Alicia I love this movie so much

TaryBiggBall It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.

Sanjeev Waters A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

Aryana Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

william-cermele I have been reading some of the comments and I too can still remember the opening song and other major elements of the series story even though its been 25 some years since I have seen any episodes. This series made going to school great because it helped pass the hours until the next episode. During the summer months, no matter how nice the weather was, we were always in front of the TV at 3:00 pm sharp for our daily dose. When I first went looking to re-watch and buy the show, I could find nothing but expensive and shoddy bootleg VHS versions of individual episodes however as I understand it, all 3 seasons have been out on DVD for a few years. I will buy them eventually, the lowest price I have seen has been on a famous internet auction site for $80 per season. For now I will be renting them because, guess what, they ARE available for rental at both major online movie rental houses. "will I get my copies of the best show on TV and enjoy them for a lifetime, tune in tomorrow and find out. Remember there are only 213 Earth days left.

iamvindell I, too, watched this show when I was 10 or 12 or so. I never missed an episode. I agree that some of the ideas were taken and used in other sci-fi endeavors, such as Star Trek. For example, in the first scene in Star Trek, The Motion Picture, notice how, when the Klingon Battlecruiser gets ready to shoot its torpedoes at the intruder, the area where it fires from starts to glow, and small, lit particles tend to drift towards the same area. This is the same as when the Wave Motion gun first starts to fire. Same thing with Star Trek III, and the chasing of the Enterprise by the Excelsior. Same as the Andromeda and the Argo. But all that aside, this was the best anime ever sent to us. I, too, spent many a day drawing my versions of battleships like the Argo and Andromeda, even, at one time, making my own personal comic books about adventures with the Star Force. (yes, my original ideas, not copying the show) :-) I have seen the full three seasons online for over $100., and if indeed I had the extra money, I would buy them in a heartbeat. his was running around the same time as another great one called Force Five. Those of you who know about Star Blazers, I am sure you know about Force Five. Two of the best to come out of Japan before the Accord!

pureeevill I've got to say that this is a spectacular show. The animation may seem trite now, but 20 years ago, it was incredible. I do have to say that it absolutely kills today's Dragonball Z... (what a waste). What really sets this show apart is the realism. During the first movie/series, the original Captain dies, but the series goes on AND references their dead leader throughout the show. Well done. This happens throughout the series, causing the viewers to feel the remorse of what is happening on screen.Being young and impressionable, I suppose I was sucked in by the glamour of being in outer space, fighting aliens and saving the day. But, as I look back, the drama was good enough that I would want to see it all again, nearly 20 years later. And, in the spirit of that, I've found that you can currently watch the 2nd season of Star Blazers on Cartoon Network under the Toonami/Reactor section.It's just as good as I remembered...

terp_92 ...this was my first exposure to a real violent science fiction cartoon series, and I didn't miss it for the world when it aired weekday afternoons 20 years ago (geez it's been that long?!!) and turning on the TV the moment I got home from school.Probably the series that started the whole Japanese anime craze, I spent day and night drawing the different kinds of spacecraft from the series, and in every episode you knew when the good guys were in trouble, that it was time for the wave-motion gun to be fired. I hope the series will be shown on TV again.