Fan Rants

When I was growing up there was one particular cartoon that I fell in love with, Star Blazers. All about a future Earth that has been under attack by the Gamilon interstellar race for years. The attacks are from these radioactive bombs that were destroying our planet. Luckily we are contacted by Queen Starsha from Iscandar who has a way of curing our planet from the radioactivity…but we have to go to her planet to retrive the cure.

An ancient WW2 ocean faring battleship, the Yamato, is unearthed and rebuilt into a spaceship. The Yamato is not just a battleship, but it also has a compliment of fighters and the dreaded Wave Motion gun. Teamed with an elite crew they form the Star Blazers!

This was my favorite show as a kid and my first experience with a cartoon that was episodic. You really had to watch in order to understand the over-arching storyline, quite the concept at that time. I was quite surprised to see that there is a live action version coming out this year in Japan.

From wikipedia:
Noboru Ishiguro, director and writer of the original Space Battleship Yamato television anime series, confirmed at his Otakon panel on Saturday, July 17, 2009 that a live action version of Space Battleship Yamato is in development. He also noted that Takuya Kimura will star as the main hero Susumu Kodai in the remake of the space opera classic. Takashi Yamazaki will helm the project for a planned December 2010 release.

Personally I can’t wait for this to be released. A year to go though…sigh.

I have no point of reference of these photos, other than its Kirsten Dunst dressed all Anime style walking around in Japan. Anyone have any ideas? Cause its kinda crazy!