For those asking why I categorised this as a "Hidden Gem" I mentioned at the beginning how a language barrier is present. But not only that, the show merely being animated will cause it to be dismissed by people. Ask the guy on the street what Star Trek/Star Wars is and they'll know even if they're not fans. Ask them what Space Battleship Yamato is and they likely won't have a clue.

GOD this show is criminally forgotten in the west, so glad this popped up in my feed. Uchuu Senkan Yamato is probably one of if not the favorite franchise of mine, and I cannot wait for the upcoming continuation this fall.

And the Yamato's iconic Wave Motion Cannon has pretty much found it's way into every other franchise in some way. Even the Enterprise D managed to turn its deflector dish into a giant cannon (which unfortunately didn't even make the Borg blink LOL).

2199 art work is fantastic . The went back to the original and redid the art work and it looks killer

I remember this show as “Starblazers” The Argo, Derek Wildstar, it was a great show.

The series "Starblazers" was my first taste of how good continuity could be in a cartoon. Little did I know this was a huge thing in almost all Japanese shows, but we weren't seeing much in our westernized shows. Great explanation.

This was a joy of my childhood. I used to tape the audio off the TV using a portable tape machine (that's how old I am!) and actually still have the tapes in a box somewhere. This series is awesome.

the theme will last in your head for weeks? More like my whole life

As a older adult now I grew up with Starblazers as kid the recent reimagining in Yamato 2199 is a more polished (writing and artistic) of the original intellectual property. As much as I like the 1974 original in nostalgic way the 2012 version is hands down a better series.

Aah, the rabbit hole has been opened. The waifus will get you for sure now. Resistance is futile.

One of my favorite sci fi anime...

4:52 Two errors here, the Yamato had a ship to ship engagement off Samar where its battlegroup mistook a bunch of escorts for a battle line with pretty hilarious results in hindsight. And just in case you come across some drunken USN sailors... The Yamato was sunk by the air groups of the Fast carrier task force of the United States Navy, with the United States Air Force not existing as an independent entity until 1947.

I was a fourth grader living in Tokyo when the original Yamato series was on TV. From the classic space opera to the astounding music, it was a game changer in anime in Japan.

Hidden gem? one of the most iconic, influential and famous animes in existance is a hidden gem? what rock have you been living under?

HIdden gem? It's basically the anime that started everything. Without this, there is no Gundam or Macross.

I discovered this show when I was in Jr high, in the late 70s when it was branded Star Blazers for US audiences. Since that time I've been trying to explain how utterly awesome this series is. I just watched Yamato 2199...I'm pushing sixty years old..and felt the same awe I felt as a teen as hen I first saw it.

As a kid in 1980s Philadelphia. This was the show to watch each day after school. Had a big impact on me in a good way. I had empathy for those characters that I didn't have for Captain Caveman or Scooby Doo. Thanks for the pleasant review. Nice work.

Hmmmm. I think you misspelled “the greatest science fiction series of all time.”

2199 is awesome. I always enjoyed the franchise, big long term fan, but lordy, 2199 made my jaw drop over and over and over again

One day in 1980 I came home from school I was 12 and found this on TV I fell in love with, very quickly all the guys were talking about it. I ran home everyday to watch it. We never got the 3rd season but when I did see it all the voices were different and the names of things changed I didn't like it, but the story was great. I got it all on DVD. Trying to get the 2199 stuff. I have toys and models and a couple of shirts. I love this show. The new stuff looks great. Thanks

I remember when I first saw Space Battleship Yamato. It was 1979 or 1980, it was dubbed in English and called Star Blazers. For my friends and I, it was not just a cool sci-fi action cartoon, but also our first introduction to Japanese anime. Also, the concept of the Comet Empire blew out minds.

I loved that submarine idea...

I live about 50 miles from Dallas, Texas and in my 7th and 8th grade this show (Starblazers) came on every day about 3:30. I RAN home from school, with trombone in hand, to not miss any more of than I had to (I always missed the first few minutes). This will always be my favorite anime. I still love it. The first season was my favorite. They only showed the first two seasons here. If I remember correctly this was on here in '79 and '80.

I remember the "Star Blazers" cartoon when I was a kid, most of my friends and I would gather at a friends house to watch an episode together. Was a good memory from my childhood.

