Space Battleship Yamato 2199 is actually a pilot film for a new series!

This can't get any better for Yamato 2199 fans!

Next April’s 50 minute long Uchu Senkan Yamato 2199 feature film will actually be just a compiled edit of the first two episodes of a new Yamato television series, the first since 1980′s Space Battleship Yamato III. The TV series from studios XEBEC and AIC will be a remake of the 1974 original anime television series.

 Rahxephon creator Yutaka Izubuchi will direct the new series. The pilot movie will screen in 10 theaters throughout Japan beginning April 7, 2012.

Space Battleship Yamato 2199 is back with a movie and a series!

The April 7 film is actually the first two episodes of the new television series, combined into one theatrical preview screening about 50 minutes long. It will play in 10 theaters throughout Japan.

More details will be provided on the anime's official website. There has not been a Yamato television anime series since Uchū Senkan Yamato 3 (Star Blazers: The Bolar Wars) 30 years ago, and that was 1974!!