Geek Roots - a good sign for the new year...

That was the premise of the animated series, Charlie - they needed a hull that was pre-built, but hidden from sight, to rebuild, so they used the Yamato's corpse which was under the sea bed and made it space-worthy for its mission.  Needless to say, the symbolism of the Japanese flagship rising up from the grave to fight off an invading force that is attacking using radiation bombs is lost on few - even I got it when I was a kid.

When I was in high school, Starblazers ran right before Robotech, which ended about 5 minutes AFTER I needed to be on my bus.  Needless to say there were many latenesses.

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