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Originally Posted by Ithekro

Interesting information.

I'm curious about Episode 4 as that seems to be the one with the least amount of information on it so far.

Here's what that fellow member wrote about the movie. I just separated his text by episode...for your convenience

Spoiler:

Chapters 2 Recap by Tochiro

(Episode 3)
"So, following the end of chapter 1 ( a short story digest is provided at the beginning of chapter 2) the yamato leaves earth orbit and heads towards Iscandar. They pass by the Kirishima, with Hijikata on board - as they leave earth - a nice new touch, imo).
It's explained to the crew that the only way to make the trip within the year earth has left is to try a warp. This has never been done by a human ship before and involves basically making mini-black hole to shunt the ship through time/space. So they warp and...things go wrong. the yamato pops out at Jupiter ... too close to Jupiter since they are immediately caught in its gravity well.
After scanning the planet they detect a floating continent that is a gamillas base and manage to crash land on it. The base is a small one and only has 4 ships, but figures that these are enough to take out a human ship. Oh boy are they ever wrong.
After dispatching the gamilas ships, the Yamato takes off but then Okita decides now is as good a time as any to test the wave motion gun. It destroys the entire floating continent (which is approx the size of Australia) leaving a gaping hole not unlike a second red spot on Jupiters surface.
(oh and for anyone complaining about the fact that they still use goggles when firing the wave motion gun, they ALSO have a viewscreen polarizer/dimmer as well. The goggles are an extra precaution."

(Episode 4)
"Not long after escaping Jupiter, its discovered that firing the Wave Motion gun has caused part of the engine to overheat and engine parts are literally melting.Around this time a human distress beacon is picked up from a nearby moon (planet/ dont remember sorry). Some of the crew want to check for survivors, while others want to continue on to Iscandar as fast as possible. Fortunately it turns out that the moon in question also has an element present that is needed to fix the engine. The yamato lands and Yuki/Kodai/useless other female whose name I have forgotten go to check out the distress beacon. It turns out to be coming from the wreckage of a human ship. While checking it out they are attacked by gamillas androids who have been sent to catch a human sample. the yamato is pinned down by a tank attack to distract it from Kodai's distress call. The Yamato is low and vulnerable and cannot launch fighters from the rear bay so Yamamoto steals a fighter and takes off via catapault - she wipes out the tanks and saves Kodai - who then realizes that the wreckage is the Yukikaze, his brothers ship (although his brothers body is nowhere to be found).
And yes, Yamamoto rocks.
She requests a transfer to the black tiger squadron, which Kodai approves."

(Episodes 5 and 6)
"In the meantime theres some debate about whether to bypass Pluto or attack the gamillas base there. Okita is undecided until they realise that Pluto is the origin point of the radioactive planet bombs. Surrounded by asteroids, the hidden gamillas base uses a series of satellites to reflect a lazer at a any chosen asteroid at just the right angle to ignite it and send it tearing towards earth. They fire one at the Yamato and when Okita realises the truth of where the asteroids are coming from he decides to take out the Pluto base. At least this way there will be no further damage to earth. In other words...ITS ON!!!!!

But.... with Pluto covered by ice, Okita sends out almost every fighter to locate the gamillas base....however....gamillas uses the reflective satellite lazer to inflict heavy damage on the Yamato. With no choice but to crash land and suffering damage from subsequent lazer attacks, the Yamato is pounded into the ice until it sinks below it. Kodai and co eventually find the hidden base and disable its cloaking shield, allowing the Yamato to resurface and hit it with some devastating artillery strikes. With the Pluto base destroyed, the Yamato now finds itself at the edge of the galaxy, ready to take its first real step towards the unknown and Iscandar...

(theres some subplots with a female character, hints about Yuki's strange resemblance to certain other character, some power politics within Gamillas - including Dessler - as well, interwoven in the above)."