STAR BLAZERS 2199
"Space Battleship Yamato 2199 (宇宙戦艦ヤマト2199 Uchū Senkan Yamato Ni-ichi-kyū-kyū?) is a 2012 Japanese military sci-fi anime television series that is a remake of the first Space Battleship Yamato TV series created by Yoshinobu Nishizaki with production design and direction by Leiji Matsumoto in 1974, known in the United States as Star Blazers. The series was originally screened back-to-back in theaters across Japan, a few episodes at a time prior to release on home video, and aired on TV from April 7, 2013 to September 29, 2013. A feature film based on the series is planned for release in 2014." (Wikipedia)
YES, I blogged about this before, but it has, alas, flew below my radar thus far … nevertheless, with the DVD and Blu-Ray of the 26 episodes scheduled for a release on February 27th, 2014, here's a relook at the first 6 chapters in this 13 minute trailer posted above!
Pre-orders for "STAR BLAZERS 2199" starts December 19th on starblazers.com. And if you need to further understand the difference between "Star Blazers" and "Space Battelship Yamato", here is a handy video:
