yamato (uchuu senkan yamato)
Space Battleship Yamato is the title spacecraft/airship from the anime series Uchuu Senkan Yamato and the Uchuu Senkan Yamato 2199 remake. In real life it was designed by Matsumoto Leiji and Miyatake Kazutaka in the mid 70s.
According to the fictional continuity of the anime series, the Space Battleship Yamato was created by the Earth Defense Force in the late 22nd century. At this time our planet was under attack from an alien race, the Gamilas, who were raining down meteor bombs that evaporated Earth's oceans and rendered its surface uninhabitable.
The new space warship was built inside the remains of the Japanese battleship Yamato (sunk during World War II in the sea near Okinawa) which was partially buried in what was now a dry seabed, thus concealing it from the view of the orbiting Gamilon vessels.
The Space Battleship Yamato was finally launched on the year 2199.
In the American dub of the series, Star Blazers, the spaceship has the same origin but when is launched into space is renamed the Argo (after the mythical ship "Argo" from Jason and the Argonauts).
In Spanish and Latin American countries its name was also changed to Intrepido ("Intrepid").
