Final Yamato (宇宙戦艦ヤマト・完結編, Uchuu Senkan Yamato Kanketsu Hen, lit. "Space Battleship Yamato: Final Saga") is a 1983 Japanese anime epic science fiction film and the fifth film (fourth theatrical) of the Space Battleship Yamato saga (known as Star Blazers in the United States).[4] Its extended 70mm cut was the longest theatrical animated film in the world for 36 years, until it was surpassed by In This Corner (and Other Corners) of the World, the 2019 extended cut of 2016's In This Corner of the World, by five minutes.
| Final Yamato | |
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 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Takeshi Shirato (chief) Tomoharu Katsumata Yoshinobu Nishizaki |
| Screenplay by | Kazuo Kasahara Hideaki Yamamoto Toshio Masuda |
| Story by | Eiichi Yamamoto |
| Produced by | Toshio Masuda Leiji Matsumoto |
| Starring | Kei Tomiyama Yoko Asagami Goro Naya |
| Music by | Hiroshi Miyagawa Kentarō Haneda |
Production company | West Cape Corporation[a] |
| Distributed by | Toei Company[1] |
Release dates |
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Running time | 152 minutes (35mm) 163 minutes (70mm)[2] |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Box office | ¥1.72 billion[3] |
Synopsis
editThe water planet Aquarius is heading towards Earth after flooding the home planet of the warrior race of the Dinguil. The Dinguil use warp technology to make the planet move towards Earth faster than usual. The warrior race plans to flood Earth and make it their new home. When Earth learns of this, they make plans to evacuate humanity. Unfortunately, the Dinguil destroy the evacuation fleets. The space battleship Yamato, under the newly revived Jyuzo Okita (who seemingly died in the first season of the original series) now has to fight the Dinguil and stop Aquarius from flooding the Earth.
Cast
edit- Kei Tomiyama as Susumu Kodai
- Yoko Asagami as Yuki Mori
- Goro Naya as Juzo Okita
- Chika Sakamoto as Jiro Shima
- Akira Kamiya as Shiro Kato
- Ichiro Nagai as Dr. Sakezo Sado
- Isao Sasaki as Daisuke Shima
- Jun Hazumi as EDF Officer
- Kazue Ikura as Dingir Boy
- Kazuo Hayashi as Yasuo Nanbu
- Kenichi Ogata as Analyzer
- Koji Yada as Talan
- Masane Tsukayama as Lugal II
- Masato Ibu as Desler / Heikuro Todo
- Mikio Terashima as Sho Yamazaki
- Osamu Kobayashi as Captain Mizutani
- Reiko Tajima as Queen of Aquarius
- Rokuro Naya as Dingir Officer
- Shinji Nomura as Giichi Aihara
- Takeshi Aono as Shiro Sanada
- Taro Ishida as Lugal I
- Toru Furuya as Tasuke Tokugawa
- Yoshito Yasuhara as Kenjiro Ota[5]
- Tatsuya Nakadai as Narrator
Reception
editThe film made ¥1.72 billion at the Japanese box office.[citation needed]
Alternate endings
editThere are three alternate endings that were included in the theatrical and home video releases.[citation needed]
Notes
edit- ^ The studio went through numerous name changes, which are listed as follows for the sake of consistency with other articles listing the studio: Academy Productions (April 1973–July 1980); Tokyo Animation (July–August 1980); Office Academy (August–October 1980); Nishizaki Music & Video Corporation (October 1980–April 1983); West Cape Corporation (April 1983–August 1997).
References
edit- ^ "Final Yamato" – via www.anime-planet.com.
- ^ "BANDAI NAMCO Arts". www.bandainamcoarts.co.jp.
- ^ "『宇宙戦艦ヤマト 完結編』の詳細情報". Eiga Ranking. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
- ^ "Not quite yamato". StarBlazers.com. Archived from the original on September 15, 2012. Retrieved 2010-02-02.
- ^ "FINAL VOICES". StarBlazers.com. Archived from the original on April 2, 2012. Retrieved 2008-09-10.
External links
edit- Starblazers Official website Archived 2021-02-11 at the Wayback Machine now defunct
- Final Yamato (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Final Yamato at IMDb