We’re Leaving Mother Earth…
Season ‘Zero’, the Original Star Blazers/Yamato Anime
– Episode Zero: The Argo: Sailor of the Stars
For those not familiar with the Star Blazers/Space Cruiser Yamato anime, we present this documentary. It focuses on the Star Blazers series, and the Yamato movies “New Voyage”, “Be Forever”, and “Final Yamato” only available in North America on subtitled DVD.
The documentary is performed by the cast of the “Sea of Stars” audio drama, and features audio cuts from the first two seasons of the English TV series. This is a great way to re-familiarize yourself with the back story.
– Special Episode: “Invasion!”
“On the darkest day in Human history, the Comet Empire returned…”
Beginning scant days after the Japanese film “Final Yamato“, Sea of Stars: Invasion tells the story of Earth’s second invasion by the Comet Empire.
It’s a blend of original characters, and familiar faces from the animated series… as well as their voices. The special features Amy Howard Wilson returning to the character of Nova Forester Wildstar.
Season One, “A Voyage of the Space Cruiser Argo”
The Earth fought off the first Comet Empire invasion in 2202, but ten years later the Empire returned and this time, our world fell before their might.
After five years of brutal oppression, our planet is a dried, dead husk. Our Imperial masters have decided that before they can move on, the earth must be destroyed and has sent a massive fleet to sterilize the planet’s surface.
Our only hope lay with a small band of resistance fighters and their secret weapon, the resurrected Space Cruiser Argo, a mighty battleship that defeated the Empire’s initial invasion fifteen years ago. But can her ragtag, inexperienced crew cope with not just the battles ahead, but their own inner turmoils?
Episode One: The Legend
After the conquest of Earth, a new threat rises. A heroic band of freedom fighters must find some way to combat the end of Humanity.
Our only hope may lay with an old hero of the Earth Defense Force, and the secret that has lain hidden for fifteen years.
Episode Two: Argo Lifts Off Into A New Dawn
With less than six months until the Scourge Fleet arrives to exterminate humanity, the new Star Force hurry to rebuild their vessel and blast off.
An untested crew, in an ancient battleship will once more carry all the hopes of Earth into an uncertain future.
Episode Three: Prisms of View
The Star Force’s new fighter pilots are viewed with distrust and scorn.
But old wounds run deep on both sides. What seems so certain to one, can be very different to another.
Can the crew stand together in the coming days?
Episode Four: Ambush at Jupiter!
The yawning divisions within the crew have begun to slowly heal. The old pain lingers, but at least the tension has begun to ease.
The Argo cautiously approaches the Jupiter asteroid belt, where the Earth Defense Fleet died fighting the Empire- taking the gas giant with it.
But the Scourge Fleet is not the only enemy, Colonel Nasca of the Comet Empire lays a trap for the Star Force!
Episode Five: The Calm Before the Storm
In the aftermath of Nasca’s attack, the Star Force struggle to repair the Argo before the Scourge Fleet arrives.
Mei Gideon lay unconscious in sickbay, after barely surviving the ambush. The crew holds it’s breath, waiting for the second shoe to drop. Meanwhile, Michael Vega learns part of the truth about Captain Wildstar’s past.
Episode Six: Firestorm
The Scourge Fleet has arrived, and the Argo must face it… alone.
The Star Force has faced long odds before, but this looks to be their final gamble.
Will the sun rise for Humanity once more? Or is this the end of our story?
A Voyage of the Space Cruiser Argo: Part Two
Episode Seven: The New Menace
After the battle, The Star Force repair their ship and lick their wounds alongside mercenary pirate ships and vessels flying the flag of Desslok of Gallman .
We are no longer alone in the fight against the Comet Empire. But Desslok brings with him grave news of a threat that prompts the Argo to a new course of action.
Episode Eight: In Pursuit of Hope
A prophecy held by our enemies as heresy drives Wildstar to order the Argo off on a desperate bid for answers.
The Comet Emperor himself is coming to obliterate our world utterly, but when the Argo finds an impossible world, the crew is tested in ways they’d never dreamed.
Episode Nine: Threads of the Past
New Telezart is a world that shouldn’t exist. A lush, green paradise that offers the Star Force a much needed rest.
Spirits from the next world bring messages of hope to the crew of the Argo, and possibly a solution to the desperate fate awaiting Earth.
What is the secret of this most unlikely haven?
Episode Ten: Betrayal at New Telezart
The Argo is attacked on the surface of New Telezart, an ambush brought about by a traitor among the Star Force. Who is the wolf in sheep’s clothing
The skies of Telezart are stained with war once again. How will the Argo survive Major Terril’s surprise assault?
