Searching for a distant star, heading off to Iscandar, there is hardly an anime franchise as Iconic and Influencial as Space Battleship Yamato. It ushered in a new era of Japanese story telling, taking a industry focused on cutesy characters and giant robots, and showing that you could tell a more adult, engaging story in the medium. Some of you might ask, if it was such an influencial franchise, why have I not heard about it before? Well that is the purpose of this panel, to tell you about a franchise who's influence has been long forgotten by most in the western anime industry