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Space Battleship Yamato 2199: Odyssey of the Celestial Ark Space Battleship Yamato 2199: Odyssey of the Celestial Ark Prior to advertising of the home video release of the movie, writers had used the English translations "Space Battleship Yamato 2199: Star-Voyaging Ark" and "Space Battleship Yamato 2199: Ark of the Stars". Home video packaging announced in April 2015 revealed Xebec's choice of "Space Battleship Yamato 2199: Odyssey of the Celestial Ark" as the official English title. The film grossed ¥68.8 million at the Japanese box office in its first week of release. Writing for the "Kotaku" blog, reviewer Richard Eisenbeis generally praised the movie, particularly the debut of Gatlantis as