This story withstands the test of time! From seeing this when i was 12 to now at 43 the love is the same! now with the live action movie a whole new generation will get to enjoy this classic!! Love spave battleship yamato!!!
I remember running home from school, arriving home dripping with sweat, turning on the old RCA tv which took about 3 minutes to warm up before I recieved a normal signal. In the meanwhile I would slap together an oscar meyer boloney sandwich, serve myself a tall glass of pepsi, then sit down if front of the tv and watch this show like my life depended on it.
I couldn't even remember the name of this show and all a sudden it's in my face on Sci-fi(right now=12:00 midnight June 3, 2011 I only remembered what it was with the tigersharks and gamelons if you do a search you get a bunch of mixed engine crap from Chamelon to tigersharks of other pertainance. If I wasn't watching it now, I'd never in my life again see this show. But Star Blazers, not Starforce. anyhow, good of you to post, just put out tags so people can find your shows.
To every 6-8 year old in 1980, this was literally the Greatest Thing Ever, right up there with Star Wars and Video Games. We kids would speak of Star Blazers in reverent, hushed tones. It was sooo much better than any other cartoon we had seen. And, of course, we didn't know it yet, but this was our introduction to anime.
i have this on video. used to love watching it. wish i could find where i can buy the live action move and wonder if their going to do robotech into a live action movie too. lol
Has anyone paid attention as to how the mushroom clouds are styled? these look suspiciously like the color film shots of the Castle Bravo test. A little research showed that this was the nuke test that contaminated a Japanese fishing vessel called "Lucky Dragon". This was the start for the test ban treaties of 1963 and 1996.
I used to LOVE this show when I was a kid, I had forgotten so much about it I couldn't even remember the name, but I always remembered the ship and the Wave Motion Cannon. lol
I finally tripped over Space Battleship Yamato TODAY, and YES! I finally found the answer to the puzzle in my head. GO STAR BLAZERS! hehe
This show was crack-cocaine addictive for me growing up. I used to watch this every day after school and on Saturday mornings. It was simply one of the greatest cartoon series ever created. Creating a movie that Hollywood would ruin anyway wouldn't do it justice. An action adventure series that don't stray too far away from the plot? Hmmm....
@victoriabagpiper this is a japanese dramatic series over in japan...it is really a dramatic piece for the time...here in the u.s. it was made a cartoon
I hate it when people make fun of old anime. Any anime from the 70s, 80s and 90s is way more detailed than any anime of today. The anime of today is so simple and mundane and pretty un-adventurous. Nothing of today compares to the anime of the 70s,80s and 90s. Anybody who disagrees with this knows nothing about REAL anime. Fuck naruto and bleach. 70s, 80s and 90s anime is the best and most realistic!
@Yazoku It's the grey skin and zig-zag hair in modern anime that makes my skin crawl (or go equally grey !). Somehow it turned into gothic graffitti, like when a westerner tries to draw anime.
Naruto is a decidedly lifeless waste of time to say the least.
classic dopeness. just came back from a music tour in Japan a couple days ago and they were advertising a live action version Star Blazer. They called it Starship Battleship.. I recognized the Ship with the big cannon hole in the front. this is my shit. Star Blazer is part of the reason why I do the music I do now. EYE2025*
classic dopeness. just came back from a music tour in Japan a couple days ago and they were advertising a live action version Star Blazer. They called it Starship Battleship.. I recognized the Ship with the big cannon hole in the front. this is my shit. Star Blazer is part of the reason why I do the music I do now. EYE2025*
I watched this as a kid and recently downloaded an episode of the US release of the show. I didn't know the ship is a copy of the Yamato from WWII. And, since I'm in Japan I'm going to the Yamato museum in Kure to see a mockup of the ship. The original was sunk, but its memory lives on. Google it for more info.
i watched this in late 70's, ( i was 8 or 9). This started me on japanimation or anime as it is now called. I became obsessed with Robotech because of this show . I saw another way cartoons could be with strong stories, romance, danger.
I remember watching this back in the 80's. I thought there was somethng rather catchy about this show. I had no idea that I was becoming an "Otaku" or anime fan YEARS before anime really took off. Funny how it goes don't you think?
Dudes & dudettes, I used to watch this old cartoon every morning before going to elementary school with my cousin's after watching Speed Racer & then Spider-Man ('67 Cartoons) for a long time & I have never forgotten all about this cartoon at all too. How sweet it is to chat to some fans who enjoy Japanese cartoons as well.
I am age 52 now, & I really loved watching this Japanese Anime show when I was in my early 20's. LIked that planet-wrecking "Wave Motion Gun" weapon chopping the Gamelons to pieces in space combat.
@morcuilo Yes! They already have! It will be released this December. Just type in Space Battleship Yamato and watch the awesome trailer! It looks fantastic!
yeah..........really takes me back. Was hooked on this one every day back in the 3rd grade. I'm a nurse and met a cute asian nurse who told me she liked anime. I told her of this show and she was real interested (so I'm here now). That song brings back a rush of memories and feelings. Cool. Man, You Tube is great.
