In 3199, 1000 years after the events from the first anime series, all the people on the Earth are faced with crisis again. When mysterious presence calling herself Yo Haguro gathers together the descendants of the original Yamato crew, the legendary battleship is restored to protect all human beings from new villain - Darqueen.

In the distant future, the war between the human race and the Gamilon has taken its toll on the planet Earth. Constant bombardment of radioactive asteroids has rendered the planet's atmosphere uninhabitable. As a means of relief aid, Queen Starsha of the planet Iscandar offers the Earth Forces a device that can completely neutalize the radiation off the planet. For this task, the space battleship Yamato is launched from the remains of its World War II ancestor on a 148,000 light-year journey. However, the crew of the Yamato has only one Earth year to travel to Iscandar and back, or the human race will come to an end.
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(Source: Anime News Network)

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