Space Battleship Yamato has had an influence on real things actually happening in space exploration, and thanks to an ongoing NHK series titled Project X ~ Challengers we learned of a Yamato connection to the real-life Hayabusa asteroid sample return mission operated by JAXA from 2003-2010.
The flow of time made it inevitable; sooner or later, a member of the Yamato generation would eventually rise to the height of political power. That has now happened the appointment of Shigeru Ishiba as Japan’s prime minister. What fan cred does he bring to the table? Let’s find out.
As Be Forever Yamato closed its premiere run in Japanese theaters, spinoff media became more concentrated as the first dedicated books appeared, and magazines became the first source of information for what was coming next: a third TV series! Here’s what September 1980 had to offer fans who couldn’t get enough.
From the January 1979 issue of Kodansha’s manga magazine Mimi comes this six-page exploration of the Yamato 2 production office at Academy Studio, filled with insider details and step-by-step instructions for how anime is made.
In September 1980, a book titled Be Forever Yamato Setting Data Collection presented a wealth of material on the film. It included a conversation between four veteran voice actors, two of which appeared for the first time. Their complete discussion is presented here.
From the pages of Kobunsha’s digest magazine Gem (October 1980 issue) comes this conversation with Yoshinobu Nishizaki on the occasion of Be Forever Yamato, including side treks into the lifestyle choices afforded by the wealth from a successful anime franchise.
August 2024 was a textbook followup to the enormous premiere month of July; Chapter 1 closed its first – and very successful – theatrical run, a new concert performance joined the pantheon of all-time greats, and the month ended with a look at Chapter 2. Here’s all that and everything in between.
A few weeks before the premiere of Chapter 1 on July 19, 2024, “interview season” began with a series of conversations with staff and cast in print and on entertainment websites.
From the Chapter 1 program book: SF researcher Shinya Ogura, science advisor for the Space Battleship Yamato remake series, presents some of his work for Dark Invasion with a look at the state of Earth’s solar system at the beginning of the series.
When Harutoshi Fukui submitted his story proposal for Yamato 2205, it also covered REBEL 3199. In other words, the entire next phase of the Yamato remakes was conceived in a single package. Now that 2205 is finished and REBEL 3199 is off the ground, it’s time to have a look at what he wrote.
The enormous momentum that built up in July burst wide open on the first two days of August with the hotly-anticipated premiere of Be Forever Yamato. Familiar patterns reappeared as fans emerged to make themselves part of the spectacle and merch poured out to welcome them. Here’s the full rundown of this amazing month.
There’s a seldom-heard name that belongs in the lineup of those who created Yamato: Head Writer Keisuke Fujikawa. As an alumni of Keio University’s Department of Literature, he was profiled in the online Keio Student Newspaper in a biographical account that itself reads like one of Fujikawa’s own heartfelt stories.
