54 years old and I still am in awe of the Wave Motion Gun. So many years since I've seen the original movie and I'm still getting goosebumps over this scene.
It s the whole design. The way the barrel looks. The little particles gathering at the front of the barrel. Then the sound of the actual shot! So cool. The twin barrels take away from the effect. I m trying to do the same imagining for Big Mo. Though the Yamato was the enemies ship, you can't deny the beauty of the machine itself.
"If it moves kill it. If it doesn't move, kill it. If it's shooting at us, kill it. If it surrenders, kill it. If it's dead, well, Hell, you're wepps officer, son, kill it more!"...🙃
@1tiercel: I watch both the original and remade version. In both, Gamilians also have bigger guns. After all, Gamilians have the planet version while Yamato only have battleship version. But then again, Gamilians have a battleship equipped with same Wave Motion Cannon.
@@FokkerBoombass Aye! But i think the Yamato could beat the Tube. That thing chopped planets up, but the Wave Motion Cannon freaking disintegrated stuff.
This live action adaptation was probably the best anime live action adaptations I've seen or know about. The writers really captured the feel of the original while adding original takes on the existing characters.
it was esentially a mix of SBY and new BattleStar Galactica.. wich works well. In the 2199 remake they kinda went that way but with the advantage of CGI for mecha consistency
@@atomicrc_8303 "Space Battleship Yamato" 2012. Remember the movie is not about the 'objective', it is about the crew and their commitment to each other. Enjoy!
This is the first I have seen of this live action amazing, and wow. It looks like they nailed the cartoon. Wow. Seeing the Yamato come out of the smoke at the end, not going to lie, brought a little tear to my eye. Anyone have a link to a dubbed or subtitle version before I go scour the internet?
When I was in elementary school in the late 70's I was SO hooked on this series. I had never seen a cartoon that was an actual serial with a finite # of episodes. It blew my mind.
Watched it every morning before school and had a fit when we went on vacation during spring break. Like damn bro I just missed 5 episodes of the best thing in my life
my friend CRSR DASH 840b5 told me he was 6 i think when it first came to american tv. he love those guns then he learned years later it was based on a real ship he was hooked!
OMG. I was not expecting to find this today; I absolutely loved this series growing up. Seeing the earth flake off the windows and the Yamato rise from the dry sea bed sent shivers down my spine. Of course, the ship was called the "Argo" when I first saw her at 8 years old. Much later I learned much later that was changed for "Star Blazers" in the US. I can understand the show runners being wary of calling her by "Yamato", identifying that wreck as the WW2 battlefield the US had sunk a generation prior. But I knew nothing of that in elementary school. And what a scene it is! Amazing!
In the US version of Starblazers dubbed by Voyager Entertainment I believe they did identify the wreck as Yamato in Episode 2 but said it would be renamed Argo.
Used to watch the cartoon when I was a kid. Was very surprised when I came across this movie. It is faithful, and then some to the original series, and packs a lot into it, as well as making some modern adaptations that fit perfectly. A flawless, and beautiful movie in my book. This scene, here, is fucking epic.
I've never seen it and my body still knows it. Is many chills. You don't need to understand the context of a series to know it's something amazing. You just have to look at it. I have a huge craving now.
Heck yea! I did exactly that when i found this movie by accident and fell in love with every aspect of the series! The music, characters, everything! This is the only series where i watch the opening every single time cause it never gets old to me and thats rare!
I too used to come home from school and watch this show every day, and I really like this film version...it was obviously made by people who loved the original show. They managed to get so many memorable moments from the series into the movie...it's pretty impressive.
There's something about that freaking cloud that gathers at the muzzle of the Yamato. Truly a trademark bit. Had three seasons on VHS and absolutely loved them.. I finally will see the whole live version tomorrow. Can't wait
Luke Skywalker: "I can destroy a Death Star by closing my eyes and using the Force to drop a missile down a little exhaust port after a 20 minute epic battle." Captain Avatar: "Hold my beer and watch this."
Cap Avatar (pats Luke on his head) - that's just adorable! Lemme show you a REAL planet smasher, kiddo! Luke (nervously) - I think I need to talk to an adult... Avatar - I'm an adult....🤯
@@mehmetgurdal Hold my bottle of Dr. Sane's spring water!....😁 (For those of you who were too young to get the reference, "Yamato" was localized for the US in the mid to late '70s as "Star Blazers" & as the indie TV stations of the day thought SB was kiddie fair, they removed a lot of "questionable" references. This one was the fact that "Yamato's" medical officer was a hardcore drunk who got liquored up at the drop of a hat & was always carting around a sake bottle. Here in the US of A, they dubbed it as "spring water"...🤬
Imagine how people reacted in the theaters when this movie was first released. Especially fans of the series. The wave motion gun is one of those critical things that can make A LOT of fans angry if you fuck it up. I think they did a damn good job replicating the feel of it from the anime. :)
DGneoseeker1 Because not every movie has to end the same way? I'm sick and tired of every single hollywood movie ending pretty much the exact same way. Hero saves the day, everyone lives, hero gets the girl, the end.
bummer6 I meant more that the movie completely shat all over the ending of the original anime. Not to mention having the aliens be some weird hive mind thing. The suicide ending IS in one of the Yamato animes but I'm not sure that one was treated as part of the canon timeline.
bummer6 I loved this movie. One thing I'd like to mention is that the music, in my opinion, was absolutely superb. I particularly liked it during the scenes in which they were talking with their families over the communications system and later on when Saito and Sanada were setting up the charges. This film had a lot of heart. :)
At ;59, the music kicks in, Yamato rises from the grave, and this mid-50's American is 12 years old again, and moved to near tears at it all. Even then I was a history buff, and knew Yamato's story. Over here, it was called "Starblazers", & I rushed home from school everyday to watch it. Never missed an episode! I just discovered this movie. Now I have to find a dvd with English subtitles.
The Yamato soundtrack in general is soooo good. There isn't a bad track in the OST. I'm constantly listening to both the 2199 and 2202 soundtrack, since I own both. But yes, "Yamato Sleeps Under the Setting Sun" is just so epic.
