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After the frenzy of 1977’s Space Battleship Yamato and 1978’s Farewell to Yamato, Yamato is back for the third time in 1980. Actually, if you include the telefeature The New Voyage in the summer of 1979, it’s the fourth time it has been deployed.
This time, Yamato‘s enemy is the Dark Nebula Empire and its fearsome weapon, the Hyperon Bomb. To save the Earth from destruction, the powered-up Yamato travels 400,000 light years…
Executive producer: Yoshinobu Nishizaki
Director and Setting Director: Leiji Matsumoto
Director: Toshio Masuda