I dont know what made me think of this series today but I was so addicted to it and I was just out of high school. Who ever thought an 18 year old would want to be awake at 7 a.m. on a Saturday morning for an entire year, LoL. I think I loved Star Blazers more than Gigantor and Prince Planet.
This definatly brings back memories of when I was a teenager. Oh about 12 or 13 years of age. Now im grown and have 3 girls of my own. My how time flys.
Wow dude, this takes me back. ty 4 posting this. Starblazers (aka) Space Ship Yamato, speed racer, and marine boy were all the classic originals that set the templates 4 Voltron, Transformers, Thundercats and the power rangers. Let's not 4 get honorable mention to the cheesy but classic TRANZOR-Z, lol. thanks again.
This was shown here in the late 70's or early 80's....I never got to see all of the episodes back then, only bits and pieces here and there..It took 30 years and youtube post, to finally see all episodes. What has happened to these cartoons and Saturday cartoons. There is nothing on TV anymore like when I grew up??
@avionicswirenut i think we all feel that way my friend....wish they would put these on....get a whole new generation full of this...couple years back...my nephew who is 10 now...watched some of these with me...i gave him a CD with a few episodes on them...so the potential for a new audience is there!!..this show was way ahead of it's time then....it should be a perfect fit now!!
I know the animation is well below par compared to today or even mid 80's stuff, but I remember watching this as a kid in th eearly 80's and to this day it still is one that comes to mind when relfecitng back to childhood. This was gritty even by today's standards for a cartoon.
Wooooow. I remember watching in the mornng before going to school back in the 70's. Awesome show! It was like a soap opera...you had to keep watching it to see if the earth was saved. LOL! Thanks for posting and bringing back some great childhood memories. :O)
God Gawd! I'm 52 and I used to watch this religiously! Of course I was a World War 2 buff and I found it fascinating that they used an old Imperial Japanese Battleship as the central theme for a cartoon!
This cartoon brings me so far back that the memories of the time period are mostly a series of Freudian imagery and Jungian archetypes. Damn, this brings me back to like Kindergarten.
I remember there was an episode in which the ship got caught in a time warp and things were aging at a different rate. Anyway, the one female character's shirt dissolved and for like 1.5 seconds, you could see her bra. I remember thinking it was the most shocking, scandalous thing I'd ever seen haha...
cant believe i just thought of looking this up! used to damn near miss the bus in the morning tryin to finish watching it! where can i find this box set?
wow. I remember I was OBSESSED with this show when I was about 4 or 5 years old back in 1981. As soon as I got home from pre-school I would rush to the tv to watch this every day. Great times.
i miss this series (back in the day, in the 80's, running home from elementary school) sooooo much.
Anyway, some striking similarities with Robotech (my other most favorite Japanimation seires): Derek Wildstar = Rick Hunter. Mark Venture = Max Sterling. Trelaina = Miriam Sterling. Nova = Lisa Hayes-Hunter. Capt. Gloval = Capt. Avatar. The Gamalons = The Zentraedis. Starship Yamato = The SDF-1, and on and on (*lol*)
On my music player of choice, I have a playlist with nothing but this theme song and the Gatchaman Japanese Theme Song #2. I never actually watched Gatachaman, but I watched this in both Japanese and English. I love it. Both versions.
I loved this show when I was a kid. Thanks for posting it. I wonder if it is available on DVD. I would certainly buy it. Wildstar was always my favorite.
OMG , this is solid gold !!!!! , I always wanted to be the Girl I used to sing along every morning at 7am on TV , with this and pretend I was that girl too...
Star Trek (movies) AND Battlestar Galactica imitated, but NEVER DUPLICATED, the dynamic style and quality of space combat (large AND small spacecraft) originated in the Star Blazers Trilogy (exception: Star Wars). BG's fleet makeup of flagship, battle cruisers, missle ships, aircraft carriers, bombers and fighters were OBVIOUSLY influenced by SB! And NO ONE can tell me that the fighting Wildstar and cerebral Venture weren't "reincarnated" as BG's Starbuck and Apollo!
btw there are interesting videos about Star Wars. if you like Star Wars, look at my favorites (George Lucas talks about the influence of samurai movies on Star Wars, Darth Vader vs Japanese Police).
wow..this was my favorite cartoon as a lad...im 41 now and never saw the last episodes when they find the planet...that old battlship was the coolest thing in the world back then...thanks for posting our past
hahah im 36 and i rememeber Watching it when i was really young. I can still sing the entire theme song. LOL looked for this for YEARS! WOW! takes me back to those days. ...=0)
Thank you for this! Me and my brother watched this over and over when we were kids and we ran around singing the theme song everywhere. I still remember the words and I'm 41!!
Holy Shit, where in the hell did you find this. This was the routine before going to school. I am 40 now, and I am just as excited now as I was then. Wave Motion Gun. HELL YEAH.
