Synopsis
Following the events of the original series by several centuries, "Yamato 2520" centers on the eighteenth vessel to carry the Yamato name and its conflict with the Seiren Federation. On a planet tightly controlled by the Seiren Federation, a band of Earth teenagers discovers the wrecked remnants of the Earth Federation Battleship Yamato. By employing the ship's data disk, they are able to take advantage of the Seiren's automated shipyards to build a new Yamato.
Background
Yamato 2520 was Yoshinobu Nishizaki's attempt at a sequel to Space Battleship Yamato, set several hundred years after the original series. However, Nishizaki was sued by Leiji Matsumoto for breach of copyright. Ultimately, Yamato 2520 was left unfinished after only three episodes (of planned ten) were released. The episodes came out on VHS and LaserDisc for home media.
