October 26: Dotabata Oji game collaboration begins
Yamato in a cozy game? Somebody thought it was a good idea. Starting today, a collaboration began with Dotabata Oji [Clumsy Prince] featuring a cartoon version of the ship and SD versions of Kodai, Yuki, and Sasha.
The art is undeniably cute, but info on the nature of gameplay is not readily available, so make of it what you will.
Visit the game’s official website here
find more images on the Dotabata Oji Twitter page here
See a video promo here
October 27: Science Beginners Vol. 12
The third and final installment for this round started crazy and ended crazy with a science sandwich (more on dimensional travel) in between. Charmed by Sasha’s “character song” at the end of Chapter 4, Tokugawa dreamed of doing his own character song in the future. When Isidore (in costume) scoffed at this, he decided to perform a song about Isidore. And then…well…
Watch it on Youtube here
October 27: TV news
Direct from the website of WOWOW…
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the TV series broadcast of Space Battleship Yamato, a landmark in Japanese animation history, WOWOW will exclusively broadcast seven works from the Yamato franchise this December, including the TV series, theatrical films, and TV special.
Space Battleship Yamato is a series of science-fiction works depicting the exploits of the crew aboard the fictional starship Yamato, beginning with the TV anime broadcast from 1974 to 1975. It had a profound impact on the Japanese anime industry, became a social phenomenon, and continues to inspire remake series to this day.
On Sunday December 21, the very first TV series, Space Battleship Yamato (all 26 episodes), which started it all, will be broadcast in its entirety.
On Saturday December 27, and Sunday December 28, the following films will air: Space Battleship Yamato, a re-edited version of the first TV series depicting the hardships of Yamato as it journeys to the distant planet Iscandar to save Earth from impending destruction.
The second theatrical film Farewell to Yamato, where the Yamato launches again against a new threat, the White Comet Empire.
The TV special The New Voyage, where Yamato and its crew, alerted by their former arch-enemy Commander Dessler, about Iscandar’s crisis, head to Iscandar for rescue.
The third theatrical film, Be Forever Yamato, where Yamato, Earth’s last hope, sets out to liberate Earth from invaders.
The fourth theatrical film, Final Yamato, depicts the desperate battle between the Yamato crew and the Dengil Empire, who lost their homeworld and now target Earth.
The fifth theatrical film, Yamato Resurrection, shows the revived Yamato facing its greatest crisis as a mobile black hole approaches Earth.
These six films will be broadcast over two days. The first two will be 4K remastered versions (broadcast in 2K) and the others will be HD remastered versions. We invite you to take this opportunity to enjoy the entire Space Battleship Yamato series, which continues to gain momentum even after half a century.
October 30: Cast comment video
One more for the road? The last video for October featured Hiroshi Kamiya (Seiya Kitano), Daisuke Ono (Kodai), and Uemura (Ageha) sharing their favorite moments of Chapter 4.
Watch it here
October 30: “Shining Ship” miniature announced
Back in 2017 and 2018, Bandai’s Tamashii Nations division engineered new Yamato miniatures at 1/2000 scale with some serious detail work and a mirrored display stand. This “Shining Ship” lineup consisted of Yamato, Andromeda, and Apollo Norm. Now the 3rd refit-type Yamato from REBEL 3199 is getting the same treatment.
Measuring about 6.5″ long, it is equipped with option parts and internal lighting. Preorders opened on November 7 with a release scheduled for April 2026.
October 31: Week 4 theater handout
The final theater giveaway for Chapter 4 was an intriguing one; a clear file featuring “Digabelas,” formerly known as the “Dark Nebula Intermediate Supply Base.” It appears at the very end of Episode 14 and promises to play a major role in what comes next.
Get a better look at it at the bottom of this page.
Photos posted on Twitter by MT68529462 and popoki_cat
October 31: REBEL 3199 movie marathon
The very last Yamato event of this overwhelming month was not for the timid. Described as an “All Night Screening,” it took place at the Shinjuku Piccadilly Theater and gave fans their first opportunity to see all four chapters on a big screen in one sitting.
It commenced with Chapter 1 at 11pm and concluded at almost 5:30am (with breaks in between chapters). Far from being daunted, enough fans showed up to literally sell out the theater.
