Editing Space Battleship Yamato (section)

===Live-action film (2010)===
{{Main|Space Battleship Yamato (2010 film)}}
Released on December 1, 2010, ''Space Battleship Yamato'' is the franchise's first live-action film. Directed by [[Takashi Yamazaki]], the movie stars [[Takuya Kimura]] as Susumu Kodai and [[Meisa Kuroki]] as Yuki. It was revealed originally that the plot would be based on that of the 1974 series.<ref>{{cite news|title=Noboru Ishiguro Confirms Live-Action Yamato in Development (Update 2)|work=[[Anime News Network]]|date=2009-07-18|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-07-18/noboru-ishiguro-confirms-live-action-yamato-in-development|access-date=2009-07-21|archive-date=2014-07-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718191640/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-07-18/noboru-ishiguro-confirms-live-action-yamato-in-development|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="LA_Yamato">{{cite news|title=Live-Action Space Battleship Yamato Film's Cast Listed (Update 3)|work=[[Anime News Network]]|date=2009-10-02|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-10-02/live-action-space-battleship-yamato-film-cast-listed|access-date=2009-10-03|archive-date=2014-03-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140326234337/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-10-02/live-action-space-battleship-yamato-film-cast-listed|url-status=live}}</ref> However, an official trailer released during June 2010 on Japanese television has also shown elements from the series' [[Space Battleship Yamato II|second season]] (1978). The film had a budget of over ¥2 billion,<ref name=":0" /> and was the fourth highest grossing Japanese live-action film of the year,<ref name="BOM">{{cite news|title=Space Battleship Yamato|work=[[Box Office Mojo]]|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?page=&wk=2010W50&id=_fSPACEBATTLESHIPY01|access-date=July 9, 2012|archive-date=December 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222124903/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?page=&wk=2010W50&id=_fSPACEBATTLESHIPY01|url-status=live}}</ref> and the 31st highest grossing Japanese film [[List of highest-grossing Japanese live-action films|of all time]] at the time of release.