6.6/1035 votes#1 - 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
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6.8/1030 votes#2 - 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.
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5.5/1027 votes#3 - 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?
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6.0/1028 votes#4 - 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?
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5.2/1027 votes#5 - 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.
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- 6.4/1026 votes
#6 - 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.
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- 7.0/1025 votes
#7 - Sunken Yamato!! Destined Fortress Seizure Battle!!
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/17/1974
The Yamato faces disaster on the planet Pluto.
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- 6.6/1025 votes
#8 - Deperate Yamato!! Destroy the Reflective Satellite Cannon!!
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/24/1974
The Yamato destroys the Reflective Satellite
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- 5.0/1024 votes
#9 - Revolving Defense!! Asteriod Belt!!
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/1/1974
Limping along, the Yamato comes up with a new defensive strategy.
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- 7.3/1024 votes
#10 - 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.
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- 6.2/1021 votes
#11 - 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..
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- 6.8/1021 votes
#12 - 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.
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- 7.7/1023 votes
#13 - 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.
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- 7.6/1023 votes
#14 - 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.
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- 6.1/1020 votes
#15 - 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.
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- 5.9/1020 votes
#16 - 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.
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- 6.0/1021 votes
#17 - 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.
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- 6.8/1021 votes
#18 - 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.
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- 6.2/1021 votes
#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?
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- 6.5/1021 votes
#20 - 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...
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- 6.7/1021 votes
#21 - 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.
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- 7.2/1021 votes
#22 - 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.
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- 6.3/1020 votes
#23 - 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?
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- 6.6/1020 votes
#24 - 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.
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- 6.7/1020 votes
#25 - Iscandar! A dying planet of love!
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 3/23/1975
The Yamato finally arrives at Iscandar.
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The Best Episodes of Space Battleship Yamato Season 1
Every episode of Space Battleship Yamato Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Space Battleship Yamato Season 1!
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"SOS Earth!! Awaken, Space Battleship Yamato" is the best rated episode of "Space Battleship Yamato" season 1. It scored 6.6/10 based on 35 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 10/6/1974. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Fire the Signal Gun!! Space Battleship Yamato Takes Off".