Yeah I agree, one of the best scifi anime 👍🎥❤️ The battles are awesome 😎

My favorite anime. The presentation is so romatic, it is beautiful. Funny how my dad was a fan of the original Starblazers as a kid.

My favorite scene from the third season remains when they BREAK the 'space is an ocean' motif (just before the sub-space submarines show up) and the Argo flies "up" and "up" and the enemy vessels follow... and the Argo turns around, and spin like a screwdriver firing its deck guns at every directions.

Always loved SBY, which of course I knew as Star Blazers as a kid. When the 2199 remake came out a few years ago, I was impressed with so many aspects of it. The CGI is fantastic - the shock cannons firing are just beautiful to watch, especially in the Battle of Balun, and the wave-motion gun now sounds so much better than the original. The technology is far more fleshed out and closes some of the old plot holes - the addition of the wave-motion shield was a much-needed and logical choice, as even when I was a kid I kept wondering, "How in the hell did the ship survive that many hits?" The soundtrack is the real standout - they recreated the original almost perfectly, which isn't surprising since it was rescored by the original composer's son...hearing the "Comet Empire Disco" show up in episode 11 when Domel is fighting Gatlantis made me tear up in joy, and the Garmillas anthem is simply epic. The story was much improved by not only the introduction of new characters (most of them female, which is an odd juxtaposition to the still-present fan service) but with some aspects of the original universe showing up sooner and/or altered. The introduction of Gatlantis as an enemy to Garmillas foreshadows the 2202 series nicely. Domel was a powerful and compelling anti-villian, and even though he was on the "wrong" side, I admired him for his integrity and dedication to what he believed was right. (The final communication between him and Okita before his death reminded me of Kirk and the Romulan commander in "Balance of Terror".) Wolf Flakken and the dimensional submarine show up much earlier, and I really liked him as a character - I hope to see more of him if and/or when the 2205 series is remade. Yamato saving Garmillas was a good choice, as it set the stage for the unification of Iskandar and Garmillas and also laid the foundation for the 2202 series. There are very few times in any media that I feel a remake is better than the original. This is one of those times.

Space Battleship Yamato was literally my first and favourite sci-fi anime, and afterwards I started watching coast guard college recruiting videos :P

I remember rushing home from school to be able to watch this on one of the UHF channels. I'm glad to see it hasn't been forgotten.

My dad watched the original Star Blazers as a kid when it ran on TV in the states. And I watched it as a kid, too! On DVD that is. That makes the OG really special to me. It was crazy to both me and him to find out that there was more to the series than just the dub. Definitely one of my favorites of all time, it was awesome to watch as a kid for the action and is still great for the characters and emotion today. It's no exaggeration to say that this series helped shape my childhood as much as Star Wars.

Spacebattleship Yamato is also notable for having one of the most avid model-building communities ever! There are tons and tons of sets as well as scratch builds out there and all of them show just a tremendous amount of love and dedication to the iconic style of the show. It's retro, colorful and just completely embraces the naval theme in a way that makes the look just timeless.

I loved this show more than just about anything else on TV when I was a kid. Would love to watch it again.

Almost gave a "thumbs down" for a couple reasons ... Historically, Japan had two super-battleships; the infamous IJN Yamato, and the not as well known IJN Musashi, both built prior to WWII [Source: Wikipedia - Japanese battleship Yamato]. Next, it wasn't the US Air Force that sunk both ships, but the US Navy. --- I grew up watching the original 1970s anime, US version, "Star Blazers". I've not seen the 2199 version, but do have the 2010 live action movie. Oh, what do you mean the theme will be "stuck in your heads for a few weeks"? How about "decades"! :) Overall, though, a nice review.

I was searching Spaceship battle games on google and this popped up. I was immediately taken back to my grade school days coming home from school and watching speed racer and Star Blazers. That iconic opening theme. I used to draw all the time when I was young and still have several very good drawings I did of the battleship Yamato. I'm 52 now. I literally have tears in my eyes just thinking of those times.....staying at my grandparents' house during the summer while my best friend and I watched Star Blazers every day and recording the song from the TV onto our cassette player :) My God, this is a real punch in the feels........Where have those days gone.

