1983 Timeline


About this list: this is a work-in-progress with the goal of assembling as complete a timeline as possible of the entire Yamato/Star Blazers phenomenon. Data will be added and revised as new information becomes available. As the entries on this list receive coverage elsewhere on this site, links will be added to help you find them. If you notice missing, incorrect, or incomplete items on this list, please contact us and make noise!

No-class 1983
No-class JAN
On Air 3 Yamato 2 compilation movie rebroadcast on Yomiuri Television
publication 9 Final Yamato poster book in Middle 1st Age (Obunsha)
Publication 10 Coverage in Animage magazine Vol. 56 (Tokuma Shoten)
Publication 10 Coverage in The Anime magazine Vol. 39 (Kindaieiga Co.)
Publication 10 Coverage in My Anime magazine (Akita Shoten)
Publication 10 Coverage in Animedia magazine (Gakken)
Book 10 This is Animation Select #2 Space Battleship Yamato ‘Total Collection’ (Shogakukan)
Publication 10 Yamato fan club magazine #32
On Air 15 Final Yamato 4-hour radio drama on All Night Nippon
Event 16 Final Yamato tie-in campaign with Tohato food products
Event 18 Final Yamato press conference, Tokyo.
Publication 18 Yamato fan club magazine #32
Publication 20 Final Yamato coverage in Toei Animation Fan Club News No. 14
publication 21 Final Yamato coverage in OUT magazine (Minori Shobo)
publication 21 Final Yamato coverage in Roadshow magazine (Shueisha)
MUSIC 21 LP & Cassette: Final Yamato Theme Music Collection 1 (Tokuma/Animage)
Music 21 LP & Cassette: Final Yamato symphonic album 1 (Nippon Columbia)
publication 22 Final Yamato coverage in Tokyo Chunichi Sports newspaper
publication 23 Final Yamato coverage in Sports Nippon newspaper
publication 24 Final Yamato coverage in The Best One magazine (Gakken)
Music 25 EP: Love of Two b/w See you again (Tokuma/Animage)
Music 25 EP: Rainbow to tomorrow b/w Fight! Cosmo Tiger (Tokuma/Animage)
Event 30 Fan club gathering in Sapporo
PUBLICATION ? First issue of Trelaina A.P.A. in the US
Book ? Frontline People: Leiji Matsumoto (Fukutake Publishing Co.)
No-class FEB
Music 1 EP: Kodai [I] & Yamato b/w Yamato tribute-Poseidon (Nippon Columbia)
publication 1 Final Yamato coverage in Fanroad magazine (Rapport)
publication 1 Final Yamato coverage in Third Grader magazine (Shogakukan)
publication 2 Final Yamato coverage in Komeito Shimbun newspaper
On Air 2 First TV series begins its fifth rerun on Yomiuri Television
Event 5 Fan club gathering in Fukuoka (Tokyu Hotel)
publication 6 Final Yamato coverage in Weekly KuriKuri newspaper
publication 9 Final Yamato coverage in Middle 1st Year Course magazine (Gakken)
publication 9 Final Yamato coverage in Middle 2nd Year Course magazine (Gakken)
Publication 10 Coverage in Animage magazine Vol. 57 (Tokuma Shoten)
Publication 10 Coverage in The Anime magazine Vol. 40 (Kindaieiga Co.)
Publication 10 Coverage in My Anime magazine (Akita Shoten)
Publication 10 Coverage in Animedia magazine (Gakken)
Event 11 Fan club gathering in Nagoya (Aichi Prefectural Culture Hall)
Event 12 Yamato Festival in Osaka (Osaka Welfare Hall)
publication 14 Final Yamato coverage in High 1st Age magazine (Obunsha)
Book 15 Final Yamato ‘SF’ novel part 1 (Asahi Sonorama)
Book 15 Keibunsha #138 Final Yamato part 1 ‘Big Encyclopedia’ (Kodansha)
publication 16 Final Yamato coverage in Sports Nippon newspaper
Publication 10 Final Yamato coverage in OUT magazine (Minori Shobo)
Music 21 LP: Battle of SF animation Synthesizer Fantasy features Yamato themes (Nippon Columbia)
MUSIC 21 LP: Lonely Girl by Junko Yagami includes Love Supreme from Final Yamato (Discomate)
Publication 21 Final Yamato coverage in Roadshow magazine (Shueisha)
Publication 21 Final Yamato coverage in Screen magazine (Kindaieigasha)
production 22-24 Voice recording for Final Yamato at Avaco Studio
publication 23 Final Yamato coverage in Sports Nippon newspaper
publication 24 Final Yamato coverage in The Best One magazine (Gakken)
publication 25 Yamato fan club magazine #33
publication 26 Princess Information Vol. 24 doujinshi (Yoko Asagami fan club)
Event 27 Final Yamato tie-in campaign with Kirin beverage products
Book 28 Final Yamato manga volume 1 by Akira Hio (Sun Comics/Asahi Sonorama)
publication ? Final Yamato “explosion” flyer in theaters
Publication ? Space Fanzine Yamato (Project Star Blazers/USA)
event ? Final Yamato ‘Final cruise’ announced
Game ? Final Yamato ‘Game for Adult’ 3D simulation game (IF Series/Bandai)
No-class MAR
Publication 1 Screen movie magazine includes a bonus Anime Movies for the Spring insert featuring Final Yamato (Kindai Movie Co.)
Music 1 EP: Love Supreme b/w Love of Yuki (Discomate)
Music 1 EP: Yamato ’83 b/w Yamato ’83 karaoke (Nippon Columbia)
