Editing Space Battleship Yamato (section)

===''Space Battleship Yamato II'' (1978)===
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Viewer dissatisfaction with the ending of ''Arrivederci Yamato''{{Citation needed|date=October 2020}} prompted the production of a second ''Yamato'' television season which [[retcon]]ned the film and presented a slightly different plot against Zōdah (Prince Zordar in the ''Star Blazers'' dub) and his Comet Empire, and ended without killing off the ''Yamato'' or its primary characters. Like ''Arrivederci'', the story is set in the year 2201, and expands the film story to 26 episodes. This second season featured additional plots such as a love story between Teresa (Trelaina) and ''Yamato'' crew member Daisuke Shima (Mark Venture), and an onboard antagonism between Kodai and Saito (Knox), leader of a group of [[space marine]]s.{{Citation needed|date=April 2010}}

Footage from ''Arrivederci Yamato'' was reused in the second season, particularly in the opening titles. The sequence of the ''Yamato'' launching from water was also reused in two of the subsequent movies.