Space Battleship Yamato may be pulpy, but don't confuse that with it being lazy writing where the ship gains new powers every episode (unlike treks tendency). The universe of Yamato does a good job of maintaining in-universe continuity throughout, and the heroes make it out not by pulling a rabbit out of a hat so much as by utilizing the rules of their own universe in clever ways. The Chekov's gun trope is used frequently where a small detail mentioned at one point becomes a major help or hindrance later. A key example of this is a scene where they enter combat during a stargate style transit. In the "subspace" beam weapons aren't working for either side. What do our heroes do? They open up with physical cannon shells shocking their enemy with their "barbarism." I love this show so much.

Space Battleship Yamato 2199 is my most loved Si-Fi show, as it brings a great combination of action, humor, eye candy and emotions to the table, in a manner that other shows don't. And while the story starts off a bit weak: restoring the planet, while the war is actually still going on and everyone just seemingly ignores the war on earth, is gets really good and intricate, with relatable characters and great world building.

It was the original Yamato series that got me invested in the Leiji Matsumoto's art and stories. Aside from the Yamato franchise, I also really enjoyed the Harlock and Galaxy Railways franchises.

I absolutely adored 2199, my first foray into Space Battleship Yamato. So much of it hits the right notes for me, from story beats, emotional impact, moral ambiguity, sympathetic antagonists and glorious music with an addictive main theme that I never get tired of hearing.

I remember rushing home from school to catch Star Blazers on tv, circa 1980. Still love it.

When the original Space Battleship Yamato was made the wreck of the Yamato wasnt yet found and it was Unknown how preserved she was. Thats why it was assumed she wasnt in such a had state as she turned out to be and it made sense in the sutuation to build the Space Battleship Yamato from the original. In the remake 2199 however the Space Battleship Yamato is just camoflaged as the original Yamato wreck as to not be targeted by bombardment. Thats what I think the reason was.

I recommend you the anime : Legends of the Galactic heroes : ( a lot of people say it's the best space opera anime) but yeah mine FAV is still Yamato cuz its mine first SF anime!

3:44 In the case of the Fighter Corps leader not wanting her to be a pilot it’s not that he’s being sexist, it’s that he was close friends with her brother, who was his best friend and was killed in combat against Gamilas. Couple that with the fact that Akira is quite literally the last member of her family still alive, he just doesn’t want to see her die. To him she’s like a little sister.

Yamato has been my favorite Anime since I was a kid in the 80's. It was extremely famous here in Brazil. Great Video despite some inaccuracies concerning world history. Yamato was not built during the war, it was part of the original Japanese fleet before WWII started. Also, the war was already lost, but Japan couldn't surrender while the Yamato still existed, the people would never understand, so they sent it on a suicide mission, knowing that it was pointless. That was the Japanese mentality at the time.

Finished Season 1 and 2 yesterday and it is glorious...really a Gem...

Factual error: the IJN battleship YAMATO was NOT built as a "last gasp" measure against the US. The construction of the vessel was begun in 1938, long before WW II officially began. It was the world's largest battleship(still is), armed with fifteen 18 inch guns. While the Yamato was never in an engagement with another battleship, it DID take part in a naval battle off Guadalcanal. Its opponents were a squadron of DESTROYERS, ships about 1/10th its size!

OMG, I used to run home from school in the early 80's just to watch Starblazers... and yes I still remember the opening theme to this day.

It feels so nice to hear someone praise this series. I watched the original series from the 70s and love the new series as well.

You should never criticise a show for sexualizing women or having fan service. Some people like that sort of thing in their entertainment so its best to mention it as a feature instead of something to be criticised.

I recommend also "TERRA E" And "Planetes"

Original Star Blazers is the Best place to start. Was new and exciting when it came out.

Growing up in Italy in the early 1980s this was one of my favourites, even on the old b&w tv of my grandmother.

i saw this on tv as a kid in the 80s, it has a different title tho called "Starblazers"

The part where the Human attack first kinda resemble of Pearl Harbour for me, which makes it even more interesting

