Now that it's been released on home media, I finally got the opportunity to watch the second of the two new SPACE BATTLESHIP YAMATO 2205 films, which was actually four episodes. And I'm afraid that I have to report that the back half of 2205 wasn't quite as strong or solid as the first portion, … Continue reading STAR BLAZERS: Space Battleship Yamato 2205: A New Voyage: Stasha
It's always something of an event around these parts when a new SPACE BATTLESHIP YAMATO project drops. And so the past decade or so has been bountiful, after a long span of drought. All of which is to say that I finally got to watch the first of the two SPACE BATTLESHIP YAMATO 2205 films--the … Continue reading STAR BLAZERS: Space Battleship Yamato 2205: A New Voyage
It has to be said that Tim Eldred does a phenomenally good job in curating and running the COSMO DNA fan site devoted to all things STAR BLAZERS and SPACE BATTLESHIP YAMATO. It's a gloriously thorough place covering all aspects of this now-ancient show and its recent revivals. You can find it here: https://ourstarblazers.com/ But … Continue reading STAR BLAZERS: The Scripts
After FINAL YAMATO was released in 1983, it would be more than 25 years before we'd get another YAMATO/STAR BLAZERS project, though there were always rumors about new things in the pipeline, rumors that would never quite be borne out. It's taken a very long time, but the last decade has been very encouraging for … Continue reading In Our Next STAR BLAZERS Adventure – The Modern Era
One of the most compelling discoveries for me when I first became a fan of STAR BLAZERS and began to plug into the loose network of fandom that existed at that time was that there had been additional YAMATO stories produced after the two series that had made up STAR BLAZERS. Finding a way to … Continue reading In Our Next STAR BLAZERS Adventure – The Classic Era
EPISODE 52 "Come on, Wildstar, you've done all you can here. The Argo has served us well, now Earth needs us." - Doctor Sane We had no idea, tuning in on that Tuesday, that the ten-and-a-half week journey of STAR BLAZERS was about to reach its conclusion. Wednesday would take us back around to the … Continue reading In Our Next STAR BLAZERS Adventure – Episode 52
EPISODE 51 "Wildstar, Wildstar...look, you've got to let me do this. I never thanked you...for rescuing me and my me on Brumis that time. It's hard for me to say things. This is my way of sayin' thanks. So long...see you back at the Argo!" - Sergeant Knox As Monday rolled around, we came to … Continue reading In Our Next STAR BLAZERS Adventure – Episode 51
EPISODE 50 "Goodbye. I hope we meet again." - Leader Desslok The end of the week brought us one of the all-time greatest episodes of STAR BLAZERS and also one of the best animated. You can tell that the original Japanese production crew knew that they were making something special here in the added time … Continue reading In Our Next STAR BLAZERS Adventure – Episode 50
EPISODE 49 "Star Force--devils!" - Leader Desslok We were all expecting a showdown when we tuned into STAR BLAZERS that Thursday, coming on the heels of yesterday's installment, and we got one--just not the one we tough was coming. Because although we hadn't seen any sign of him for about a week, it was time … Continue reading In Our Next STAR BLAZERS Adventure – Episode 49
EPISODE 48 "Right now, we have an advantage. Everyone will expect the Star Force to surrender too. Captain Gideon didn't surrender--he fought to the end. And someone else...Trelaina...Can the Star Force do any less? It's up to us now!" - Derek Wildstar Things were looking pretty bad for the Earth at the end of yesterday's … Continue reading In Our Next STAR BLAZERS Adventure – Episode 48
The Tom Brevoort Experience 