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!
1989-1994 | 1995 | 1996-1999 | 2000-2003 | 2004-2007 | 2008-2009 | 2010 | 2011-2013 | 2014-2020 | 2021-2024
| No-class | 1984 | |
| Event | 10th Anniversary year of first Yamato TV series | |
| No-class | JAN | |
| Publication | 10 | Coverage in Animage magazine (Tokuma Shoten) |
| No-class | FEB | |
| BOOK | 15 | Anime Miscellaneous Interesting Encyclopedia includes Yamato content (Hakusensha) |
| Event | 17-19 | Be Forever Yamato and Final Yamato screened at Boskone 21 (Boston, MA) |
| Video | 21 |  VHS: first Yamato TV series released in a 9-volume set (VAP)
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| No-class | MAR | |
| Event | 16-18 | Final Yamato screened at Luna Con ’84 (Hasbrouck Heights, NJ) |
| Event | 22-25 | Be Forever Yamato and Final Yamato screened at Norwescon ’84 (Seattle, WA) |
| BOOK | ? |  Star Blazers W.C.C. Animation Comics series begins (West Cape Corporation)
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| Publication | ? | Space Battleship Yamato manga article in Comics Collector No. 3 (Krause Publications) |
| Publication | ? | Yamato content in Books Nippan spring catalog |
| No-class | APR | |
| On air | 4 | Final Yamato 70mm version broadcast on Wednesday Special Roadshow |
| Publication | 10 | Coverage in The Anime magazine (Kindaieigasha) |
| Publication | 10 | Coverage in Animedia magazine (Gakken) |
| Video | 21 |  VHS and Beta: Final Yamato 70mm version (VAP)
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| Production | ? | Development begins for Odin: Photon Space Sailor Starlight |
| publication | ? | Star Blazers Fandom Report #13 (Star Blazers Fan Club) |
| No-class | MAY | |
| Event | 4 | Yamato Grand Symphony concert performed by NHK Symphony Orchestra |
| Publication | 10 | Coverage in The Anime magazine (Kindaieigasha) |
| Publication | 10 | Coverage in My Anime magazine (Akita Shoten) |
| Event | 15&16 |  Final Yamato 70mm version screened at Cannes Film Festival
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| Publication | 21 |  Stasia doujinshi Vol. 13 (SCYFC Magellanic Stream)
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| Publication | ? |  Yamato fan club magazine #36/37
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| No-class | JUNE | |
| Publication | 10 | Coverage in Animedia magazine (Gakken) |
| Video | ? |  LD: The New Voyage (Nippon Columbia)
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| Video | ? |  LD: Final Yamato (Nippon Columbia)
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| Publication | ? | Space Battleship Yamato manga article in Comics Collector No. 4 (Krause Publications) |
| No-class | JULY | |
| Video | 1 |  LD & VHS: Space Battleship Yamato Music Video (Nippon Columbia)
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| Event | 6-8 | Star Blazers video room at Empiricon 5 (New York City) |
| No-class | AUG | |
| Video | 1 |  LD & VHS: Farewell to Yamato Music Video (Nippon Columbia)
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| Event | 5 |  Yamato Party ’84 (first fan-run Yamato convention in Japan)
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| Music | 5 | LP: Popular Anime Main title theme Collection features Yamato theme (Victor) |
| Publication | 10 | Coverage in My Anime magazine (Akita Shoten) |
| Music | 21 | CD: Lonely Girl by Junko Yagami includes Love Supreme (Discomate) |
| Event | 27 | Fan club meeting & Farewell to Yamato screening in Tokyo |
| Event | 30 | Star Blazers fan club meeting, video track at 42nd World Science Fiction Convention (Through Sept 3, Los Angeles CA) |
| Publication | ? |  Yamato fan club magazine #38
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| publication | ? | Epic Illustrated magazine publishes an article about Yamato/Star Blazers (Marvel Comics Group) |
| No-class | SEP | |
| Video | 21 |  LD & VHS: Final Yamato Music Video (Nippon Columbia)
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| Music | 21 |  LP & Cassette: Yamato Grand Symphony (Nippon Columbia)
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| publication | ? | The Micronauts: The New Voyages #4 features secret cameos (Marvel Comics Group) |
| publication | ? | Star Blazers Fandom Report #14 (Star Blazers Fan Club) |
| No-class | OCT | |
| Publication | 12 | Hochi Shimbun newspaper announces 3-year plan for new productions |
| No-class | NOV | |
| Publication | 10 | Coverage in The Anime magazine (Kindaieigasha) |
| Publication | ? |  Yamato fan club magazine #39
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| No-class | DEC | |
| Event | ? | Yoshinobu Nishizaki founds a new company: JAVN (Japan Audio Visual Network) to produce and distribute movies and videos |
| On Air | 25 | Yamato 2 compilation movie broadcast on Fuji Television |
| On Air | 26 | Yamato III compilation movie broadcast on Fuji Television |
| Video | ? |  VHS: Space Battleship Yamato (Japan Victor)
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| Video | ? |  VHS: Farewell to Yamato (Japan Victor)
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| Video | ? |  VHS: Be Forever Yamato (Japan Victor)
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| publication | ? | Star Blazers Fandom Report #15 (Star Blazers Fan Club) |
| No-class | ||
| Publication | ? |  Space Love doujinshi Vol. 12
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| Music | ? | LP: Screen Super Special ’84, The Best of Spectacle Themes features Yamato theme (Seven Seas Records) |
