Comments on: Monday’s Guilty Pleasure: Star Blazers

By: Rick

Rick — Tue, 19 Oct 2004 04:27:09 +0000

I can remember watching Starblazers, as a kid, day after day. It was a social event in the afternoon for
my compadres and me. I also grew up in Virgina, Virginia Beach exactly, and watched it on channel 27, or wa it 33,
and watched it at 4:00 P.M. We were all stunned to silence when it was taken off the air. Just as well, we discovered girls.

By: Chris Galdieri

Chris Galdieri — Wed, 09 Jun 2004 03:18:30 +0000

Didn’t the use of the wave-motion gun become less and less momentous as the series progressed? The first time they used it, it was built up as if using it were The Most Important Thing That Ever Happened, but by the end it was more like “Take out the trash, pay the cable bill, fire the wave-motion gun, mow the lawn…”

By: Matt Rossi

Matt Rossi — Tue, 08 Jun 2004 22:54:15 +0000

I’m pretty sure you’re correct, Scott. I watched Star Blazers back in the day on Boston’s Channel 25, and it was basically a show made up out of four or so seasons of the Starship Yamato series, including movies. I liked it, actually, although I always knew when they were going to break out the Wave Motion Gun.

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 08 Jun 2004 14:03:43 +0000

My understanding is that while Star Blazers what not as redone as Robotech and Battle of the Planets, the story was significantly altered from the original series and that some mixing of differant seasons and OVAs occurred.

Still was fun though.

By: Shawn Fumo

Shawn Fumo — Tue, 08 Jun 2004 11:24:38 +0000

While I’m not totally sure on this (never got to see Star Blazers as a kid), when you say it is made up of multiple Japanese shows, are you sure you aren’t thinking of Robotech or Voltron? I thought Star Blazers got through translation relatively unscathed..?