The Bolar Wars Extended, Chapter 10

November 2013 news: the Nico Nico webcasts return in force, the Super Formula season ends, new figures and model kits appear, Megahouse shows off at the Mega Hobby Expo, and the first approach to American shores begins with the announcement of Star Blazers 2199 – all this and the regular media coverage. [2 pages]

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Yamato 2199 Theater Goods Catalog

Posted on December 15, 2013 by TimEldred

Every Japanese theater that showed Yamato 2199 also carried exclusive swag, with a new wave accompanying each film. Taken as a single body of merchandising, this product line is staggering in both volume (well over 200 individual items) and variety. See it all here!

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Yamatalk Night Report
Mecha designer Kazutaka Miyatake, Part 2

Posted on December 14, 2013 by TimEldred

In this second half of a rare conversation with one of the mecha design superstars behind the original Yamato, Miyatake discusses his role in both the 1974 series and Yamato 2199, which had to have his special touch before director Yutaka Izubuchi could consider it to be authentic.

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Yamatour 2013: Up From Down Under, Part 7

Posted on December 13, 2013 by TimEldred

Daniel and Terry finally arrive in Tokyo for the premiere of Yamato 2199 Chapter 7, meet other Yamatourists, and get swept into the world of pachinko, Japanese baseball, anime shopping, Planet Bomb Curry, and everything else the big city has to offer to adventure-seeking travelers.

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The Final Yamato Time Machine, September 1982

Posted on December 10, 2013 by TimEldred

The 6-month countdown to Final Yamato‘s premiere began in September ’82, and the four major anime magazines each did their part to make the wait a little easier. Check out vintage news and interviews from Animedia, The Anime, My Anime, and Animage with its mighty Yamato Dictionary!

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Star Blazers Chronicles
May the Star Force be With You

Posted on December 10, 2013 by TimEldred

As Yamato made its way to American TV, it passed through multiple hands and traveled under a different name – but thanks to friend-of-the-website Robert Miller’s treasure trove of vintage Hollywood trade papers, we can take a walk through an almost forgotten part of Star Blazers history.

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CosmoDNA

The world’s biggest English-language archive for Star Blazers and Space Battleship Yamato! We’re off to outer space!

Monthly Archives: December 2013

The Bolar Wars Extended, Chapter 10

Yamatour 2014, December 12

Yamatour 2014, December 11

Yamatour 2014, December 10

Yamatour 2014, December 9

Yamatour 2014, December 8

Yamatour 2014, December 7

Yamatour 2014, December 6

Yamatour 2014, December 5

1/100 Yamato model

Yamatour 2014, goofy English gallery

Space Battleship Yamato 2199 Report 26

Yamato 2199 Theater Goods Catalog

Yamatalk Night Report
Mecha designer Kazutaka Miyatake, Part 2

Yamatour 2013: Up From Down Under, Part 7

The Final Yamato Time Machine, September 1982

Star Blazers Chronicles
May the Star Force be With You