Space Battleship Yamato II
, also known as Star Blazers: The Comet Empire or Star Blazers II, is a Japanese military science fiction anime series produced by Academy Productions. It is the sequel to "Space Battleship Yamato" and an adaptation of the movie "Arrivederci Yamato" created by Yoshinobu Nishizaki and Leiji Matsumoto. It aired on Yomiuri TV in Japan from October 14, 1978, to April 4, 1979. It later got a remake in 2017 under the name "". Overview. As the popularity of the "Space Battleship Yamato" franchise became clear (largely because of the outcry from fans who saw the movie), a  second season of the television series was produced, retconning the movie to present a different plot in which the "Yamato" and its primary characters were not killed off. Expanding the story to 26 episodes, the second season featured additional plot lines, such as a love story between Teresa (Trelaina) and "Yamato" crew member Daisuke Shima (Mark Venture), and an antagonism between Kodai and Saito (Knox), leader of a group of space marines. This season is considered the best by many fans on account of the strategic space fleet battles, the imaginative spaceship designs created by Studio Nue, and the character  development of Gamilas leader Desler. Footage from "Arrivederci Yamato" was reused in the second season, particularly in the opening titles; the sequence of the "Yamato" launching from water was also reused in two of the subsequent movies. Plot. The Year is 2201, two years after the defeat of the Gamillas Empire and the restoration of Earth, the planet is entering a new age of Militarization with the completion of the new Intergalactic Ship, the Andromeda. However, the Gatlantis Empire (White Comet Empire), a new and even greater threat than the Gamilas, attacks Earth after crew of the "Yamato" investigates an  SOS signal from the mysterious Teresa of planet Telezart. At the same time Desler, leader of the Gamilas Empire, also seeks revenge for his defeat at the hands of the "Yamato".