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Space Battleship Yamato: The Classic Collection Hardcover – April 9, 2019

by Leiji Matsumoto (Author)
4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 162 ratings
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Leiji Matsumoto’s original science fiction masterpiece, first introduced to Western audiences as Star Blazers! It is the year 2199. The Gamilans, a hostile alien race, have bombarded the Earth, rendering it virtually uninhabitable and edging humanity to the verge of extinction. Mankind’s last, best hope for survival is the Space Battleship Yamato, a legendary spaceship newly equipped with a faster-than-light drive and advanced weaponry. Its mission: to travel to the distant planet of Iscandar and obtain a mysterious device that could heal our planet. Can Yamato‘s ragtag crew traverse the galaxy, defeat an overwhelming alien force, and return home in time to save the Earth from certain destruction?
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  1. Print length
    644 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Seven Seas
  4. Publication date
    April 9, 2019
  5. Grade level
    7 - 9
  6. Reading age
    13 - 18 years
  7. Dimensions
    6.09 x 1.8 x 8.46 inches
  8. ISBN-10
    1626929122
  9. ISBN-13
    978-1626929128
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Leiji Matsumoto is one of Japan’s most influential manga creators. He is best known for Galaxy Express 999, Captain Harlock, and an animated collaboration with Western musical duo Daft Punk.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Seven Seas; Translation edition (April 9, 2019)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 644 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1626929122
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1626929128
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 13 - 18 years
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ 7 - 9
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.09 x 1.8 x 8.46 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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4.6 out of 5 stars
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Customers find the book release very fine and impressive. They also describe the genre as classic and the characters as developed. Readers describe the art as exciting and imaginative. Opinions are mixed on the storyline, with some finding it impressive with new plot twists, while others say it lacks subplots.

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7 customers mention "Release"7 positive0 negative

Customers find the book release very fine, great, and worth the wait. They also say it's a superb edition of English manga and excellent quality.

"...Been eagerly waiting 49 years for this...totally worth the wait!" Read more

"I am so excited to get this. Classic manga for Leiji Matsumoto. Excellent quality and fast delivery." Read more

"...For historical reasons ,an old but nonetheless good reading and finally for the price is a must buy." Read more

"...Anyway, it is what it is. This is a very fine book release and i am happy to support in this in the hopes of securing future releases...." Read more

6 customers mention "Presentation"6 positive0 negative

Customers find the presentation of the book impressive, exciting, and imaginative. They also say the newsprint smells wonderful.

"The classic original manga in a beautiful hardcover collection! Been eagerly waiting 49 years for this...totally worth the wait!" Read more

"...The art tends to be exciting, imaginative and all of the value of the book...." Read more

"...Seven Seas does a great job with their Classic Collection- excellent presentation, only second to Vertical in how they publish classic manga with..." Read more

"I like the artwork and of course the story but this feels like a summary of the anime and not as cohesive as it should be story wise of Space..." Read more

4 customers mention "Genre"4 positive0 negative

Customers find the genre classic manga.

"I am so excited to get this. Classic manga for Leiji Matsumoto. Excellent quality and fast delivery." Read more

"A classic manga. Great to see it brought together in a large collection." Read more

"Ezxcellent English manga!" Read more

"An incomplete but fun manga adaptation of a great anime..." Read more

3 customers mention "Characters"3 positive0 negative

Customers find the characters in the book developed.

"...New facets of the characters emerge, and I was completely surprised and delighted to learn many new things about this series that is a special part..." Read more

"...It had a very complex plot and developed characters, as well as some I would come to know as fixed character types...." Read more

"...story was inventive, the ship designs excellent, and some of the characters well fleshed-out...." Read more

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Customers find the art exciting and imaginative.

"...Reading this was like a time warp.It’s idiosyncratic and doesn’t always make sense, but that’s what makes the old Japanese animation shows..." Read more

"...The art tends to be exciting, imaginative and all of the value of the book...." Read more

"Inventive & engrossing classic..." Read more

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Customers are mixed about the storyline. Some are impressed with the new plot twists and revised considerations, while others say that many subplots are nonexistent.