@@dalethelander3781 I'd tell you I'm nowhere near that emotional attachment and that I would never shed a tear during such a scene... but I'd be lying my ass off.
I always remember the feel of listening to the theme to Star Blazers. I was far too young to even know what a dubbed series was (I though Robotech was an original series) but it just touched a cord of the idea of honour, duty, service and self-sacrifice that was uncommon in western shows of the time. So epic.
When I watch this scene it takes me back 20 years to a time where the world had not tainted me with the woes of adult life. I miss those times, and Yamato was a big part of my childhood. This show was the best part of it, and its not been ruined like GiJoe or Transformers. Stay true to what you are, that is the lesson here.
Imagine how grown ups felt in 1980 watching Popeye in theaters. That was the original ruination of childhood lol. And don’t forget about the Scooby Doo and Brady Bunch movies.
Interesting that you mentioned "GI Joe" and "The Transformers" alongside "Space Cruiser Yamato". "Yamato" (known to some as "Star Blazers") was a Toei production. In the mid-'80s; Toei was a contract animator for the aforementioned (among others) Marvel Productions series.
Loved the cartoon as a kid. Actually built a Yamato in the back yard shed using boxes, pieces of pipe for main guns and a steel drum for the wave motion cannon.
I praise the producers of this movie for showing such respect to the original material. Besides some little changes, this movie is totally faithful to the original anime. I used to watch SBY as a kid and watch a live action SBY movie 30 years after is a feeling I cannot explain. Specially this sequence it sent me shivers down my spine!
+Rasallon Interesting. Is it the phaser lance, or is it fired from the ship's main deflector, like the weapon that the Enterprise-D used in "The Best of Both Worlds"? I love all of the Star Trek series, but I'm not very familiar with Star Trek online.
The USS Yamato was a sister ship of the Enterprise in season one of TNG. It was destroyed by an accident caused by a design flaw. The Galaxy Dreadnought (or "Galaxy X") in STO, like all ships, can be named whatever you want. It's class name is still Galaxy because it is simply a refit to the Galaxy Class Cruiser. Also the Phaser Lance weapon she has in the spinal mount is nice, but not even 1% as powerful as the WMG.
I think for what it was this film did a really excellent job of capturing all my favourite memorable Star Blazers moments. Well-done compressed into a small amount of time. I'd love to see a sequel.
Aside from Speed Racer and Kimba in the 70's Star Blazers (as it was named in the U.S.) was the real first anime hit in America, I loved this series. The next that caught all us teens in the 80's was Robo Tech. Long live Rick Hunter!
You forgot Gigantor (Tetsujin 28-go). Came out in the US about the time of Kimba the white lion (Janguru Taitei)and a bit before Speed Racer (Mach GoGoGo). They were all on the air in the US at one point.
Just some random searches on UA-cam today and came upon this! I never knew there was a live action movie, wholly crap! I'm impressed they borrowed the procedure for firing the wave motion gun straight from the cartoon: from the safety, the gun trigger, and even the tubes ramming into each other in the engine room.
Do you really think its needed? I mean i dont speak japanese but im pretty sure they were just doing saftey checks before they fired, oh and the space ship is the Yamato.
I love this !!! I was a big fan of the how when I was a kid. One of my favorite episodes was when the ship magnetized asteroids and used them as a rotating defensive shield to protect the ship. I'm glad someone brought this to life.
As a kid in the 70s & 80s, I never thought I'd ever witness a live action version of Star Blazers. That Wave Motion Gun was OP af, but the theme song still resonates within my core to this very day.
I watched this whole series as a kid. I get chills when the music kicks in. This scene is just like in the animated series. Just as good. Just as epic. Just as powerful.
Awesome movie, I bought a copy on Blu Ray when I was oversees and have to say that the production team and cast that made this movie hit a home run, absolutely A+ all the way!!
To watch this. It does bring a lot of memories from the past. The original cartoon series was way beyond when I was a kid. To see this now after 40 years is beyond. Our Star Blazers.!!!
In the original storyline they don't use the wave motion gun until the floating continent. The missle/bomb coming at earth gets destroyed with the "shot canon" (main) guns. I'm guessing for the live action edition (non anime) they had to abbreviate and change the storyline to fit within the time constraints.
Some of the words that aren't have a Japanese substitute are spelled in English They even have a separate alphabet for writing this kind of words🤯 So that's why non-Japanese speakers can understand some of their speech
No idea what they are saying but my GOD the theme song is epic!!! Chills man!! Chills! I NEVER missed this show when it aired on tv!!! The animation was old school , the writing at its zenith and the voice actors perfect at their roles!! Those that embrace today’s animation I share links of the two (IMHO) that started it all: Stsrblazers and Battle of the Planets (Gotchaman)! Unbeatable quality!!
0:53 It sank after an explosion and sinking due to a concentrated attack by the U.S. military aviation off Cape Bouno-Misaki in the Pacific War 76 years ago in the waters near Japan, but as a "space" battleship with current technology. It came back to life for the first time in 76 years. She has a wave engine powered by the world's most advanced tachyon particles.
Her magazines also detonated before she'd slipped beneath the waves...she was in pieces before she ever hit bottom. She saw more action in anime than she ever did in real life, where she only was part of three battles -- 1) Midway, where she was a command ship and not directly involved in the fighting. 2) Leyte Gulf -- specifically the Battle off Samar, which was the only time she ever fired on another surface vessel and was STILL driven off by the USS Johnston...a ship that weighed less than one of Yamato's main gun emplacements. 3) Operation Ten Go, where she was sunk.
I'm not extremely proficient but it sounds like he's saying to prepare for firing or simply saying to fire on his mark. The shades bit isn't directly referenced, they're putting them on because they don't want to be blinded by the laser fire.