| Music | ? | Cassette: Animations Ever features Yamato theme (Oriental Record Co.) |
| Music | ? | Cassette: Galaxy Zero Fighter Squadron features Yamato theme (Lily) |
| Music | ? | LP: The Seventeen’s Legend features Yamato choral music (Athene Record) |
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| No-class | 1985 | |
| On Air | ? | Yamato III is added to the Star Blazers syndication package, increasing the number of episodes to 77 |
| Video | ? |  VHD: The New Voyage (Japan Victor)
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| Video | ? |  VHD: Final Yamato (Japan Victor)
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| Game | ? |  Laserdisc game based on Final Yamato appears in Taito Game Centers, Japan
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| No-class | JAN | |
| models | 1 |  20th Century Imports begins distributing Bandai model kits in US under the Star Blazers name
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| Video | 21 |  VHS & Beta: Yamato 2 compilation movie (Nippon Columbia)
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| Video | 21 |  VHS & Beta: Yamato III compilation movie (Nippon Columbia)
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| No-class | FEB | |
| Publication | 19 | First press conference for Odin: Photon Space Sailor Starlight |
| Publication | 25 |  Yamato fan club magazine #44/45 (double issue)
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| No-class | MAR | |
| Video | 21 |  LD & VHS: The New Voyage Music Video (Nippon Columbia)
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| Video | 21 |  VHS: Be Forever Music Video (Nippon Columbia)
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| No-class | APR | |
| Music | 5 | LP & Cassette: Image by Toshio Furukawa includes a song for Yamato III (Canyon) |
| Publication | 25 |  Yamato fan club magazine #46
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| No-class | JUN | |
| Music | 21 |  CD: Symphonic Suite Yamato (Nippon Columbia)
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| Music | 21 |  CD: Arrivederci Yamato symphonic album (Nippon Columbia)
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| Music | 21 |  CD: Yamato Grand Symphony concert album (Nippon Columbia)
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| Publication | 25 |  Yamato fan club magazine #47
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| No-class | JUL | |
| On air | 27 | Summer Vacation Special Concert “The ship takes off for space” broadcast on NTV, includes Yamato music |
| Event | 30 | Summer Vacation Anime Seminar previews Odin at Shibuya Pantheon Theatre, Tokyo |
| On air | 31 | Be Forever Yamato broadcast on “Wednesday Special Roadshow” |
| No-class | AUG | |
| On Air | 3 | Yamato Grand Symphony is broadcast on NHK |
| Event | 4 |  Yamato Party ’85 convention
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| On Air | 6 | Odin radio special is broadcast on Radio Japan |
| On Air | 6 | Odin TV special is broadcast on Nippon Broadcasting |
| Cinema | 10 |  Odin: Photon Space Sailor Starlight movie premiere
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| Cinema | 17 | Double feature roadshow screenings begin: Odin and Final Yamato |
| Publication | 25 |  Yamato fan club magazine #48
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| On Air | 31 | Be Forever Yamato is rebroadcast on Fuji Television |
| No-class | OCT | |
| Publication | 25 |  Yamato fan club magazine #49
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| No-class | DEC | |
| Publication | 25 |  Yamato fan club magazine #50
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| No-class | ||
| Video | ? |  LD: Space Battleship Yamato (Nippon Columbia)
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| Video | ? |  LD: Arrivederci Yamato (Nippon Columbia)
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| Video | ? |  LD: Be Forever Yamato (Nippon Columbia)
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| Video | ? |  LD & VHS: Yamato Grand Symphony (Nippon Columbia)
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| No-class | 1986 | |
| No-class | JAN | |
| Event | 12 | Fan Club meeting and screening of Space Battleship Yamato movie in Tokyo |
| No-class | FEB | |
| Publication | 25 |  Yamato fan club magazine #51
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| Publication | 25 |  Four model sheet portfolios and ‘Final Yamato Super Drawing’ portfolio by Yoshinori Kaneda (West Cape Corporation)
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| No-class | MAR | |
| event | ? | YamatoCon II convention held in Dallas, Texas |
| No-class | APR | |
| Publication | ? |  Cover story in Anime Zine #1 (Minstrel Press)
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| No-class | JUN | |
| Publication | 25 |  Yamato fan club magazine #52/53 (double issue)
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| No-class | AUG | |
| Event | 23 | Fan Club meeting and screening of Final Yamato (35mm version) in Meguro Public Hall, Tokyo |
| Publication | 25 |  Yamato fan club magazine #54
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| No-class | OCT | |
| Event | 5 | Leiji Matsumoto delivers a lecture at an Arrivederci Yamato screening at Oscar Theatre in Yokohama |
| Publication | 25 |  Yamato fan club magazine #55
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| Music | 25 |  CD: Final Yamato 2-disc ‘Best Collection’ (Animage)
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| No-class | NOV | |
| ON AIR | ? |  Desslok’s Revenge, the first Star Blazers fan film is completed and screened