There's a classic story I remember reading (and it's probably still out there on the Internet) where someone is at a role-playing-game convention where many groups are playing many different types of games. In one of the games, one side has obviously used their "armor points" to create a conventional fleet of fighters while the other side has used all of their points to create a single, huge battleship. The onlooker observes that the fleet of fighters is merrily strafing the battleship and asks what the ship is. The "fighters" side says that the only thing they know about it is that it's named the "Yamato." It's been doing pretty much nothing for three rounds so far. Their entire fleet has gathered right in front of the battleship, ready for another run... Onlooker said that the screams from the side with the fighters when the Wave Motion Gun fired right after were beautiful. And a bit of Yamato lore which I read in (I think it was) The Reader's Digest: The Japanese pretty much knew they were going to lose and they sent the Yamato into battle with no expectation of winning. Fuel was so short that the harbour master was even ordered to give the Yamato only an amount of fuel which would get it to the battle, with little left for maneuvering during battle and none left to get home after. The Harbour Master was a clever man and managed to both obey and disobey his orders at the same time. He gave the Yamato the amount of fuel he'd been ordered to... and then used portable pumps to reach the residue of fuel at the bottom of nominally empty storage tanks to give the Yamato sufficient fuel for maneuvering during battle, with enough left over to allow it to limp partway home if it by some miracle survived the battle, possibly to meet a refuelling ship along the way. Of course it was all in vain, but one still has to admire the ingenuity of the man who managed to give the ship a fighting chance.

1979... Every day after school, straight home to watch Star Blazers. My friends and I were addicts. I have a box around here with several models I never built. Argo, Andromeda and an IQ-9... time to dig them out!

My all time favorite anime!

"A hidden gem" My guy, if a so-called anime fan hasn't heard of Battleship Yamato, they're not the audience for it and aren't going to watch it anyway. You're talking about a near fifty year old classic of the genre, and calling it a hidden gem is the equivalent of someone who claims to be a sci-fi fan, has never heard of Dune or Foundation, and has only seen the Rian Johnson Star Wars.

Thank you for this great review!

Sweet memories. I remember watching Star Blazers every afternoon after school.

Have you heard of a show called Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Is it similar to Yamato ?

thought i should pay compliments to the great job done on the English Dubbing of the recent series', they're on Funimation Now, check them out if, like me, you cannot do subtitles.

Great show I have the entire series on DVD and I enjoy going back in time and remember 😁

This video put a smile on my face, its not common to see a video going over the loveliness of this anime.

Dude, that's not 'glossing over history.' That's just plain wrong. The _Yamato_ was built (mostly, at least) before the US joined the war. And they sure as anything weren't building new battleships during the Pacific war; even the third _Yamato_ class hull was finished as an aircraft carrier. She was sunk by the US Navy; the USAF wouldn't even exist for most of another decade when it was created as part of the Department of Defense. Sure, you could be forgiven for thinking she was a late war build because she effectively did nothing of interest before her final voyage to Okinawa. That's not because she didn't exist; it's because the Japanese couldn't afford to fuel her. The objective of the Okinawa trip was more-or-less correct, aside from the bit where the intent was to beach her and use her as a shore battery, not try to fight the US Navy at sea. Heck, the local carrier and battleship commanders were arguing over who should get to sink her; they certainly didn't regard her as a threat to the fleet. If you actually want to know about the IJN _Yamato,_ kzfaq.info/get/bejne/htWkYLN_ub_ToHU.html

You want anime space opera; you should watch The Irresponsible Captain Tylor.

I only know and remember this anime as Starblazers. I did not realize it was so in depth.

Space Battleship Yamato had a HUGE impact in my life, it set the course for me to discover the world of anime when i was 10-11 yo. Now 55 and a life long anime fan and collector. Otaku for Life!

For anyone looking for more Scfi anime I recommend the show Legend of the Galactic Heroes. It is about an human Space empire vs a human Space republic. With interesting characters on both sides. I also recommend the show Robotech is you are looking for more soap opera's with gaint mechs.

I'd like to also hear your thoughts on Macross, called Robotech in the US. It's a favorite of mine and similar to this.

I loved the original series as a kid, it use to play alongside 'Force Five' which featured Danguard Ace, Grandizer(Grendizer), Starvengers, Spaceketeers and Gaiking. I lived for these cartoons back in the early 80's.

As a kid, I loved this as much as Star Trek. I for real ran home after school. Usually missed the first few minutes. I would also watch Force Five afterwards. No one was home at that time, so I could enjoy without interruption. None of my friends watched. It was totally mine. At 11, I guess that meant something. I ended up moving from Newport RI to Connecticut. We didn't get that station. It was a bummer. But we had cable for the first time. I found The Tomorrow People. Another show I just loved. Again, no one else watched. I was, and am a nerd.