Griffin-Bacal was Hasbro's ad agency. Their next TV project was "The Great Space Coaster" as Sunbow Productions. Their dealings Hasbro go as far back as Romper Room, which got them in trouble with Action for Children's Television for "host selling" Hasbro toys. Some of the credits for G.I. Joe and Jem music have copyright Wildstar Music in them, hmm...
I suppose Star Blazers was Griffin Bacal's early shot at the syndicated tv market, which they eventually profited on for Hasbro Toy series.
I used to get up at 5am on a school day just to watch this! Kids today have NO IDEA how much this stuff meant to us growing up. With their cutsey little girly shows or that god-awful CGI crap they keep spitting out. True, some of it is okay, but it just lacks feeling and depth to me. I encourage my own daughter to watch the old-school cartoons as much as possible. Thank god for Boomerang, old VHS tapes, and YouToube for keeping these great cartoons alive for another generation!
Amen to that! I'm glad to hear that there are others who feel childrens television today lacks quality. My son is already a fan of He-man, Gummi bears, and Voltron. I hope he grows up appreciating animation as an art form, not just cheep entertainment.
Yup, I would RUN home every day from school in order to catch this show. Why didn't the local television station play it half an hour later? lol. I don't think they ever knew just how loyal a following this show had!
It is so great to know that I was not the only one who was busting ass to make sure I got to the TV in time to see this! This was the best cartoon I watched, and 20 plus years later, I still love this. And you are right - you COULD not miss one episode....
You know, episode 11 of the Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya has a nice tribute to Star Blazers. Both Captain Avatar and Leader Desslok make an appearance.
You're not kidding. One of the most underrated cartoons of its time. Back in the day when America's standards and practices pushed safe and hugable cartoon characters who taught kids not to hit, this was one of the very few shows where folks didn't come back fresh as new when their plane was shot down.
The folks who made this are probably embarrassed as hell at the Digimon/Chaotic crap that's put on today.
exactly, the crap that is on today that they consider to be "action cartoons" are absolute trash. And even some of the old standards like Transformers they managed to ruin by making it too kid friendly! i would damn near kill myself getting home to watch Starblazers as a kid. You damn near felt that the world really was gonna blow up or something if they didn't make it. i am 38 and still wish it came on TV now, because i would watch it just like the kid i was growing up in brooklyn NY!
this was the start of pointy chins, huge eyes and gravity-defying hair :)
soraxkairiii 1 week ago
Saudades da Patrulha Estelar! Putz!!!!
Eu amava esse desenho! E ainda amo!!!
Pentaro22 2 weeks ago
The Gamilon green attack ship was the coolest looking. The front yellow eyes were so evil.
scringe1 3 weeks ago
4:25 I'm no militrary expert, but calling your enemies idiots may not be the smartest move...
terranova210486 1 month ago
This story withstands the test of time! From seeing this when i was 12 to now at 43 the love is the same! now with the live action movie a whole new generation will get to enjoy this classic!! Love spave battleship yamato!!!
MrYamato67 6 months ago
4 people must be from some other planet.
redventrue1 6 months ago
@redventrue1
They're probably Gamilons.
bh2892010 5 months ago
I remember running home from school, arriving home dripping with sweat, turning on the old RCA tv which took about 3 minutes to warm up before I recieved a normal signal. In the meanwhile I would slap together an oscar meyer boloney sandwich, serve myself a tall glass of pepsi, then sit down if front of the tv and watch this show like my life depended on it.
CCSF1999 7 months ago
@CCSF1999 it was one of my favorite cartoons too!
JensVitality 7 months ago
@JensVitality rock on!
CCSF1999 7 months ago
"I cannot bear to see what has become of Earth.
Once green and growing, with blue lakes and silver streams,
great rivers and mighty seas, now all gone.
Only day and burning desert left.
Radiation everywhere."
. . .
As a kid, those words deeply moved me.
As an adult, I find them frighteningly prophetic.
4thel0ve 7 months ago
I loved this show as a Kid!! Its still kewl at 40 for its simplicity!
RMJSR1970 7 months ago
I couldn't even remember the name of this show and all a sudden it's in my face on Sci-fi(right now=12:00 midnight June 3, 2011 I only remembered what it was with the tigersharks and gamelons if you do a search you get a bunch of mixed engine crap from Chamelon to tigersharks of other pertainance. If I wasn't watching it now, I'd never in my life again see this show. But Star Blazers, not Starforce. anyhow, good of you to post, just put out tags so people can find your shows.
thanks!
fucheduck 8 months ago
I was a little girl when this came out and i missed never a part of this series. It was ever the highlight in the week.
miro5594 8 months ago
this is my jam!
crazycrackmonkey5 8 months ago
syfy channel did a remake to this ...shit i remember watching this when i was a kid i was like 9 or 10
deemer1972 9 months ago
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RX78 9 months ago
Frickin awesome!!! I was 11 when this came out!!!!!!
