Live action Space Battleship Yamato on SBS tonight

[griffin]

For the fans of the cartoon series Star Blazers that screened here in the 80s, the Japanese 2010 live action movie of Space Battleship Yamato is on tonight, on channel 32 (SBS 2)... from 9.25pm, but check your guide to see if it is on in your location.

It looks to have rated fairly well, and the trailer looks okay... so I'm looking forward to seeing how it translated to live action. (and I thought others here who also watched the cartoon series, might want to see it on free-to-air as well)

[GoktimusPrime]

I think it's a great movie. Australian audiences will recognise the actor for Tokugawa Hikozaemon (the ship's chief engineer, known as 'Orion' in Star Blazers) as Nishida Toshiyuki, who played "Pigsy" (Cho Hakkai) in Monkey (Journey to the West).

[Trent]

I liked it. A bit rushed, but good.

[liegeprime]

damn. Ill still be at work, grrr, Im gonna miss most of the movie. sigh....

[GoktimusPrime]

SBS On Demand?

[jazzcomp]

I'll be watching it.

[Bartrim]

Hope I can remember to watch it. I have a terrible memory at the moment

[1AZRAEL1]

It's not a bad movie. Was worth watching.

[UltraMarginal]

I'll be curious to watch this, not sure if I'll get home in time, might have to try that sbs on demand.

[GoktimusPrime]

Oh my freakin' god... I've watched this movie several times (I got it on DVD a few years ago), and for the past year I've been teaching Departures, the new prescribed film text for HSC Japanese Extension, so I've had to watch that film several times, analysing it with a fine toothed comb... and only watching the film now on SBS 2 do I finally realise that Captain Okita is played by Yamazaki Tsutomu, who also played Sasaki in Departures! Man I feel slow(er than usual)!



And yes, I know that Kodai Mamoru is played by Kimura Takuya from SMAP, I'm not that slow. I'm also totally loving the anime-accurate score. 2 weeks ago, my daughter's Japanese school had their sports carnival, and one of the songs that they played was the original theme song for Space Battleship Yamato (instrumental version). I started singing along with it, garnering a few looks from some of the other parents.