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Here s the US trailer (+ posters) for Takashi Yamazaki s
The Great War of Archimedes, from YouTube:
Pre-World War II, the Japanese Navy commissioned the design and creation of the impressive supership Yamato, strongly opposed by a top official insisting on more strategic and battle-ready warships. After being ignored without cause, Admiral Yamamoto (Hiroshi Tachi) recruits a math genius to help uncover what he soon suspects is a massive conspiracy.
The Great War of Archimedes, also known as アルキメデスの大戦 or
Arukimedesu no taisen originally in Japanese, is directed by prolific Japanese filmmaker
Takashi Yamazaki, director of many films previously including
Juvenile, Returner, Always: Sunset on Third Street 1 & 2, Ballad, Space Battleship Yamato, The Fighter Pilot, Stand by Me Doraemon, Parasyte, Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura, Dragon Quest: Your Story, and
As announced by a new trailer today, Japanese import
The Great War of Archimedes will land on Western shores very soon. The film will release via DVD, Blu-Ray, and digital distribution with a new English dub on June 15, just in time for Father’s Day.
The film, which is based on the popular manga series
Archimedes no Taisen, fictionalizes the struggle to build the historically large battleship Yamato during World War II. The film is directed by Takashi Yamazaki (
The Eternal Zero) and stars Suda Masaki (
Drowning Love), Emoto Tasuku (
The Promised Neverland), Shofukutei Tsurube (
Family of Strangers) and Kobayashi Katsuya (