List of Space Battleship Yamato episodes

This article is a list of episodes from the television show Space Battleship Yamato in order by production number.

Episodes

#	Episode Name	Original air date
01	"SOS Earth! Revive Space Battleship Yamato!" Transliteration: "SOS chikyū!! Yomigaere uchū senkan Yamato" (Japanese: SOS地球!!甦れ宇宙戦艦ヤマト)	October 6, 1974 (1974-10-06)
The Earth Defense Force has its last battle with the Gamilas near Pluto. Meanwhile, a mysterious spaceship crashes on Mars.
02	"The Opening Gun! Space Battleship Yamato Starts!" Transliteration: "Gōhō ichi hatsu!! Uchū senkan Yamato shidō!!" (Japanese: 号砲一発!!宇宙戦艦ヤマト始動!!)	October 13, 1974 (1974-10-13)
The wreckage of the Imperial Japanese Navy battleship Yamato holds a secret. Finally, there is hope.
03	"Yamato Launch! The Challenge of 296,000 Light Years!" Transliteration: "Yamato hasshin!! 29 man 6 sen kōnen e no chōsen!!" (Japanese: ヤマト発進!!29万6千光年への挑戦!!)	October 20, 1974 (1974-10-20)
04	"World of Wonder! Yamato Leaps Past Light!" Transliteration: "Kyōi no sekai!! Kō o tobikoe ta Yamato" (Japanese: 驚異の世界!!光を飛び越えたヤマト)	October 27, 1974 (1974-10-27)
05	"Escape the Floating Continent! Crisis Calls the Wave-Motion Gun!" Transliteration: "Fuyū tairiku dasshutsu!! Kiki o yobu hadō hō!!" (Japanese: 浮遊大陸脱出!!危機を呼ぶ波動砲!!)	November 3, 1974 (1974-11-03)
06	"Space Destroyer Yukikaze Sleeps in the Ice Field" Transliteration: "Hyōgen ni nemuru uchū kuchiku kan yuki kaze!" (Japanese: 氷原に眠る宇宙駆逐艦ゆきかぜ!)	November 11, 1974 (1974-11-11)
07	"Yamato Sinks! Fateful Battle to Destroy the Enemy Stronghold!" Transliteration: "Yamato unmei no yōsai kōrya ku sen!!" (Japanese: ヤマト沈没!!運命の要塞攻略戦!!)	November 17, 1974 (1974-11-17)
The Yamato arrives on Pluto and launches an attack on the base that has been bombarding Earth. But the base has a secret satellite reflective gun that hits the Yamato. It manages to crash-land in Pluto's ocean only to be sunk right away.
08	"Yamato Braves Death! Destroy the Reflex Gun!" Transliteration: "Kesshi no Yamato!! Hansha eisei hō gekiha seyo!!" (Japanese: 決死のヤマト!!反射衛星砲撃破せよ!!)	November 24, 1974 (1974-11-24)
Playing a game of hide-and-seek underwater, the Yamato distracts base command while a commando led by Kodai goes to the surface to destroy the reflective gun and meeting blob-like Plutonians along the way. The explosion floods the base and the Gamilas are forced to evacuate.
09	"Revolving Defense! Asteroid Belt!" Transliteration: "Kaiten bōgyo!! Asuteroido beruto!!" (Japanese: 回転防禦!!アステロイド・ベルト!!)	December 1, 1974 (1974-12-01)
Gamilas who saved their fleet are told to either win or die against the Yamato. The latter is heavily damaged and goes into hiding in an asteroid belt: Sanada using the asteroids as camouflage while repairing, then as an impenetrable ring of defense. The enemy fleet is annihilated.
10	"Farewell, Solar System! From the Galaxy, With Love!" Transliteration: "Saraba taiyō ken! Ginga yori ai o kome te!!" (Japanese: さらば太陽圏!銀河より愛をこめて!!)	December 8, 1974 (1974-12-08)
Now the Yamato has some breathing room, the crew uses the opportunity to emit last minute transmissions towards the Earth, which won't be possible once they leave the solar system. Everybody is concerned by how desperate the situation on Earth has become, even if Kodai and Okita don't have anybody left to transmit to.
11	"Resolution! Break Through the Gamilons' Absolute Defense Line!" Transliteration: "Ketsudan!! Gamirasu zettai bōei sen totsunyū!!" (Japanese: 決断!!ガミラス絶対防衛線突入!!)	December 15, 1974 (1974-12-15)
The Yamato encounters a Gamilas minefield and attempts to cross it, but at some point the mines move closer on their own, so the ship has to stop and Analyzer is sent out to find the control mine and disable it, which he manages even though drunk at the time.
12	"Certain Death! The Wishing Star of Orion, Hell-star!" Transliteration: "Zettaizetsumei!! Orion no negai boshi, jigoku boshi" (Japanese: 絶体絶命!!オリオンの願い星、地獄星)	December 22, 1974 (1974-12-22)
