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Star Blazers (1980)

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Star Blazers for me will always be that equation: 365 earth days had to be divisible by 148,000 light years or the earth would be destroyed. Even as a kid I knew there was something profoundly tragic about the lone Space battleship Yamato taking on the vastly superior Gamilon forces. Outnumbered, they always seemed on the verge of being overwhelmed, one Wave Motion Gun misfire away from defeat. And all the while, the ‘Days Remaining’ counter at the end of … (read more)

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