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 TV episodes of Star Blazers, and the 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 classic music from the anime, as well as audio from the first two seasons of the English TV series. This is a great way to re-familiarize yourself with the back story.
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– 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… and their voices, as the series features Amy Howard Wilson returning to the character of Nova.
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.
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Episode Two: Argo Lifts Off Into A New Dawn
With less than six months to the extermination of humanity, the new Star Force hurry to rebuild their vessel, and blast off into an uncertain future.
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Episode Three: Prisms of View
The Star Force’s new fighter pilots are viewed with distrust and scorn, can the crew stand together in the coming days?
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Episode Four: Ambush at Jupiter!
The Scourge Fleet is not the only enemy, Colonel Nasca of the Comet Empire lays a trap for the Star Force!
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Episode Five: The Calm Before the Storm
In the aftermath of Nasca’s attack, the Star Force struggle to repair the Argo, and Michael Vega learns part of the truth about Captain Wildstar’s past.
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Episode Six: Firestorm
The Scourge Fleet has arrived, and the Argo must face it… alone.
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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. But news of a grave new threat prompts the Argo to a new course of action.
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Episode Eight: In Pursuit of Hope
Wildstar has ordered the Argo off on a desperate bid for answers, but when the Argo finds an impossible world, the crew is tested in ways they’d never dreamed.
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Episode Nine: Threads of the Past
Messengers from the next world bring tidings of hope to the crew of the Argo, and possibly a solution to the desperate fate awaiting Earth.
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Episode Ten: Betrayal at New Telezart
The Argo is attacked on the surface of New Telezart, an ambush brought about by the traitor among the Star Force. But who is the wolf in sheep’s clothing, and how will the Argo survive Major Terril’s suprise assault?
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Episode Eleven: Always Darkest…
The Argo launches an attack on an Imperial armory, even as Jahmorta begins the final assault on Earth.
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Episode Twelve: …Before The Dawn
The final battle.
Will Earth be saved, or have we truly reached the end of our story?
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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.
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Episode Two: Liftoff! The Odyssey Begins
The new Star Force boards the Argo, preparing the ship for her the long journey to Galmania.
But can they learn to work together in the time they still have? They’re on a mission to prevent a war, but can they stop fighting each other long enough to launch?
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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.
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Episode Four: The Gathering Storm
In the aftermath of the attack on the Aldrin, 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.
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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.
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Episode Six: Fly! Zero!
The Skies of Gallmania 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.
And in this tense scene, Emperor Desslok’s truth weighs heavily upon its secret bearer.
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Episode Seven: The Hidden Knife
The stars have paused. On all sides, breath is held, weapons are readied. Wary eyes survey drawn lines and all await the single spark that will send everything up in fire.
In this tense milieu, one betrayal will have galaxy-shaking ramifications.
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Episode Eight: The Broken Storm
As the Star Force lick their wounds, the world of Gallmania descends further into chaos.
But there remain still greater revelations, in the ominous night..
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Episode Ten: The Turning of Wheels
The Valbarden, a mysterious race from beyond our universe. They crushed our fleet like they were toys and stole our home from us.
All over the galaxy though, life must go on. We must pick up whatever pieces remain and move forward, somehow.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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