Space Battleship Yamato

Space Battleship Yamato, or also known as Star Blazers is a classic space opera by renowned author Leiji Matsumoto. Saying this series has shaped the japanese Sci-Fi scene would be heavily underselling reality. The impact this series had on the japanese Sci-Fi landscape is so huge, it is sometimes referred to as the japanese Star Wars. Matsumotos story has not only spawned multiple series in the 70s and 80s, but even a full on remake and now original story.

Note: Episode column stands for the amount of episodes an entry has rather than which episodes to watch when in this case

Summary

In the distant future, the war between the human race and the Gamilon has taken its toll on the planet Earth. Constant bombardment of radioactive asteroids has rendered the planet's atmosphere uninhabitable. As a means of relief aid, Queen Starsha of the planet Iscandar offers the Earth Forces a device that can completely neutalize the radiation off the planet. For this task, the space battleship Yamato is launched from the remains of its World War II ancestor on a 148,000 light-year journey. However, the crew of the Yamato has only one Earth year to travel to Iscandar and back, or the human race will come to an end. (Source: Anime News Network)

Space Battleship Yamato (1974)

Type	Entry	Episodes	Start Date
TV	Space Battleship Yamato	26	Oct 06 1974
TV	Space Battleship Yamato 2	26	Oct 14 1978
Movie	Space Battleship Yamato: The New Voyage	1	Jul 31 1979
Movie	Be Forever Yamato	1	Aug 02 1980
TV	Space Battleship Yamato 3	25	Oct 11 1980
Movie	Space Battleship Yamato: Final Chapter	1	Mar 19 1983
Movie	Space Battleship Yamato: Ressurection	1	Dec 12 2009

Summary/Alternative Entries

Type	Entry	Episodes	Start Date	Notes
Movie	Space Battleship Yamato (Movie)	1	Aug 06 1977	Movie version of Yamato 1
Movie	Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato: In the Name of Love	1	Aug 05 1978	Alternative version of Yamato 2 - This came first and was remade into the TV Series
OVA	Yamato 2520	3	Nov 21 1994	Sequel far into the future but at the same time not really?

Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2199 (2012)

This series is a full on remake trying to improve on the original, filling some plot-holes and explaining some unclear parts of the original Yamato. Everything after the first entry is a fully original story.

Type	Entry	Episodes	Start Date
OVA	Space Battleship Yamato 2199	26	Apr 06 2012
Movie	Space Battleship Yamato 2199: Odyssey of the Celestial Ark	1	Dec 06 2014
OVA	Space Battleship Yamato 2202	26	Feb 25 2017
OVA	Space Battleship Yamato 2205: A New Journey	8	Oct 08 2021

Summary/Alternative Entries

Type	Entry	Episodes	Start Date	Notes
Movie	Space Battleship Yamato 2199: A Voyage to Remember	1	Oct 11 2014	Recompilation of the TV Series
Movie	"Uchuu Senkan Yamato" to Iu Jidai: Seireki 2202-nen no Sentaku	1	Jun 11 2021	Compilation of Yamato 2202