Most of the 50th anniversary celebration took place throughout 2025, but that was only part of the big picture. Commemorative products, a record number of live concerts, and a prodigious amount of online activity kept the lights on all year long, making it one of the best Yamato years ever. [9 pages]

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In the year of the 50th anniversary, the original saga had just as much vibrance as the new phase of the remake series. A nonstop progression of media and music events provided a constant heartbeat that kept the Yamato generation just as alive and excited as they were the first time around. [7 pages]

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If you were trying to avoid hearing about the classic Yamato saga in 2023, you had to work at it. The passing of Leiji Matsumoto brought increased attention, and the historic return of the original 1977 movie to theaters put Yamato on everyone’s radar again. Here’s our overview of a very eventful year.

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In the wake of 2205‘s emotional finale, rare interviews, music concerts, TV appearances, memoirs, and an avalanche of online activity marked Yamato‘s 48th year. [5 pages]

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Aquarius Algorithm gave us the first new story from the classic saga since 2009, Star Blazers recording scripts were unearthed, music was made, articles were written, polls were taken, photos were posted, and fond memories were shared. [2 pages]

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Here we focus on everything that spun out of the original Space Battleship Yamato saga (not the remakes) over the seemingly endless year 2020. It was surprisingly busy with interesting entries in multiple categories. [3 pages]

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In Yamato terms, 2019 will go down in history as the year 2202 came to a close. But as usual, there was plenty of attention given to the original saga if you knew where to look. Here then is our annual review of what went on with O.G. Yamato in the final year of this decade. [2 pages]

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The year 2018 was a slow one where the original Yamato saga is concerned, but quality is always better than quantity when it comes to our favorite anime classic. Here’s what happened between and around the releases of Yamato 2202 chapters 4, 5, and 6.

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Yamato 2202 used up most of the oxygen in the room with 2017 being its debut year, but there’s always room for a nod to the classic Space Battleship Yamato saga in Japanese media and certainly in fan circles. Here’s our annual roundup of things that derived from the beloved original over the last year.

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If you looked deep enough, you could find the continuing presence of the original saga in various corners of the internet. It wasn’t a year of quantity, but certainly one of variety. Here is the 2016 roundup of activities surrounding classic Yamato. [2 pages]

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Yamato’s 41st year was not one of big news, but was certainly one of steady news with something new in nearly every category, lots of fan activity, a fascinating series of Asahi Shimbun columns, and much more that kept the original saga alive and well. [2 pages]

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With so much energy being poured into Yamato 2199, sometimes you have to remind yourself that there’s an enormous body of work preceding it. To aid this effort, here’s a look back at everything that happened with the rest of the Space Battleship Yamato saga as it marked its 40th anniversary in 2014. [2 pages]

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While Yamato 2199 took the spotlight, the classic saga rolled on in good health. The year was filled with new publications, Sound Almanac CDs, model kits, movies on Blu-ray, Leiji Matsumoto’s 60th anniversary tour, the live-action movie’s US debut, an amazing throwback to 1966, and more. See it all here! [2 pages]

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The Resurrection Director’s Cut kicks off the new year with Yamato 2199 hot on its heels. Series 1 makes its Blu-ray debut, Yamato Crew revives the fan club newsletter, an art book titled Proud of Yamato publishes anime cels, the Sound Almanac CD series opens the vault on all unpublished music, and much more!

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Animetal USA records the main theme in English, Weekly Yamato Fact File magazine closes out the largest publishing effort ever, a new Andromeda toy, the most expensive Yamatos ever made, Leiji Matsumoto hijacks ship designs for new model kits, a Yamato-themed cafe opens, and much more! [2 pages]

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Yamato 3 pachinko raises the bar, new products arrive from Organic Hobby, Taito, Megahouse and others, Yamato Expo ’10 brings public events back in style, a Star Blazers audio drama burns up the internet, Yamato Gallery Zero opens, the live-action movie arrives, Yamato fans make it all the way to the ISS, and much more! [3 pages]

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Spectacular new animation decorates CR Yamato 2 pachinko, Yamato Party welcomes visitors from this website, the first concert is held in 25 years, new movies are announced, Weekly Yamato Fact File magazine begins publication, and Yamato Resurrection brings the ship back to the big screen for the first time since 1983! [2 pages]

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New toys, the remastered DVD/model kit box set is released, Yoshinobu Nishizaki re-enters public life, Dessler wine is bottled, the first US performance of the Yamato theme happens in Washington, Dai Yamato Zero Go shudders to an end, and the one-day Leiji Future symposium becomes an annual year-end event. All this and more!

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