Far as I know, "hado ho" means "wave energy cannon" or, more directly, "wave motion gun". Hado-injin is "wave energy engine". \m/ The shades reference is "Secure all stations; prepare for recoil shock". I remember that shit from the Star Blazers cartoon (plus, I recently SBY with English subtitles. =)
That would be the best welcome committee I would ever see and I would mount this weapon on the Battleships Yamato and the Missouri and bring them together
lanchester101 they should also rebuild the sunken yamato in the future when space travel is possible and remodel it to look like the space battleship yamato
When I first saw this movie, this was the scene that sent a chill down my spine. The theme was so.. fitting, yet I didn’t know why. After watching the og series I get it now, but from a casual viewer it was just crazy cool in general.
"Some people say the best weapon is the one you never have to use. I disagree. I say the best weapon is the one you only need to use once" -Tony Stark. He'd love the Wave Motion Gun. :)
I watched the cartoon version of this as a kid. I am a history buff, I know that this couldn't REALLY happen ... but man. When the Yamato emerges from the dry seabed and the theme punches in, I got goose bumps! Awesome scene. I didn't konw this movie had been made, it is now on my "must watch" list. Even if it has to be with sub-titles. 🙂
This series always made me think that perhaps it is a metaphor for the Japanese themselves. It exemplified their best qualities of stoicism, perseverance and most of all their ability to rise from the ashes of defeat.
I watched this show from 1979 to 1981 when was at ASU in Boone NC, many of us planned classes around this Great Show, The Wave Motion Gun, and The Wave Motion Engine,was Mind Blowing, I have the Seasons 1 and 2 on DVD
They did a reimagining of both series recently. Funimation did the voice dub and they're really good. "Space Battleship Yamato 2199" and "Space Battleship Yamato 2102" are worth checking out if you get the chance.
dixievfd55 Not sure if you have seen it but there is a new Yamato anime out... On kissanime.com it is Space Battleship Yamato 2199... A complete retelling of the original series... All new animation... Most of the sound effects are the same... In depth story telling... New subplots... Very well done...
Starblazers was one of my favorite cartoons as a kid, watched it every day right after Speed Racer, Battle of the Planets and Ultraman! I never knew they made this movie, and I'm so excited they did! I have to find either a subbed or dubbed version now!
I dont think it has that mode. It only has one fire setting, when the charge is at 120%. The only other time it did more than that is when it fired all 6 shots at once in the anime, but that nearly destroyed the ship
@@tennoshenaniganizer9234 Exactly, the Wave Motion Gun has only two settings: [ Massive Overkill ] and [ WAY Massive Overkill ], better known as "F everything in that general direction" and "F the Universe."
favorite part of this is just the sound this Wave Motion Gun Makes, The Anime one has a almost Whistle kind of tune to it with a few Classical Sci-fi Sounds added, while in this movie, its basically a SCREAM of Exess Energy being shot out
My theory about the Wave Motion Gun is they only ever use a fraction of its full power, as the “engine” is a micro-sun and the machinery is just the containment vessel and warp array. When they use the gun, it’s actually a directed solar plasma discharge from opening the containment vessel for just a few seconds. I think the micro-sun was actually in the capsule they found with Astra. They could fire larger discharges, but they would damage the shaft and have to repair it. They initially only had time to prepare the Yamato, but the plans Starsha sent also detailed how to create more micro-suns to power new ships.
When did they say it was a micro-sun? I don't recall that in the anime. Was it said in the film? I think it's meant to be something more exotic than plasma. This is more like shooting the warp drive out of a hole in the front of your ship and distorting space-time until it explodes.
'Not micro-stars. The original created tachyons (according to dub, any way). The 2199 remake invoked quantum black holes. Basically, wave motion tech creates and collimates the decay of diety-level physics models.
I loved watching STARBLAZERS as a kid, the amazing depth of visual detail and character development was simply ground breaking. Deslok was the most satisfying badguy... when he killed an underling, then stated [ I can't stand someone who laughs at there own jokes] has always stuck with me.
I enjoyed this movie and the attention to details like Analyzer's design, but I must admit, I missed that the Gamillans were not humanoid. Deslock/Desler, for all of his faults, was a very charismatic villain.
No, not to my knowledge. However a lot of other Japanese movies have been translated and released in the US. This was NOT a B-movie. This would have had a bigger audience than JEM .
I don't think so. According to what I've read the main actor Takuya Kimura has a clause in his contract that says no other actor can dub in over his dialogue. And I have a blu ray version it's subbed only.
John Fuse, Yeah sorry bout that, I have one of the early Blurays that was released. I guess the star waived his no dub contract or something because after you posted I found Blurays for sale with English dubs.
I remember that one. One of my fave episodes was the one with the "Reflex Gun" with the mirrors that sent these devastaing beams of energy in a relay from mirror to mirror until it hit the Yamato. Another epsiode where the Wave Motion Gun destroyed an undersea volcano that caused the magma level to rise until it destroyed a Gamilon base, if I remember right? Been many years since I watched the series.
This was about as faithful a Live Action remake as I've ever seen. The only issue I have right here is the very first time they fired the Wave Motion gun that I remember was when they destroyed the Continent, not to destroy the missile. They took out the missile with their main guns. The Wave Motion gun was saved to show how powerful it really could be.
I don’t speak any Japanese and yet I noticed halfway through this scene that I still understood everything that was going on. Starblazers is an international language.
The best part are all the comments from people of my generation leave here. We were all kids in the 70s, now in our 50s and this cartoon made such an impact that we're compelled to watch even to this day.
OMG, the closed caption auto-translate is hilarious. "Even if they look at the stupid goal and Kyosei lubricator, they are captivated by the third progression." "Naver is lying and it's skin is raised, and be with butterflies." Absolute gold.
54 years old and I still am in awe of the Wave Motion Gun. So many years since I've seen the original movie and I'm still getting goosebumps over this scene.
Dude I 57 and I agree
67 and it still rocks!
43 and just found my dream gun lol
It s the whole design. The way the barrel looks. The little particles gathering at the front of the barrel. Then the sound of the actual shot! So cool. The twin barrels take away from the effect. I m trying to do the same imagining for Big Mo. Though the Yamato was the enemies ship, you can't deny the beauty of the machine itself.
Wave MOTION RAY GUN!!!
BAD ASS Idea back n da 1970'S!!!
It is a real triumph of cinema when you don't understand a single word, yet you understand everything that is happening all at once. Phenomenal.