Near Orion the Yamato falls into a three-folded Gamilas trap: a magnetic barrier immobilizes it while missiles are being fired. Then a matter and energy eating gas cloud is sent after them. Finally the only way out of the barrier is through an active star. The Yamato attempts the passage.
13	"Hurry, Yamato! Earth is Suffering!" Transliteration: "Isoge Yamato!! Chikyū wa yan de iru!!" (Japanese: 急げヤマト!!地球は病んでいる!!)	December 29, 1974 (1974-12-29)
On a reconnaissance mission, Kodai captures a Gamilan pilot. The crew is shocked to see Gamilans are pretty much humans. Follows Kodai's flashback of year 2192 when Japan was meteor bombarded for the time, his parents died, and his brother was enlisted as a space cadet.
14	"The Galaxy's Ordeal! The Year 2200 Advances!" Transliteration: "Ginga no shiren!! Seireki 2200 nen no hasshin!!" (Japanese: 銀河の試練!!西暦2200年の発進!!)	January 5, 1975 (1975-01-05)
The Yamato sits out a space storm for three weeks, waiting for a corridor through a star cluster, as according to Shima bypassing it would take at least forty days. Tensions are high among the crew, Kodai and Shima come to blows. Yuki asks Okita to let her make New Year's mochi to lighten the mood.
15	"Desperate Escape! The Galaxy's Different Dimension" Transliteration: "Hisshi no tōbō!! I jigen no Yamato" (Japanese: 必死の逃亡!!異次元のヤマト)	January 12, 1975 (1975-01-12)
Closing in on planet Balan, the Yamato gets lost in a weird time dimension where both Wave-Motion and sub engines start acting up. Unfortunately Domel and his fleet are doing manoeuvres in the close vicinity. Only Okita's shrewdness and Starsha's guidance can save the Yamato now.
16	"Planet Beemela, Underground Prison of Condemned Criminals" Transliteration: "Bīmera boshi, chika rō no shikei shū!!" (Japanese: ビーメラ星、地下牢の死刑囚!!)	January 19, 1975 (1975-01-19)
Yuki is still being harassed by Analyzer, who declares that he wants to marry her. Okita sends Yuki and Analyzer to the surface of the planet Beemela to find and bring back edible plants, but the two are captured by a group of rebels among the Beemelarians who suspect them of being Gamilan invaders.
17	"Charge! Balanosaurus Special Attack Group!" Transliteration: "Totsugeki!! Baranodon tokkōtai" (Japanese: 突撃!!バラノドン特攻隊)	January 26, 1975 (1975-01-26)
18	"Floating Fortress Island! Two Men Brave Death!" Transliteration: "Ukabu yōsai tō!! Tatta ni nin no kesshi tai!!" (Japanese: 浮かぶ要塞島!!たった二人の決死隊!!)	February 2, 1975 (1975-02-02)
19	"Homesickness of Space! My Mother's Tears are My Tears!" Transliteration: "Uchū no bōkyō!! Haha no namida wa waga namida" (Japanese: 宇宙の望郷!!母の涙は我が涙)	February 9, 1975 (1975-02-09)
Aihara is suffering from severe homesickness, which sends him over the edge when he contacts Earth and sees his father die before his very eyes. After his appeals to Shima to turn the ship around fail, Aihara decides to strike out for home himself, not suspecting that he's being lured into a Gamilas trap.
20	"The Day Planet Balan's Sun Fell!" Transliteration: "Baran boshi ni taiyō ga rakka suru hi!!" (Japanese: バラン星に太陽が落下する日!!)	February 16, 1975 (1975-02-16)
21	"Desperate Challenge from Lysis' Fleet!" Transliteration: "Domeru kantai!! Kesshi no chōsen jō" (Japanese: ドメル艦隊!!決死の挑戦状)	February 23, 1975 (1975-02-23)
22	"Decisive Battle! Fight for Honor at the Rainbow Star Group!" Transliteration: "Kessen!! Nana shoku seidan no kōbō sen!!" (Japanese: 決戦!!七色星団の攻防戦!!)	March 2, 1975 (1975-03-02)
23	"Finally Arrived! Crest of the Magellanic Cloud's Wave!" Transliteration: "Tsuini ki ta!! Mazeran seiun hakō shi!!" (Japanese: 遂に来た!!マゼラン星雲波高し!!)	March 9, 1975 (1975-03-09)
24	"Death Struggle! God, Weep for the Gamilons!" Transliteration: "Shitō!! Shin yo gamirasu no tame ni nake!!" (Japanese: 死闘!!神よガミラスのために泣け!)	March 16, 1975 (1975-03-16)
25	"Iscandar! A Dying Planet of Love!" Transliteration: "Isukandaru!! Horobiyuku ka ai no hoshi yo!!" (Japanese: イスカンダル!!滅びゆくか愛の星よ!)	March 23, 1975 (1975-03-23)
26	"Earth! Yamato Returns!" Transliteration: "Chikyū yo!! Yamato wa kaette ki ta!!" (Japanese: 地球よ!!ヤマトは帰って来た!)	March 30, 1975 (1975-03-30)

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