(L+CR) Space Battleship Yamato 2199 (movie & TV)

[skaianDestiny]

Our Star Blazers has updated on January 15 with a bunch of new information. I'll be posting the Secret Files that came with the Ark of the Stars movie.

Originally Posted by Secret File 01

Threat of the Flame Strike Gun, tragedy of the Garmillas science slaves

The Zoellugut-class astro dreadnaught of Garmillas has bow armor that can stand up to Yamato’s shock cannon, but it dissolves against the attack of Gatlantis’ Flame Strike Gun. However, the characteristics of that weapon, which far exceed the caliber of a standard ship’s cannon, are not limited to its destructive power. It can also be used to bombard enemy vessels from far outside their range through the technique of teleporting its caustic energy.

It is very similar to the matter teleportation machine of Garmillas. By order of President Dessler, technological research was undertaken to teleport soldiers through small dimensional jumps, and this led to a successful prototype weapon with the following structure.

First, a ship’s Wave-Motion Engine used for dimensional jumping (Geschtam jump) was driven to temporary overload to expand the dimensional overlap area outside the engine. This region of overlap was irradiated by a directed matter-teleportation wave to create a Geschtam hole (a hole in Minkowski space-time) to cause a Geschtam Jump phenomenon around the matter at the irradiation point. During the experiments with the prototype, teleportation failures frequently occurred when the Geschtam hole in the space-time continuum could not be maintained, and the matter could not be teleported. But it became clear that the space-time interference phenomenon that occurred in the Geschtam hole could be stabilized by the use of two teleportation machines simultaneously. Afterward, basic teleportation machines consisted of a pair. When the Domelaze III’s bridge was equipped with this teleportation machine prototype in the Battle of the Rainbow Star Cluster, it was quite useful in the surprise attack against Yamato.

However, there was an operational test ship that went missing in the top-secret experiments. Unfortunately, it had the bad luck of encountering a Gatlantis fleet and was captured. Some of the Garmillans who were taken prisoner were involved in the development of this plan, and their price to escape death was to become “science slaves.” The technique of the teleportation machine leaked to the Gatlantis side, and came to fruition with the energy system of the Flame Strike Gun. This fact can be understood from the characteristics of the Medaluza-class destroyers equipped with Flame Strike Guns. The catamaran shape of their bow houses a pair of energy tubes that form the teleportation pair, and their double outflow of energy strongly resembles the system developed by Garmillas.

In exchange for their lives, the Garmillas engineers gave up the teleportation technology system as science slaves…and no one knows what became of them afterward.

Originally Posted by Secret File 02

Embers of the Izumo Plan, Ki 8-type prototype airboat

When the war with Garmillas that broke out in 2191 intensified, humans started to emigrate into underground cities. Without a breakthrough in the war situation, they could not withstand environmental change on a global scale, and it was predicted that the limit of energy self-sufficiency would be reached at the end of the 22nd century. Each country groped for its own means of survival, and emigration to other planets was investigated. On the initiative of the military leadership in the Far East District, the Izumo Plan was developed. But when relief was offered from Iscandar in 2198, the new space bureau of the United Nations initiated the Yamato Plan, and the Space Battleship Yamato was built for interstellar travel.

The Izumo Plan was frozen, but General Kotetsu Serizawa, one of its central figures, was skeptical about Yamato’s purpose. He established a police division within Yamato on the pretext of providing security for the long voyage, falsifying records so that members of the information bureau, such as Shinya Itou, could be sent on board as security personnel. They would take advantage of the Yamato Plan by examining the possibility of human emigration to other planets, and use armed force within the ship once conclusive evidence was obtained. Thus, in the middle of the outbound trip, a coup d’etat broke out over planet Beemera 4, instigated by Itou and others of the Izumo faction. However, the Yamato Plan’s Chief Administrator Heikuro Todo, who sensed threatening movements beforehand, had taken steps in the background to avoid bloodshed. Security officer Toru Hoshina, and six other guards under Todo’s direct command, secretly watched the movements of the Izumo faction from the inside.