Rangermed 9 months ago
i grew up watching this in high school...ahhh the 80s
jfilesbooks 9 months ago
A timeless classic from Japan.
malestrom1000 10 months ago
To every 6-8 year old in 1980, this was literally the Greatest Thing Ever, right up there with Star Wars and Video Games. We kids would speak of Star Blazers in reverent, hushed tones. It was sooo much better than any other cartoon we had seen. And, of course, we didn't know it yet, but this was our introduction to anime.
gamesDAMNED 10 months ago 7
@gamesDAMNED .Thats Right....You know it...
ramanonce 10 months ago
@gamesDAMNED my parents knew I was hooked when i would wake up at 5am to watch it
UtubeTracksYou 2 months ago
@gamesDAMNED I was 11. Do I make the cut lol. I loved this cartoon.
scringe1 3 weeks ago
identified as gamilon force...WHO ELSE WOULD IT BE
DartsRme312 11 months ago
i have this on video. used to love watching it. wish i could find where i can buy the live action move and wonder if their going to do robotech into a live action movie too. lol
bigshack01 11 months ago
Has anyone paid attention as to how the mushroom clouds are styled? these look suspiciously like the color film shots of the Castle Bravo test. A little research showed that this was the nuke test that contaminated a Japanese fishing vessel called "Lucky Dragon". This was the start for the test ban treaties of 1963 and 1996.
PASCHDigiMedia 1 year ago
I used to LOVE this show when I was a kid, I had forgotten so much about it I couldn't even remember the name, but I always remembered the ship and the Wave Motion Cannon. lol
I finally tripped over Space Battleship Yamato TODAY, and YES! I finally found the answer to the puzzle in my head. GO STAR BLAZERS! hehe
Artoxxic 1 year ago
I watched this show religiously along with ultraman-they were awesome!
landis0813 1 year ago
This show was crack-cocaine addictive for me growing up. I used to watch this every day after school and on Saturday mornings. It was simply one of the greatest cartoon series ever created. Creating a movie that Hollywood would ruin anyway wouldn't do it justice. An action adventure series that don't stray too far away from the plot? Hmmm....
ratesforless 1 year ago
Soap opera for 8-10 year olds. Each episode a cliffhanger, overarching storyline. Pure awesome. Hurry, Starforce....only 46 days left.......
victoriabagpiper 1 year ago
@victoriabagpiper this is a japanese dramatic series over in japan...it is really a dramatic piece for the time...here in the u.s. it was made a cartoon
DartsRme312 11 months ago
I hate it when people make fun of old anime. Any anime from the 70s, 80s and 90s is way more detailed than any anime of today. The anime of today is so simple and mundane and pretty un-adventurous. Nothing of today compares to the anime of the 70s,80s and 90s. Anybody who disagrees with this knows nothing about REAL anime. Fuck naruto and bleach. 70s, 80s and 90s anime is the best and most realistic!
Yazoku 1 year ago
@Yazoku It's the grey skin and zig-zag hair in modern anime that makes my skin crawl (or go equally grey !). Somehow it turned into gothic graffitti, like when a westerner tries to draw anime.
Naruto is a decidedly lifeless waste of time to say the least.
Phavonic 1 year ago
man....i talk about a major trip back in time!!!!
Genscocougar 1 year ago
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classic dopeness. just came back from a music tour in Japan a couple days ago and they were advertising a live action version Star Blazer. They called it Starship Battleship.. I recognized the Ship with the big cannon hole in the front. this is my shit. Star Blazer is part of the reason why I do the music I do now. EYE2025*
EYE2025Chapter1 1 year ago
classic dopeness. just came back from a music tour in Japan a couple days ago and they were advertising a live action version Star Blazer. They called it Starship Battleship.. I recognized the Ship with the big cannon hole in the front. this is my shit. Star Blazer is part of the reason why I do the music I do now. EYE2025*
EYE2025Chapter1 1 year ago
seminal anime
2fromcenter 1 year ago
I watched this as a kid and recently downloaded an episode of the US release of the show. I didn't know the ship is a copy of the Yamato from WWII. And, since I'm in Japan I'm going to the Yamato museum in Kure to see a mockup of the ship. The original was sunk, but its memory lives on. Google it for more info.
raydioaktivman 1 year ago
I used to watch this in San Diego before going to school. When robotech came out I watched that too. Crazy. Can't believe there are others.lol.
jefkoe13 1 year ago
i watched this in late 70's, ( i was 8 or 9). This started me on japanimation or anime as it is now called. I became obsessed with Robotech because of this show . I saw another way cartoons could be with strong stories, romance, danger.
trelayna 1 year ago
@trelayna yeah, this totally was my steppingstone to Robotech, which i am still obsessed with .....long live Rick and Lisa!
tgnomechaser 1 year ago
@trelayna Cool, This was made in 1974. No anime of today compares to the anime of the 70s, 80s and 90s
Yazoku 1 year ago
@Yazoku so true, the newer ones don't seem to have strong characters, storylines. eg. Evangelion, Gundam,, macross (Robotech), etc.
trelayna 1 year ago
@trelayna But the pixelation in this video doesnt do this justice at all
Yazoku 1 year ago
I remember watching this back in the 80's. I thought there was somethng rather catchy about this show. I had no idea that I was becoming an "Otaku" or anime fan YEARS before anime really took off. Funny how it goes don't you think?
