards more complex serious works and influencing works such as Mobile Suit Gundam and Neon Genesis Evangelion; Hideaki Anno has ranked Yamato his favorite anime and credited it with sparking his interest in anime. Yamato was the first anime series or movie to win the Seiun Award, a feat not repeated until the 1985 Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind.

Who’s in it. Space Battleship Yamato stars Kei Tomiyama as Susumu Kodai, Gorō Naya as Juzo Okita, Shūsei Nakamura as Daisuke Shima and Yoko Asagami as Yuki Mori, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 7.8/10, Space Battleship Yamato has been warmly received by audiences.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Space Battleship Yamato page.

If you liked it. Fans of Space Battleship Yamato tend to enjoy Rick and Morty, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Attack on Titan and Attack on Titan: No Regrets.