The dodgy CC is BUTCHERING any attempt to translate this.
I understood the countdown.😂
It sounds so much better when Okita says Hashime-spelling- in Japanese rather than Launch👍👍👍
It's very interesting that "targeting scope" was spoken very close to English.
Perfect
"where is the enemy"
"that direction"
"roger, removing that direction"
"If it moves kill it. If it doesn't move, kill it. If it's shooting at us, kill it. If it surrenders, kill it. If it's dead, well, Hell, you're wepps officer, son, kill it more!"...🙃
Revampedharpy09 stolen comment
😂😂😂❣ my favorite comment!!
that is funny.
@@scotcarr3390 Is that from anything specific, or no?
The music after the Captain says "Yamato" gives me chills. It is absolutely perfect.
And this is the most perfect casting I've ever seen in a movie.
The original "Please don't point that at my planet" -class weapon.
A better version would be the Planet Distuction cannon from Gal Force.
Space Battleship Yamato - 1974
Star trek "The Doomsday Machine" - 1967
Bitch please.
@1tiercel: I watch both the original and remade version. In both, Gamilians also have bigger guns. After all, Gamilians have the planet version while Yamato only have battleship version. But then again, Gamilians have a battleship equipped with same Wave Motion Cannon.
+1tiercel. Wasn't that a planetary or moon installation though? the wave motion gun is a mobile weapon.
@@FokkerBoombass Aye!
But i think the Yamato could beat the Tube.
That thing chopped planets up, but the Wave Motion Cannon freaking disintegrated stuff.
This live action adaptation was probably the best anime live action adaptations I've seen or know about. The writers really captured the feel of the original while adding original takes on the existing characters.
Heck, even the actors looked most like their anime counterparts
Wait thete was a live action version?
@@atomicrc_8303 yup...nice touch with the Battlestar Galactica 2000 aesthetic
it was esentially a mix of SBY and new BattleStar Galactica.. wich works well. In the 2199 remake they kinda went that way but with the advantage of CGI for mecha consistency
@@atomicrc_8303 "Space Battleship Yamato" 2012. Remember the movie is not about the 'objective', it is about the crew and their commitment to each other. Enjoy!
"I've _never_ liked west-northwest."
"Understood, sir."
"They say the best weapon is one you never have to fire. I respectfully disagree. I prefer the weapon you only have to fire once!" -Tony Stark
The mechanics down in the engine room did look a bit like Stark Tech using the Tesseract as a power source.
Oh
HOLY SWEET JEEBUS!! The emergence from the rocks...the music..EVERYTHING!!
Still gives me chills.
Every damn time
I loved this cartoon as a kid. I need to get my hands on this movie!
One of the best bits of the movie :D
Pretty damn close to the 2199 version’s epicness
This is the first I have seen of this live action amazing, and wow. It looks like they nailed the cartoon. Wow. Seeing the Yamato come out of the smoke at the end, not going to lie, brought a little tear to my eye.
Anyone have a link to a dubbed or subtitle version before I go scour the internet?
When I was in elementary school in the late 70's I was SO hooked on this series. I had never seen a cartoon that was an actual serial with a finite # of episodes. It blew my mind.
Watched it every morning before school and had a fit when we went on vacation during spring break. Like damn bro I just missed 5 episodes of the best thing in my life
my friend CRSR DASH 840b5 told me he was 6 i think when it first came to american tv. he love those guns then he learned years later it was based on a real ship he was hooked!
Same here. We had to run home from the bus stop to catch the intro. I was in 5th grade in 1979.
The Wave Motion Gun
When you absolutely, positively have to kill every mf'er in the galaxy...
+ratesforless HAHAH!
+The Inner Circle On a related note: Hado-ho basically means "Fuck everything in that direction"
:D
It's more like the welcoming committee every time it fires
+The Inner Circle Accept no substitutes.
+The Inner Circle huh if that stupid yamato can defeat unsc home fleet the sun will rise from west from today!
OMG. I was not expecting to find this today; I absolutely loved this series growing up. Seeing the earth flake off the windows and the Yamato rise from the dry sea bed sent shivers down my spine.
Of course, the ship was called the "Argo" when I first saw her at 8 years old. Much later I learned much later that was changed for "Star Blazers" in the US. I can understand the show runners being wary of calling her by "Yamato", identifying that wreck as the WW2 battlefield the US had sunk a generation prior.
But I knew nothing of that in elementary school. And what a scene it is! Amazing!
In the US version of Starblazers dubbed by Voyager Entertainment I believe they did identify the wreck as Yamato in Episode 2 but said it would be renamed Argo.
Have you seen the remake? Space battleship yamato 2199? Highly recommended if you haven't!
Used to watch the cartoon when I was a kid. Was very surprised when I came across this movie. It is faithful, and then some to the original series, and packs a lot into it, as well as making some modern adaptations that fit perfectly. A flawless, and beautiful movie in my book. This scene, here, is fucking epic.
I've never seen it and my body still knows it. Is many chills. You don't need to understand the context of a series to know it's something amazing. You just have to look at it. I have a huge craving now.
Well said.
I suggest go watch the remake "Space Battleship Yamato 2199, then the 2nd called "Space battleship Yamato 2202"
Heck yea! I did exactly that when i found this movie by accident and fell in love with every aspect of the series! The music, characters, everything! This is the only series where i watch the opening every single time cause it never gets old to me and thats rare!
I too used to come home from school and watch this show every day, and I really like this film version...it was obviously made by people who loved the original show. They managed to get so many memorable moments from the series into the movie...it's pretty impressive.
There's something about that freaking cloud that gathers at the muzzle of the Yamato. Truly a trademark bit. Had three seasons on VHS and absolutely loved them..
I finally will see the whole live version tomorrow. Can't wait
The Wave Motion Gun, aka the "fuck everything in this particular direction" device.
Jebediah Kerman agrees
@@BelgianDneprGuy2003 every Kerbal agrees
Also known as "When you absolutely, positively HAVE to destroy the enemy and make no mistake about it" device.
"Where's the enemy?"
