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Star Blazers (TV)

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Alternative title:
Estrellas Luminosas (Spanish)
Força Astral (Portuguese)
La Corazzata Spaziale Yamato (Italian)
Nave Espacial (Spanish)
Patrulha Estelar (Portuguese)
Space Battleship Yamato
Space Battleship Yamato 1 - The Quest for Iscandar
Space Cruiser Yamato
Star Blazers: Crucero Espacial Yamato (Spanish)
Star Blazers: The Quest for Iscandar
Uchū Senkan Yamato (Japanese)
Viaje a la Última Galaxia (Spanish)
Viaje a la Ultima Galaxia (Spanish)
Yamato, le Cuirassé de l'Espace (French)
أبطال الفضاء (Arabic)
الرواد الشجعان , نسور الفضاء (Arabic)
宇宙戦艦ヤマト (Japanese)
宇宙戰艦大和號 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Objectionable content: Significant
Copyright notice: ©September 1993 Voyager Entertainment
Plot 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.
User Ratings: 254 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 29 votes (sub:20, dub:8, others:1
1 Italian dubbed
)
 Excellent: 44 votes (dub:21, sub:20, edit.dub:1, others:2
1 Arabic dubbed
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Very good: 61 votes (sub:35, dub:21, edit.dub:2, others:3
1 Italian dubbed
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Portuguese dubbed
)
 Good: 65 votes (sub:32, dub:23, edit.dub:6, raw:1, others:3
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Italian dubbed
1 Italian edited dub
)
 Decent: 28 votes (sub:14, dub:11, edit.dub:3)
 So-so: 12 votes (dub:6, edit.dub:3, sub:3)
 Not really good: 9 votes (sub:6, dub:3)
 Weak: 4 votes (sub:3, dub:1)
 Bad: 2 votes (dub:2)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 555 users, rank: #1959 (of 9508)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.516 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.6618, rank: #1750 (of 9647)
Weighted mean: 7.447 (Good+), rank: #1822 (of 9647) (seen all: 7.68 / seen some: 6.67 / won't finish: 5.82)
Bayesian estimate: 7.449 (Good+), rank: #1532 (of 7268)
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 26
Episode titles: We have 26
Vintage:
1974-10-06 to 1975-03-30
1979-09-10 to 1980-03-03 (USA, Syndicated)
1980 (Arabic)
1983 (Brazil - Rede Manchete)
Release dates: We have 10
Opening Theme:
"Star Blazers" by Gli Argonauti [Italian version]
"Starblazers" by Santo Verduci [Italian Contactoons version]
"Uchū Senkan Yamato" (宇宙戦艦ヤマト ) by Isao Sasaki
Ending Theme:
"Makka na Scarf" by Isao Sasaki
Insert song:
"Kitakami Yakyoku" (北上夜曲) by Mutsuo Andō (ep 19)
"Warship March" (軍艦行進曲) by Tokichi Setoguchi (ep 2)
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DVD (Region 1)
    Star Blazers: The Quest for Iscandar (DVD 1) 2000-08-00 (from $29.95)
    Star Blazers: The Quest for Iscandar (DVD 2) 2002-01-15 (from $23.98)
    Star Blazers: The Quest for Iscandar (DVD 3) 2001-02-27 (from $21.49)
    Star Blazers: The Quest for Iscandar (DVD 4) 2001-04-24 (from $22.91)
    Star Blazers: The Quest for Iscandar (DVD 5) 2001-06-26 (from $23.98)
    Star Blazers: The Quest for Iscandar (DVD 6) 2001-08-28 (from $23.98)
    Star Blazers: The Quest for Iscandar [Box Set] (DVD 1-6) 2001-09-25 (from $71.51)
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    Star Blazers Series 1: Quest for Iscandar (Dub.VHS 1) 1993-06-01 (from $18.95)
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    Star Blazers Series 1: Quest for Iscandar (Dub.VHS 10) 1993-06-01 (from $18.95)
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    Star Blazers Series 1: Quest for Iscandar (Dub.VHS 12) 1993-06-01 (from $18.95)
    Star Blazers Series 1: Quest for Iscandar (Dub.VHS 13) 1993-06-01 (from $18.95)
    Star Blazers Series 1: Quest for Iscandar [Collector's Edition] (Dub.VHS 1-6) 1993-06-01

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Leiji Matsumoto
Screenplay:
Eiichi Yamamoto (6 episodes
eps 16, 19-20, 23-25
)