On Air 2 Be Forever Yamato is rebroadcast on Fuji Television
publication 10 Final Yamato coverage in anime magazines (April cover dates)
Event 15 Space Battleship Yamato Grand Festival is held at Kosei Nenkin hall in Shinjuku
Book 15 Final Yamato novel part 2 (Cobalt Library/Shueisha)
Book 15 Final Yamato novel part 1 (Fanfan Library/Shueisha)
publication 15 Final Yamato coverage in Kinejun magazine #856 (Kinema Jumpo Co.)
Event 18-20 Star Blazers room at the New York Science Fiction Society’s Luna Con ’83 (Hasbrouck Heights, NJ)
Cinema 19 Final Yamato is released through Toei-affiliated theaters
publication 19 Final Yamato movie program book (West Cape Corporation)
Event 19 “Big Space Project: Yamato Launch” attraction at Takarazuka Family Land (through June 5)
Music 21 EP: Yamato 10 year tribute b/w Final Yamato symphonic tracks (Nippon Columbia)
Event 25-30 Final Yamato final goods fair at Tokyu Department Store
book 25 Anime Song Omnibus features Yamato sheet music (Join Music)
Event 29 Final Cruise 1 (sea cruise, through 3/31)
Book 31 Final Yamato ‘SF’ novel part 2 (Asahi Sonorama)
event 31 Final Cruise 2 (sea cruise, through 4/2)
Video ? VHS & Beta: Space Battleship Yamato, Farewell to Yamato, New Voyage and Be Forever (Toei)
Model ? 1/1000 Yamato (Bandai)
Model ? Cosmo Zero reissue (Bandai)
Model ? 1/700 Yamato non-cutaway version reissue (Bandai)
Model ? 1/500 Yamato “New Cosmic Model” reissue (Bandai)
Model ? Cosmo Tiger II reissue (Bandai)
No-class APR
MUSIC 1 LP: Final Yamato Theme Music Collection 2 (Tokuma/Animage)
event 2 Final Cruise 3 (sea cruise, through 4/4)
publication 10 Final Yamato coverage in anime magazines (May cover dates)
Book 10 Final Yamato novel part 2 (Fanfan Library/Shueisha)
Book 15 Final Yamato “AM Juju” novel part 2 (Animage/Tokuma Shoten)
Music 21 LP & Cassette: Final Yamato symphonic album 2 (Nippon Columbia)
video 21 VHD: Space Battleship Yamato, Farewell to Yamato, and Be Forever (Japan Victor)
Video 21 VHS and Beta: Final Yamato 35mm version (VAP)
book 25 Space Battleship Yamato Piano Songbook sheet music (Join Music)
Publication 25 The Anime magazine special: Final Yamato Visual Big Compendium (Kindaieiga Co.)
Publication 25 Yamato fan club magazine #34
Cinema 29 Final Yamato concludes its first theatrical run
Book 30 Roadshow magazine special: Final Yamato (Shueisha)
No-class MAY
Book 1 Rapport Deluxe #9: Space Battleship Yamato (Animec magazine/Rapport KK)
Book 1 Animedia magazine special: Final Yamato (Gakken)
Book 13 This is Animation select #4 Final Yamato (Shogakukan)
Book 15 Keibunsha #148 Final Yamato part 2 ‘Big Encyclopedia’ (Kodansha)
MUSIC 21 LP & Cassette: Final Yamato Drama album (Nippon Columbia)
Book 30 Roman Album #56 Final Yamato (Tokuma Shoten)
Book 30 Terebi Land magazine special #53 Space Battleship Yamato Big collection (Tokuma Shoten)
Book 30 Terebi Land magazine special: Color Graph #31 Final Yamato (Tokuma Shoten)
Book 30 Final Yamato Mecha Big Collection (Asahi Sonorama)
book ? Anime BGM Collection features Yamato sheet music (Tokyo Music Academy/Westcape Corporation)
No-class JUN
Music 21 LP: Final Yamato Digital Trip Synthesizer Fantasy (Nippon Columbia)
Event 24-26 Star Blazers room at Eastcon ’83 (Glassboro, NJ)
Publication 25 Yamato fan club magazine #35
Book 30 Final Yamato manga volume 2 by Akira Hio (Sun Comics/Asahi Sonorama)
No-class AUG
Book 10 Space Battleship Yamato Papercraft (Keibunsha)
music 20 Book & Cassette: Space Battleship Yamato Complete Music Works (Tokyo Music Academy)
Music 21 LP & Cassette: Final Yamato symphonic album 3 (Nippon Columbia)
Event 13 YamatoCon convention held in Dallas, Texas
Event 28/29 Arrivederci Yamato screened at Creation Convention, New York City
No-class SEP
Event 1-5 Arrivederci Yamato screened in Star Blazers room at Constellation (41st World Science Fiction Convention, Baltimore MD)
Music 21 LP: Digital Trip Catalogue features Yamato themes (Nippon Columbia)
No-class OCT
Publication 25 Yamato fan club magazine #36/37 (double issue)
No-class NOV
Cinema 5-13 Final Yamato “Encore Roadshow” re-release in 70mm with multi-channel stereo (Shibuya Pantheon theater, Tokyo)
Publication 5 Final Yamato movie program book second edition (West Cape Corporation)
No-class DEC
BOOK 10 Final Yamato super deluxe hardcover (West Cape Corporation)
Publication 25 Yamato fan club magazine #38
On Air 28 Yamato III compilation movie broadcast on Wednesday Roadshow (Nippon TV)
No-class
book 25 ’83 Sound Anime Collection features Yamato sheet music (Tokyo Music Academy/Westcape Corporation)
Music ? LP: I Can’t Wait by Tomoko Kuwae includes Love of Two from Final Yamato (Climax Records)

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