"👈That direction."
"Deleting that direction."
Luke Skywalker: "I can destroy a Death Star by closing my eyes and using the Force to drop a missile down a little exhaust port after a 20 minute epic battle."
Captain Avatar: "Hold my beer and watch this."
hold my sake :D
Cap Avatar (pats Luke on his head) - that's just adorable! Lemme show you a REAL planet smasher, kiddo!
Luke (nervously) - I think I need to talk to an adult...
Avatar - I'm an adult....🤯
The lady at the base I translated it. She said, he has destroyed McDonald's with success.
LOVE IT!!!
@@mehmetgurdal Hold my bottle of Dr. Sane's spring water!....😁
(For those of you who were too young to get the reference, "Yamato" was localized for the US in the mid to late '70s as "Star Blazers" & as the indie TV stations of the day thought SB was kiddie fair, they removed a lot of "questionable" references. This one was the fact that "Yamato's" medical officer was a hardcore drunk who got liquored up at the drop of a hat & was always carting around a sake bottle. Here in the US of A, they dubbed it as "spring water"...🤬
Imagine how people reacted in the theaters when this movie was first released. Especially fans of the series. The wave motion gun is one of those critical things that can make A LOT of fans angry if you fuck it up. I think they did a damn good job replicating the feel of it from the anime. :)
But then why did they use that utterly terrible downer ending!?
DGneoseeker1 Because not every movie has to end the same way? I'm sick and tired of every single hollywood movie ending pretty much the exact same way. Hero saves the day, everyone lives, hero gets the girl, the end.
bummer6
I meant more that the movie completely shat all over the ending of the original anime. Not to mention having the aliens be some weird hive mind thing.
The suicide ending IS in one of the Yamato animes but I'm not sure that one was treated as part of the canon timeline.
DGneoseeker1 I'm pretty sure the live action movie isn't treated as being the same canon as the anime though.
bummer6 I loved this movie.
One thing I'd like to mention is that the music, in my opinion, was absolutely superb. I particularly liked it during the scenes in which they were talking with their families over the communications system and later on when Saito and Sanada were setting up the charges. This film had a lot of heart. :)
At ;59, the music kicks in, Yamato rises from the grave, and this mid-50's American is 12 years old again, and moved to near tears at it all.
Even then I was a history buff, and knew Yamato's story.
Over here, it was called "Starblazers", & I rushed home from school everyday to watch it. Never missed an episode!
I just discovered this movie. Now I have to find a dvd with English subtitles.
When the song "the Yamato Sleeps under the Setting Sun." Plays as she's lifting off.
The Goosebumps are Real.
That's easily one of the best heroic themes ever composed, ranking right up there with the scores to Star Wars and Lord of the Rings.
The Yamato soundtrack in general is soooo good. There isn't a bad track in the OST. I'm constantly listening to both the 2199 and 2202 soundtrack, since I own both. But yes, "Yamato Sleeps Under the Setting Sun" is just so epic.
I actually teared up when she emerged from the debris cloud.
@@dalethelander3781 I'd tell you I'm nowhere near that emotional attachment and that I would never shed a tear during such a scene... but I'd be lying my ass off.
Supposedly the American remake of this was going feature the USS Arizona as the resurrected ship. Good thing it didn't happen.
This is the most anime scene I've ever seen in a live-action film. And that's including Pacific Rim and Ready Player One.
I mean, this movie, unlike the other two, is adapted from an anime so i kind of expect anime scenes
The original "Matrix" is often referred to as anime-like.
Pacific rim is 🔥 same as space battleship yamato
you know your gun is bad ass it make a shock wave before it fire.
pretty cool scene
not to mention you need wearing safety googles/eye protector even the window is polarized
@@nazreenpg That's just because the ship is so cool and so is the weapon...lol
YEAH Its cool But the ship got Destroyed By the Enemy Main Ship
And you need shades on
When you have to be 10,000,000,000% sure the spider is dead.
If you're lucky you might even kill a cockroach too.😀 I heard they're pretty resilient.
To be honest, it was a BIG damn spider! 😁
... and the continent it's crawling on
I saw a meme once that said "Wave motion gun---you NEVER want to be on the receiving end".
John H White
(Giggles)
I missed out on a good one; I've had a smartphone for only two years.
Really you don't want to be on either end of the Wave Motion Gun. I mean, they plug the reactor directly into the thing to fire it.
@@deusexaethera yeah all that power release, leaves the ship pretty vulnerable. Imagine if they missed.
Mine was "When you realize it is too late to apologize"
Iirc in the anime (Note: I watched the english dub "Star Blazers") they ran out of power after the second tine they fired the cannon.
I always remember the feel of listening to the theme to Star Blazers. I was far too young to even know what a dubbed series was (I though Robotech was an original series) but it just touched a cord of the idea of honour, duty, service and self-sacrifice that was uncommon in western shows of the time. So epic.
When I watch this scene it takes me back 20 years to a time where the world had not tainted me with the woes of adult life. I miss those times, and Yamato was a big part of my childhood. This show was the best part of it, and its not been ruined like GiJoe or Transformers. Stay true to what you are, that is the lesson here.
Imagine how grown ups felt in 1980 watching Popeye in theaters. That was the original ruination of childhood lol. And don’t forget about the Scooby Doo and Brady Bunch movies.
Interesting that you mentioned "GI Joe" and "The Transformers" alongside "Space Cruiser Yamato". "Yamato" (known to some as "Star Blazers") was a Toei production. In the mid-'80s; Toei was a contract animator for the aforementioned (among others) Marvel Productions series.
@@floydjohnson7888 *Space Battleship Yamato
Damn straight.
Loved the cartoon as a kid. Actually built a Yamato in the back yard shed using boxes, pieces of pipe for main guns and a steel drum for the wave motion cannon.
YEARS had passed , still getting goosebumps watching this :)
Years have passed ... Still rolling damage... Need a lot more 🎲
Still here. New headphones. And rocking. Still goosebumps.
Damn straight.
映画の尺問題でシナリオGGではあったけど、この時に邦画でこんだけのCG出せたのはすごいと思うわ
Now that's the original BIG F***ING GUN!