Keisuke Fujikawa (17 episodes
eps 1-5, 7-9, 11, 13-15, 17-18, 21-22, 26
)

Maru Tamura (eps 6, 10, 12)
Storyboard:
Fumio Ikeno (ep 10)
Kenzō Koizumi (ep 13)
Leiji Matsumoto (7 episodes
eps 1-2, 5, 7, 17, 22, 26
)

Noboru Ishiguro (12 episodes
eps 1-5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 22, 26
)

Takeshi Shirato (ep 15)
Yoshikazu Yasuhiko (13 episodes
eps 6, 8-9, 11-12, 14-20 even, 21, 23-25
)

Yoshiyuki Tomino (ep 4)
Character Design:
Nobuhiro Okasako
Art Director: Hachirō Tsukima
Animation Director:
Kenzō Koizumi (4 episodes
eps 9, 13, 20, 24
)

Noboru Ishiguro
Nobuhiro Okasako (eps 16, 19, 25)
Saburō Sakamoto (ep 21)
Takao Ogawa (eps 8, 23)
Takeshi Shirato (8 episodes
eps 2, 4, 6, 10, 12, 15, 17, 22
)

Toyoo Ashida (8 episodes
eps 1-7 odd, 11, 14, 18, 23
)

Sound Director: Atsumi Tashiro
Director of Photography: Tateo Haraya (eps 1-13)
Animation:
Akio Sakai (7 episodes
eps 1-2, 8, 11, 14, 18, 23
)

Atsushi Ishiguro (eps 1-2, 7, 23)
Hiromitsu Morita (ep 26)
Hiroshige Amakasu (4 episodes
eps 6, 10, 15, 17
)

Kakuko Hoshino (eps 19, 25)
Kaoru Izumiguchi (6 episodes
eps 1, 3, 11, 14, 16, 18
)

Kazuhide Tomonaga (7 episodes
eps 2, 6, 10, 15, 17, 22, 26
)

Kazuhiko Udagawa (ep 26)
Kazuo Hayashi (5 episodes
eps 2, 6, 10, 15, 17
)

Kazuo Yamazaki (ep 21)
Keiichirō Mochizuki (7 episodes
eps 1-2, 8, 11, 14, 18, 23
)

Kenzō Koizumi (4 episodes
eps 9, 13, 20, 24
)

Kozo Masanobu (7 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7, 11, 14, 18, 23
)

Masao Takeda (ep 4)
Masayuki Uchiyama (4 episodes
eps 6, 10, 15, 17
)

Michinori Shirato (eps 1-2, 23)
Mikio Tsuchiya (eps 19, 25)
Minoru Hasegawa (ep 21)
Mitsuo Shindo (ep 1)
Nobuhiro Okasako (ep 26)
Norio Andō (4 episodes
eps 9, 13, 20, 24
)

Satoru Kusuda (ep 25)
Satoshi Jingu (ep 19)
Seiichi Nodate (7 episodes
eps 1, 3, 8, 11, 14, 18, 23
)

Shigeru Kogawa (ep 24)
Shigeru Ono (ep 4)
Taizo Noguchi (ep 5)
Takao Ogawa (eps 1, 16)
Takashi Asakura (4 episodes
eps 9, 13, 20, 24
)

Takashi Yoshihashi (7 episodes
eps 1-2, 7, 11, 14, 18, 23
)

Takeshi Shirato (ep 26)
Takumi Noda (7 episodes
eps 1-2, 7, 11, 14, 18, 23
)

Toyoo Ashida (ep 26)
Tsutomu Okamoto (4 episodes
eps 9, 13, 20, 24
)

Yoshimasa Iiyama (eps 8, 12)
Yoshinori Kanada (eps 2, 26)
Yūji Yatabe (7 episodes
eps 1-2, 7, 11, 14, 18, 23
)

Yukihiko Iseda (4 episodes
eps 4, 8, 12, 16
)

Yutaka Kawasuji (5 episodes
eps 2, 6, 10, 15, 17
)

Assistant Episode Director:
Kazufumi Nomura (ep 16)
Kazuo Terada (ep 21)
Shigeo Koshi (8 episodes
eps 4, 7, 9, 11, 14, 17, 19, 24
)

Shuji Iuchi (eps 1-2, 6, 10)
Susumu Ishizaki (8 episodes
eps 3, 5, 8, 12, 15, 18, 23, 25
)

Yasuo Hasegawa (eps 13, 20)
Assistant producer: Kazunori Tanahashi
Background Art:
Junichi Mizuno (7 episodes
eps 3-11 odd, 14-15
)

