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The Best Episodes of Space Battleship Yamato

Every episode of Space Battleship Yamato ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Space Battleship Yamato!

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;...
Genres:AnimationDramaAction & Adventure
Network:YTV

Best Episodes Summary

"Hurry, Yamato!! Earth is suffering!!" is the best rated episode of "Space Battleship Yamato". It scored 7.5/10 based on 23 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 12/29/1974. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "The galaxy's ordeal! The year 2200 advances!".

  • Hurry, Yamato!! Earth is suffering!!
    7.5/1023 votes
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    #1 - Hurry, Yamato!! Earth is suffering!!

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/29/1974

    A Gamilas pilot is captured and the Yamato interrogates him, as Kodai personal tragedy comes into play.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The galaxy's ordeal! The year 2200 advances!
    7.5/1023 votes
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    #2 - The galaxy's ordeal! The year 2200 advances!

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/5/1975

    Tensions mount on the Yamato as she is trapped in a space storm.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Farewell, solar system! From the galaxy, with love!
    7.3/1025 votes
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    #3 - Farewell, solar system! From the galaxy, with love!

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/8/1974

    The Yamato says goodbye to their families before leaving the solar system.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Decisive battle! Fight for honor at the rainbow star group!
    7.2/1022 votes
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    #4 - Decisive battle! Fight for honor at the rainbow star group!

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 3/2/1975

    The Yamato battles Domel for the last time.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Sunken Yamato!! Destined Fortress Seizure Battle!!
    7.0/1026 votes
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    #5 - Sunken Yamato!! Destined Fortress Seizure Battle!!

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/17/1974

    The Yamato faces disaster on the planet Pluto.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Fire the Signal Gun!! Space Battleship Yamato Takes Off
    6.8/1031 votes
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    #6 - Fire the Signal Gun!! Space Battleship Yamato Takes Off

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/13/1974

    The hope of the Earth lies within an old battleship found at the bottom of what used to be the Great Eastern Sea.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Certain death! The wishing star of Orion, hell-star!
    6.8/1022 votes
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    #7 - Certain death! The wishing star of Orion, hell-star!

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/22/1974

    Dessler prepares another trap for the Yamato: an energy net that captures them. The only way out is in the direction of a massive sun, as a huge secret is revealed that might affect the crew.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Floating fortress island! Two men brave death!
    6.8/1022 votes
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    #8 - Floating fortress island! Two men brave death!

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 2/2/1975

    The Yamato comes across a Gamilas fortress that emits Magnetron waves, which set vibrations into metals and rips them apart. Kodai and Sanada board the fortress using a new seamless plane that Sanada created. They destroy the base, and the Yamato flies on.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Desperate Challenge from Domel's fleet!
    6.7/1022 votes
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    #9 - Desperate Challenge from Domel's fleet!

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 2/23/1975

    Gamilas General Domel, pardoned for his failure at Balan, challenges the Yamato to one final battle.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Iscandar! A dying planet of love!
    6.7/1021 votes
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    #10 - Iscandar! A dying planet of love!

    Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 3/23/1975

    The Yamato finally arrives at Iscandar.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Mother Earth, the Yamato is back!!
    6.7/1021 votes
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    #11 - Mother Earth, the Yamato is back!!

    Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 3/30/1975

    The Yamato Returns Home! With the Cosmo Cleaner D, they are ready to save Earth. But one final battle may cost them a crew member closest to Kodai...

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • SOS Earth!! Awaken, Space Battleship Yamato
    6.6/1036 votes
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    #12 - SOS Earth!! Awaken, Space Battleship Yamato

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/6/1974

    Earth is losing to a superior foe, as the very survival of the planet lies within a message from a distant galax

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Deperate Yamato!! Destroy the Reflective Satellite Cannon!!
    6.6/1026 votes
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    #13 - Deperate Yamato!! Destroy the Reflective Satellite Cannon!!

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/24/1974

    The Yamato destroys the Reflective Satellite

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Death struggle! God, weep for the Gamilons!
    6.6/1021 votes
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    #14 - Death struggle! God, weep for the Gamilons!

    Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 3/16/1975

    The Yamato fights on Gamilas, as the Yamato survival depends on wiping out an entire civilization.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The day planet Balan's sun dropped!
    6.5/1022 votes
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    #15 - The day planet Balan's sun dropped!

    Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 2/16/1975

    The Yamato reaches planet Balan, the halfway point in their mission to Iscandar. But Domel is waiting on his base there, and springs a trap that might destroy both the Yamato AND the base...

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Space Destroyer Yukikaze Rests on a Field of Ice!
    6.4/1027 votes
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    #16 - Space Destroyer Yukikaze Rests on a Field of Ice!

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/10/1974

    The Yamato searches Saturn's moon, Titan, for a rare mineral.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Finally arrived! Crest of the Magellanic Cloud's wave!
    6.3/1021 votes
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    #17 - Finally arrived! Crest of the Magellanic Cloud's wave!

    Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 3/9/1975

    The Yamto finally arrives at the Magellanic Cloud and "Iscandar"... but have they found their hope for survival, or their enemy's haven?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Resolution! Break through the Gamilons' absolute defense line!
    6.2/1022 votes
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    #18 - Resolution! Break through the Gamilons' absolute defense line!

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/15/1974

    Gamilas Supreme Commander Desslar unveils a trap that will destroy the Yamato: space mines. But these mines have a sinister function..

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Homesickness of space! My mother's tears are my tears!
    6.2/1022 votes
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    #19 - Homesickness of space! My mother's tears are my tears!

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 2/9/1975

    Chief Communcations Officer Aihara is worried about conditions on Earth. But what does he know that the crew doesn't?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Desperate escape! The galaxy's different dimension!
    6.1/1021 votes
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    #20 - Desperate escape! The galaxy's different dimension!

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/12/1975

    Desslar commissions Gamilas General and war hero Domel to defeat the Yamato. The Yamato travels near a galactic whirlpool, but as assist from afar saves their mission.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Astonishing World!! The Yamato Exceeds the Speed of Light!
    6.0/1029 votes
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    #21 - Astonishing World!! The Yamato Exceeds the Speed of Light!

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/27/1974

    The Yamato tests out the Wave Motion Engine's warp capabilities, which will allow them to travel 148,000 light years to Iscandar and back in one year. But will the Gamilas stop them?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Charge! Balanosaurus special attack group!
    6.0/1022 votes
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    #22 - Charge! Balanosaurus special attack group!

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/26/1975

    Gale, the general Domel replaced on Balan, devises a plan to destroy the Yamato. Captain Okita is critically ill, and Kodai steps into action.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Planet Beeland, underground prison of condemned criminals!
    5.9/1021 votes
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    #23 - Planet Beeland, underground prison of condemned criminals!

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/19/1975

    Analyzer and Yuki fly down to a planet looking for food for the crew, but are captured by the inhabitants. Analyzer reveals a secret to Yuki that will change both of them.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Yamato takes off!! The 296,000 Light Years Challenge
    5.5/1028 votes
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    #24 - Yamato takes off!! The 296,000 Light Years Challenge

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/20/1974

    The Earth Defense force mission is clear - take the newly rebuilt Yamato 148,000 light years to the planet Iscandar, to retrieve a machine called the Cosmo-Cleaner D which will save Earth from its irradiated state. But will the Gamilas stop them?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Escape from the Floating Island!! The Wave Motion Gun Draws Danger Near!!
    5.2/1028 votes
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    #25 - Escape from the Floating Island!! The Wave Motion Gun Draws Danger Near!!

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/3/1974

    The Yamato is trapped by Jupiter's gravity.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A