That's what SHI said.
Man, seeing the Yamato rise and fire its gun never gets old!
Loved this movie! I remember running home to watch Star Blazers and Captain Harlock every day after school. When I found this movie, it was heaven.
You mean "Captain Harlock and the Queen of 1,000 Years"?
This movie brought back memories of afternoon cartoons from my childhood. Possibly the best live action adaptation Ive ever seen.
I praise the producers of this movie for showing such respect to the original material. Besides some little changes, this movie is totally faithful to the original anime. I used to watch SBY as a kid and watch a live action SBY movie 30 years after is a feeling I cannot explain. Specially this sequence it sent me shivers down my spine!
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Now I understand why the new Star Trek Online dreadnought, which has a similar weapon is called the Yamato.
+Rasallon Interesting. Is it the phaser lance, or is it fired from the ship's main deflector, like the weapon that the Enterprise-D used in "The Best of Both Worlds"? I love all of the Star Trek series, but I'm not very familiar with Star Trek online.
Steven Cohen Its fired from a giant gun under the saucer. Look for the Enterprise D from the episode All Good Things the final episode.
Rasallon I see. Thank you for the information. :)
Steven Cohen Your Welcome. The Yamato is an upgraded version of the ship which Star Trek Online created.
The USS Yamato was a sister ship of the Enterprise in season one of TNG. It was destroyed by an accident caused by a design flaw. The Galaxy Dreadnought (or "Galaxy X") in STO, like all ships, can be named whatever you want. It's class name is still Galaxy because it is simply a refit to the Galaxy Class Cruiser. Also the Phaser Lance weapon she has in the spinal mount is nice, but not even 1% as powerful as the WMG.
I think for what it was this film did a really excellent job of capturing all my favourite memorable Star Blazers moments. Well-done compressed into a small amount of time. I'd love to see a sequel.
Aside from Speed Racer and Kimba in the 70's Star Blazers (as it was named in the U.S.) was the real first anime hit in America, I loved this series. The next that caught all us teens in the 80's was Robo Tech. Long live Rick Hunter!
Mekrab J roger that
I grew up in the same era, and I never got into Robotech (although it looked cool). I was into Transformers by then.
You forgot Gigantor (Tetsujin 28-go). Came out in the US about the time of Kimba the white lion (Janguru Taitei)and a bit before Speed Racer (Mach GoGoGo). They were all on the air in the US at one point.
@@datrakker As was Astro Boy, Tobor the 8th Man, and Marine Boy.
A bit later we had Voltron: Defender of the Universe.
This one scene was what everyone wanted, and it was worth the whole movie just to see it.
Just some random searches on UA-cam today and came upon this! I never knew there was a live action movie, wholly crap! I'm impressed they borrowed the procedure for firing the wave motion gun straight from the cartoon: from the safety, the gun trigger, and even the tubes ramming into each other in the engine room.
Reverse that. This was first.
A faithful and loving re-creation to be sure.
Japan doesnt F around when it comes to life action adaptations like hollow wood or fatflix do.
Perfection. I watched this series religiously every day after school and that theme music still gives me a lump in my throat every time I hear it.
"We just learned a very important and awesome lesson. This gun is the shizit. We wtfpwned that continent."
Imperial guard needs more of those
PROXY 101 They got missiles capable of destroying black holes let alone a planet XD
The Yamato is basically just:
"Does this ship have a gun?"
"No... This gun have a ship."
Speaking as an American, I am fine with Subtitles.
lorzon
Likewise.
Target to scope UP. Only words you need to understand!
Saw this once with subtitles. It was so awesome.
Except when it's only Korean subtitles
Do you really think its needed? I mean i dont speak japanese but im pretty sure they were just doing saftey checks before they fired, oh and the space ship is the Yamato.
Thank you Japan, for creating One of The Best Sci-Fi series ever created.
I love this !!! I was a big fan of the how when I was a kid. One of my favorite episodes was when the ship magnetized asteroids and used them as a rotating defensive shield to protect the ship. I'm glad someone brought this to life.
As a kid in the 70s & 80s, I never thought I'd ever witness a live action version of Star Blazers.
That Wave Motion Gun was OP af, but the theme song still resonates within my core to this very day.
And everybody on Gamilon simultaneously craps their pants...
The Wave Motion Gun is not called a Big Fu*king Gun for nothing. That gun can destroy a whole fleet in one shot if used correctly.
+Tiercel5 Try a floating continent above Jupiter.
godzilloid or an Artificial planet + 5.000 spacecrafts, :3
Until Dessler (not in this movie) uses his Dessler's Gun, a more powerful version of WMG
実写版ヤマトしか知らない世代だけど徳川機関長の「エネルギー充填！120%！」の所すごく好きだった。
京王線沿いの居酒屋でプライベートでお会いして快く写真も撮って下さって去り際にご挨拶したら笑顔でまたね〜って手を振って下さったこと忘れられない。
そこから何度かその居酒屋でお会い出来たの凄く思い出です！
4:14 anyone else get SERIOUS chills at "Fire!" ?
+Cody Hartig
no
no but brings back memories of the cartoon that i loved of this
I watched this whole series as a kid. I get chills when the music kicks in. This scene is just like in the animated series. Just as good. Just as epic. Just as powerful.
Guilty
I know your comment is from a long time ago but it still holds true
No
艦のデザインとcgは良かったよな
あと、山崎努さんの沖田艦長
ぎばちゃんの真田さんは、解釈一致だったなぁ
BGMもいい
ただ、尺が足りないしいろいろ混ざってる
@@bby-01804部くらいに分ければ
言い感じになったと思う
このシーンだけ良かった
Awesome movie, I bought a copy on Blu Ray when I was oversees and have to say that the production team and cast that made this movie hit a home run, absolutely A+ all the way!!
To watch this. It does bring a lot of memories from the past. The original cartoon series was way beyond when I was a kid. To see this now after 40 years is beyond. Our Star Blazers.!!!
In the original storyline they don't use the wave motion gun until the floating continent.
