in Europe (early 1990s?). Blue Noah specifications Standard Displacement: 170,000 standard tons Classification: Super Submarine Aircraft Carrier Fighter Capacity: 150 Closing the starboard and port flight decks makes it possible for the Blue Noah to submerge for underwater cruising. It is equipped with a lightwave booster, making both atmospheric and extra-atmospheric operation possible. The Tempest Junior mini-submersible is housed in the bow of the ship, large Bison attack helicopter known as "Rocketcopter" is stowed in the stern and the lower decks serve as a hangar for numerous fighter jets. The Tempest Junior features an anti-gravity drive allowing the crew to detach from the main ship for "away missions." Blue Noah's most powerful weapon is the Anti-Proton Gun. When initiated, the prow of the ship separates into upper and lower halves, revealing a massive energy generator. Electrical power from all of the ship's onboard systems is diverted to power this generator, creating a massive burst of energy powerful enough to annihilate a target completely. This enormous energy requirement renders Blue Noah's systems temporarily offline after a single burst of the Anti-Proton Gun, and as such the weapon is used only as a last resort during Earth sorties. Extensive modifications are made to the Blue Noah prior to the final assault on the alien invaders, enabling the ship to use the Anti-Proton Gun repeatedly in space without the resulting system downtime. Other appearances The early part of the 2009 anime film Space Battleship Yamato: Resurrection'' has an appearance by a ship called the Blue Noah. This Blue Noah is the flagship of Earth's immigration fleet. There is no indication, however, that the events of the Blue Noah anime are connected, in any way, to the same fictional universe in which the Yamato stories occur. This was most likely done as an homage. See also Space battleship Space Battleship Yamato: Resurrection External links Thundersub HQ fansite Review of the Thundersub Video Blue Noah (Anime Mundi), production credits and images. Limited edition Sony Music Shop original soundtrack CD (order deadline was 2008.2.6). 1979 anime television series debuts 1980 manga Drama anime and manga Japanese science fiction television series Science fiction anime and manga Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation original programming