Yamatalk Night Report
Mecha designer Kazutaka Miyatake, Part 2

Posted on December 14, 2013 by TimEldred

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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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The Final Yamato Time Machine, September 1982

Posted on December 10, 2013 by TimEldred

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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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1977 Doujinshi Interviews

Posted on November 13, 2013 by TimEldred

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What happened when a ‘zine publisher found her way into the inner circle back in August 1977? Something that could never happen again – completely candid interviews with Yoshinobu Nishizaki and the main voice actors on the eve of super-stardom. That makes this issue of Yamato one for the history books.

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Yamatalk Night Report
Mecha designer Kazutaka Miyatake, Part 1

Posted on October 2, 2013 by TimEldred

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As a key Studio Nue mecha designer on the original series, Miyatake was an eyewitness to the secret origins of Space Battleship Yamato. On the night of September 3, 2013 he made a rare personal appearance in the Yamatalk series to sit down with 2199 director Yutaka Izubuchi and tell a story that had never been told before…

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The Final Yamato Time Machine, August 1982

Posted on October 2, 2013 by TimEldred

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Beginning this month, Japanese fans had no less than four anime magazines feeding them Final Yamato news, and this particular crop had some of the best Yamato coverage of any kind with one interesting feature after another, plus exclusive event reports from issue 30 of the official fan club magazine.

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The Final Yamato Time Machine, July 1982

Posted on August 13, 2013 by TimEldred

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Here, we continue our look back at how Final Yamato media coverage in Japan progressed month by month up to the premiere in March 1983. This Time Machine includes articles from The Anime, My Anime, and Animage magazines published in July, 1982.

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The Final Yamato Time Machine, 1982 (part 1)

Posted on August 6, 2013 by TimEldred

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In April 1982, Yoshinobu Nishizaki conducted a press conference that officially broke the news of Final Yamato‘s production. He gave editors plenty to sink their teeth into, and beginning with their July issues (published in June), they kicked off what would become almost a year of non-stop Yamato coverage.

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Series 1 Discography

Posted on July 30, 2013 by TimEldred

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The irony about the Series 1 score is that despite being everyone’s hands-down favorite, it had the toughest time getting a commercial release. This was entirely due to the underdeveloped anime music industry of the early 1970s. It was the mighty Yamato Theme that eventually turned the tide. Here is the complete music discography.

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The Space Battleship Yamato Theme

Posted on July 30, 2013 by TimEldred

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The Space Battleship Yamato theme is now universally recognized as a classic, approaching the level of a national anthem in Japan. Here we examine the circumstances of its recording and present a broad overview of the many, many times it has been released to the public.

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Space Battleship Yamato theme full version

Posted on July 30, 2013 by TimEldred

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One of the biggest surprises to fans outside Japan is the existence of two additional verses to the famous theme song. For the first time anywhere, the complete 4-verse version is presented here in English.

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First Generation Products

Posted on July 30, 2013 by TimEldred

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There was a huge lineup of early Yamato products for Series 1, almost none of which looked much like the anime they came from. Neverthless, it’s fascinating to look back at the standards and trends of the time and see a different take on Yamato that was all about fun.

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Space Battleship Yamato
Lessons from the Past

Posted on July 29, 2013 by TimEldred

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A series of columns for New Type Ace magazine by Ryusuke Hikawa, the original Yamato superfan. Looking back from the vantage point of the 21st century, Hikawa examines the indelible impact of the original Space Battleship Yamato with unparalleled depth and insight into the art of anime production.

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The New Voyage gallery

Posted on July 16, 2013 by John Anderson

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Be Forever Yamato gallery

Posted on July 16, 2013 by John Anderson

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The Bolar Wars gallery

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Final Yamato gallery

Posted on July 16, 2013 by John Anderson

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Space Battleship Yamato: The Movie gallery

Posted on July 16, 2013 by John Anderson

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Farewell to Yamato art gallery

Posted on July 16, 2013 by John Anderson

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Comet Empire gallery

Posted on July 16, 2013 by John Anderson

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Quest for Iscandar gallery

Posted on July 16, 2013 by John Anderson

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Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato Timeline

Posted on July 9, 2013 by Daniel George

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Space Battleship Yamato Movie Timeline

Posted on July 9, 2013 by Daniel George

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Final Yamato Timeline

Posted on July 9, 2013 by Daniel George

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Series 3 Timeline

Posted on July 9, 2013 by Daniel George

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Be Forever Yamato Timeline

Posted on July 9, 2013 by Daniel George

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Series 2 Timeline

Posted on July 9, 2013 by Daniel George

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The New Voyage Timeline

Posted on July 9, 2013 by Daniel George

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Series 1 Timeline

Posted on July 9, 2013 by TimEldred

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Flying off to Iscandare for the Cosmo DNX!
Can we defeat the Gorgons?

Posted on July 4, 2013 by TimEldred

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There’s an interesting story behind the name Space Cruiser Yamato, and an entire production to go with it. To best understand that story, it’s necessary to lay out some context. For that we’ll set the time machine to early 1975, when the future did not exactly look bright for the world’s greatest SF anime saga.

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Yoshinobu Nishizaki 1977 Interview, Kinejun

Posted on July 4, 2013 by TimEldred

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Kinejun is one of the longest-running entertainment magazines in Japan. Concerned as much with the business side of movies as the entertainment, its editors were always on the lookout for a good story, and when the Yamato movie thundered in seemingly from nowhere in August 1977, they knew they had found one.

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