Ah, who can forget the 1980’s practice of taking popular and long-running anime series and chopping them down, editing them for content, and dubbing them for American children?
Cartoons like Robotech and Star Blazers were landmark shows for a generation of kids who had no idea these high-tech space operas were from Japan until they got much older.
Now the series that inspired Star Blazers, Space Battleship Yamato, is making a comeback in a big way. Ain’t It Cool News has an early look at the amazing concept art and animation for Space Battleship Yamato 2199.
Upon completion, the first two episodes of this new show will actually screen in Japanese theaters before the TV show kicks off on April 7, 2012.
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