Star Blazers: The Quest for Iscandar Ep01(1/2)

[Zoobstar]

This is the Earth flagship 225. Our answer: Idiots! Over...

[saybozert]

(continued)..."face in the afterlife." Death before dishonour, a concept that the Japanese can understand.

[saybozert]

Some cultural differences in the original Japanese version vs. the U.S. version;

Here in the U.S. version Capt. Wildstar doesn't retreat because he wants to give the 471 crew members on Avatar's ship a chance of survival. In this way he's "thinking of the greater good", a concept Americans can understand.

In the original Japanese version Wildstar doesn't retreat because that would be a HUGE disgrace. He even says to Avatar angrily "I want to be able to look my dead crew mates in the face in

[Dremple]

@saybozert good observation

[K23610]

Nova ?・・・Futuristic name？

[psychofish4444]

i watched this every day before school when i was 8

[Dremple]

@psychofish4444 me too..religiously, I would "Fly"around on my bike all around my neighborhood fighting Gamilons and Natzis..lol my Front Yard had a SaturnV (magnolia tree with awesome seats)

[hellhound737]

this is a american verison of space battleship yamato but the usa called it star blazers

[MultiSteveB]

@00:27. When did Beatrix Kiddo join the Star Force? ;)

[Gottahavemyricema]

If I subcribe to your page, can I watch the whole show of Star Blazers?

[Sidewinder9877]

i used to run home from school and turn this on and not move until it was over. Blast from the past seeing this again

[jobie123]

I was home sick with the flu when I saw this show. I thought I had halucinated it because I could not remember the name for the longest time. So glad to see it on here (and that I didn't dream it...lol) It was a awesome show. Epic is the right way to describe it.

[WayOfSaimHann]

Epic!

[dukenthaylor]

Truly! I love the WWII feel! The best cartoon series ever created!

[Batou3]

the WWII feel? whaddaya mean?

[dukenthaylor]

c'mon, B!

the story of the star force battling desslok and the gamilons here...

is fictionalized in this toon space-war epic...

in a way that reflects the similar feel of the real-life story of...

the usa battling hitler and the nazis during WWII.

there are many similarities between these stories, clear enough for most to see.

[Batou3]

Like what i just don't quite see any?

[dukenthaylor]

b, this is my last post to you on this. but don't worry, it'll be ok.

so here's the most basic similarity:

star force: good guys

usa: good guys

desslok/gamilons: bad guys

hitler/nazis: bad guys

i hope you can comprehend that, 'cause if if you need me to cut the meat of this point any further, it would have the consistency of baby food. so you'll just have to forgive me if i decide not to do it, out of respecting you too much to feed you gerber at this stage of your life.

PEACE!

[Batou3]

I'll take that as an "I don't know anything"

[hellhound737]

@dukenthaylor during world war 2 usa wasnt just fighting the nazis they were also fighting japan and japan had the yamato one of most largest battleships the world has ever seen this is the usa verison of the space battle ship yamato

[dukenthaylor]

@hellhound737 i KNOW that my country didn't kick JUST nazi ass in WW2; i didn't have reason to say or imply that they did, so...I DIDN'T! likewise, i ALSO KNOW that the Argo is the US name/version of Japanese Yamato; also likewise, i didn't have reason to say or imply that IT wasn't, so...again, likewise...I DIDN'T!

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The Gamilons in Star Blazers DON'T bring to mind the Japanese. They DO bring to mind the Nazi Germans. EVEN DESSLOK'S NAME is obviously influenced by Germanic nomenclature!