"...called Space Battleship Yamato 2199, and was very impressed with its new plot twists and revised considerations for the state of humanity...." Read more

"...I didn't expect the out of order section or missing sections from the stories...." Read more

"...It had a very complex plot and developed characters, as well as some I would come to know as fixed character types...." Read more

"...I thought the story was inventive, the ship designs excellent, and some of the characters well fleshed-out...." Read more

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Customers find the plot of the book incomplete.

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"...The story, actual parts of too felt rushed, disjoined and incomplete...." Read more

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5.0 out of 5 stars Matsumoto Awesomeness!
Reviewed in the United States on May 26, 2019
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The classic original manga in a beautiful hardcover collection! Been eagerly waiting 49 years for this...totally worth the wait!
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A Forest Fan
5.0 out of 5 stars Star Blazers comes full circle
Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2020
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Back around 1981 I watched the entire first two seasons of Star Blazers on UHF channel 20 in the Washington DC area. (The second season was the Comet Empire). Later in the eighties I obtained a cell-photo book from Be Forever Yamato, and even assembled a 4-inch long Yamato model kit. I bought the 4-issue Star Blazers comic mini series made by an American company back then, and for a long time that was my only association with the series.

Since that time I've watched the newer reimagining called Space Battleship Yamato 2199, and was very impressed with its new plot twists and revised considerations for the state of humanity. The new version allows me to enjoy the story afresh.

Reading the original manga in this collected book for the first time in 2020, I was shocked to find many stories from the original and revised television series were not mentioned in the original manga. Or they were crafted off of notes or from two stories merged together. New facets of the characters emerge, and I was completely surprised and delighted to learn many new things about this series that is a special part from my childhood.

Fans of the television shows will have much to enjoy in this collected manga, including numerous color panels introducing several key chapters. Many double-page spreads of alien landscapes and the Yamato also abound, and there are some hints of the Comet Empire storyline in the closing chapters. Makes me wonder if there are more original manga stories waiting out there to be translated into English. Never Say Die, brave Yamato crew!
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5.0 out of 5 stars A must purchase!
Reviewed in the United States on May 23, 2024
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If you like graphic novels, then this is the one for you!
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Raymond Lugo
4.0 out of 5 stars There are mistakes in the book I recieved.
Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2022
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I liked all the little bits with Harlock. I was surprised to see them. I was disappointed by the omission of the battle of Pluto after teasing it with the introduction of the Reflex Gun. I was disappointed by the replacement of the end of the Comet Empire with a scene with Captain Okita after he had died in the previous storyline. The book covers the trip to Iscandar and back to Earth and the start of the Comet Empire. It ends after picking up the Space Marines which is then followed by the out of place story with Captain Okita, Desler, Desler's mom, and Desler's sister. There is no more about the challenge with the Comet Empire.

So, yeah, I enjoyed what was there, but it wasn't complete. I expected (1) the Iscandar story; or (2) the Iscandar and Comet Empire stories; or (3) the Iscandar, Comet Empire, and the Bolar Federation stories. I didn't expect the out of order section or missing sections from the stories. It would be interesting to know if the original manga releases stopped before completing the Comet Empire story.

For Harlock fans, the little Harlock information here shows that in this story, Harlock is really Kodia's brother who stays away because he's probably part cyborg.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Brings back childhood memories of Star Blazers.
Reviewed in the United States on November 23, 2023
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Like many people, Star Blazers was my intro to Anime (along with Battle of the Planets and Marine Boy).
Reading this was like a time warp.
It’s idiosyncratic and doesn’t always make sense, but that’s what makes the old Japanese animation shows awesome.
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5.0 out of 5 stars AWESOME!
Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2019
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I am so excited to get this. Classic manga for Leiji Matsumoto. Excellent quality and fast delivery.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Not the best introduction to this series
Reviewed in the United States on October 3, 2021
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The book Space Battleship Yamato: The Classic Collection is a letdown. I cannot recommend it except as a completer selection for the serious collector.

Space Battleship Yamato was my introduction to what was then called Japanamation. Now called Anime. I rarely got to see more than one or two episodes at a time. I knew I was seeing something new. The idea of a cartoon made for another culture, and being shared with an American audience was very interesting. It had a very complex plot and developed characters, as well as some I would come to know as fixed character types. This at a time when the worst of Hanna Barbara and their just to sell merchandise cartoons were almost all Saturday morning television had to offer.

