Leiji Matsumoto
Director
Star Blazers (1974)
Star Blazers : The Quest For Iscandar
In the year 2199, a starship must make a dangerous voyage to the distant planet Iscandar and back to save Earth from an alien invasion.
Released Oct. 6, 1974
Episode 30 min
9+
Genres: Action, Adventure, Animation, Anime, Anime: Military, Anime: Space, Drama, Science Fiction
Keywords: tmdb.space, imdb.flying-battleship, imdb.year-2199, imdb.space-carrier, imdb.outer-space, imdb.space-war, imdb.quest + 14 more, imdb.spacecraft, imdb.fighter-pilot, mdblist.ext.2k-blu-ray, imdb.alien-invasion, imdb.alien-invasion-sci-fi, imdb.2190s, imdb.anime-animation, imdb.space-sci-fi, imdb.space-opera-sci-fi, imdb.space-adventure, mdblist.has-trailer, imdb.22nd-century, imdb.hand-drawn-animation, imdb.end-of-the-22nd-century
Production Companies: Sunwagon Productions, Claster Television Productions
Network: NBC
S1E1 - The Sleeping Giant
The first episode of Star Blazers ("Space Battleship Yamato") is born.
The earth is being decimitaed by meteor bombs from outer space which is slowly poisoning the earth. Captain Avatar's (Okitaâ's) ship and his assault fleet are attacked by the Gamilons (Gamilus), a form of alien invaders. His ship is critical injured but he makes back to earth. Meanwhile a group of cadets, Wildstar (Kodai) and Venture (Shima) find a special message and ship to aid the fight against the invaders.
Oct. 6, 1974, midnight
S1E2 - The Giant Awakens
The hope of the Earth lies within an old battleship found at the bottom of what used to be the Great Eastern Sea.
Oct. 13, 1974, midnight
S1E3 - Launch of the Argo
The Star Force is created, and their mission is clear - take the newly rebuilt Argo 148,000 light years to the planet Iscandar, to retrieve a machine called the Cosmo DNA which will save Earth from its irradiated state. But will the Gamilons stop them?
Oct. 20, 1974, midnight
S1E4 - Space Warp
The Star Force tests out the Wave Motion Engine's warp capabilities, which will allow them to travel 148,000 light years to Iscandar and back in one year. But will the Gamilons stop them?
Oct. 27, 1974, midnight
S1E5 - The Floating Continent
The Argo is trapped by Jupiter's gravity.
Nov. 3, 1974, midnight
S1E6 - The Ghost of Recent Past
The Argo searches Saturn's moon, Titan, for a rare mineral.
Nov. 10, 1974, midnight
S1E7 - The Battle of Pluto (1)
The Argo faces disaster on the planet Pluto.
Nov. 17, 1974, midnight
S1E8 - The Battle of Pluto (2)
The Star Force sets out to destroy the Reflex Gun.
Nov. 24, 1974, midnight
S1E9 - Gantz's Last Stand
Limping along, the Argo comes up with a new defensive strategy.
Dec. 1, 1974, midnight
S1E10 - We Will Return
The Star Force says goodbye to their families before leaving the solar syste
Dec. 8, 1974, midnight
S1E11 - The Desslok Mines
Gamilon Supreme Commander Desslok unveils a trap that will destroy the Star Force: space mines. But these mines have a sinister function...
Dec. 15, 1974, midnight
S1E12 - The Sea of Fire
Desslok, getting some satisfaction out of seeing his inferior officers fail at their attempt to stop the Star Force with space mines, now offers his own solution: a matter-eating Ecto Gas. Desslok plans to use the gas, and an electromagnetic force net, to chase the Star Force into the corona of a red giant star, Voltan -- The Sea of Fire. He is so confident of his new invention that he tells General Krypt not to bother reporting on the success, and strides off to his bedroom to dream of the conquest of other worlds.
The Gamilons begin their offensive by ensnaring the Argo in a powerful electromagnetic space net, and then sending a volley of missiles. Captain Avatar suffers a black-out, which he attributes to an earlier battle wound, and fails to order their interception. Wildstar initiates it instead, without the order, leading to a later reprimand. The ship barely manages to pull out of the space net and evade the Gamilon missiles. Dr. Sane knows the real reason for Avatar's collapse
Dec. 22, 1974, midnight
S1E13 - Know Thine Enemy
A Gamilon pilot is captured and the Star Force interrogates him, as Wildstar's personal tragedy comes into play.
Dec. 29, 1974, midnight
S1E14 - The Worst of Times
Tensions mount on the Argo as she is trapped in a space storm.
Jan. 5, 1975, midnight
S1E15 - The Galactic Whirlpool
Desslok commissions Gamilon General and war hero Lysis to defeat the Star Force. The Argo travels near a galactic whirlpool, but as assist from afar saves their mission.
Dec. 12, 1975, midnight
S1E16 - Tin Wit's Tale
IQ-9 and Nova fly down to a planet looking for food for the crew, but are captured by the inhabitants. IQ-9 reveals a secret to Nova that will change both of them.
Jan. 19, 1975, midnight
S1E17 - The Burdens of Command
Vulgar, the general Lysis replaced on Balan, devises a plan to destroy the Star Force. Captain Avatar is critically ill, and Wildstar steps into action.
Jan. 29, 1975, midnight
S1E18 - The Magnetron Wave
The Star Force comes across a Gamilon fortress that emits Magnetron waves, which set vibrations into metals and rips them apart. Wildstar and Sandor board the fortress using a new seamless plane that Sandor created. They destroy the base, and the Argo flies on.
Feb. 2, 1975, midnight
S1E19 - Little Boy Lost
Chief Communcations Officer Homer is worried about conditions on Earth. But what does he know that the crew doesn't?
Feb. 9, 1975, midnight
S1E20 - The Battle of Balun
The Argo reaches planet Balan, the halfway point in their mission to Iscandar. But Lysis is waiting on his base there, and springs a trap that might destroy both the Argo AND the base...
Feb. 16, 1975, midnight
S1E21 - The Battle of the Rainbow Cluster (1)
Gamilon General Lysis, pardoned for his failure at Balan, challenges the Star Force to one final battle.
Feb. 23, 1975, midnight
S1E22 - The Battle of the Rainbow Cluster (2)
The Star Force battles Lysis for the last time.
March 2, 1975, midnight
S1E23 - A Shocking Surprise
The Star Force finally arrives at the Magellanic Cloud and "Iscandar"... but have they found their hope for survival, or their enemy's haven?
March 9, 1975, midnight
S1E24 - No Quarter
The Argo fights on Gamilon, as the Star Force's survival depends on wiping out an entire civilization.
March 16, 1975, midnight
S1E25 - Welcome to Iscandar
The Star Force finally arrives at Iscandar.
March 23, 1975, midnight
S1E26 - Journey's End
The Star Force Returns Home! With the Cosmo DNA, they are ready to save Earth. But one final battle may cost them a crew member closest to Wildstar...
March 30, 1975, midnight
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NBC
30 min/ep
2310 min
Oct. 6, 1974
April 7, 1979, midnight
Ended
NR
9+
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