A new main visual and trailer has been unveiled for the third chapter of the Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 3199 film series, entitled Gunjo no Asteroid. The third chapter, consisting of episodes 7-10, will begin screening theatrically in Japan starting April 11, 2025.
Gunjo no Asteroid is the third chapter for the 26-episode Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 3199 anime series, which is also known in Japan as Yamato yo Towa ni: REBEL 3199. A total of seven films will be released. The first film, Kuro no Shinryaku, premiered in Japan on July 19, 2024, while the second film, Sekijitsu no Shutsugeki, premiered on November 22, 2024.
Naomichi Yamato (Macross Delta: Zettai Live!!!!!! assistant director) is directing the new anime, with Harutoshi Fukui (Space Battleship Yamato 2205, Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2202) as screenwriter, co-scriptwriter, and chief director. Studio Mother is handling the animation production, with Satelight providing production assistance.
Other staff members involved with Space Battleship Yamato 3199 include:
- • Scriptwriter: Hideki Oka (Space Battleship Yamato 2205, Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2202)
- • Character designer: Nobuteru Yuki (Space Battleship Yamato 2205, Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2202)
- • Mechanical design: Junichiro Tamamori (Space Battleship Yamato 2205, Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2202)
- • Mechanical design: Yasushi Ishizu (Space Battleship Yamato 2205, Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2202)
- • Mechanical design: Mika Akitaka (Space Battleship Yamato 2205)
- • CG director: Shosuke Uechi (Space Battleship Yamato 2199 Hoshi-Meguru Hakobune)
- • Music composer: Akira Miyagawa (Space Battleship Yamato 2205, Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2202)
- • Music composer: Hiroshi Miyagawa (Space Battleship Yamato 2205, Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2202)
- • Sound director: Tomohiro Yoshita (Space Battleship Yamato 2199 Hoshi-Meguru Hakobune)
Meanwhile, the main voice cast includes:
- • Makoto Furukawa as Alphon
- • Shun Horie as Isidore
- • Takuya Eguchi as Lambell
- • Yuto Uemura as Takeshi Ageha
- • Kosuke Toriumi as Seiya Kitano
- • Megumi Han as Sasha
Space Battleship Yamato 3199 is a new sequel project to the Uchu Senkan Yamato 2205: Aratanaru Tabidachi – Kosho -STASHA- film, which was released in Japan in February 2022.
The original Space Battleship Yamato TV series aired in Japan from 1974 to 1975 and inspired several sequel series and films, including the 1980’s Yamato yo Towa ni film. A new film project from Studio Khara will also be produced. The remake anime series began with the 2012-2013 Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2199.
Crunchyroll is streaming Space Battleship Yamato 3199 in select territories, with the first two episodes now available on the service. The company describes the main synopsis as:
In 2207, two years after Gamilas and Iscandar vanished, a colossal object, the “Grand Reverse” appears, effortlessly breaching Earth’s defenses. Swarms of troops and multi-legged tanks swiftly conquer Earth’s capital city. Amidst the chaos, the old Yamato crew receives a secret order and now begins a voyage for unseen dimensions while humanity’s fate hangs in the balance.
