While fans of 1970’s anime Space Battleship Yamato have been eagerly awaiting the completion of the animated film version  by Yoshinobu Nishizaki they can hop over to their local Pachinko parlor and play the pachinko game Space Battleship Yamato Pachinko machine!CR宇宙戦艦ヤマト made by Fuji.

Fuji has created a two games Cryamato 1 and Cryamato2.  For the launch of Cryamato2, there are a series of  impressive TV commercials with some awesome CGI footage  and starring Japanese model Sara Kagami 各務沙羅 cosplaying as Yuki Mori 森雪

Space battleship Yamato TV commercials

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