Episode Eleven: Always Darkest…
The Argo launches an desperate raid on an Imperial armory. Victory means we have a chance, just a chance, to survive what’s coming. Defeat is not an option.
Meanwhile, Emperor Jahmorta and his fleet of comet fortresses begin their final assault on Earth.
Episode Twelve: …Before The Dawn
The final battle.
The Star Force launch a desperate gamble to reach the Emperor and end the war before it ends not only the Earth, but possibly all life in two galaxies.
This voyage of the space cruiser Argo comes to a fiery and shocking conclusion!
The Next Adventure
Sea of Stars: Odyssey is set fifty years after the end of Voyage, Odyssey is the story of the next generation to serve aboard the Argo.
Episode One: Crossroads
A half century of peace, but life hasn’t become magically perfect.
Returning from duty in deep space, a Solar Federation officer faces a major change in her life, and potentially the end of her career. But instead takes the first step in a much longer journey.
Episode Two: Liftoff! The Odyssey Begins
The new Star Force boards the Argo, preparing the ship for their the long journey to Galmania. It’s a diplomatic mission to prevent a war with the militant galactic nation.
But the crew has problems of their own. Conflicts, inexperience, and bad reputations abound. Can they figure out how to work together? Will the mission fail before it begins?
Episode Three: Ambush! The Pioneer’s Plea
After a rocky start, the Argo has begun it’s diplomatic mission to Galmania.
But all is not well. Friction rises between the diplomats and Captain Venture. Then a mechanical malfunction imperils the mission, just as a new enemy attacks.
It’s baptism by fire for the new Star Force.
Episode Four: The Gathering Storm
The Argo prepares for the final jump to Galmania.
But the scars of the battle were left in more than just the ship, and the damage to the crew will be more difficult to repair.
The mystery deepens, and the Star Force realize just how big the stakes really are.
Episode Five: The Smile of a Predator
The world of Galmania —center of a galaxy-spanning Empire— is a powder keg waiting for the merest spark.
In this gallery of cold smiles and hidden daggers, Captain Venture finds unexpected hope, while Kinu Ogawa is drawn into a deadly game.
Episode Six: Fly! Zero!
The skies of Galmania flash with artificial lightning. Deadly skill and fierce pride match pilot against pilot in sport rather than war, but it is no less deadly for all of that.
Kinu Ogawa and Deela Rukali duel in the violent sky, and only one can win.
And all of this deepens divides within the crew.
Episode Seven: The Hidden Knife
The stars have paused. Desslok, the rock who forged galactic history for over a century, has died.
On all sides, breath is held and weapons are readied. Wary eyes survey drawn lines and all await the single spark that will send everything up in fire.
Episode Eight: The Broken Storm
The Star Force lick their wounds as the world of Galmania descends further into chaos.
Jenner makes his move for the throne, and Admiral Rukali pays the price for it.
The Solar Federation braces for war with their former allies, but there remain still greater revelations in the ominous night..
Episode Nine: The Revelation of the Valbarden
Gallmania is a a dead word, wreathed in flame and blood… above, Fleet Admiral Kine vows vengeance.
Meanwhile, the Solar Federation forces gather at their furthest fringes of their territory. All contact with Earth has been lost, and the reasons will shake the galaxy to its very core.
Episode Ten: The Turning of Wheels
The Valbarden, a mysterious race from beyond our universe. They put nearly all Solar Federation territory behind an impenetrable wall, and crushed their fleet like they were toys.
But all over the galaxy, life must go on. People on all sides must pick up whatever pieces remain and move forward, somehow.
Episode Eleven: The Case for Hope
Anger, hope, hatred, kindness, revenge…. Our reasons for moving forward are often conflicts of their own.
As the remains of the Gallman fleet prepare for battle, the Star Force continue to repair their ship and recover – even as they prepare for the battles to come.
Episode Twelve: The Face Beneath
The struggles within our hearts can rage with more fire then even the wars we face together. Similar obstacles can lead to wildly differing paths, and the isolation of sorrow. But out of such conflict, come those feeling which bind us together as a people.
You cannot assume you know someone without taking the trouble to understand them first. Our pasts forge us, but though we walk our paths alone, the way has a habit of intersecting in strange and unpredictable ways.
Episode Thirteen: The Face Beneath
Their refuge discovered, the Star Force is forced into a desperate battle to survive as overwhelming number of Valbarden Ships dog their track.
The season finale of Sea of Stars: Odyssey find the Argo ambushed by a relentless tide of Valbarden warships. Can anything save our heroes, or is this the end of their journey?
Meanwhile, on occupied Earth, Mark Watts makes an ominous discovery.