The US official site has updated with information on what to expect with the domestic release of Space Battleship Yamato 2199 as Starblazers 2199. The release, which we knew was getting a six volume plan where the first volume has four episodes, will get the original Japanese language track along with English and Spanish subtitles. The DVD releases will be priced at $34.99 each while the Blu-ray releases will be priced at $44.99 each.
Preorders can be done at:
http://www.starblazers.com/
http://www.kinokuniya.com/us/
Only at Kinokuniya stores across the US – starting the end of December
The first volume is scheduled for February 27th, 2014.
Following that, the succeeding volumes will be released as follows:
Volume 2 in April 2014
Volume 3 in June 2014
Volume 4 in August 2014
Volume 5 in October 2014
Volume 6 in December 2014 – This volume will include 6 episodes and be considered a premium version with a higher price.
Plot concept: The year is 2199. The once blue and green planet Earth has been reduced to a radioactive desert wasteland by constant attacks by the hostile aliens from the planet Gamilus which force the remaining population underground. However, a friendly alien race from the planet Iscandar contacts the humans and gives them the blueprints to build a powerful space battleship capable of retrieving a device to clean the planet before humanity disappears. The United Nations Cosmo Navy – whose space fleets have been decimated by Gamilas forces – resurrects the long-sunken battleship Yamato and applies the alien technology to its interior, transforming it into the vessel for which the series is named: Space Battleship Yamato.
