I wonder if that is the release in America or the original release? Was this show made in Japan and later brought to America or was it a Japanese designed cartoon made for America in the first place.
I could just as easily see "Star Blazers" being an anime take off on Battlestar Galactica as the other way around. I am very curious to see what came first or were they made at the same time. It all may be just coincidence but a few things are pretty interesting. My most obvious similarity is the love relation between two characters on the space warships where the male figures had star in their names: Wildstar versus Starbuck and the female characters were named after a stellar phenomena: Nova (Bright new star---exploding star) versus Cassiopeia (stellar constellation). It wouldn't surprise me to find out that whoever dubbed the Japanese cartoon was a Battlestar fan.
I think I am going to need to look into this some more unless someone is a Star Blazers buff!
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