The missle/bomb coming at earth gets destroyed with the "shot canon" (main) guns.
I'm guessing for the live action edition (non anime) they had to abbreviate and change the storyline to fit within the time constraints.
... I dont speak Japanese, but I UNDERSTOOD EVERYTHING THEY SAID?????
I think your watch to much anime
@@Gavinnnovido33441 lol. I don't even watch anime. How did I understand this ??????
“Safety” and “Targeto scope” sound like borrowed words to me.
Some of the words that aren't have a Japanese substitute are spelled in English
They even have a separate alphabet for writing this kind of words🤯
So that's why non-Japanese speakers can understand some of their speech
When I saw the movie I was fangurling so hard at this scene! All my fav childhood feelings just coalesce in to a puch your buddy "Hell Ya"!
This is one of those movies I can watch over and over. I was pleased to find the English adaption.
No idea what they are saying but my GOD the theme song is epic!!! Chills man!! Chills! I NEVER missed this show when it aired on tv!!! The animation was old school , the writing at its zenith and the voice actors perfect at their roles!! Those that embrace today’s animation I share links of the two (IMHO) that started it all: Stsrblazers and Battle of the Planets (Gotchaman)! Unbeatable quality!!
I am canadian and I can honestly say that this movie was really great. Highly enjoyed it.
0:53 It sank after an explosion and sinking due to a concentrated attack by the U.S. military aviation off Cape Bouno-Misaki in the Pacific War 76 years ago in the waters near Japan, but as a "space" battleship with current technology. It came back to life for the first time in 76 years.
She has a wave engine powered by the world's most advanced tachyon particles.
*254 Years bcs its 2199
Her magazines also detonated before she'd slipped beneath the waves...she was in pieces before she ever hit bottom.
She saw more action in anime than she ever did in real life, where she only was part of three battles -- 1) Midway, where she was a command ship and not directly involved in the fighting. 2) Leyte Gulf -- specifically the Battle off Samar, which was the only time she ever fired on another surface vessel and was STILL driven off by the USS Johnston...a ship that weighed less than one of Yamato's main gun emplacements. 3) Operation Ten Go, where she was sunk.
Loved this cartoon as a kid!! The memories. Still some of the most creative animations/shop designs I can think of.
3:55 I don't know japanese, so I don't know what he's saying, but I think its: "Sick shades on everyone, we're about to rek some face."
You don't have to know Japanese to know when badass is coming.
I'm not extremely proficient but it sounds like he's saying to prepare for firing or simply saying to fire on his mark. The shades bit isn't directly referenced, they're putting them on because they don't want to be blinded by the laser fire.
not sure either, but I think the last thing the captain says is "countdown from ten" to take the shot, or something like that
Far as I know, "hado ho" means "wave energy cannon" or, more directly, "wave motion gun". Hado-injin is "wave energy engine". \m/
The shades reference is "Secure all stations; prepare for recoil shock". I remember that shit from the Star Blazers cartoon (plus, I recently SBY with English subtitles. =)
I hope it's not too late XD The captain actually said “Ready to fire! Prepare for anti-shock-and-flash protection.”
西田さんありがとうございました！！！！
Rail guns, stealth ships...pfft. The Navy needs to invent wave motion guns.
That would be the best welcome committee I would ever see and I would mount this weapon on the Battleships Yamato and the Missouri and bring them together
lanchester101 they should also rebuild the sunken yamato in the future when space travel is possible and remodel it to look like the space battleship yamato
GoogIeGargIes BaIIs space battleship iowa
GoogIeGargIes BaIIs ikr lol
Smoking C96 space battleship Bismarck
When I first saw this movie, this was the scene that sent a chill down my spine. The theme was so.. fitting, yet I didn’t know why. After watching the og series I get it now, but from a casual viewer it was just crazy cool in general.
the first 40 minutes of this move are SO FREAKING GOOD. LIKE EVERYTHING A LIVE ACTION YAMATO SHOULD BE. and it fell... so hard. so fast. ugh
At least it wasn't The Last Jedi level of suckage.
It's hard to make a two hour movie out of a show that lasted 26 episodes, so they cut corners with the story and it hurt
"Some people say the best weapon is the one you never have to use. I disagree. I say the best weapon is the one you only need to use once" -Tony Stark. He'd love the Wave Motion Gun. :)
I watched the cartoon version of this as a kid. I am a history buff, I know that this couldn't REALLY happen ... but man. When the Yamato emerges from the dry seabed and the theme punches in, I got goose bumps! Awesome scene. I didn't konw this movie had been made, it is now on my "must watch" list. Even if it has to be with sub-titles. 🙂
Agreed.
stick with the subtitles, the english dub is horrible.
All that's missing is that guitar-like "KERRANG!" followed by that telltale scream, and it would be even more epic.
WORD! Almost forgot about the guitar but not the "scream".
YES that sound is so epic
This series always made me think that perhaps it is a metaphor for the Japanese themselves. It exemplified their best qualities of stoicism, perseverance and most of all their ability to rise from the ashes of defeat.
Indeed.
I watched this show from 1979 to 1981 when was at ASU in Boone NC, many of us planned classes around this Great Show, The Wave Motion Gun, and The Wave Motion Engine,was Mind Blowing, I have the Seasons 1 and 2 on DVD
They did a reimagining of both series recently. Funimation did the voice dub and they're really good. "Space Battleship Yamato 2199" and "Space Battleship Yamato 2102" are worth checking out if you get the chance.
This is how you reboot a series.
dixievfd55 Not sure if you have seen it but there is a new Yamato anime out... On kissanime.com it is Space Battleship Yamato 2199... A complete retelling of the original series... All new animation... Most of the sound effects are the same... In depth story telling... New subplots... Very well done...
dixievfd55 Yamato 2199 rebooted the franchise better. The LAM was good...but could have been better.
warbird1786 Yeah. It's essentially the original, but better in every way
No this is how you make sure a series is dead
Starblazers was one of my favorite cartoons as a kid, watched it every day right after Speed Racer, Battle of the Planets and Ultraman! I never knew they made this movie, and I'm so excited they did! I have to find either a subbed or dubbed version now!