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| No-class | DEC | |
| Publication | 25 |  Yamato fan club magazine #56
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| No-class | ||
| Video | ? |  PAL VHS: Space Cruiser (Enterprise Pictures)
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| No-class | 1987 | |
| No-class | JAN | |
| Production | ? | Production on live-action movie begins, titled A Passenger (West Cape Corporation/JAVN) |
| No-class | FEB | |
| Publication | 25 |  Yamato fan club magazine #57
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| No-class | APR | |
| Publication | 25 |  Yamato fan club magazine #58
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| publication | ? |  Star Blazers comic book #1 (Comico)
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| No-class | MAY | |
| Video | ? | Limited edition Yamato release with Japanese subtitles for the hearing-impaired (JAVN) |
| publication | ? |  Star Blazers comic book #2 (Comico)
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| No-class | JUN | |
| Publication | 25 |  Yamato fan club magazine #59
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| publication | ? |  Star Blazers comic book #3 (Comico)
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| No-class | JUL | |
| Book | 15 |  Cosmoship Yamato manga reissue vol. 1 by Leiji Matsumoto (Akita Comics Select/Akita Shoten)
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| publication | ? |  Star Blazers comic book #4 (Comico)
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| No-class | AUG | |
| Cinema | 3-7 | Summer Vacation Anime theatre exhibition includes Yamato exhibit, screens Space Battleship Yamato, Arrivederci, Be Forever and Final Yamato in Shibuya, Tokyo |
| Book | 15 |  Cosmoship Yamato manga reissue vol. 2 by Leiji Matsumoto (Akita Comics Select/Akita Shoten)
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| Publication | 25 |  Yamato fan club magazine #60
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| Event | 21 | Yamato Party ’87 convention
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| No-class | OCT | |
| Cinema | 3 | A Passenger live-action movie premieres, produced by Yoshinobu Nishizaki |
| Publication | 25 |  Yamato fan club magazine #61
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| Publication | ? |  Space Gamer/Fantasy Gamer magazine publishes Star Blazers Fleet Simulator game (Diverse Talents, Inc.)
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| No-class | DEC | |
| Publication | 25 |  Yamato fan club magazine #62
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| On Air | 28 | Space Battleship Yamato movie rebroadcast on Hiroshima Television |
| On Air | 29 | Yamato 2 compilation movie rebroadcast on Hiroshima Television |
| On Air | 30 | Yamato III compilation movie rebroadcast on Hiroshima Television |
| On Air | 31 | Arrivederci Yamato rebroadcast on Hiroshima Television |
| No-class | ||
| Publication | ? |  Japanimation #2 publishes a Star Blazers cover story (Eclectic Press)
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| Publication | ? | Japanimation #3 publishes a Star Blazers article (Eclectic Press) |
| Publication | ? |  Anime Zine #2 publishes a Star Blazers cover story (Minstrel Press)
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| No-class | 1988 | |
| Video | ? |  VHS: Star Blazers is released in the US (Kidmark)
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| PRODUCTION | ? | Arrivederci Yamato is dubbed in English by Nishizaki’s new company, Voyager Entertainment, and officially retitled Farewell to Yamato |
| No-class | JAN | |
| Event | 9 | Fan club headquarters relocates to Roppongi, Tokyo |
| No-class | FEB | |
| Publication | 25 |  Yamato fan club magazine #63
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| No-class | APR | |
| Publication | 25 |  Yamato fan club magazine #64
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| No-class | MAY | |
| Event | 11 | Yamato movies and other Westcape productions marketed at Cannes Film Festival. Arrivederci Yamato is renamed Farewell to Yamato |
| No-class | JUN | |
| Event | 1 | Nishizaki appears at ‘Departure from Earth’ program at Cannes Film Festival |
| Publication | 25 |  Yamato fan club magazine #65 publishes first information about the upcoming Yamato 2520
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| No-class | AUG | |
| Event | 21 | Yamato Party ’88 convention
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| Publication | 25 |  Yamato fan club magazine #66
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| Event | 27, 28 | Nishizaki appears at the Japan ‘SF meet #27’ convention |
| No-class | SEP | |
| Publication | 30 | B-Club magazine no. 35 covers Yamato model and toy history (Bandai Media) |
| No-class | OCT | |
| Event | 23-30 | Westcape Corporation exhibit at Milan Film Festival |
| Publication | 25 |  Yamato fan club magazine #67
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| No-class | NOV | |
| Publication | 20 |  Yamato ‘graphic memorial’ appears in Comic Noizy magazine (Dai Nippon Kaiga Co.)
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| Music | ? |  CD: Walking Songs by Mitsuko Horie features Yamato songs (Nippon Columbia)
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| No-class | DEC | |
| Publication | 1 | 25 Years of Television Cartoons includes Yamato coverage (Tokuma Shoten) |
| Publication | 25 |  Yamato fan club magazine #68
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