Space Battleship Yamato Captain

Uchū senkan yamato also called cosmoship yamato and star blazers is a japanese science fiction anime series produced and written by yoshinobu nishizaki directed by manga artist leiji matsumoto and animated by academy productions and group tac the series aired in yomiuri tv from october 6 1974 to march 30 1975 totaling.

Space battleship yamato captain. In space battleship yamato 2199 admiral okita is revealed to have been a senior naval commander for some time having led a united nations fleet in a war with human colonists of mars before headquarters got him suspended from his command after he refused an order to fire upon the garmilans at their first encounter at pluto and ordered forward commander commander daigo shima instead to do it. He is in fact dying and becomes increasingly ill during the course of the first season but remains convinced that he will live to see his home world again. The stern commanding officer of the yamato utterly devoted to his mission to save earth from the gamilus threat even at the cost of his own life. Created by leiji matsumoto yoshinobu nishizaki.