Yamato Pachinko Machine Features First-Rate CGI Animation
When I first came across this commercial my first thoughts were “this has got to be an upcoming CGI Star Blazers movie that I’ve been waiting for my entire life!” But then I noticed at the end of the...
View ArticleFire the Desslok Gun! Again! Again! And Yet Again!
This fan made video is brilliant — someone edited together every single scene from Star Blazers (Space Cruiser Yamato) which features Leader Desslok firing the famed but ever so flawed Desslok Gun...
View ArticleJapanese Politician Outed as Fanboy!
In what seems to be a growing trend of politicians coming out of the closet to embrace their fanboy roots in Japan it seems that Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Shigeru Ishiba (石破 茂)...
View ArticleLeader Desslok’s Wine Goblet: Please Don’t Drink and Drive Space Battleships
As a Star Blazers fanboy at heart I have to admit that I feel slighted by the slew of high quality Gundam merchandise I’ve been seeing hitting the streets of Japan. Well as if to answer my prayers I...
View ArticleLatest Yamato Trailer Shows New Details While Lacking in Originality
The latest Space Cruiser yamato film is set to come out on December 12th this year and a new trailer has been posted to the official website yamato2009.jp. Looking at the trailer above I’m happy to see...
View ArticleSpace Battleship Yamato Live Action Film Website Launches
If you grew up loving Star Blazers the good news is that the website for the live action Space Battleship Yamato film is now live! The bad news? There’s very little detail on this film on the website...
View ArticleA First Look at the Space Battleship Yamato Live Action Film
The good news: Hollywood won’t ruin this film! The bad news: There isn’t a very strong tradition in Japan for making live action science fiction films. Mind you I’m not saying that this can’t be done,...
View ArticleLeiji Matsumoto: The 72nd Birthday for a Master of Manga
Leiji Matsumoto was born on this day in Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan in 1938 — and he went on to dominate anime in the 70s much to the delight of a generation of fanboys including yours truly. He...
View ArticleNew Space Battleship Yamato Poster
A good friend just gave this poster to me and I have to say that just seeing it made my inner child scream for sheer joy! Also fans of Star Blazers should take note: Amy Howard Wilson (the voice of...
View ArticleA Virtual Space Battleship Yamato on Your iPhone
Anybody who grew up with Star Blazers is going to want to download this Yamato iPhone app right away! The app was released to promote the new Yamato film which came out last year — the only catch is...
View ArticleAnime Cosplay in Orbit!
Astronaut Soichi Noguchi (seen on the left) grew up watching Space Battleship Yamato which is well known to American fans as Star Blazers. And here he is on International Space Station making us Earth...
View ArticleThe Latest Space Battleship Yamato Live Action Film Trailer
This latest trailer has quite a bit more detail than the previous one, and what’s interesting is that the special effects seem pretty darn good (which isn’t always the case with Japanese live action...
View ArticleA Yamato Themed Bicycle
This wonderful late 70s Japanese commercial features a Space Battleship Yamato bicycle — a show which was known to early day anime fans as Star Blazers. What I love about this bike is that it seems to...
View ArticleSpace Cruiser Yamato Producer Yoshinobu Nishizaki Passes Away
Asahi.com has reported that Yoshinobu Nishizaki has passed away. Nishizaki was the producer of Space Cruiser Yamato which was known as Star Blazers in the United States — a franchise that played a...
View ArticleBreak Dancing to the Star Blazers Theme Song
This amazing footage is a must watch if your grew up with Star Blazers (Space Battleship Yamato) — it’s from a Japanese TV show which shows cast members breakdancing to the opening theme music while...
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