Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!onodera-news!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newsfeed.news2me.com!sn-xit-05!sn-xit-01!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail From: "Arhes" Newsgroups: alt.anime,alt.binaries.anime,alt.binaries.sounds.tv-themes,alt.tv,japan.anime Subject: Re: Seeking Identity of Old Anime (?) series Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2002 00:17:13 -0400 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Message-ID: References: <3d3a260d$0$822$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au> X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 X-Complaints-To: newsabuse@supernews.com X-DMCA-Complaints-To: dmca@supernews.com Lines: 23 Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org japan.anime:47 "jason savage" wrote in message news:3d3a260d$0$822$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au... > Hi, I am looking to identify an old series that was shown on TV in the late > seventies / early eighties. > The beginning of the story was based on Earth where Earth was dying of an > unknown plague and a band of people has to resurrect an old starship that > was in the shape of a battleship (This ship was partially buried in an old > dry river bed in the first episode) . Much of the action centred on the > bridge of this starship, which was commanded by an old man who used to enter > the bridge in his chair (on some sort of lift) > > Any genuine hints would be welcome > Are you kidding me? That's an easy one. That is known in the USA as Starblazers, the original title was Space Battleship Yamato or something like that. It's an old sci-fi anime classic created by the creator of Galaxy Express 999, Queen Emeraldas, and Captain Harlock.