Star Blazers
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Star Blazers

Star Blazers is an American animated television series adaptation of the Japanese anime series, Space Battleship Yamato I, II, and III. Star Blazers was first broadcast in the United States in 1979. Significantly, it was the first popular English-translated anime that had an overarching plot and storyline that required the episodes to be shown in order. It dealt with somewhat more mature themes than other productions aimed at the same target audience at the time. As a result, it paved the way for future arc-based, plot-driven anime translations.

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38. Series 1 - Disc 2 - Bonus Scene - Sinking of the Yamato

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When Japan's mega-popular animated TV series "Space Battleship Yamato" was converted to "Star Blazers" in 1979, more than the name was altered for American viewers. Many scenes were edited from the animation to decrease the level of violence and several Asian cultural references. One of the most fascinating edits was this sequence, cut from episode 2, in which we look back at the sinking of the original battleship Yamato in 1944.