I never watched the original so I have no nostalgic attachment to the franchise.
Vast swaths of the plot make no sense and most of the time -the victor of the battles (Yamato) is merely the side that displayed the least amount of incompetence. That being said there are plenty of examples where Yamato's incompetence was so astounding that only their impervious plot armour saved them.
All the characters are pretty much comprised of the standard issue anime qualities. The easiest way to see all the stereotypical clichés and tropes is to think of the show as a mecha anime (with the Yamato being the mech). The show never made me care about the characters -especially after I realized that all the A and B list characters are immortal due to plot armour.
I mean even the elder Kodai: His ship is shown being blown up near Pluto with him on it. His ship is then found on way the hell on Enceladus and his own brother unequivocally declared that their were no survivors. But apparently he was the only survivor and was taken prisoner. His transport ship then crashed on Iscandar where he was the only survivor and then despite being mortally injured (and later dying from his wounds) was able to impregnate the alien princess on the planet...lol?
Vast swaths of the plot make no sense and most of the time -the victor of the battles (Yamato) is merely the side that displayed the least amount of incompetence. That being said there are plenty of examples where Yamato's incompetence was so astounding that only their impervious plot armour saved them.
All the characters are pretty much comprised of the standard issue anime qualities. The easiest way to see all the stereotypical clichés and tropes is to think of the show as a mecha anime (with the Yamato being the mech). The show never made me care about the characters -especially after I realized that all the A and B list characters are immortal due to plot armour.
I mean even the elder Kodai: His ship is shown being blown up near Pluto with him on it. His ship is then found on way the hell on Enceladus and his own brother unequivocally declared that their were no survivors. But apparently he was the only survivor and was taken prisoner. His transport ship then crashed on Iscandar where he was the only survivor and then despite being mortally injured (and later dying from his wounds) was able to impregnate the alien princess on the planet...lol?