This movie is a film adaptation of the original Space Battleship Yamato anime TV series. The plot goes like this:
The year is 2199, and the Earth has been under radioactive siege from extraterrestrials known as the Gamilas for five years. The Earth's surviving population has moved underground to escape the bombardment, but the contamination is slowly penetrating to reach them. The last space battleship of the exhausted Earth Defense Forces, Yamato, sets out on a journey of to Iscandar, a planet located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, to acquire a device that can heal the ravaged Earth before it is too late.
Watch Theatrical Trailer below (with English subtitles)
The main cast of characters has been changed from that of the original anime TV series. Yuki will now have a more active fighting role, and two of the original anime main male characters - Aihara and Dr. Sado - will be female in the live-action version.
Kimura who plays the main character, Kodai Susumu, made appearance at the movie countdown event as a secret guest, and 8,500 fans welcomed him with big cheers and clapping. At Akasaka Sacas, there is a 1/14 sized replica of the battleship Yamato, and Kimura said, "It looks very powerful, but the Yamato on the screen will be a little more powerful. I was excited during each scene, so I can’t wait until its release."
Singer Sasaki Isao (ささき いさお; 佐々木功; Sasaki Isao; born May 16, 1942), who has been singing the theme songs for the anime version of “Yamato” for 36 years, also showed up and performed the songs in a live. Sasaki plays the role of narrator for the live action flick.
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