The first episode of Star Blazers ("Space Battleship Yamato") is born.
The hope of the Earth lies within an old battleship found at the bottom of what used to be the Great Eastern Sea.
The Star Force is created, and their mission is clear - take the newly rebuilt Argo 148,000 light years to the planet Iscandar, to retrieve a machine called the Cosmo DNA which will save Earth from its irradiated state. But will the Gamilons stop them?
The Star Force tests out the Wave Motion Engine's warp capabilities, which will allow them to travel 148,000 light years to Iscandar and back in one year. But will the Gamilons stop them?
The Argo is trapped by Jupiter's gravity.
The Argo searches Saturn's moon, Titan, for a rare mineral.
The Argo faces disaster on the planet Pluto.
The Star Force sets out to destroy the Reflex Gun.
Limping along, the Argo comes up with a new defensive strategy.
The Star Force says goodbye to their families before leaving the solar syste
Gamilon Supreme Commander Desslok unveils a trap that will destroy the Star Force: space mines. But these mines have a sinister function...
Desslok, getting some satisfaction out of seeing his inferior officers fail at their attempt to stop the Star Force with space mines, now offers his own solution: a matter-eating Ecto Gas. Desslok plans to use the gas, and an electromagnetic force net, to chase the Star Force into the corona of a red giant star, Voltan -- The Sea of Fire. He is so confident of his new invention that he tells General Krypt not to bother reporting on the success, and strides off to his bedroom to dream of the conquest of other worlds.
A Gamilon pilot is captured and the Star Force interrogates him, as Wildstar's personal tragedy comes into play.
Tensions mount on the Argo as she is trapped in a space storm.
Desslok commissions Gamilon General and war hero Lysis to defeat the Star Force. The Argo travels near a galactic whirlpool, but as assist from afar saves their mission.
IQ-9 and Nova fly down to a planet looking for food for the crew, but are captured by the inhabitants. IQ-9 reveals a secret to Nova that will change both of them.
Vulgar, the general Lysis replaced on Balan, devises a plan to destroy the Star Force. Captain Avatar is critically ill, and Wildstar steps into action.
The Star Force comes across a Gamilon fortress that emits Magnetron waves, which set vibrations into metals and rips them apart. Wildstar and Sandor board the fortress using a new seamless plane that Sandor created. They destroy the base, and the Argo flies on.
Chief Communcations Officer Homer is worried about conditions on Earth. But what does he know that the crew doesn't?
The Argo reaches planet Balan, the halfway point in their mission to Iscandar. But Lysis is waiting on his base there, and springs a trap that might destroy both the Argo AND the base...
Gamilon General Lysis, pardoned for his failure at Balan, challenges the Star Force to one final battle.
The Star Force battles Lysis for the last time.
The Star Force finally arrives at the Magellanic Cloud and "Iscandar"... but have they found their hope for survival, or their enemy's haven?
The Argo fights on Gamilon, as the Star Force's survival depends on wiping out an entire civilization.
The Star Force finally arrives at Iscandar.
The Star Force Returns Home! With the Cosmo DNA, they are ready to save Earth. But one final battle may cost them a crew member closest to Wildstar...