History Anime / SpaceBattleshipYamato

** (The TropeNamer, after ''Star Blazers'' and Doctor Sane's "spring water".

** Also played perfectly straight when the heroes manage to cruise to Saturn from Mars without warping in a matter of days, a trip that would take about 5 and 1/2 years from Mars without some form of FTL.

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The adaption of ''New Journey'' manifested as ''Space Battleship Yamato 2205'' movie duology in 2021 and 2022. A trailer was shown at the end of ''2205'' for ''Be Forever Yamato: Rebel 3199'', an upcoming adaption of 1980's ''Be Forever Yamato''.

** In Japan, the name ''Yamato'' is associated with patriotism and tradition (and was so even before the ship's naming). Since these connotations would be unknown at best and maligned at worst (the war had only been a generation past) the dub acknowledges that the ancient battleship is indeed the ''Yamato'', but when it is rebuilt into a spaceship it is rechristened the ''Argo''. The title change to ''Star Blazers'' may also have been to distance the show from Japan's war legacy for American audiences.

* PeekABangs: Fighter pilot Yamamoto/Hardy goes into ''combat'' with one eye obscured. This is probably to be expected in a series by the creator of ''Anime/CaptainHarlock''.

* StarfishAliens: The 2010 movie does this with [=Gamilas/Iscandar=], who either possess humans or create [[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya humanoid interfaces]] to deliver dialogue.

The plot of ''Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato2199'' was the core plotline of ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsV'', while adding a few dozen GiantRobots to the Yamato's complement.

* OffModel: Many, a few of which were referenced in the 2199 remake:
** The opening for the first few episodes had the Yamato rise during daylight, but in the actual episode where Yamato rises it was nighttime, so they put a blue filter on the opening to fix the inconsistency. As the nod to this, the 2199 opening has the Yamato rising during nighttime, but in the actual episode? During daylight.
** Dessler having a different skin color from the rest of his race, which as noted in HumanAliens the animators tried to explain as a result of different lighting. They expanded this into different ethnicities in 2199.

The adaption of New Journey manifested as Space Battleship Yamato 2205 in 2021. A trailer was shown at the end of 2205 for Be Forever Yamato: Rebel 3199, an upcoming adaption of 1980's Be Forever Yamato.

** At the end of Final Yamato, [[spoiler: Dessler]] stands on the outer deck of his ship, saluting, no helmet, the wind blowing through his hair and rippling his cape... all in the airless void of outer space. Though somehow [[spoiler: [[BackFromTheDead he's survived the vacuum of space for extended periods of time without a suit before.]] ]]

* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler: Okita ''was'' dead at the end of the first TV series, but for some reason the writers decided to bring him back as Captain in ''Final Yamato'']]
** He wasn't dead, he was just sleeping. No, seriously, that was the explanation: [[spoiler: he was in a coma from the time the Yamato reached earth at the end of the ''Quest to Iscandar'' until ''Final Yamato''.]]

: AdaptationExpansion: Parts that the manga only mentioned (like the battle against the Insect Men, the assault on Gamilas' base on Pluto and the battle at Gamilas itself) were actually shown in the anime. It also expanded on events from the manga.

* AdaptationDistillation / AdaptationExpansion: The anime does both: due the first series being cut from 39 episodes to 26, the manga plot about [[spoiler: Anime/CaptainHarlock]] was dropped, but parts that in the manga were only mentioned (like the battle against the Insect Men, the assault on Gamilas' base on Pluto and the battle at Gamilas itself) were actually shown, events from the manga were expanded, and most of the Comet Empire series is expanded from a part of the manga that covers only the first few episodes.

In 2199, the surface of the Earth has been bombarded into an uninhabitable radioactive wasteland by an alien race from the planet Gamilas. The Gamilan fleet (Gamilons in the Star Blazers dub) is superior to humanity's few remaining warships, and the extinction of humanity is likely within a year. In the middle of a losing battle against the Gamilon fleet, a spaceship from the planet Iscandar arrives and crashes on Mars. Two space cadets investigate the wreck, and discover a beautiful woman, dead, with a message for Earth: if Earth can send a ship to Iscandar, Queen Starsha of Iscandar will give Earth technology that will neutralize the radioactive contamination on the planet, and save humanity.

After decades of dispute, the Yamato franchise has been resurrected in a big way. A new film titled ''pace Battleship Yamato: Resurrection'', was finally made and released to Japanese theaters on December 12, 2009. It takes place in 2220, 17 years after the events of ''Final Yamato''.

In 2199, the surface of the Earth has been bombarded into an uninhabitable radioactive wasteland by an alien race from the planet Gamilon. The Gamilon fleet (Gamilas in the Japanese original) is superior to humanity's few remaining warships, and the extinction of humanity is likely within a year. In the middle of a losing battle against the Gamilon fleet, a spaceship from the planet Iscandar arrives and crashes on Mars. Two space cadets investigate the wreck, and discover a beautiful woman, dead, with a message for Earth: if Earth can send a ship to Iscandar, Queen Starsha of Iscandar will give Earth technology that will neutralize the radioactive contamination on the planet, and save humanity.

** As seen above, the recurring Gamillas Empire is all about ANaziByAnyOtherName: an expansionist, militaristic empire that puts crosses on their ships, are highly reliant on technology, are ruled by a tyrannical dictator and have german-sounding names. As the show evolved, they turned into a military democracy with similarities to {{Eagleland}} -- disturbingly enough, [[UnfortunateImplications they turned into unlikely allies as the show advanced]].

* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: See SecretTestOfCharacter below.
** Strangely, this was mostly excised in the dub, making it come across as more warlike than the original. In the dub, Starsha is portrayed as regretting not telling Earth that Iscandar and Gamilon [[spoiler:were twin planets, which happened to also be true in the Japanese version as well.]]

** Also played perfectly straight when the heroes manage to cruise to Saturn from Mars without warping in a matter of days, a trip that would take about 5 and 1/2 years from Mars with some form of FTL.