The official website for the Uchū Senkan Yamato 2205: Aratanaru Tabidachi (Space Battleship Yamato 2205: A New Journey) sequel project announced on Friday that both the Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2199 and Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2202 anime projects will have a single compilation film titled “Uchū Senkan Yamato” to Iu Jidai: Seireki 2202-nen no Sentaku (The “Space Battleship Yamato” Era: The Choice in 2202) that will open in Japan on January 15, 2021.
As with Yamato 2199, the Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2202 sequel project premiered first as a series of seven films from June 2017 to March 2019.
Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2199 is a remake of the original 1974 Space Battleship Yamato series created by Leiji Matsumoto and Yoshinobu Nishizaki.
The film’s approach on the story will focus mainly on Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2202, and will contain new animation shots.