Animeman73 1 year ago
that her viberator she dropped, lol.
bearchild69 1 year ago
My mother,one aunt,and 1 of my uncle's watched this when they were kids.
Cbrosfilm10 1 year ago
This series was epic. I still remember it because the story was so good.
nixuser69 1 year ago
Reminds me of Robotech/SDF Macross
ZetaSimsoy 1 year ago
Dudes & dudettes, I used to watch this old cartoon every morning before going to elementary school with my cousin's after watching Speed Racer & then Spider-Man ('67 Cartoons) for a long time & I have never forgotten all about this cartoon at all too. How sweet it is to chat to some fans who enjoy Japanese cartoons as well.
RockingRebel69 1 year ago
I am age 52 now, & I really loved watching this Japanese Anime show when I was in my early 20's. LIked that planet-wrecking "Wave Motion Gun" weapon chopping the Gamelons to pieces in space combat.
tommyw8576 1 year ago 2
Starblazers is how ''anime' got it's name, before this it was called tv manga. O.O
just.. throwin that out there
sirebire9 1 year ago 2
I watched EVERY damn episode of this when I was like 8yo!
jackkedrabbit 1 year ago 2
I was really pissed 30 years ago when this series just suddenly stopped airing and never came back, not finishing the storyline.
thoughtsurfer1 1 year ago
I have seen all of the first season, but when I first saw the second season, I couldn't believe that Desslock survived!
rhinsmsi 1 year ago
I used to watch this show every day after school when I was 12. Star Blazers is so ahead of it's time and brings back so many memories for me.
They should make a motion picture of this show.
morcuilo 1 year ago 5
@morcuilo Yes! They already have! It will be released this December. Just type in Space Battleship Yamato and watch the awesome trailer! It looks fantastic!
luis6079 1 year ago
@luis6079 Live Action sucks, I'll stick with the oldies.
snowdog03 1 year ago
@snowdog03 I can see where you are coming from. But, the film is written and directed by the same two who did the animated cartoon, so....we'll see.
luis6079 1 year ago
yeah..........really takes me back. Was hooked on this one every day back in the 3rd grade. I'm a nurse and met a cute asian nurse who told me she liked anime. I told her of this show and she was real interested (so I'm here now). That song brings back a rush of memories and feelings. Cool. Man, You Tube is great.
gentlegiant6585 1 year ago
I dont know what made me think of this series today but I was so addicted to it and I was just out of high school. Who ever thought an 18 year old would want to be awake at 7 a.m. on a Saturday morning for an entire year, LoL. I think I loved Star Blazers more than Gigantor and Prince Planet.
orki1960 1 year ago
the memories you feel are Eerie...lol
walsk1 1 year ago
speed: 27 spc knts, lol
everyspeed 1 year ago
So how many times did Glen Larson watch this in the mid-70s?
johnandhisdog 1 year ago
Good bloody god. The memories... :D
Armatige 1 year ago
Oh man, just hearing the theme song causes it all to come rushing back. The battles were incredible
Lanosiceland 1 year ago 3
@Lanosiceland ah not bad. for an old school space show
Batou3 1 year ago
Best Cartoon EVER!
Orolandes 1 year ago
Hey...to those of us who remember this as kids.....do you realize that makes us OLD MEN?
ThoughtTraveler 1 year ago
@ThoughtTraveler To quote Monty Python: "I'm not old. I'm only 37."
johnandhisdog 1 year ago
LOVE THIS SHOW Forever!
XadrikXu 1 year ago
Wildstar and his bellbottoms ROCK!!! Hahah!! Nice man. We need to bring back the real cartoons like this.
LOKNES1 1 year ago 2
Wish we still had cartoons like this now.
sgilmore80 1 year ago 3
I used to LOVE this show.
ymp5000 1 year ago 2
This definatly brings back memories of when I was a teenager. Oh about 12 or 13 years of age. Now im grown and have 3 girls of my own. My how time flys.
Wonderin29 1 year ago 3
this is whats going to happen in 2012
kearnej 1 year ago 2
the wave motion gun was the shit
kearnej 1 year ago 8
@kearnej I'd like to see Goku stop a blast from the Yamato. :lol:
snowdog03 1 year ago
loved this cartoon when i was a kid. always on at 3:30
kycruisecrazy 1 year ago 2
Anyone know the name of the song that was playing in the background during the intro? (female singing) it sounds so cool. Thanks
PotholesInMyLawn 1 year ago
nice introduction.
roygbiv330 1 year ago
Wow dude, this takes me back. ty 4 posting this. Starblazers (aka) Space Ship Yamato, speed racer, and marine boy were all the classic originals that set the templates 4 Voltron, Transformers, Thundercats and the power rangers. Let's not 4 get honorable mention to the cheesy but classic TRANZOR-Z, lol. thanks again.
ricogoldstar 2 years ago
This was shown here in the late 70's or early 80's....I never got to see all of the episodes back then, only bits and pieces here and there..It took 30 years and youtube post, to finally see all episodes. What has happened to these cartoons and Saturday cartoons. There is nothing on TV anymore like when I grew up??
avionicswirenut 2 years ago
@avionicswirenut i think we all feel that way my friend....wish they would put these on....get a whole new generation full of this...couple years back...my nephew who is 10 now...watched some of these with me...i gave him a CD with a few episodes on them...so the potential for a new audience is there!!..this show was way ahead of it's time then....it should be a perfect fit now!!
