Macgirl's Media Pick of the Week: Star Blazers!

I was a bit of a nerd as a child.  Preferred my LEGOs and tinker toys (shaped into super-cool lazer ray guns of course).  I had one main TV obsession as a six-year old.  And that obsession was space-themed anime.  From the Wiki:  Star Blazers is an American animated TV series adapted from a Japanese sci-fi trilogy anime series called Space Battleship Yamato I, II and III.

Star Blazers ran from 1979-1980 in the US. There's so much to this short-lived series.  It had, gulp, adult themes!  There was flirting!  There were sexy girls and lots of loud people yelling "Look-out!" and fighting. The epic space ship battles were my favorite part of the show.  I so super duper loved this series.  I bought the whole thing on VHS tape the second I could, quite a few (15!?) years ago.  It's finally available in digital form, on iTunes. 

My favorite memory of watching Star Blazers is of turning my Dad's recliner into a "spaceship", with rocket launchers and laser guns, fighting my next-door neighbor as he piloted the couch.  Pew-pew-pew!   We'd re-enact the whole episode we just watched, adding new drama and lots of fighting.  I'd love to hear your Star Blazers memories...add a comment below!