★ 7.1

Star Blazers: The Quest for Iscandar

TV · 26 eps · ~25 min · 1974 · Original

Finished

Synopsis

In the distant future, the war between the human race and the Gamilon has taken its toll on the planet Earth. Constant bombardment of radioactive asteroids has rendered the planet's atmosphere uninhabitable. As a means of relief aid, Queen Starsha of the planet Iscandar offers the Earth Forces a device that can completely neutalize the radiation off the planet. For this task, the space battleship Yamato is launched from the remains of its World War II ancestor on a 148,000 light-year journey. However, the crew of the Yamato has only one Earth year to travel to Iscandar and back, or the human race will come to an end. (Source: Anime News Network)

Episodes (26)

1. SOS Earth!! Awaken, Space Battleship Yamato10/06/1974
Earth is losing to a superior foe, as the very survival of the planet lies within a message from a distant galax
2. Fire the Signal Gun!! Space Battleship Yamato Takes Off10/13/1974
The hope of the Earth lies within an old battleship found at the bottom of what used to be the Great Eastern Sea.
3. Yamato takes off!! The 296,000 Light Years Challenge10/20/1974
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?
4. Astonishing World!! The Yamato Exceeds the Speed of Light!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?
5. Escape from the Floating Island!! The Wave Motion Gun Draws Danger Near!!11/03/1974
The Yamato is trapped by Jupiter's gravity.
6. Space Destroyer Yukikaze Rests on a Field of Ice!11/10/1974
The Yamato searches Saturn's moon, Titan, for a rare mineral.
7. Sunken Yamato!! Destined Fortress Seizure Battle!!11/17/1974
The Yamato faces disaster on the planet Pluto.
8. Deperate Yamato!! Destroy the Reflective Satellite Cannon!!11/24/1974
The Yamato destroys the Reflective Satellite
9. Revolving Defense!! Asteriod Belt!!12/01/1974
Limping along, the Yamato comes up with a new defensive strategy.
10. Farewell, solar system! From the galaxy, with love!12/08/1974
The Yamato says goodbye to their families before leaving the solar system.
11. Resolution! Break through the Gamilons' absolute defense line!12/15/1974
Gamilas Supreme Commander Desslar unveils a trap that will destroy the Yamato: space mines. But these mines have a sinister function..
12. Certain death! The wishing star of Orion, hell-star!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.
13. Hurry, Yamato!! Earth is suffering!!12/29/1974
A Gamilas pilot is captured and the Yamato interrogates him, as Kodai personal tragedy comes into play.
14. The galaxy's ordeal! The year 2200 advances!01/05/1975
Tensions mount on the Yamato as she is trapped in a space storm.
15. Desperate escape! The galaxy's different dimension!01/12/1975
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.
16. Planet Beeland, underground prison of condemned criminals!01/19/1975
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.
17. Charge! Balanosaurus special attack group!01/26/1975
Gale, the general Domel replaced on Balan, devises a plan to destroy the Yamato. Captain Okita is critically ill, and Kodai steps into action.
18. Floating fortress island! Two men brave death!02/02/1975
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.
19. Homesickness of space! My mother's tears are my tears!02/09/1975
Chief Communcations Officer Aihara is worried about conditions on Earth. But what does he know that the crew doesn't?
20. The day planet Balan's sun dropped!02/16/1975
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...
21. Desperate Challenge from Domel's fleet!02/23/1975
Gamilas General Domel, pardoned for his failure at Balan, challenges the Yamato to one final battle.
22. Decisive battle! Fight for honor at the rainbow star group!03/02/1975
The Yamato battles Domel for the last time.
23. Finally arrived! Crest of the Magellanic Cloud's wave!03/09/1975
The Yamto finally arrives at the Magellanic Cloud and "Iscandar"... but have they found their hope for survival, or their enemy's haven?
24. Death struggle! God, weep for the Gamilons!03/16/1975
The Yamato fights on Gamilas, as the Yamato survival depends on wiping out an entire civilization.
25. Iscandar! A dying planet of love!03/23/1975
The Yamato finally arrives at Iscandar.
26. Mother Earth, the Yamato is back!!03/30/1975
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...