Yamato had been remodeled from what was originally an escape ship for the Izumo Plan, and remnants of that time were everywhere. One was a hangar dome beneath the ship, located ahead of the third bridge. It was designed to withstand the pressure of a gas planet’s atmosphere, or the deep sea of an Earth-type planet. This section was designated as a storage container to house “special type-2 multi-purpose retrofit vehicles,” but was exclusively used for the Ki 8-type prototype airboat, a planetary exploration vehicle from the earlier program.

The Ki 8-type prototype airboat was designed for spaceflight to a planet, flight in an Earthlike atmosphere, running on or under water, and driving on solid ground. It was managed and equipped by Information Chief Niimi, who, like Itou, received secret orders from the Izumo faction. After the coup attempt was ended, the Ki 8 remained sealed up, but after the loss of two Cosmo Seagulls, it was decided to activate it for planetary exploration on the return trip, and it showed an unexpectedly high performance.

Originally Posted by Secret File 03

Pilgrimage of the Jirellians, Legacy of Akerius

Beyond the outer edge of the Large Magellanic Galaxy is an invisible void of misty grey space. There, where people from both Earth and Garmillas became lost together, exists the derelict panet Shambleau, of the ancient Akerius civilization that built the “Geschtam gates” of the hyperspace network. Shambleau is worshipped as a sacred place by the Jirellian people, who cut off all ties with the outside world and went into hiding there.

The Jirellians are an exceptionally talented race who can read people’s minds, but are now on the verge of extinction. When the two Jirellian girls Miezela Celestella and Mirenel Link were rescued by Garmillas President Dessler, it was thought that they were the only two left. However, when their mother planet was destroyed, Lerelai led a handful of survivors on a pilgrimage to Shambleau, which allowed them to avoid extinction.

Celestella and Link lived on Garmillas from the time of their childhood, and as they grew up they earned special status because of their exceptional talents. After Yamato appeared, Dessler gave Celestella a special mission to capture the ship using the ghost linkage in the Akerian remains on planet Balun. A plot was developed for Link to covertly invade the thoughts of Yamato’s crew through the hyperspace network. Dessler needed to verify that a member of the Iscandar royal family was on board. In this plot, led by Celestella, Link used thought waves to invade the mainframe of Yamato, and the ship went out of control. But when she read the memories of Susumu Kodai and Yuki Mori, she was mislead by a hallucination. The fear of this dreadful power was probably also a poison that Dessler wanted for his own political machinations.

When Yamato wandered into the region of misty grey space, it was guided to planet Shambleau. An environment similar to the Amazon appeared on its internal surface, and lying there was the marine battleship Yamato of an earlier century. Even stranger was a stylish hotel found inside Yamato, a dazzling phenomenon similar to the plot against Yamato by Celestella and Link. The surviving Jirellians, who lived in seclusion on Shambleau, continued to block contact with outside races. They used their power as a negative force to compel the invaders to their sacred place into fighting each other. However, the three tribes of humanoids – Earth, Garmillas, and Jirellians – who all arose from the same seeds sown by Akerius – joined hands and awakened the ancient Shambleau from sleep…and it transformed into an “ark.”

In fact, Shambleau had crossed the galaxy as an interstellar seeding ship to give rise to humanoid life. The crystalline Shambleau had been built from the super-science of Akerius, perhaps as a device to lead people to a world free of conflict.

[Dextro]

Just got the two cosmo falcons I had ordered before Christmas:

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Looking at them I feel like the models won't do the series justice unless I work some magic with weathering kits.

maybe I should try to find the time and place to actually give these ones a proper coat of paint (even though I absolutely suck at it).

[Ithekro]

Nice information and nice models.

