I was late to school nearly every morning throughout the 1970′s due to cartoons. It wasn’t my fault that Force Five and Star Blazers were screened so closely to the time my bus arrived. Each day I mentally attempted to bend time and somehow watch both my favorite cartoons and get to school, but how can you argue with the grandeur that is Star Blazers?
The most space operatic of all anime to premiere on US broadcast syndicated TV, Star Blazers was a cult phenomenon to my generation. Will a live action version live up to the hype? Check out the trailer and decide for yourself!
It is the year 2194. The Gamilons, an enemy of undetermined form, begin an invasion of Earth. The nations of Earth pool their forces and fight back, but their armies are defeated and most of humanity wiped out.
Five years later, in 2199, the Earth has been polluted by space-to-planet bombs, and those who remain alive have fled underground. Even the former top pilot, Susume Kodai, has left the military. One day as he is exploring aboveground, a mysterious object falls out of the sky. This is a communications capsule from the planet of Iscandar, 148 000 light years distant. Apparently, on Iscandar there is equipment that will eliminate the radiation. The Defense Force of Earth equips the Space Battleship Yamato with a previously unknown propulsion system, a “wave-motion engine” based on plans found in the capsule. Kodai rejoins the Force, and resolves to set out aboard the Yamato. With the fate of the Earth in their hands, the crew blasts off for distant Iscandar. They have one year until radiation drives humanity to extinction. Kodai’s great battle has begun. Carrying humanity’s last hope with it, the Yamato blasts off!
Check out my article on Star Blazers at the Daily P.O.P.