I later tried to buy one of the earliest CD copies, only to find it would not play on my computer. I have and enjoy the live action CD, for all its crude production values. Bottom line, I am a fan of the story and through Space Battleship Yamato, I have become an aficionado of anime.

The art tends to be exciting, imaginative and all of the value of the book. The story, actual parts of too felt rushed, disjoined and incomplete.

The initial plot is about an Earth so polluted by alien attackers, The Gamlians. Their technology is so superior that in a space battle, outnumbered 5 to one by Earth Star destroyers that the initial battle of the book is not even close. The last of Earth’s space forces are swept away.

With apparent total control the enemy sit about doing not much of much until the Earth force recovers plans for a new Battleship. Plans arrive from somewhere and are an entirely new in technology. A page or two later Earth launches the salvaged hull of the long-ago sunk WWII battleship, Yamato. Its mostly familiar form now beweaponed with stuff that is a match for the baddies. Using never before seen or tested propulsion system and main weapons; Earth suddenly has a fearsome, to the enemy, threat.

So, the story lurches on. Several possible narratives start and end abruptly. Crew members sort of form relationships. Meantime we have unusual sound effect ( Yamato goes zu zu zu as at cruising speed and a nearby passing space battleship goes fwash, and one of the weapons goes Fauim! lots of numbers and possibly consistent techno babble and the good guys do good.

And as others have noted, the book ends without and ending.
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Ilias Mastrogiorgos
5.0 out of 5 stars Yamato Forever
Reviewed in the United States on June 29, 2019
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At long last I have in my collection the original classic Space Battleship Yamato.
This edition is a great value for money.
Hardcover, very good binding and an honest paper quality.
For historical reasons ,an old but nonetheless good reading and finally for the price is a must buy.
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5.0 out of 5 stars alles ok
Reviewed in Germany on February 19, 2024
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5.0 out of 5 stars Item de colecionador!
Reviewed in Brazil on April 18, 2021
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Excelente acabamento e impressão. Item de colecionador!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Better than expected. A++++++
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 1, 2022
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The design and illustrations are the best and most dynamic that I have ever seen in manga. I bought the three volumes of Captain Harlock right after reading this. A must have.
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Jean-Philippe Viau
5.0 out of 5 stars Thanks for helping completing my collection!
Reviewed in Canada on August 17, 2020
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Excellent condition, finally can conplete my Leiji Matsumoto collection thanks to this classic collection. Highly recommended. Fast delivery a very nice bonus
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Efrén Sandoval
5.0 out of 5 stars Indispensable para los fans
Reviewed in Mexico on December 14, 2019
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Como bien saben los fans el esfuerzo del maestro Leiji Matsumoto para esta obra fue titánico, ya que al mismo tiempo que supervisaba la producción de animación de las aventuras del Yamato, también elaboraba este manga: una obra de día y otra de noche. El señor Matsumoto durmió muy poco entre 1974 y 1975, por lo que debemos apreciar el esfuerzo que puso en este trabajo, y aunque algunos se han quejado de la omisión de la batalla de Pluto, hay que entender que esto corría al mismo tiempo que el anime, por lo que es de esperarse que algunas cosas no aparecieran igual en ambas obras.
Esta es una compra obligada para todo fan de está increíble saga.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Indispensable para los fans
Reviewed in Mexico on December 14, 2019
Como bien saben los fans el esfuerzo del maestro Leiji Matsumoto para esta obra fue titánico, ya que al mismo tiempo que supervisaba la producción de animación de las aventuras del Yamato, también elaboraba este manga: una obra de día y otra de noche. El señor Matsumoto durmió muy poco entre 1974 y 1975, por lo que debemos apreciar el esfuerzo que puso en este trabajo, y aunque algunos se han quejado de la omisión de la batalla de Pluto, hay que entender que esto corría al mismo tiempo que el anime, por lo que es de esperarse que algunas cosas no aparecieran igual en ambas obras.
Esta es una compra obligada para todo fan de está increíble saga.
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