Toshihisa Tōjō (17 episodes
eps 4-12 even, 13, 16-26
)

Editing: Hiroko Koshino
Photography:
Hirokata Takahashi (eps 1-2)
Hiroshi Isakawa (5 episodes
eps 4, 8, 12, 17, 24
)

Kenichi Yoshizaka (5 episodes
eps 5, 9, 13, 18, 25
)

Masaaki Fujita (4 episodes
eps 6, 10, 15, 19
)

Sadafumi Sano (ep 20)
Setsuko Morioka (eps 23, 25)
Tomomasa Yamazaki (4 episodes
eps 7, 11, 16, 23
)

Production manager: Yoshihiro Nozaki
Production producer:
Hisashichi Sano
Tatsuo Shibayama
Sound Effects: Mitsuru Kashiwabara
Special Effects:
Kuniya Shinuma (eps 19-20)
Masao Tazaki (7 episodes
eps 1-2, 5, 9, 12-14
)

Michiaki Doi (ep 21)
Theme Song Lyrics: Yū Aku
Theme Song Performance: Isao Sasaki
Gorō Naya as Jūzō Okita
Kei Tomiyama as Susumu Kodai
Youko Asagami as Yuki Mori

Akira Kamiya as Saburo Kato (eps 13-26)
Akira Kimura as Narrator
Ichirō Nagai as
Dr. Sakezō Sado
Hikozaemon Tokugawa
Kenichi Ogata as Analyzer
Masatō Ibu as Desslar
Michiko Hirai as Starsha
Osamu Kobayashi as Domel
Shinji Nomura as Yoshikazu Aihara
Shūsei Nakamura as Daisuke Shima
Taichirō Hirokawa as Mamoru Kodai
Takeshi Aono as Shirō Sanada
Yoshito Yasuhara as Kenjiro Ohta

Akiko Tsuboi as
Aihara's mother (ep 19)
Akiko Kodai (ep 13)
Yuki's mother (eps 3, 10)
Akira Kimura as Cook Kaoru Shintani (ep 10)
Gorō Naya as Captain Kōsaku Aruga (ep 2)
Haruko Kitahama as Beemera Queen (ep 16)
Ichirō Nagai as Ghetto
Isao Sakuma as Kreutz
Junko Sakata as Jirō Shima (eps 3, 10)
Kazuo Katō as Schultz (ep 6)
Keisuke Yamashita as
Jirō Nomura (ep 2)
Kazuhiko Sugiyama (ep 8)
Nurse B (ep 19)
Yasuo Nanbu
Kenichi Ogata as
Gantz
Sukeji Yabu (eps 14, 25)
Yasuo Nanbu (ep 3)
Kōji Yada as
Heidern
Takeo Kodai (ep 13)
Welte Talan (ep 21)
Masatō Ibu as
Hayashi (ep 15)
Heikurō Tōdō
Narrator (eps 5-6)
Raleta (ep 5)
Tax Collector (ep 16)
Michihiro Ikemizu as
Daigo Shima (ep 10)
Saburo Katō (ep 4)
Sukeharu Yabu (ep 10)
Osamu Saka as Goer
Sachiko Chijimatsu as
Kikuko Tokugawa (ep 10)
Saori Shima (ep 10)
Shinji Nomura as
Akira Yamamoto (ep 4)
Hikoshichi Tokugawa (ep 10)
Nurse A (ep 12)
Saburo Katō (ep 3)
Yasuo Nanbu (ep 13)
Shunji Yamada as Saburo Kato (eps 8-10)
Takeo Kamura as Kenjirō Ōta (ep 3)
Takeshi Aono as
Berger
Mori's father (eps 3, 10)
Welte Talan (ep 11)
Takeshi Ōbayashi as Schultz
Yoshito Yasuhara as
Aihara's father (ep 19)
Akira Nemoto (ep 8)
Fujimoto (eps 9, 21)
Göhin (ep 11)
Yaretara (ep 6)
Youko Asagami as Aiko Tokugawa (ep 10)
Japanese companies
Animation:
Anime Room (ep 25)
Studio Mates (5 episodes
eps 5, 9, 13, 20, 24
)

Tiger Production (eps 12, 22)
Backgrounds: Mukuo Studio (eps 1-2)
Broadcaster:
Family Gekijo (USA)
YTV
Film Processing: Tokyo Laboratory
Finish Animation:
Kino Production (6 episodes
eps 9, 12-13, 16-17, 24
)

