It was announced on Twitter that the Space Battleship Yamato 2202 anime film series will be receiving a television anime adaption! The anime is slated to begin airing during this year’s Fall anime season. While the TV anime’s story wasn’t detailed, it was noted that it will be an adaptation of the seven-part anime film series. Fans can assume that it will be the movies’ stories just told in TV anime format. Broken Blade did something similar back in 2014 where they aired a 12 episode TV anime which adapted and expanded on the six films in the series. It is quite possible that Space Battleship Yamato 2202 will get the same treatment.
Crunchyroll has been streaming the film series in Japanese with English subtitles while FUNimation has been streaming the English dub. Both services have been streaming the movies since May 9. The first film premiered in February 2017, the second in June 2017, the third in October 2017, the fourth back on January 27 and the fifth film is slated for a May 25 release later this month.
MyAnimeList.net describes the story of Space Battleship Yamato 2202 as follows:
It is the year 2202, three Years after the war with Gamillas, the people in the Solar System are finally at peace once again and the Earth has been restored back to life. With the end of the war, there is a peace treaty between Earth and Gamillas which will strengthen their military bond and secure true peace. In addition to the reconstruction of Earth, the joint forces form a new intergalactic defense fleet with a new ship, Andromeda, to be its new symbol of power. Due to these advancements, the Earth is going on a path of military expansion despite Starsha Iscandar’s wishes of peace. But when a new threat called the Gatlantis starts to wreak havoc to a newly reformed galaxy, the Goddess Teressa calls upon the Yamato once more in order to fight back against the new threat.
