Space Battleship Yamato 2199: Odyssey of the Celestial Ark

By the wall, I will say a word to you. Take my word. Give ear to my instructions.

2199 AD

I repeat, this is the 7th Cosmo Marine Regiment calling from the Moon.

We were attacked by enemy carrier-based fighters and are stranded on the Moon.

Have taken heavy losses.

Requesting evac. Requesting evac.

Are you sure that thing is fixed?

It should be.

This is the 7th Cosmo Marine Regiment calling from the Moon.

We were attacked by enemy carrier-based fighters and are stranded on the Moon.

Colonel!

Have taken heavy losses.

Requesting evac. Requesting evac.

Is that you, Saito? What a face to wake up to...

This is the 7th Cosmo Marine Regiment calling from the Moon.

We were attacked by enemy carrier-based fighters and are stranded on the Moon.

Transmit all you want, it won't help.

Kurata!

Have taken heavy losses. Requesting evac.

It's the truth.

The top brass have forgotten we even exist.

They'll come for us.

We don't give up as long as there's life left in us.

That's what it means to be a Cosmo Marine. Never forget that!

Yes, sir!

What's that?

I've never seen a ship like that before.

It's not Gamilan, either.

Cosmo Navy, then?

Hey, look.

Colonel, there's a friendly out there! Help has arrived!

Oh, no...

Kiryu!

We're about to leave lunar orbit.

Maintain heading. All ahead half.

All ahead half, aye!

Hey, what do you think you're doing?!

No unauthorized personnel on the bridge!

Move it! I have something to say!

Oh, dear...

You're this boat's captain?

If you'd shown up sooner, my regiment wouldn't have been wiped out!

You were getting our mayday, right? Why did you wait so...

I'm the captain.

Then who...

Commander, UN Cosmo Force Space Defense Command.

Admiral Hijikata.

To defeat the Gamilans and restore our home to her blue state.

We were deployed to provide escort

for a special ship that's been tasked with that mission.

So you're saying that rescuing us was just an afterthought, sir?!

Yes.

That ship we saw?

What the hell was that?

We fought and died for this, too! We have a right to know!

Hey, now...

That was the Yamato.

Yamato?

That's right, the Yamato.

The space battleship Yamato.

Helmed by my best friend. And also...

...the last hope of the human race.

Space Battleship Yamato 2199 - Odyssey of the Celestial Ark -

I am Melda Ditz, 707th Air Wing, Milky Way Theater Forces.

If you ever lose a close family member in this war, you'll understand.

We can trust each other. That's what my gut tells me.

These Gatlanteans are nothing to fear!

Calm yourself, Berger.

The more cunning the prey, the more satisfying the kill.

Those ruins were left behind by the race that built the gate.

Now I am all alone...

Open all gun ports! Shoot down the Yamato!

We are hereby abandoning the Yamato Project.

This has to end here!

Steady as she goes! All ahead, emergency speed!

If we don't take a gamble to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat,

we'll never break through this blockade!

This is the Okita Gambit...

Wave Motion Gun, fire!

Lay in course 728. Destination, the Rainbow Cluster! All ships, lift off!

Here's a present! Accept it with my compliments!

Yuki! Yuki!

So, Heaven is telling me to destroy the Yamato myself?

You think I'm going to let it end this way?!

Glory and blessings to Gamilas!

Your people repurposed wave motion energy as a weapon.

I shall make alterations to this ship.

And the Yamato herself will become integral to the Cosmo Reverse System.

7 months since the Yamato set sail from Earth

Intergalactic space outside the Large Magellanic Cloud

Really?

It certainly seems to be. Apparently, Baleras has fallen

and Chancellor Dessler has died in battle.

Fine news, indeed.

I'd thought that after failing to assassinate Dessler,

we would be doomed to wander the cosmos forever.

But if he has died and his regime has fallen...

Returning home is no longer a pipe dream.

Exactly.

What's that? Gravity tremors dead ahead?

Lt. General Bandevel!

What is it?

What was that?! What's going on?!

Multiple enemy vessels detected outside our firing range dead ahead!

Identifying ship types... They're Gatlantean!

Filthy barbarians! Counterattack!

Fleet attrition rate, 95 barsel!

W-We're being wiped out?!

Wh-What is that?!

Barbarians have such technology? No, it's not possible...

Wh-What do we do, sir?

Stay calm! The Sehrgut's front armor can withstand anything!

Fire!

Go to full speed! Hurry!

Have you learned your lesson, you blue Gamilan vermin?

Personal log, Mikage Kiryu, Technical Division.

It's been a month since the Yamato set sail from Iscandar,

and the ship will soon leave the LMC's outer rim and enter intergalactic space.

Comms Officer.

Shift change, sir.

Having received the Cosmo Reverse System, morale aboard the ship is high.

Okay, Ichikawa.

Hold the fort.

I will.

What about you?

Saijo will relieve me.

Thanks to Starsha's mediation, the threat from Gamilas is behind us.

But over the course of our journey to Iscandar,

we've lost a great many shipmates.

But even as we sail on, the people waiting back on Earth for the Yamato to return

are fighting against the fear of the extinction that looms ever closer.

UNCF Duty Roster

We continue to carry out our daily duties.

For our families and loved ones waiting on Earth...

for our shipmates who fell with the mission still unfinished,

we'll do everything in our power.

That's all.

And as for me, my days are spent analyzing alien languages

with Lt. Niimi, my immediate superior.

If we can build a rudimentary translation device,

it should allow us to make friendly contact with aliens.

Signing off.

Incoming Call

Yes?

Do you know what time it is?

Oh, crap!

Dinner! Dinner! Dinner!

Oh, crap! Oh, crap! Oh, crap!

Dinner! Dinner!

Oh, crap! Oh, crap!

C'mon Shino, hurry up...

Ow...

I wish I had free time like you.

Wha...?

Oh, crap!

It would've been cuter if she'd been eating a piece of toast.

Mikage Kiryu. Tech Division ace, personally scouted by Miss Niimi.

A linguist in the making.

You're full of facts, Nemo.

She's not cute! Not one damn bit!

Was that really a good idea?

You're being paranoid. Iscandar mediated an agreement with Gamilas.

Right?

I sure hope you're right...

Whatever happens, we'll have to make do without the Wave Motion Gun now.

Dimensional Wave Motion Implosion Emitter Emitter Aperture Plug

It's Kodai, sir. May I come in?

Shouldn't you be in bed, sir?

I feel good today.

What is it?

Nothing, sir. I'm not here on any business in particular.

That's an old tune.

It was originally a German folk song.

Thank you.

There's a version of this with Japanese lyrics.

It's about friends who part, hoping that they will be reunited.

Partings are difficult.

But people always meet again.

I had a reunion, too.

On Iscandar.

It turned out to be a final farewell, though.

Even if it was just a video,

I'm glad that I got to see him.

How he lived, how he cared for others,

and what his parting words would be...

I feel like I know now.

The first time I met Mamoru Kodai...

Yes, he must have been about the same age you are.

I wish he could have served aboard this ship with us.

Yes, sir.

It's the strangest thing. I feel like he's still here with us.

So do I.

I'm interested in hearing that version you mentioned with the Japanese lyrics.

Maybe I'll put in a request for it on Misaki's radio show, then.

I think that's a great idea.

House call!

We're coming in.

Hm?

Kodai?

Oh, you're here?