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Synopsis

The water planet Aquarius is heading towards Earth after flooding the home planet of the warrior race of the Dinguil. The Dinguil use warp technology to make the planet move towards Earth faster than usual. The warrior race plans to flood Earth and make it their new home. When Earth learns of this, they make plans to evacuate humanity. Unfortunately, the Dinguil destroy the evacuation fleets. The space battleship ''Yamato'', under the newly revived Jyuzo Okita (who seemingly died in the first season of the original series) now has to fight the Dinguil and stop Aquarius from flooding the Earth.

Cast

Kei Tomiyama , better known by his stage name , was a Japanese actor, voice actor, and narrator born in Anshan, Manchukuo. Tomiyama was affiliated with Aoni Production and Production Baobab. Tomiyama is best known for his roles in '' Tiger Mask'' (Naoto ...

as Susumu Kodai * Yoko Asagami as Yuki Mori *

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as Juzo Okita *

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as Jiro Shima *

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as Shiro Kato * Ichiro Nagai as Dr. Sakezo Sado *

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as Daisuke Shima *

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as EDF Officer *

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as Dingir Boy *

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as Yasuo Nanbu * Kenichi Ogata as Analyzer * Koji Yada as Talan *

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as Lugal II *

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as Desler / Heikuro Todo * Mikio Terashima as Sho Yamazaki * Osamu Kobayashi as Captain Mizutani * Reiko Tajima as Queen of Aquarius * Rokuro Naya as Dingir Officer * Shinji Nomura as Giichi Aihara *

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as Shiro Sanada * Taro Ishida as Lugal I *

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as Tasuke Tokugawa *

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as Kenjiro Ota *

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as Narrator

Reception

The film made ¥1.72 billion at the Japanese box office.

Alternate endings

There are three alternate endings that were included in the theatrical and home video releases.

Notes

References

External links

Starblazers Official website
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