Yamato Pro (14 episodes
eps 1-5, 7, 11, 14-15, 18-20, 23, 25
)

Mechanical Design: Studio Nue
Production Assistance: Group TAC
Production Cooperation: Sunrise (ep 21)
English companies
English staff
Producer: Ellen Leinoff

Assistant producer: Theodore Page
Consultant: Tim Eldred
Graphics: Tim Eldred
Special Thanks To: Michiko Ito
Theme Song Lyrics: Ginny Redington
Broadcaster:
Cartoon Network (1994-1998)
Fox Network (FOX Kids - 1995-1996)
NBC
Nickelodeon
Sci-Fi Channel
Syfy (2011 Ani-Thursday)
Syndicated (1979-1985)
Toon Disney (2000-2002, 2004-2005)
USA Network
Licensed by: Voyager Entertainment
Re-Editing: Splice Is Nice, LTD
Re-recording And Mixing: Filmsounds, INC
They Worked On The Remastered Version.: Village Video
English cast
Kenneth Messerole as Derek Wildstar

Eddie Allen as Leader Desslok
Gordon Ramsey as Captain Abraham Avatar
Lydia Leeds as Queen Starsha
Tom Tweedy as Mark Venture

Eddie Allen as Dash
Mike Czechopolous as Volgar
Mike Czexhopoulos as Col. Volgar
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
(none)
Broadcaster:
Cempae (Mexico)
TVE (Spain)
Spanish cast
(none)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Giorgio Favretto

Dialogues: Giorgio Favretto
Theme Song Arrangement: Giancarlo Trombetti
Theme Song Composition:
Fio Zanotti
Grytzko Mascioni
Lele Melotti (Drums)
Max Trentini (Keyboards)
Theme Song Performance:
Giancarlo Trombetti (voice)
Piccolo coro dell'Antoniano (choir)
Santo Verduci (Theme Song Performance) 
Silvano Silvi (Robotic voice "starblazers!")
Giorgio Favretto as Mark Venture (Daisuke Shima)
Rodolfo Bianchi as Derek Wildstar (Sasumu Kodai)
Sonia Scotti as Nova (Yuki Mori)

Anna Rosa Garatti as Regina Starsha (Stasha)
Emilio Marchesini as Cap. Avatar (Amm. Juko Ozita)
Ettore Conti as Dott. Sane (Sado)
Rino Bolognesi as Supremo Desslock (Dessler)

Anna Rosa Garatti as Trelena
Cristina Boraschi as Principessa Invidia (1st voice)
Eugenio Marinelli as
Homer
Robot IQ9
Gioietta Gentile as Principessa Invidia (2nd voice)
Ivano Staccioli as Principe Zoltan
Rino Bolognesi as
Sandor
Voce narrante
Italian companies
Broadcaster:
Contactoons
RL TV
RSI (from 1980)
RTP Retedue
SuperSix
Distributor: Sanver Production
Internet Streaming: YouTube (Contactoons)
Arabic cast
Arabic staff
Audio Recording: Elias Sabella
Sound Engineer: Hisham Haddad
Supervision:
Bassam Hajjawi (Media Vision)
Zayd Freez
Ashraf Abaza as Mark Venture
Eman Hail as
Nova
Queen Starsha
Nabil Al-Mashini as
Captain Abraham Avatar
Narrator
Taiseer Attieh as Derek Wildstar
Zuhair Al-Nobany as
Conroy
Leader Desslok

Bakr Qabbani as Eager
Muhammad Al-Abbadi as
General Krypt
Sandor
Muhammad Helmy as
Colonel Ganz
IQ-9
Arabic companies
Dubbing: Al-Aradhi Al-Moqadasah Studios (Jordan)
Dutch staff
Dutch companies
(none)
Distributor: Sell Thru Video (Kiseki Films VHS)
Licensed by: Kiseki Films (expired)
Dutch cast
(none)
Portuguese staff
Portuguese cast
(none)
Carlos Marques as Derek Wildstar

André Luís Chapéu as Earth Defense Forces Commander
Dario Lourenço as Orion
Garcia Júnior as Christopher Eegar
Ionei Silva as Dr. Sam
Mario Jorge Andrade as Analyzer
Newton da Matta as Homer
Nizo Neto as Tokugawa
Sílvio Navas as Leader Desslock
Viviane Farias as Lola (Nova)
Portuguese companies
Broadcaster:
Rede Manchete
RTP (Portugal)
Dubbing Studio: Herbert Richers (Brazil)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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