Děj se odehrává za 200 let v budoucnosti, kdy lidstvo plně kolonizovalo sluneční soustavu, ale ještě nedosáhlo ke hvězdám, na pozadí vyostřujícího se konfliktu mezi Zemí, Marsem a koloniemi v Pásu asteroidů. Detektiv Miller, narozený v Pásu, dostane úkol najít nezvěstnou mladou ženu, Juliettu Andromedu Mao. Jim Holden je prvním důstojníkem z nákladní lodě – tahače ledu Canterbury, která těží led v Saturnových prstencích a rozváží ho k asteroidům Pásu, když se svou posádkou narazí na opuštěnou loď Scopuli. Aniž by o to oba stáli, jejich osudy se protnou a zjistí, že pohřešovaná dívka je klíčem ke spiknutí nepředstavitelného měřítka.

Seriál je zasazen 400 let do budoucnosti a sleduje dobrodružství Orville, ne zrovna prestižní výzkumné kosmické lodi s mezihvězdnou flotilou. Hrdinové v posádce musí čelit kosmickým výzvám uvnitř i mimo loď a prozkoumávají svět, do něhož dosud žádné jiné komediální drama nevstoupilo.

In the distant future, mankind has lived quietly and restlessly underground for hundreds of years, subject to earthquakes and cave-ins. Living in one such village are 2 young men: one named Simon who is shy and naïve, and the other named Kamina who believes in the existence of a “surface” world above their heads.

All across the universe, the Jark Matter empire has conquered everything they see. Meanwhile, the insurgent force called "Rebellion" is established and gathers nine ultimate saviors from across the galaxy who are chosen by the Kyu Globes, magical spheres with the power of the constellations.

The year is 2199. The human race has been crushed in their war with the Gamilos, driven into underground cities by the invader's assault. Scientists estimate they have only a year left. The young officers Susumu Kodai and Daisuke Shima receive a mysterious capsule from a ship that made an emergency landing on Mars and return with it to Earth. It contains humanity's last hope: the planet Iscandar on the other side of the Magellan Galaxy has the technology to defeat the Gamilos and restore the planet. The space battleship Yamato is entrusted with this task, but they have only one year before humanity ends.

Space Battleship Yamato is a Japanese science fiction anime series featuring an eponymous spacecraft. It is also known to English-speaking audiences as Space Cruiser Yamato; an English-dubbed and heavily edited version of the series was broadcast on North American and Australian television as Star Blazers. The first two seasons of this version were broadcast in Greece in 1981-82 as Διαστημόπλοιο Αργώ. An Italian-language version was also broadcast under the name Star Blazers in Italy, and a Portuguese-language version was successfully shown in Brazil under the title Patrulha Estelar and Viaje a la Ultima Galaxia or Astronave Intrepido in Spain and Latin America.

It is a seminal series in the history of anime, marking a turn towards more complex serious works and influencing works such as Mobile Suit Gundam and Neon Genesis Evangelion; Hideaki Anno has ranked Yamato his favorite anime and credited it with sparking his interest in anime.

Yamato was the first anime series or movie to win the Seiun Award, a feat not repeated until the 1985 Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind.

Mimozemská rasa zvaná Gauna zničila Zemi a nechala lidstvo bojovat o přežití na palubě vesmírné lodi Sidonia. Přestože od posledního střetu s Gaunou uplynulo sto let, je vojenská služba povinná. Pro Nagate Tanikazeho, jehož dědeček ho tajně ukryl v zapomenutých útrobách Sidonie, je to zvláštní nový svět, když je nucen vystoupit na povrch. Jeho nábor však přichází právě včas, protože Gauna se náhle znovu objevila.

Když se Banagher Links setká s tajemnou Audrey Burne, zdědí Unicorn Gundam a je vtažen do bitvy o nezávislost vesmírné kolonie.