▁the ▁series ▁was ▁never ▁finished ▁and ▁only ▁three ▁episodes ▁were ▁produced . ▁ ▁Space ▁Batt les hip ▁Great ▁Yam ato ▁( 2 0 0 0 ) ▁ ▁is ▁a ▁graph ic ▁novel ▁com ic ▁created ▁by ▁the ▁anim ator ▁Le iji ▁M ats um oto . ▁For ▁a ▁time ▁it ▁was ▁streaming ▁online . ▁However ▁this ▁has ▁since ▁stopped . ▁ ▁New ▁Space ▁Batt les hip ▁Yam ato ▁( 2 0 0 4 , ▁cancel led ) ▁In ▁March ▁ 2 0 0 2 , ▁a ▁Tokyo ▁court ▁ruled ▁that ▁Y osh in ob u ▁N ish iz aki ▁leg ally ▁owned ▁the ▁Yam ato ▁copy right s . ▁N ish iz aki ▁and ▁M ats um oto ▁eventually ▁settled , ▁and ▁N ish iz aki ▁pushed ▁ahead ▁with ▁developing ▁a ▁new ▁Yam ato ▁television ▁series . ▁Project ▁propos als ▁for ▁a ▁ 2 6 - ep is ode ▁television ▁series ▁were ▁drawn ▁up ▁in ▁early ▁ 2 0 0 4 , ▁but ▁no ▁further ▁work ▁was ▁done ▁with ▁T oh oku ▁Shin sha ▁not ▁backing ▁the ▁project . ▁American ▁series ▁expert ▁Tim ▁E ld red ▁was ▁able ▁to ▁secure ▁a ▁complete ▁package ▁of ▁art , ▁me cha ▁designs , ▁and ▁story ▁outline ▁at ▁an ▁au ction ▁over ▁Japanese ▁store ▁Mand ar ake ▁in ▁April ▁ 2 0 1 4 . ▁ ▁Set ▁ 2 0 ▁years ▁after ▁Final ▁Yam ato , ▁the ▁series ▁would ▁have ▁shown ▁Sus um u ▁K od ai ▁leading ▁a ▁salv age ▁operation ▁for ▁the ▁remains ▁of ▁the