New Star Blazers trailer

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nIej5weq1U

even more Yamato OSSIM (but just a taste)

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A tasty dish indeed. So wild seeing bits from the cartoon come ‘to life.’

evidently, Christopher McQuarrie is being picked to write a live action script.

http://www.deadline.com/2011/02/true-grit-co-financier-skydance-targets-star-blazers-for-christopher-mcquarrie/

However, there is also rumor that Lucasfilm wants in
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/48578

IMHO - they should let the live action Japanese version do what it needs to and leave it. Looking forward to seeing it stateside

I heard they’re going to digitally insert a CGI Raymond Burr into the Japanese live-action film as a reporter describing what’s happening.

Presented without comment…

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Oh, just to establish my geek cred for wanting to see this movie, one of the people in this picture is me… taken sometime around 1985.

Confirmed - geek cred established

You’ve got to be the guy on the far right with the red arrow pointing toward his huge Donkey ballz.

I believe in anime they are called Dragon Ballz:smiley:

To answer that you need to talk to my ex; she’s the one on the left.

Not available in my country due to a copyright claim.

Seriously? You’re pulling copyright on your ad!? I will never, EVER, understand that one.

http://www.amazon.com/Space-Battleship-Yamato-Japan-Slipcover/dp/B005H5H3LW/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1317944032&sr=1-1

SEANSCREAM!!!

I want to pick this up, but I don’t know if I could handle the subtitles. Plus I do not speak any Japanese.

I’ve seen it and it’s a bit melodramatic at times. But, I’ve been looking for a Blu-ray version. I found:
http://www.amazon.com/Battleship-Yamato-Blu-Ray-English-Subtitled/dp/B005H2IAM6/

But, it seems like it’s not Amazon endorsed?