En route to Aquarius, Shima writes a letter to his brother, still trying to keep his spirits up. Like the previous scene with the two brothers, this is unique to Version B. Version A simply goes to an establishing shot of Aquarius that is not kept in Version B.
Next we go to a reused shot from earlier in the film with Uruk forcing Aquarius into a warp. And as before, only Version A shows the rings around Aquarius.
Lugal de Zahl, having returned to his father in defeat, gets a wicked-looking new flagship and goes out on the prowl for a rematch with Yamato. As usual, the ship only gets a caption in Version A.
Yamato warps into a vast interstellar cloud which is enhanced in Version B with mist effects.
Planet Aquarius materializes, getting a caption in Version A and a color enhancement in Version B.
Yamato approaches, launching a set of probes. The background in Version B is a much better match for the surrounding scenes.
Yamato continues past the camera and in Version A a squadron of Cosmo Tigers gains into the shot. They are deleted from Version B.
The Tigers fly on ahead of Yamato in Version A, but are nonexistent in B.
Next we go to some beauty shots of Aquarius’s floating continents. This is the only scene changed from A to B: cloud cover was removed and a waterfall was added to the “Rene Magritte” continent.
Yamato sets down in the water, which is enhanced with glittery effects in Version B.
The Queen of Aquarius appears and explains her planet’s role in the dawn of life across the galaxy. Version B is much brighter and mistier than A, and the Queen’s caption is deleted.
Galaxies float past the Queen as she speaks, changed quite a bit from A to B.
Remember those Cosmo Tigers that flew on ahead? They report the sighting of a Dinguil energy plant in both versions, but it only gets captioned in Version A.
Lugal’s new fleet quietly closes in. The art in this scene is the same in both versions, but the timing and movement are opened up in B.
Three new scenes from inside Lugal’s command ship for Version B.
Lugal spots Yamato rising away from the surface. Version B is wider and has different background art.
Yamato engages the enemy and leaves exploding ships in her wake. Version B gave these shots different color effects and background art.
An additional wide shot of the battle from Version B.
Backed into a corner, Yamato lets fly with the Wave-Motion Gun and cleans Lugal’s clock. The scene of his command ship escaping was quite different from A to B.
A explosive chain-reaction gains on Lugal’s escaping ship. It was almost invisible in A, greatly enhanced in B.
Lugal’s ship flew out of a white cloud in A that was repainted purple in B.
The new version of the scene in B was extended to include Yamato breaking out of the purple cloud in hot pursuit.