DartsRme312 2 years ago 3
@DartsRme312 maybe, but the younger generation may have other idears about what is interresting then us
asger1801 1 year ago
I know the animation is well below par compared to today or even mid 80's stuff, but I remember watching this as a kid in th eearly 80's and to this day it still is one that comes to mind when relfecitng back to childhood. This was gritty even by today's standards for a cartoon.
DrGP2000 2 years ago
@DrGP2000 But the animation was better than the Gundam 80s series and DBZ.
snowdog03 1 year ago
Wooooow. I remember watching in the mornng before going to school back in the 70's. Awesome show! It was like a soap opera...you had to keep watching it to see if the earth was saved. LOL! Thanks for posting and bringing back some great childhood memories. :O)
Julie101670 2 years ago
Holy crap. I remember watching this when I was 8 in 1980 or 81.
gmcg923 2 years ago 27
@gmcg923
i was 8 years old too...watching it like crazy....hi , from athens greece
Gpol71 1 year ago
@gmcg923 Me too!!
opfor137 1 year ago
@gmcg923 Therels a remake and a live action movie,and another project I think also this was orginaly called space battle ship Yamato
endrancehaseo 1 year ago
Bring back the childhood memories...I loved this show!
Grillcheezeman 2 years ago 2
Wildstar's voice was so cute before puberty
CanadianOilBaron 2 years ago 3
OMG Derek Wildstar and Mark Venture.....I used to love this show just for them!!! WE LOVE YOU TUBE!!!!
jmpsgirl 2 years ago 3
This cartoon reminds my childhood memories. Simply amazing!
claudiovfatec 2 years ago 4
wish it was better quality.....
verbusen 2 years ago
wow, my favorite cartoon movie, ...back to 1981..., thanx for uploading it
harikliahari 2 years ago
Tthe owners of Star Blazers should Upload Full Episodes of each season in YouTube, cause these little Clips are really annoying to watch.
EvilFingers 2 years ago
COOL SONG.
burkhoodo 2 years ago
obviously Haliburton designed the earth ships too...
vlunney 2 years ago
the underground cities were built by Haliburton...
vlunney 2 years ago
Wow! This cartoon brings back so much positive memories of my childhood. A great Japan import and cartoon series from 25+ years ago.
RedneckBart 2 years ago
I watched this when I was younger. pretty deep for a cartoon
i loved nova :)
rastarigate 2 years ago 22
Who didn't love Nova??! :)
greytale 2 years ago 2
@rastarigate ---i loved this, and G-force, funny my catz name is nova---loved comin home from school to watch this
novacatz67 1 year ago
greatest cartoon series ever
36hcupsizeandgrowing 2 years ago 4
God Gawd! I'm 52 and I used to watch this religiously! Of course I was a World War 2 buff and I found it fascinating that they used an old Imperial Japanese Battleship as the central theme for a cartoon!
FreddyFreddo7 2 years ago
This cartoon brings me so far back that the memories of the time period are mostly a series of Freudian imagery and Jungian archetypes. Damn, this brings me back to like Kindergarten.
I remember there was an episode in which the ship got caught in a time warp and things were aging at a different rate. Anyway, the one female character's shirt dissolved and for like 1.5 seconds, you could see her bra. I remember thinking it was the most shocking, scandalous thing I'd ever seen haha...
RobfromNod 2 years ago
I'm 35 i used to watch this when i was a kid i showed my kids and they laughed....better then there jap-app....
radwayb 2 years ago
awesome post!!!
AvEryBadApPLe 2 years ago
hell im 33 this is the first cartoon i had to watch
2hunt 2 years ago 2
I know how you feel. I'm 38.
kb420ps 2 years ago
I feel like I'm in middle school again! and I'm 40!
DreamSlave2112 2 years ago
with CG 2009ver
watch?v=2BhvLvQ08RM&fmt=22
nikki4099 2 years ago
WOW I use run home after school and make a Peanutbutter sandwich and milk before 3pm to watch this! and then do my Home work!
bri707 2 years ago
this kills me, i haven't seen this shit since 5th grade. this is the bomb. they don't make em' like this anymore. this takes me back, lmfao
madaboutpix 2 years ago
Truley a classic some of the best of the 80's right here!!!
orgenoburt 2 years ago
They played it in Australia in the mornings as well! Classix
lvldarwin 2 years ago
cant believe i just thought of looking this up! used to damn near miss the bus in the morning tryin to finish watching it! where can i find this box set?
providekmh 2 years ago
it was on in the morning in Philly in 81/82, used to watch before kindgergarten
dariesmi 2 years ago 2
yes, yes...I think we've established that she's from another planet!
