Product Details

• Actors: Kei Tomiyama, Yôko Asagami, Shûsei Nakamura, Takeshi Aono, Ichirô Nagai
• Directors: Takeshi Shirado, Toshio Masuda
• Writers: Toshio Masuda, Yoshinobu Nishizaki, Hideaki Yamamoto, Leiji Matsumoto
• Producers: Yoshinobu Nishizaki
• Format: Animated, Color, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Voyager
• VHS Release Date: October 31, 2001
• Run Time: 95 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6303296920
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #227,111 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Space Battleship Yamato: New Voyage, February 4, 2000

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Elaine Gregory "elaryn" (Rancho Cordova, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Space Battleship Yamato: New Voyage [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This OAV continues the Yamato saga after the second series (Comet Empire saga). The animation is up to their usual standards, which is very good, and the script is, for the most part, well-written. We continue to see the character development of Kodai (Wildstar), Yuki (Nova) and Desslar (Desslok), as well as a little more of the Yamato universe. This video introduces 2 new characters, trainees Kitano, Tokugawa (Engineer Tokugawa's [Orion] son - in the Japanese version, the engineer was killed during the final Comet Empire conflict) and Sakamoto (who looks suspiciously like Sato [or Conroy] from the first 2 series). We also get to see Kodai Mamoru (Alex Wildstar) and good ol' Queen Staasha (Starsha) or Isacandar and....well, you'll just have to watch it, won't you... <g>

All kidding aside, this is a good video and very enjoyable to watch, and the soundtrack (if you can find it) isn't bad, either.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Lot of Action of the Gamilon Fleet, November 10, 2002

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TOMOKIYO Satoshi (Yokohama, Japan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Space Battleship Yamato: New Voyage [VHS] (VHS Tape)

One thing I like in Yamato [Star Blazers] is its mechanic designs. In this feature film, there are a lot of scenes in which my favorite Gamilon fleet appears (so 5 stars). The Gamilons face a strong enemy and Yamato [the Argo] comes to their rescue.
"The New Voyage" and "Be Forever Yamato" (in this order) fit between the Series Two and the Series Three of Star Blazers. The development of the relationship between Desslar [Desslok] and Kodai [Wildstar] which turned from enmity to subtle sympathy in the Series Two is the underline of this story.

13 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Agree with the previous reviewer, but..., September 14, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Space Battleship Yamato: The New Voyage (DVD)

Remasters of mono soundtracks into 5.1 sound can often cause serious problems. Sure, if you have the resources of Paramont at your disposal, you can come up with something like the Star Trek original series DVD's, but for a small outfit like Voyager a 5.1 remaster would wind up sounding horrible.

Secondly, the original theatrical ratio of the Yamato movies was in fact, 4:3 (aside from "Be Forever," which switches to a widescreen aspect ratio mid-feature, something which VEI preserved). Add to this fact that "New Voyage" was a TV special. I would much rather see the entire picture, as upposed to someone cropping it into false widscreen.

That said, this is a great movie marred by Voyager's lackluster presentation, and (non)preservation of their masters. Between the release of the VHS version and the DVD, the masters have actually disintegrated so that the main feature has TAPE FLAWS!! At one point it looks like you're watching a tape that's being eaten by your VCR.

If you have the VHS version and it's not disintegrating, don't bother with this disk because your tape is actually a better presentation. The extras do not make up for the damage to the main feature.