Wave motion gun
AKA “Destroy everything in that direction”
AKA “Please don’t point that this way”
AKA “Fuck you button”
Never knew a live action of star blazers existed, to see the " Argo/Yamato" fire the wave motion gun was AMAZING!
and to realize they've only set the gun to 'stun'.
does it even have a stun mode? the only mode is death mode
I dont think it has that mode. It only has one fire setting, when the charge is at 120%. The only other time it did more than that is when it fired all 6 shots at once in the anime, but that nearly destroyed the ship
The Arizona class space battleships could fire in 6 seconds. Like the real Arizona, it was shot down immediately.
Sure it has a stun mode...
You fire it
Everything over there turns to plasma.
You sit there stunned.... Every time!
@@tennoshenaniganizer9234 Exactly, the Wave Motion Gun has only two settings: [ Massive Overkill ] and [ WAY Massive Overkill ], better known as "F everything in that general direction" and "F the Universe."
favorite part of this is just the sound this Wave Motion Gun Makes, The Anime one has a almost Whistle kind of tune to it with a few Classical Sci-fi Sounds added, while in this movie, its basically a SCREAM of Exess Energy being shot out
My theory about the Wave Motion Gun is they only ever use a fraction of its full power, as the “engine” is a micro-sun and the machinery is just the containment vessel and warp array. When they use the gun, it’s actually a directed solar plasma discharge from opening the containment vessel for just a few seconds. I think the micro-sun was actually in the capsule they found with Astra. They could fire larger discharges, but they would damage the shaft and have to repair it. They initially only had time to prepare the Yamato, but the plans Starsha sent also detailed how to create more micro-suns to power new ships.
When did they say it was a micro-sun? I don't recall that in the anime. Was it said in the film?
I think it's meant to be something more exotic than plasma. This is more like shooting the warp drive out of a hole in the front of your ship and distorting space-time until it explodes.
@@DGneoseeker1 It’s just a personal theory…
'Not micro-stars. The original created tachyons (according to dub, any way). The 2199 remake invoked quantum black holes.
Basically, wave motion tech creates and collimates the decay of diety-level physics models.
So in mathematics calculation of how powerful the gun is let say more than powerful than Black hole even more
I loved watching STARBLAZERS as a kid, the amazing depth of visual detail and character development was simply ground breaking. Deslok was the most satisfying badguy... when he killed an underling, then stated [ I can't stand someone who laughs at there own jokes] has always stuck with me.
この発進シーンは鳥肌立った!!!!!
操縦桿が島から古代に移る時の、相原のキャーも実写にしか無いリアルな素晴らしい演技ですね。
I think that well-done animation is the best tribute to the original material. This scene is epic!
I enjoyed this movie and the attention to details like Analyzer's design, but I must admit, I missed that the Gamillans were not humanoid. Deslock/Desler, for all of his faults, was a very charismatic villain.
That one-shot of the _Yamato_ rising out of the dried-up sea bed is so goddamn perfect it makes me cry.
Your video will make a fine addition to my "UA-cam algorithm strikes again" collection
With all the (bad stuff) on the Sic FI channel why was THIS never translated and released ?????
It is a great and faithful movie adaptation.
No, not to my knowledge. However a lot of other Japanese movies have been translated and released in the US. This was NOT a B-movie. This would have had a bigger audience than JEM .
TomeOfBattle I would think it would be. I LOVED the cartoon and though this was a first class effort.
Lexington73300
The version with subtitles works just fine for me.
I don't think so. According to what I've read the main actor Takuya Kimura has a clause in his contract that says no other actor can dub in over his dialogue. And I have a blu ray version it's subbed only.
John Fuse, Yeah sorry bout that, I have one of the early Blurays that was released. I guess the star waived his no dub contract or something because after you posted I found Blurays for sale with English dubs.
I remember that one. One of my fave episodes was the one with the "Reflex Gun" with the mirrors that sent these devastaing beams of energy in a relay from mirror to mirror until it hit the Yamato.
Another epsiode where the Wave Motion Gun destroyed an undersea volcano that caused the magma level to rise until it destroyed a Gamilon base, if I remember right? Been many years since I watched the series.
This gives me chills every time I watch it.
I remember my Drunk friend Kathy calling it the Mauve Wation gun. lol
lol
Shaden0040 colorful name!
I love this show as a kid! I'd love to hear it in English! I'd love to watch this new version!
When Avatar says, "Yamoto HA SHING!" I don't know what that means, but it sounded awesome!
Its japanese for KA POW
@@okramoffacebook1381 Alt translation - You are so screwed now!!
"Yamato, Hasshin" means "Yamato, Launch!"
Good enough to be a modern movie, and do well in theaters!
My favorite weapon of mass destruction! Sandor was my favorite character... He saved the ship so many times....
4:07 Not sure why you need the accuracy of a handgun, when he basically about to destroy everything directly in front of them.
This was about as faithful a Live Action remake as I've ever seen. The only issue I have right here is the very first time they fired the Wave Motion gun that I remember was when they destroyed the Continent, not to destroy the missile. They took out the missile with their main guns. The Wave Motion gun was saved to show how powerful it really could be.
I don’t speak any Japanese and yet I noticed halfway through this scene that I still understood everything that was going on. Starblazers is an international language.
“Go ahead Wildstar. Fire your wave motion gun.” - my buddy used to say that all the time in a perfect Desslok voice.
The best part are all the comments from people of my generation leave here. We were all kids in the 70s, now in our 50s and this cartoon made such an impact that we're compelled to watch even to this day.
Loved the original animated series. This movie was fantastic.
the visual effects are on point. It looks amazing
Meu Deus! que beleza, as atuações, os cortes certos, tudo feito pra construir a tensão. Muito lindo! PARABÉNS
OMG, the closed caption auto-translate is hilarious.
"Even if they look at the stupid goal and Kyosei lubricator, they are captivated by the third progression." "Naver is lying and it's skin is raised, and be with butterflies."
Absolute gold.
Ugh disco skirt sea and boot city
Beyond woo woo woo
What is the news of that country as a priest?