Thanks! The reason I asked is that my son is at the same age that I was introduced to Starblazers (he’s 7) and while he’s a good reader I think that he’s going to find subtitling problemmatic. But Im going to order them and give it a try: one of the things that, in retrospect, was great about Starblazers was it’s continuing, progressing storyline. I think that it really helped me develop good attention and retention skills.
Yamato (Starblazers) was just so different than the “buy my cereal” cookie-cutter crap coming out of the US (with few exceptions such as Disney and perhaps certain iconic titles from Hanna-Barbera).
Leader Desslok was the first “cool villain” I’d ever seen. Perhaps the first ever metro-sexual villain of animation (LOL)!!!!
As I’m typing this, I’m listening to the “Final Yamato” soundtrack....it’s awesome.
One the best quotes from Desslok (Season three, “Bolar Wars”)
At the end of the episode, a senior officer was caught openly worshiping the “Golden Goddess of Peace” at their conference meeting. Desslock was pissed!
ZAPPPP goes Desslok’s ray gun and as the senior officer laid on the floor, gasping for breath, Desslok leaves the conference room in disgus. But before he passes the door, he turns around to the other staff officers and says with contempt....
“Gamilon only has room for one God...and that God is ME!!!”
Classic!!!