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Posted On: September 13th 2024, 04:25 am
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Any Star*Blazers fans here?
When I was a kid in about 1980 I fell in love with this cartoon - the Americanized version of Space Battleship Yamato.
My older sister and I would HOLD A TAPE RECORDER UP TO THE TV speaker to save the audio, for relistening on long car trips.
The anime has had multiple sequels and even a live action adaption in 2010.
In the US, Comico comics published a handful of anime adaptions like this in their day - Robotech (Macross) did very well for them - and some original sequel stories too I believe.
🤔 I wonder if the US versions were ever exported to Japan, and if so how they were received by fans there?
Artist Doug Rice really excels at the full and double-page spreads in addition to really nailing the look of the iconic Yamato, and cast of characters. Rice co-created this series and a sequel with Phil Foglio. Foglio has worked across the comics industry for years and is well regarded for his ongoing Girl Genius series, creating a bunch of Magic cards, adapting the cult favorite Myth-Adventures book series to comics - plus an Angel & The Ape miniseries from DC that I remember fondly from the early 90s.
Do yourself a favor and track down the anime (it used to be easily available on youtube). If you find it to your liking, the Star*Blazers comics° are still there to find in back issue bins.
°There is of course an original Space Battleship Yamato manga created by Leiji Matsumoto between 1974-1979, that is gorgeous to look at and read. There's a nice hardcover of it available in English released by Seven Seas in 2019 (why not check your library for it).
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#comics #manga #anime #宇宙戦艦ヤマト #SpaceBattleshipYamato
#LeijiMatsumoto
#PhilFoglio #DougRice
#Yamato #Gamilas #Gamilons
#GirlGenius
When I was a kid in about 1980 I fell in love with this cartoon - the Americanized version of Space Battleship Yamato.
My older sister and I would HOLD A TAPE RECORDER UP TO THE TV speaker to save the audio, for relistening on long car trips.
The anime has had multiple sequels and even a live action adaption in 2010.
In the US, Comico comics published a handful of anime adaptions like this in their day - Robotech (Macross) did very well for them - and some original sequel stories too I believe.
🤔 I wonder if the US versions were ever exported to Japan, and if so how they were received by fans there?
Artist Doug Rice really excels at the full and double-page spreads in addition to really nailing the look of the iconic Yamato, and cast of characters. Rice co-created this series and a sequel with Phil Foglio. Foglio has worked across the comics industry for years and is well regarded for his ongoing Girl Genius series, creating a bunch of Magic cards, adapting the cult favorite Myth-Adventures book series to comics - plus an Angel & The Ape miniseries from DC that I remember fondly from the early 90s.
Do yourself a favor and track down the anime (it used to be easily available on youtube). If you find it to your liking, the Star*Blazers comics° are still there to find in back issue bins.
°There is of course an original Space Battleship Yamato manga created by Leiji Matsumoto between 1974-1979, that is gorgeous to look at and read. There's a nice hardcover of it available in English released by Seven Seas in 2019 (why not check your library for it).
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#comics #manga #anime #宇宙戦艦ヤマト #SpaceBattleshipYamato
#LeijiMatsumoto
#PhilFoglio #DougRice
#Yamato #Gamilas #Gamilons
#GirlGenius
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2 years agoforeverazone
Yeah this was something and knew little of Star Blazers growing up as Robotech took much of me there aha I'm glad to meet a fellow fan of you on this one for our love of Space Battleship Yamato/Star Blazers :)
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