SwordlordRoy 2 years ago
Same here. This show ran at 5:30 AM, I was up every weekday morning early enough to watch it when I was in junior high. lol.
mcseeker1453 2 years ago
wow. I remember I was OBSESSED with this show when I was about 4 or 5 years old back in 1981. As soon as I got home from pre-school I would rush to the tv to watch this every day. Great times.
caesar349 2 years ago
Man, I never heard of this show before!
I just happen to find it. I love the idea of a World War Two battleship out in space.
infinitlycool 2 years ago
I was CRAZY for this show in high school LOL.
KathieWhat 2 years ago 2
I have searched everywhere for this series!!!
Thank you starblazersqfi!!!
kidalliance 2 years ago
I have the box set for season 2, and cannot wait to get season 1! Best cartoon ever!
jontg429 2 years ago 2
Where did you find it? I have searched literally for years, and nobody has it.
Trance1972 2 years ago
This was the bomb in the 1980's. I loved this as a kid!!!
mikemanners11 2 years ago 3
Forgot about this show awesome....
one of my favorite bad guys ever the Gammalon commander
vunak2000 2 years ago 2
As old and poor as this is... it's kinda interesting.
ColonelMarksman 2 years ago 2
i miss this series (back in the day, in the 80's, running home from elementary school) sooooo much.
Anyway, some striking similarities with Robotech (my other most favorite Japanimation seires): Derek Wildstar = Rick Hunter. Mark Venture = Max Sterling. Trelaina = Miriam Sterling. Nova = Lisa Hayes-Hunter. Capt. Gloval = Capt. Avatar. The Gamalons = The Zentraedis. Starship Yamato = The SDF-1, and on and on (*lol*)
fungwan2006 2 years ago
Noburu Ishiguru worked on both shows. SDF-Macross and Space Battleship Yamato
twilightsol 2 years ago 2
On my music player of choice, I have a playlist with nothing but this theme song and the Gatchaman Japanese Theme Song #2. I never actually watched Gatachaman, but I watched this in both Japanese and English. I love it. Both versions.
ilurvekimba1967 2 years ago
good job v-man!
xoxEdgeLoverxox 2 years ago
Awesome! Thanks for posting this... This and Robotech were the 2 best toon series ever
Yornitemare 2 years ago
Watch Mazinger Z and then you will add another one to your list :)
hugoestr 2 years ago
I loved this show when I was a kid. Thanks for posting it. I wonder if it is available on DVD. I would certainly buy it. Wildstar was always my favorite.
JeffGordon841971 2 years ago
Yes it is my friend. Try searching for it on any search engine and it should lead you direct to the official Star Blazers site.
royalpain88 2 years ago
Pilot: A message from the Gamilon ship sir. Earth fleet,..we advise you to surrender now.......what shall it say sir?
Captian Avatar: Tell them...theyr'e idiots!
Pilot: What?
Captian Avatar: I said...Idiots!
Pilot: This is the Earth Flagship 225....our answer.....idiots!
cliphound80 2 years ago 8
I LOVED this is as a kid! I never missed it!
tbowles411 2 years ago
OMG , this is solid gold !!!!! , I always wanted to be the Girl I used to sing along every morning at 7am on TV , with this and pretend I was that girl too...
LadySierraSays 2 years ago 2
To this day, StarBlazers is *still* the measuring stick of all cartoons.
philaman1972 2 years ago 3
All SPACE EPICS, too!
Star Trek (movies) AND Battlestar Galactica imitated, but NEVER DUPLICATED, the dynamic style and quality of space combat (large AND small spacecraft) originated in the Star Blazers Trilogy (exception: Star Wars). BG's fleet makeup of flagship, battle cruisers, missle ships, aircraft carriers, bombers and fighters were OBVIOUSLY influenced by SB! And NO ONE can tell me that the fighting Wildstar and cerebral Venture weren't "reincarnated" as BG's Starbuck and Apollo!
dukenthaylor 2 years ago 3
@dukenthaylor
1966 - Star Trek (1st TV series)
1974 - Space Battleship Yamato (1st TV series)
1977 - Star Wars (1st movie)
1978 - Battlestar Galactica (1st TV series)
btw there are interesting videos about Star Wars. if you like Star Wars, look at my favorites (George Lucas talks about the influence of samurai movies on Star Wars, Darth Vader vs Japanese Police).
