The Best Episodes of Space Battleship Yamato

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   7.8/10(25 votes)

   #1 - Hurry, Yamato!! Earth is suffering!!

   S1:E1312/29/1974

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

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   7.7/10(25 votes)

   #2 - The galaxy's ordeal! The year 2200 advances!

   S1:E141/5/1975

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

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   Writer:Keisuke Fujikawa

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   7.4/10(26 votes)

   #3 - Farewell, solar system! From the galaxy, with love!

   S1:E1012/8/1974

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

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   7.3/10(23 votes)

   #4 - Decisive battle! Fight for honor at the rainbow star group!

   S1:E223/2/1975

   The Yamato battles Domel for the last time.

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   7.1/10(29 votes)

   #5 - Sunken Yamato!! Destined Fortress Seizure Battle!!

   S1:E711/17/1974

   The Yamato faces disaster on the planet Pluto.

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   Writer:Keisuke Fujikawa

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   7.0/10(23 votes)

   #6 - Certain death! The wishing star of Orion, hell-star!

   S1:E1212/22/1974

   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.

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   7.0/10(24 votes)

   #7 - Mother Earth, the Yamato is back!!

   S1:E263/30/1975

   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...

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   6.9/10(23 votes)

   #8 - Floating fortress island! Two men brave death!

   S1:E182/2/1975

   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.

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   Writer:Keisuke Fujikawa

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   6.9/10(23 votes)

   #9 - Iscandar! A dying planet of love!

   S1:E253/23/1975

   The Yamato finally arrives at Iscandar.

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    6.8/10(34 votes)

    #10 - Fire the Signal Gun!! Space Battleship Yamato Takes Off

    S1:E210/13/1974

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

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    Writer:Keisuke Fujikawa

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    6.8/10(27 votes)

    #11 - Deperate Yamato!! Destroy the Reflective Satellite Cannon!!

    S1:E811/24/1974

    The Yamato destroys the Reflective Satellite

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    6.8/10(23 votes)

    #12 - Desperate Challenge from Domel's fleet!

    S1:E212/23/1975

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

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    6.8/10(22 votes)

    #13 - Death struggle! God, weep for the Gamilons!

    S1:E243/16/1975

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

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    6.7/10(41 votes)

    #14 - SOS Earth!! Awaken, Space Battleship Yamato

    S1:E110/6/1974

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

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    6.7/10(23 votes)

    #15 - The day planet Balan's sun dropped!

    S1:E202/16/1975

    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...

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    6.5/10(29 votes)

    #16 - Space Destroyer Yukikaze Rests on a Field of Ice!

    S1:E611/10/1974

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

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    6.5/10(22 votes)

    #17 - Finally arrived! Crest of the Magellanic Cloud's wave!

    S1:E233/9/1975

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

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    Writer:Eiichi Yamamoto

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    6.4/10(23 votes)

    #18 - Resolution! Break through the Gamilons' absolute defense line!

    S1:E1112/15/1974

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

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    6.4/10(24 votes)

    #19 - Homesickness of space! My mother's tears are my tears!

    S1:E192/9/1975

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

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    6.3/10(22 votes)

    #20 - Desperate escape! The galaxy's different dimension!

    S1:E151/12/1975

    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.

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    6.2/10(23 votes)

    #21 - Planet Beeland, underground prison of condemned criminals!

    S1:E161/19/1975

    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.

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    6.2/10(23 votes)

    #22 - Charge! Balanosaurus special attack group!

    S1:E171/26/1975

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

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    6.1/10(31 votes)

    #23 - Astonishing World!! The Yamato Exceeds the Speed of Light!

    S1:E410/27/1974

    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?

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    5.7/10(31 votes)

    #24 - Yamato takes off!! The 296,000 Light Years Challenge

    S1:E310/20/1974

    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?

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    5.4/10(30 votes)

    #25 - Escape from the Floating Island!! The Wave Motion Gun Draws Danger Near!!

    S1:E511/3/1974

    The Yamato is trapped by Jupiter's gravity.

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