Vintage Diecast Toy Leiji Matsumoto Star Blazers Harlock Albator Chogokin Popy

Description

Robot Analyzer
Space Battleship Yamato / Star Blazer
Japan, 1978
Material: Made of diecast / metal, and plastic / PVC.
Origin: Made in Japan, 1978.
Size: 7'' / 15cm.
Type: Articulated robot. The head, upper body and lower body can be detached.
Condition: Toy with box. Robot in near mint condition - Box missing upper lid. See pictures for more details.
Space Battleship Yamato
(also called
Cosmoship Yamato
and
Star Blazers
) is a Japanese science fiction anime series directed by manga artist
Leiji Matsumoto
. The series aired from October 6, 1974 to March 30, 1975, totaling up to 26 episodes.
Leiji Matsumoto created the highly popular series
Space Pirate Captain Harlock
and
Galaxy Express 999
(both 1977). Animated versions of
Captain Harlock
and
Galaxy Express 999
are set in the same universe, which spanned several spin offs and related series, most notably
Queen Emeraldas
and
Queen Millennia
.
Matsumoto supervised the creation of several music videos for EDM group Daft Punk, set to tracks from their album Discovery and the full-length
Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem
.