TrekWeb.com reports:

New trailers for the upcoming anime movie Space Battleship Yamato: Rebirth Chapter is now available online at YouTube. The movie marks the return of the Yamato franchise, titled Star Blazers in the U.S., with a live action movie also in production.

According to Tokyograph, the new anime film is set in 2220 (17 years after the events of 1984 anime movie Final Yamato), at a time when Earth is threatened by an expanding black hole. As 300 million people prepare for evacuation, the fleet is suddenly attacked. The Yamato, now captained by the 38-year-old Captain Susumu Kodai (renamed Derek Wildstar in the U.S., see above image), is forced to retaliate. Also aboard are Susumu's wife Yuki and their daughter Miyuki.

Space Battleship Yamato: Rebirth Chapter will be release in Japan on December 12, 2009.

Let's embed these videos and let you guys take a look:





These look pretty sweet. This isn't one of my normals I keep up with, but definitely one I'll be checking out.