Product Details

• Actors: Eddie Allen, Michael Bertolini, Amy Howard Wilson, Lydia Leeds, Kenneth Meseroll
• Directors: Leiji Matsumoto
• Producers: Yoshinobu Nishizaki
• Format: Animated, Color, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC
• Language: Japanese
• Rated: Unrated
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Voyager
• VHS Release Date: October 31, 2001
• Run Time: 120 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6303196551
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #349,496 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars different but good, January 31, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is the movie version (in japanese dialogue) of the comet
empire series 2. The video quality is good. Better than the original series with differences in the way the story unfolds as well as with characters. Some examples are.....Princess Invidia has white hair and different eyes instead of black hair. Saito (sgt Knox) dies holding off soldiers for Sanada (Sandor) and Teresa (Trelena) Does not have the power of antimatter.....she is MADE of antimatter. The ending is drastically different as well. Many of the main characters die off. (but some return in three more subseqent movies). I would not call the ending sappy......and it does show more of the aspect of japanese culture. It just takes a different and emotional, if not spiritual approach. Most other things remain the same. A good movie and an interesting contrast to the original tv series. A must for the Star Blazers collector.

5.0 out of 5 stars Classic from Yesteryear, May 13, 2008

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Peter Dykhuis (Grandville, MI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The mixed reviews are a fair representation of this movie. I, like many of the reviewers, grew up watching Starblazers on US television. When I got a bit older I bought the available VHS and later DVD's. The stand alone products were a surprise as they were the Japanese original concepts. Does this make them bad? No. Of course not. Does this make them different? Absolutely.

The Japanese animation is traditionally targeted towards adults as much or more then children so what made the US adaptation successful will and is missing from the Japanese original. What is in its place is an animated Soap Opera. This is appropriate and exciting in its own way. I really enjoyed it.

I enjoyed it but beware. Watching foreign films with subtitles is an acquired taste and one that not everyone cares to acquire.