Space Battleship Yamato is an anime film that premiered in summer 1977.

About the production: the story comes from an original script, the film runs about 140 minutes and its current status is "finished".

Its main genres are drama and sci-fi.

On AniList, Space Battleship Yamato has an average score of 65%, a good score, and appears on 2,900 users' lists.

The franchise continues in or follows from: Saraba Uchuu Senkan Yamato: Ai no Senshitachi.

In the distant future, the war between the human race and the Gamilon has taken its toll on the planet Earth. Constant bombardment of radioactive asteroids has rendered the planet's atmosphere uninhabitable. As a means of relief aid, Queen Starsha of the planet Iscandar offers the Earth Forces a device that can completely neutalize the radiation off the planet. For this task, the space battleship Yamato is launched from the remains of its World War II ancestor on a 148,000 light-year journey. However, the crew of the Yamato has only one Earth year to travel to Iscandar and back, or the human race will come to an end. (Source: Anime News Network)

Official synopsis from AniList.