Advice from someone that watched the various series of the franchize like a maniac: Watch 2199. The series is fantastic and propably the best remake of any series or film ever made. 2202, the sequel to 2199 and remake to the original series' sequel is a mess that gave me Star Wars the Last Jedi vibes. Don't watch it. It is all stupid themes, lacks any depth, hammers its points to the audience in an extreme fashion and tries to keep the stakes high through forced escalation that ends up being ridiculous. When the villains send a fleet of 2.5 million ships when the largest fleet of 2199 was 10000 ships strong you understand that the writer has turned the series into a dick measuring competition. The live action film must be avoided at all cost. It is not Dragon Ball Evolution levels of awful but as live action anime adaptations go it is propably one of the worst ones out there.

Ah yes ... fanservice ... what ruins every anime

I saw the original series with some Japanese friends, when I would go to their house, WAY Back when I was a kid.......Now my daughter watches the 2199 series, she is Totally hooked!! And yes, I do (and still have) the VHS tapes of the original series...all the way to the Bolar Wars!

Star Blazers (in English, in New England in the US in the late 70s and early 80s) was an enormous influence on my childhood. It was equal to Star Wars for me (I was 5 when Star Wars came out, and Star Blazers was a couple years later). My dad used to bring home reams of fan-fold printer paper from his work, so I could draw on the unused side. I created some epic Yamato-inspired battles on that, and I would draw space ships that were based on naval ships. I still love that aesthetic. The animated Yamato 2199 remake is really well done. It's one of the few remakes that I felt made things better. As a kid, I had my hour of daily TV that no one else could interrupt: Star Blazers and Force 5.

Seeing the excellent job they did on remaking the original Yamato gave me goosebumps. Now if we could get a remake of Macross of the same caliber. That would be fantastic.

Has it really been 42 years since I first saw Starblazers? 1978 was awesome for a kid about to turn 10. Star Wars had come out the year before, and re-released that summer. Starblazers was on every weekday morning. The Star Trek animated series was the only reason to be up on Saturday morning's at 6:30. Star Trek was Saturday night at 6, and Battlestar Galactica was Sunday at 8. Speed Racer and Marine Boy were a great way for a toddler to be introduced to anime, but Starblazers came to the US at the perfect time for my friends and I.

I just love the way it kicks fighters outta ship, with all the sparks flying as they slide off the ramp.

Being a wee little four year-old in the early 80s, this is what REALLY brought me to anime--the title that started it all, and was an inspiration for guys like Hideaki Anno (the creator of another era-defining anime, Neon Genesis Evangelion; and who, by the way, directed the opening sequence of Yamato 2199).

This played on Australia TV during the 80s fully dubbed. We had a lot of Japanese shows dubbed on Australian kids TV. This along with Astro boy and battle of the planet are the shows that introduced me to a life long love of anime and Japanese culture.

Cheers. I will check it out.

I remember watching this before school way back in the early 80's, favorite cartoon of all time.

Very nice retrospective 👍🏼 Star Blazers & Battle of the Planets were my first taste of anime as a wee lad, and I always get misty-eyed seeing the Yamato sailing the sea of stars 😌

Space Battleship Yamato is so much fun not by the story alone. It’s because it is one of a few Space Ships that gave a name from an actual of Warships in WWII

your video remind me of this series and so i finally got round to watching and yea wow its so awesome wish it was more well known.

This show was my first exposure to anime back in the early 80's. I came home from school, was clicking through the channels and discovered a new, fourth channel. And...fucking Star Blazers was the first thing I saw. The show right after it was OG Robotech.