And to award everyone for their steely dedication, a special theater giveaway was printed up just for the event…
…four facsimiles of animation art (genga) for the four top-tier characters. Even if you couldn’t stay awake through the whole thing, you still walked out with the grand prize.
Also spotted in October
Fan art
You get ONE GUESS which character dominated the fan art posted online in October. The mecha art was great, too.
See the character gallery here and the mecha gallery here
Fan models
Another enormous outpouring of creativity came from modelers, enough to fill up two gallery pages.
Click here to see them: Gallery A | Gallery B
Michio Murakawa on Bluesky
Before and after the publication of his latest 2199 manga chapter, Murakawa had some thoughts and pics to share.
See them here
Shinya Takahashi art auctions
Sasha art of another kind could be found in the Yahoo Japan Auctions, where her original character designer offered up another set of sketches (which included other female Yamato characters as well).
See Takahashi’s October artwork here
Keisuke Masunaga art auctions
Shinya Takahashi wasn’t the only veteran looking for customers at YJ Auctions; also on hand was Keisuke Masunaga, who earned well-deserved fame when he revolutionized the “Leiji Matsumoto style” for anime in the 90s and (among other things) designed the look of the Playstation games. Several original Masunaga pieces came and went, ending up in lucky hands.
See a gallery here
Hoshi Suzu blogs
Over in the blogosphere, Yamato fan Hoshi Suzu breathed the same sigh of belief we all did when the six month wait for Chapter 4 ended and gave us a LOT of new things to talk about.
Read his weekly reactions and speculations from October here
Yamato Days blog
Other bloggers jumped on the Chapter 4 bandwagon as well. The anonymous writer for a blog called Yamato Days dug deep into the October 3 preview video and spotted some things the rest of us probably missed.
Read the Yamato Days blogs here
Music dig
Just when you think you’ve squeezed allllll the toothpaste out of the tube, another drop appears.
The tweet shown here was posted by a fan in Japan under the online name TTZ-L, who heard the opening theme for Star Blazers and was reminded of the work of Mitch Miller. If you’ve never heard of him, Wikipedia describes him thus:
An American choral conductor, record producer, record-industry executive, and professional oboist. He was involved in almost all aspects of the industry, particularly as a conductor and Artists and Repertoire (A&R) man. Miller was one of the most influential people in American popular music during the 1950s and early 1960s, both as the head of A&R at Columbia Records and as a best-selling recording artist with an NBC television series, Sing Along with Mitch. A graduate of the Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester in the early 1930s, Miller began his musical career as a player of the oboe and English horn, making numerous highly regarded classical and popular recordings.
If you sample even a little bit of Miller’s catalog, you’ll find that “TTZ-L” wasn’t wrong. Have a listen here.
Stone Faced Reaction videos
A few reports ago, we learned of a Youtube series called Stone Faced Reaction, which started its own episode-by-episode review of the first Yamato series. Since then, they’ve gotten all the way through Episode 22 (as of this writing) and look to finish up in another month.
Find all of their Yamato shows here and tell ’em Cosmo DNA sent you.
Yamatunes for October
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What’s next
There’s nowhere to go but down after an incredible month like that one, but “down” never means “out” in Yamato World. Tune in to the next Cosmo DNA update to see what happens in November! Until then, follow our Facebook page for daily posts and breaking news!
And if you feel like exploring an equally exciting part of Yamato history, click here to ride the time machine back to January 1983, where Vintage Report 42 walks you through the first big publicity push for Final Yamato – including a rare opportunity to hear the All Night Nippon radio drama!
Cosmo DNA writer/editor Tim Eldred here, inviting you to a party that’s just one click away. If you’ve enjoyed this website and my various Star Blazers comics, it’s my duty to tell you that they represent only a fraction of a career that spans more than 40 years. ARTVALT is where I open my archives and roll out all sorts of weird and cool things ranging from unknown to world famous! New updates happen on the first of every month!
And HEADS UP: a brand new sci-fi webcomic titled The Last Blue Eagle is underway! Chapter 5 was posted November 1st and is ready for you read RIGHT NOW! Click here to join the fun! (No paywall.)