We used one of the newer Mecha Colle model kits last Saturday for a test game between the Comet Empire and Gamilas Empire (as seem in the 9 minute footage from Ark of the Stars). The Gamilas did better on the table than on the screen. Sure the Medaruusa-class ship vaporized four destroyers at the start, but the Gamilas managed to close enough to destroy five Cometine destroyers in return (before we ended the game because it after 8pm).

This model was built withing a half hour with no glue needed. It has not been painted yet. We will likely get two more to paint red and blue, or maybe even the standard fleet green.

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Also a crudely merged scale chart for a majority of the ship types (missing the Gamilas carriers, the moderized battleship, and Dessler's ship) in Yamato 2199 and Ark of the Stars. Gatlantis, Gamilas, and Terron.

[Ithekro]

Amazon Japan has confirmed the release date for Yamato 2199: Ark of the Stars.

May 27, 2015.

The BD will have English subtitles. And is Region Free.

There is also a two disc set and a collector's set. Not sure what all is on the second disc. Probably all the specials and events around the movie. The collector's box can hold all ten Yamato 2199 BDs.

[Ithekro]

And ordered. Both the collector's version from Amazon and a single disc version as a gift (along with the compelation movie for someone who hasn't picked up the series discs due to expense). The two films on BD as single discs cost about the same as the collector's two disc set with collector's box of Ark of the Stars through Amazon Japan.

Also ordered more Mecha Colle model kits from Bandai through Hobby Link Japan.

Both Amazon Japan and CD Japan have the film up for preorder.

[durack]

Really bummed out that

a) I was stupid enough to buy Star Blazers 2199 Blu-Rays
b) they stopped them at Volume 4
c) I bought Japanese volumes 5-7 and now have a hybrid set. Might as well started buying Japanese Blu-Rays to begin with.

[Ithekro]

Well aside from that how did you enjoy the episodes?

[BlueResistance]

I'm new here, so I apologize if this question was already covered a long time ago: Does anyone know if there is an English translation (official or fan-made) of the Scarlet-Eyed Ace Akira Yamamoto manga? Thanks!

[Ithekro]

Not seen one of that.

[BlueResistance]

Ah, well. I wasn't optimistic about my chances. By the way, impressive work on your "crudely merged" size comparison chart! It's kind of surprising that something official that's this comprehensive has not been produced nearly three years after the show debuted.

[Ithekro]

Thank you.

I wonder what will be next for Battleship Yamato and or the production crew that make it.

I've started working on a side project to make up something for a pre-Yamato Earth fleet for 2191-2198 in the Star Blazers Fleet Battle System game. Using a mix of real world ships, fan art, and odd logic as the basis for the various Earth regional fleets in place following the Interplanetary Wars and for First Contact with Gamilas. I'm working with the notion that Earth had 50 battleship at the start of the Gamilas War. Thes are of various ages and function. A hundred or so cruisers and a few hundred destroyers of all types.

They would outnumber the invading Gamilas fleet at the start...but the majority of the fleet is woefully underpowered, small, and using inferior technology that most of it cannot hope to really threaten the Gamilas ships. Only the battleships really have any real chance against Gamilas cruisers, and the Earth cruisers are functional against Gamilas destroyers...but most Earth destroyers? Target practise for the Gamilas. These are even smaller and less armed than ships like Yukikaze, which is relatively advanced. And we saw how those did against the Gamilas at Pluto.

I am having the Gamilas not as well prepared against the humans until Pluto. The humans were clearly expecting their weapons to do something, yet did basically nothing. I interpret this as the Gamilas adding specifically fomulated extra coating to their reflective armor on their ships by Pluto. Prior to this, they still had a reflective coat, just not as well suited to Earth weapons (it did absolutely nothing against Yamato's shock cannons until they ran into Dommel's flagship, which was extremely armored on the bow). So Earth ships will be able to damage Gamilas ships...at very close ranges. By Pluto these same tactics would have their weapons bounce off the Gamilas reflective armor.

