Space Battleship Yamato 2199: Odyssey of the Celestial Ark

In 2199, the Yamato attempts to depart the Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy after obtaining the "Cosmo Reverse System" from Iscandar. But at the galaxy's edge, the ship encounters a mysterious force known as "Gatlantis," led by the Gutaba expeditionary commander, Goran Dagaamu of Thunder. He demands the Yamato's surrender, but the crew, desperate to return to Earth, flees the confrontation. During their escape, they are struck by a devastating beam weapon-the "Flame Direct Attack Cannon"-capable of piercing through space itself. Though the Yamato manages to retreat, it becomes lost in a strange, irregular dimension of shifting colors. The crew shuts down the ship’s engines and decides to investigate a nearby planet. Kodai, Kiryu, Sawamura, Niimi, and Aihara land to gather information, only to discover an unexpected ship on the surface. Meanwhile, Dagaamu follows the Yamato’s warp trail and arrives in the same distorted space. The planet the Yamato has landed on turns out to be the very thing he has been searching for all along.