Is Uchuu Senkan Yamato 2199 good to watch with a friend?
Easy to drop in. Uchuu Senkan Yamato 2199 (Star Blazers 2199: Space Battleship Yamato) is a OVA (home-video release) from Spring 2012 by Aic, Xebec, Inc.: 26 episodes, about 11 hours in total, finished, 8.28/10 across the listing sites.
Watching it together: easy to drop in. Comedy or action in a short run: you can start tonight without a plan, and a missed episode does not ruin it. about 11 hours for the run, 13 evenings at two a night. Rule: episodic, slice-of-life, or comedy/action ≤ 26 episodes → easy to drop in.
This verdict comes from rules over the title's format, length and tags, not from a review — the rule that fired is named above.
The facts
- Type
- OVA (home-video release)
- Episodes
- 26
- Episode length
- 25 min
- Total time
- about 11 hours — a weekend
- First aired
- Spring 2012
- Status
- Finished
- Studio
- Aic, Xebec, Inc.
- Score
- 8.28/10 across the listing sites
- Tags
- action, adventure, aliens, robots & AI, drama, ghost, love triangle, military, nudity, space, post-apocalyptic, mecha, romance, sci-fi, shounen, survival, zombie, war
Data from anime-offline-database (ODbL) as of 2026-07-04; the score is the median of the scores the anime listing sites give it, on a 1–10 scale. Also listed as: Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2199; Star Blazers : Space Battleship Yamato 2199; Star Blazers 2199; Space Battleship Yamato 2199.
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More like this: action · adventure · aliens · robots & AI · drama · ghost · love triangle · military · space · post-apocalyptic · mecha · romance · sci-fi · shounen · survival · zombie · war.
Quick answers
- How long does it take to watch all of Uchuu Senkan Yamato 2199?
- About 11 hours for all 26 episodes at 25 min each — a weekend; at two episodes a night that is 13 evenings.
- How many episodes does Uchuu Senkan Yamato 2199 have?
- 26 episodes of 25 min.
- Is Uchuu Senkan Yamato 2199 finished?
- Yes, Uchuu Senkan Yamato 2199 is finished (26 episodes), so you can watch the whole thing at your own pace.
- Is Uchuu Senkan Yamato 2199 good for a group?
- Better for two than for a crowd. Uchuu Senkan Yamato 2199 is tagged drama, romance; it rewards paying attention, which a group rarely does.
- Where is Uchuu Senkan Yamato 2199 listed?
- Uchuu Senkan Yamato 2199 is on AniList (id 12029) and MyAnimeList (id 12029); Queue Up keys it by its AniList id and shows it when it is on either of your lists.
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