Japan Synopsis
SPACE BATTLESHIP ヤマト
In 2199, five years after the Gamilons began an invasion of Earth, the planet has been ravaged by the aliens' bombs. The remnants of humanity have fled underground to escape the irradiated surface. One day, former pilot Susumu Kodai discovers a capsule sent from the planet Iscandar that tells of a device that can remove the radiation from the Earth's surface. The Earth Defense Force rebuilds the battleship Yamato with a new type of propulsion system to make the 148,000 light year trip to Iscandar in hopes of saving the Earth. Within one year, the radiation will drive the rest of humanity to extinction.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Space Battleship Yamato. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Science Fiction + Action in Japan
324 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Science Fiction and Action genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Space Battleship Yamato itself).
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The 2009–2011 Japan Window
In the crowded 2009-2011 Japan release window, Space Battleship Yamato sits at #283 of 400. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.
The 2010s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in Japan, 1769 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Space Battleship Yamato premiered alongside 136 others.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 2h 11m runtime, production spent $92K per minute on screen and earned $380K per minute back.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 136 other Japan films in 2010.
The 2402nd Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
192 audience reviews — more than 85% of Japan films in our index.
Review volume (85th percentile) outruns trending popularity (65th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Space Battleship Yamato, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- tragic destiny · 1
- alien invasion · 24
- self sacrifice · 8
- space war · 8
- spaceship · 6
- mecha · 68
- post-apocalyptic future · 44
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #3,423 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (25th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.6 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Science Fiction productions specifically: #343 of 566 (top 61%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Abe Shuji, CBC, Hakuhodo DY Media Partners, Hokkaido Broadcasting Co., MBS |
| Runtime | 2h 11m |
| Release Date | December 1, 2010 |
| IMDb | tt1477109 |