History nerd for some bonus (and correcting) info on the IRL yamato: Yamato and her sisters were conceived before WWII even began, intended to be able to combat the forces of the western powers outnumbered, as Japan knew they could never match the number of ships America or the UK could produce. As such, they were the heaviest battleships ever built, armed with gigantic 18.1 inches (460mm) main guns, the largest ever mounted to a ship by 2 whole inches in diameter. In terms of raw stats, they were only bested in % of weight in Armor by the German Bismarck class, and length (by a few feet) by the much slimmer American Iowa Class. They had the biggest guns, the heaviest weight, and a MASSIVE appetite for fuel Japan did not have to go around, resulting in them mostly sitting around. Yamato and her sisters were constructed in absolute secret, with their launch covered by air raid drills and the yards surrounded by special curtains to hide the ships. Workers were threatened with execution should information leek. In fact, the caliber of their guns wasn't known by the west until after the war ended, assumed to just be 410mm guns like on the Nagato class. Yamato had one sister, Musashi, and a "half-sister", Shinano, which was converted into an aircraft carrier after Japan realized carriers were the way forward. None of the ships had eventful careers. With Yamato herself being known for particular uselessness. Musashi was sunk by aircraft during the battle of the Philippine sea, in which Yamato would first see surface combat against the US forces off the island of Samar, consisting of a few escort carriers, and destroyers. Yamato alone weighed more than the entire US force, not to mention half the Japanese surface fleet behind her. Yamato and company fled, convinced by the American suicidal bravery that this must be a trap. (it wasn't. That was further south in surigao straight, which is a good battle to look into) Shinano would be sunk by a US submarine before it ever even got its air wing, and Yamato herself would be sent on a one way mission which she couldn't even get all of that one way on before getting swarmed by US aircraft. Reportedly shooting down more aircraft when her magazines exploded than with her actual anti-aircraft guns. Ultimately, Yamato was perhaps the single most capable surface warship ever constructed. Unfortunately, like her only true rivals in the Iowa class, they were built in the age of the Aircraft Carrier and were arguably obsolete before they even launched.

I grew up watching Starblazers so Space Battleship Yamato 2199 was a good refresh. I really enjoyed it.

I had heard of this series but knew nothing about it. After this video I am definitely gonna check it out

I got addicted to this in 1985, and still love it now

Yamato was the flag ship of the IJN, it was built before the war along with its sister ship of the class, it was not built as some last ditch effort to save Japan (that is an element of the anime) Yamato was destroyed buy a large USN strikeforce in "Operation Tengo" as it was sailing home to be beached on the coast to serve as a massive gun battery to repel the expected land invasion of Japan, it was a fierce battle that required 4 US carrier strike groups and close to 500 bombs and torpedos to sink her. Yamato fired many shots that day

Space Battleship Yamato was an excellent example of a young-man's space opera. It does dress the female characters in an excessively sexualized manner compared to their male counterparts, but this also par for the course when it comes to anime in general. The show presents some mature concepts and its cast are all understandably "adults," with no children running around or high school shenanigans. This is a naval warship with a military crew, however you'll also find there are absolutely no disciplinary ramifications for stealing a starfighter, and other such hand waves. It is overall rather comic-booky, as you described, and has a retro style and soundtrack. It's a lot of fun. The grandest space opera anime is easily Legend of the Galactic Heroes. It is set in the midst of a galactic war. There are no aliens, only humans, and the story is not about space battles- those are merely a means to communicate greater concepts of conflict, ethics, and human nature. The characters, male and female, are presented equally and fairly (though the cast is predominantly male, unfortunately), in a realistic light. There is no needless sexualization, no wacky hijinks, and no childhood fantasies. It is a brutal show, but it is not a gore fest or full of wanton violence. It's absolutely a classic, and also has a remake, similarly to Yamato. I strongly recommend you watch at least a couple episodes of the remake.

Agree with being underated in a lot of places, but also very well loved in some :) Thanks for this , huge fan since the 80's :)

I loved watching 'Starblazers' on weekday mornings before heading off to junior elementary school. It would be 20 years later when I would learn the name '宇宙戦艦ヤマト’

Loved watching this as a kid in the 70s, 80s. Wish I could find the series on disk to own

The real Yamato was built by Japan before the Pearl harbor attack. There was also a sister ship called Musashi. I saw the original series as a kid under the title Star Blazers which toned it down a bit but still had a great effect on me esp. the music.

I'm not deep into pop-culture , but as a 70's born I was moulded by Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Marvel's and DC's heroes etc. (even in this far far land called Brazil hehe). And Star Blazers - we've had the 'US version' - based dubbing - was my best show on TV by far. What I miss more is characters' names: Wildstar, Venture, Avatar... and above all, Argo!

thank god i stumbled apon this, i love sby so much and im glad its finally getting some good people outside of a few fanbases

Episode 9 dealing with AI of 2199 is reminiscent of some of the best Trek or Babylon 5 episodes and the Rainbow Cluster battle was hands down one of the best space battles in any media. Fantastic series