Star Blazers, the English-language adaptation of the seminal Japanese anime Space Battleship Yamato, was -- along with Astro Boy, Battle of the Planets, and Speed Racer -- … In the year 2199, a starship must make a dangerous voyage to the distant planet Iscandar and back to save Earth from an alien invasion. Star Blazers Three years after the Yamato’s voyage to restore Earth, a lasting peace with their old enemy bears fruit. Due to Earth’s newly acquired technological might, mankind begins a military expansion. With Eddie Allen, Michael Bertolini, Amy Howard Wilson, Lydia Leeds.