Earth still only one one major battle against the Gamilas. Over Mars relatively early in the war. After that the engagements were decided by the Gamilas, and the Planet Bombs started to fall to Earth. It still took Gamilas nearly eight years to defeat the Earth fleets. The fleet under Okita at Pluto was what was left....mostly old cruiser, an old battleship, and whatever destroyers they had left.

[skaianDestiny]

That's pretty well-thought out. I recall somewhere that they wanted to do an OVA of the Mars battle, was there any news about that?

[macdawson]

We get a glimpse of those events in the episode 14 manga adaptation.

[Ithekro]

Looks grim. Don't know the details.

[skaianDestiny]

So with how SBY 2199 is treating the Gamilons and Gatlanteans, what are your predictions for a remake of season 2, the Dark Nebula movies, and Bolar Wars would go plotwise? If they do do season 2, I hope they incorporate more of the Gamilons. An epic fight with Gamilons and the EDF fighting the Comet Empire in the Solar System would be sweet.

[GundamFan0083]

I would like to see the EDF save Garmilas from Gatlantis and have both powers expel/defeat the Gatlantis forces.

Would make a nice shift, since Earth doesn't have the population to be much of a power after the Garmilas war I would think. Plus, the Garmilas fleet has been pounded by both Yamato, their internal power struggle, and the Gatlantis.

[JudgeKing]

Originally Posted by GundamFan0083

I would like to see the EDF save Garmilas from Gatlantis and have both powers expel/defeat the Gatlantis forces.

Would make a nice shift, since Earth doesn't have the population to be much of a power after the Garmilas war I would think. Plus, the Garmilas fleet has been pounded by both Yamato, their internal power struggle, and the Gatlantis.

Earth's problems wouldn't be a lack of warm bodies, but rather bottlenecks on personnel training and warship production.

[scififan]

Originally Posted by JudgeKing

Earth's problems wouldn't be a lack of warm bodies, but rather bottlenecks on personnel training and warship production.

You know why Yamato and later anime (Nadeshiko) so iconic. It's all about a lone battleship. It's different from Star Trek. The crew of anime Yamato have good luck charm. They can overcome any obstacles, if they dare to try. This anime spirit influenced other anime battleship/carrier such as White Base(Mobile Suit Gundam) and Super Dimensional Fortress(Macross).

[Ithekro]

It depends on how long until the next adventure is for Yamato. Four or so years would mean they would have a core for the new generation ships being built. A core fleet around the brand new Andromeda. Earth's advantage is technical due to the Iscandarian technology. The Andromeda's wave motion guns are likely designed to get around treaty restrictions by being an anti-fleet weapon rather than an anti-planetary weapon. It would still be a weapon of mass destruction, but it wouldn't be able to crack a planet in half (just vaporize a large surface area).

Yamato's gun would likely be restored to the original specifications, perhaps with a waver to the treaty due to the need to defend Earth/Gamilas/Iscandar.

They could revisit New Voyages as the way to setup the Comet Empire storyline instead of the Dark Nebula or Teressa of Telassart, but she would need to play a part I think, unless they have her role taken by Yurisha or Starsha.

The Bolar will probably remain as they are, but be either a galatic rival for a section of the Gamilas Empire, or a piece of either thay Empire or Gatlantis' conquests that has broken away after Yamato in commissioned.

[Ithekro]

This stuff arrived in the mail today.




Most is not mine, as I've ordering for people that don't like using the internet for buying things themselves.

1/500 scale Yamato
Expansion set for the 1/500 scale Yamato
Megahouse Deuesula II Special Type Battleship
--Mecha Colle ships from Bandai--
5 Gamilas Battlecarriers
3 Gamilas Multi-deck Carriers (green)
2 Gamilas Fleet Battleships
1 Earth destroyers (Yukikaze)

The Megahouse ship is mine.