The official website for the Space Battleship Yamato remake anime series today released a main trailer and visual for “Gunjou no Asteroid” (literally means “Asteroid of the Ultramarine Blue), the third chapter of its latest installment, Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 3199. The third of the new seven-chapter series (consisting of 26 episodes) will start its theatrical screenings in Japan on April 11, 2025.
Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 3199 Chapter 3 Main Trailer
The main visual was newly drawn by the anime’s character designer, Nobuteru Yuki. The tagline reads: “The past, perish. With the wrong future—. Is it freedom that we should protect, or a future that claims security in exchange for freedom? A wavering mind leads Yamato and the Earth into the labyrinth of time…”
Main visual
Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 3199 is based on the feature film Be Forever Yamato (Yamato yo Towa ni in Japan) in 1980, and also includes some elements from the third original TV series Space Battleship Yamato III in 1980-1981. Sci-fi writer Harutoshi Fukui (Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn) serves as general director, series composition and screenplay writer. He has already served as series compositor and screenplay writer for the remake series’ second installment, Space Battleship Yamato 2202, in 2017-2019 and the third installment, Space Battleship Yamato 2205: The New Voyage, in 2021-2022. Meanwhile, Naomichi Yamato (Shin Sekai Yori -From the New World assistant director) serves as director. Crunchyroll is now streaming the first six episodes (of a total of 26) of Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 3199 for members in United States, Canada, Great Britain, Channel Islands, Malta, Gibraltar, Isle of Man and Eire, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Iceland, Netherlands, Central and South America.Crunchyroll describes Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 3199 as such:
In 2207, two years after Gamilas and Iscandar vanished, a colossal object, the “Grand Reverse” appears, effortlessly breaching Earth’s defenses. Swarms of troops and multi-legged tanks swiftly conquer Earth’s capital city. Amidst the chaos, the old Yamato crew receives a secret order and now begins a voyage for unseen dimensions while humanity’s fate hangs in the balance.
Main staff:
Original Story: Yoshinobu Nishizaki
General Production Supervisor/ General Writings Supervisor: Shoji Nishizaki
General Director: Harutoshi Fukui
Director: Yamato Naomichi
Series Composition/Screenplay: Harutoshi Fukui
Screenplay: Hideki Oka
Character Design: Nobuteru Yuki
Mechanical Design: Junichiro Tamamori, Yasushi Ishizu, Mika Akeki
CG Producer: Hiroyuki Goto
CG Director: Shosuke Uechi
Music: Akira Miyagawa, Shu Kanematsu / Yasushi Miyagawa
Sound Director: Tomohiro Yoshida
Animation Production: studio MOTHER
Animation Production Cooperation: Satellite
Distributor: Shochiku ODS Division
Source: “Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 3199” official website / X (formerly Twitter)© Yoshinobu Nishizaki/Space Battleship Yamato 3199 Production Committee
