The original Space Battleship Yamato anime was adapted for American television in 1979 as Star Blazers.
The Yamato space opera franchise began with the first Space Battleship Yamato television series in 1974.
Seven Seas Entertainment announced on Tuesday that it has licensed Leiji Matsumoto’s Space Battleship Yamato (Uchū Senkan Yamato) manga.
Most recently, is has inspired the Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2199 remake, which began as a series of seven movies in 2012-2013 and later aired as a television series, and the Uchū Senkan Yamato 2202: Ai no Senshi-tachi sequel, another seven-part theatrical film series that is ongoing in Japan.