**Title in japanese: Uchuu Senkan Yamato Official Title: Star Blazers - Space Cruiser Yamato DVD5 Dual Audio 1. English 2. Italian Format 4:3 Time: 100 minutes No compression PREVIEW** 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. source: http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=anime&aid=648