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After decades of dispute, [http://yamato2009.jp a new film], titled ''Space Battleship Yamato: Rebirth Chapter'', was finally made and released to Japanese theaters on Dec 12, 2009. It ignored the events of ''Final Yamato'' and took place in 2220.
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Also, starting on April 27, 2012, a remake of the original series called ''Space Battleship Yamato 2199'' began to air. It will be a 26 episode anime based on the first series and divided into 7 films for theatrical release.
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* [[Comic Book Adaptation]]: There were four comic adaptations set in the ''Star Blazers'' universe. The latest is the webcomic ''Rebirth.''
* [[Composite Character]]: {{spoiler|Yuki briefly turns into Starsha in the 2010 movie.}}
* [[Continuity Reboot]]: ''Space Battleship Yamato 2199'' retells the story from the beginning with higher production values, a different character designer, and both [[Adaptation Distillation]] and [[Canon Foreigner
* [[Contrived Coincidence]]
* [[Cool Starship]]
* [[Creative Differences]]: Yoshinobu Nishizaki and Leiji Matsumoto both claim they are the sole creators of ''Space Battleship Yamato''. (The court system has sided with Nishizaki.) Both have made their own separate ''Yamato'' projects<ref>the short-lived ''Yamato 2520'' [[OVA
* [[Culture Clash]]: A meta example. American viewers might wonder why Japanese would choose the ''Yamato'' (which was something of a [[Guy in Back]] most of the war) instead of a ship with such a distinguished combat record as, say, the [[Worthy Opponent|IJN Zuikaku.]] After all Americans chose the formidably battle-seasoned USS Enterprise to give to [[Star Trek|Captain Kirk.]] However the ''Yamato'' was something of a Japanese icon and to this day it has a model in the Etajima museum.
* [[Cultural Translation]] (or [[Woolseyism]] or [[Macekre]], depending on who you ask): In ''Star Blazers'', the scenes showing Wildstar's backstory go out of their way to avoid mentioning that he lived in Japan. His home is called "Great Island" and sushi (clearly shown on screen and looking like nothing else besides sushi) is called "chocolate cake".
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* [[Dub Name Change]]: This actually happened twice, with different names.
** First the original English dub of the movie, called ''Space Cruiser Yamato'' (or sometimes just ''Space Cruiser''), which is fairly obscure. The most glaring change here was the renaming of Daisuke Shima to "Shane O'Toole" and making him a [[Token Minority]] Irishman.
** Then the ''much'' better known ''Star Blazers'', with its [[Luke Nounverber]] heroes and the elimination of all the [[No Swastikas|Nazi-Germany-derived names]] among the bad guys. Not to mention the ship itself becoming the ''Argo''.<ref>As the Japanese title indicates, the ship is known as the ''Yamato'' in the Japanese version; the same name as the original WWII vessel that was unearthed.</ref>
* [[Earthshattering Kaboom]]: The destruction of planets Gamilas and Iscandar (by a [[Self-Destruct Mechanism]]) in ''The New Voyage''
** In a [[Kick the Dog]] moment, the Comet Empire pauses on their invasion route to blow up a planet inhabited mainly by dinosaurs. Strangely, the weapons used to do this are never actually used against Earth.
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* [[Ramming Always Works]]: The Yamato rams Dessler's ship in Farewell Yamato and the remake, season 2, and all it did was ''bend some metal''. Dessler's ship fares worse in the remake: the engine is actually damaged by the ram rather than [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Kodai running through the halls, shooting robots and grenading the engine to kingdom come.]]
** Yet, at the end of ''Farewell Yamato'', ramming works completely correctly: a titanic fireball.
* [[Real Time]]: Sort of. The ''Yamato/Argo'' has one year exactly to complete its
* [[Redshirt Army]]: The Earth Defense Forces.
* [[Religious and Mythological Theme Naming]]: The ''Yamato'' was renamed the ''Argo'' in ''Star Blazers'', for the Greek mythological ship in which Jason and the Argonauts set sailed upon.
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