RX78 11 months ago
I used to escape and pretend I was on that battleship, what an awesome cartoon for kids! Thanks to all!
kss2010 2 years ago
wow..this was my favorite cartoon as a lad...im 41 now and never saw the last episodes when they find the planet...that old battlship was the coolest thing in the world back then...thanks for posting our past
cheeverdog 2 years ago 2
thank you for posting these!!!!!
iamyohan 2 years ago
I prefer the Japanese opening it was more classy
macross02081984 3 years ago
hahah im 36 and i rememeber Watching it when i was really young. I can still sing the entire theme song. LOL looked for this for YEARS! WOW! takes me back to those days. ...=0)
Masconfusion731 3 years ago 2
I'm 32 and I remember this show. I had the posters in my room. I loved this series!
masshwh 3 years ago
awesome
theaaron0 3 years ago
Thank you for this! Me and my brother watched this over and over when we were kids and we ran around singing the theme song everywhere. I still remember the words and I'm 41!!
"You cannot stop me!"
"I can, and I will."
Ruthenya 3 years ago 4
Holy Shit, where in the hell did you find this. This was the routine before going to school. I am 40 now, and I am just as excited now as I was then. Wave Motion Gun. HELL YEAH.
goon100 3 years ago 2
holy crap! i remember watching this when i was about 7. i watched it before going to school.
coconutJB 3 years ago
Good memories. And in English, too. Woot.
blueskunk12 3 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
Cheesy Theme Song Alert!!!
ROFL!!!
DaNoid1 3 years ago
nobody has the spain version of this pleaseeeeeeee!!!!
RaulBillieJean 3 years ago
i think they have it on amazon but not online thow :(
TonPappa 3 years ago
This is the reason I am the nerd I am today. Thanks so much for posting this! Great stuff!
jhnyrico 3 years ago 5
Thank you for posting this!
tholmes314 3 years ago 2
Right on!!! I used to watch this every morning, now I have my boys watching it...thanks!!!
flemcoroofing 3 years ago 3
LOL me too, but I like Japanese version better.
animeultrafan 3 years ago
Griffin-Bacal was Hasbro's ad agency. Their next TV project was "The Great Space Coaster" as Sunbow Productions. Their dealings Hasbro go as far back as Romper Room, which got them in trouble with Action for Children's Television for "host selling" Hasbro toys. Some of the credits for G.I. Joe and Jem music have copyright Wildstar Music in them, hmm...
I suppose Star Blazers was Griffin Bacal's early shot at the syndicated tv market, which they eventually profited on for Hasbro Toy series.
6581R4 3 years ago
my uncle and i would watch every episode together after school.
i love this show.
godzillamoraga 3 years ago 3
This show ruled...trying to save earth from Gamilon (what about the Comet Empire) and finding Trelena! Fire the wave motion gun Wildstar!!!! LOL...
RutgersGuy1989 3 years ago 3
I used to get up at 5am on a school day just to watch this! Kids today have NO IDEA how much this stuff meant to us growing up. With their cutsey little girly shows or that god-awful CGI crap they keep spitting out. True, some of it is okay, but it just lacks feeling and depth to me. I encourage my own daughter to watch the old-school cartoons as much as possible. Thank god for Boomerang, old VHS tapes, and YouToube for keeping these great cartoons alive for another generation!
KillerKlown580 3 years ago 4
Amen to that! I'm glad to hear that there are others who feel childrens television today lacks quality. My son is already a fan of He-man, Gummi bears, and Voltron. I hope he grows up appreciating animation as an art form, not just cheep entertainment.
botulismbunny 3 years ago
Yup, I would RUN home every day from school in order to catch this show. Why didn't the local television station play it half an hour later? lol. I don't think they ever knew just how loyal a following this show had!
Eudaimonist 3 years ago 2
It is so great to know that I was not the only one who was busting ass to make sure I got to the TV in time to see this! This was the best cartoon I watched, and 20 plus years later, I still love this. And you are right - you COULD not miss one episode....
LiliMontegue 3 years ago
You know, episode 11 of the Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya has a nice tribute to Star Blazers. Both Captain Avatar and Leader Desslok make an appearance.
1madmartagan1 3 years ago
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fryersoncaptain 2 years ago
I still remember this show from when I was a kid. I loved it. In fact this show was what motivated me to learn how to program the VCR at age 8.
1madmartagan1 3 years ago
one of the greatest cartoons ever made...you could never missed a day or you were screwed!
jelani96 3 years ago 3
You're not kidding. One of the most underrated cartoons of its time. Back in the day when America's standards and practices pushed safe and hugable cartoon characters who taught kids not to hit, this was one of the very few shows where folks didn't come back fresh as new when their plane was shot down.
The folks who made this are probably embarrassed as hell at the Digimon/Chaotic crap that's put on today.
ratesforless 3 years ago 5
exactly, the crap that is on today that they consider to be "action cartoons" are absolute trash. And even some of the old standards like Transformers they managed to ruin by making it too kid friendly! i would damn near kill myself getting home to watch Starblazers as a kid. You damn near felt that the world really was gonna blow up or something if they didn't make it. i am 38 and still wish it came on TV now, because i would watch it just like the kid i was growing up in brooklyn NY!
jelani96 3 years ago