, also known as ''Star Blazers: The Bolar Wars'', is a
Japanese military science fiction
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anime
is a Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, , in Japan and in Ja ...
series produced by Academy Productions. It is the sequel to ''
Be Forever Yamato'' created by
Yoshinobu Nishizaki and
Leiji Matsumoto
was a Japanese manga artist, and creator of several anime and manga series. His widow Miyako Maki is also a manga artist.
Matsumoto was famous for his works such as ''Space Battleship Yamato'' and ''Galaxy Express 999''. His style was chara ...
. It aired on
Yomiuri TV in Japan from October 11, 1980 to April 4, 1981. Elements of the series later got remade in 2024 as ''
Be Forever Yamato: Rebel 3199''.
Plot
The plot centers about the drama which ensues when a stray
proton
A proton is a stable subatomic particle, symbol , Hydron (chemistry), H+, or 1H+ with a positive electric charge of +1 ''e'' (elementary charge). Its mass is slightly less than the mass of a neutron and approximately times the mass of an e ...
missile, from a battle between the Galman Empire and the Bolar Federation, crashes into the
Sun. It causes
nuclear fusion
Nuclear fusion is a nuclear reaction, reaction in which two or more atomic nuclei combine to form a larger nuclei, nuclei/neutrons, neutron by-products. The difference in mass between the reactants and products is manifested as either the rele ...
to accelerate to unsafe levels. The Yamato and crew must then set out on a mission to look for a new world for the
human
Humans (''Homo sapiens'') or modern humans are the most common and widespread species of primate, and the last surviving species of the genus ''Homo''. They are Hominidae, great apes characterized by their Prehistory of nakedness and clothing ...
race. They must do so in less than one year.
Over the course of the story, the Yamato and crew must complete their mission of finding a new home for Earthlings amidst the strife caused by the Galman-Bolar conflict. The Galmans, we learn, are the ancestral race from which the Gamilas came. After the battle with the Dark Nebula Empire ended, a battle which destroyed the planet Gamilas, Desler and his remaining forces set out to search for this ancestral homeland. They found Galman, enslaved by the cruel grey-skinned aliens known as the Bolars. They promptly liberated Galman, and a galaxy-wide war ensued.
The Yamato and crew eventually catch up with Desler, who is deeply remorseful that Earth has been dragged into this conflict. Desler dispatches a team of Gamilas-Galman scientists to attempt to restore the Sun. This effort ultimately fails.
During the course of the mission, the Yamato rescues Ruda, the exiled queen of the mysterious and hidden planet, Shalbart. It turns out that she is worshipped by peace-seeking factions within both the Galman and Bolar empires, and is wanted (preferably dead) by both governments which fear her influence. This puts a strain on the fragile alliance between Earth and the Galmans, and causes the Bolars to declare outright war against Earth.
Earth is finally saved when the Yamato brings Ruda to Shalbart, and she decides to give the Earthlings a device (the Hydro-Cosmogen Gun) that can restore the Sun's natural fusion balance. But even this only succeeds after some ultimate sacrifices on the part of some of Yamato's crew.
Cast
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Noriko Ohara as Sabera
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Kei Tomiyama as
Susumu Kodai
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Yōko Asagami as Yuki Mori
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Akira Kamiya as Shirou Katou
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Goro Naya as Gustav
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Eiji Kanie
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Takeshi Aono
was a Japanese voice actor and narrator from Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Hokkaidō. He was attached to Aoni Production at the time of his death. He graduated from Hokkaidō Asahikawa Higashi High School.
Career
Aono was most known for the roles of Sh ...
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Masatō Ibu Desler, Heikurō Tōdō
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Kouji Yada (General Talon)
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Kenichi Ogata (Analyzer)
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Keiko Han (Ruda Sharubāto)
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Kazuo Hayashi (Yasuo Nanbu)
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Hirotaka Suzuoki (Kojirou Ohta)
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Hideyuki Tanaka (Ryuusuke Damon)
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Junpei Takiguchi
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Kaneto Shiozawa
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Kôhei Miyauchi (Shalibart Elder)
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Mugihito as (Dagon)
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Shigeru Chiba
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Sumi Shimamoto
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Shōzō Iizuka
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Tesshō Genda
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Tohru Furuya as Daisuke Tokugawa
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Tomomichi Nishimura
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Toshio Furukawa as Takeshi Ageha
Notes
References
External links
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Uchû Senkan Yamato III - Leijiverse
{{Leiji Matsumoto
1980 anime television series debuts
Animated space adventure television series
Military science fiction television series
Space opera anime and manga
Space Battleship Yamato
Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation original programming
Television series about queens