June was about as lively as May (meaning not very much). On the other hand, live music was performed, the 2199 manga returned, a new game arrived with access for all, and we finally learned the fate of the long-rumored Star Blazers movie. Here are all the deets…
Starsha invites Kodai and Dessler into Sanctel, the great vault where the elements of the stars are stored. Kodai is reunited with his late brother, Mamoru. What is the truth about Iscandar’s “salvation” that brings peace to all intelligent life, and what is the truth about Garmillas?
From the Star Blazers/Yamato Premium Fan Club magazine, Vol. 15 (October 2022): mecha designers Yasushi Ishizu and Mika Akitaka look back at the progressive year 1980 and share their impressions as fans while also commenting on the evolution of mecha design in the remake era.
From the Star Blazers/Yamato Premium Fan Club magazine, Vol. 16: Mecha Designer Junichiro Tamamori and CG Director Shosuke Uechi discuss Yamato‘s design evolution over the course of the remakes and the process of fusing mecha design with 3DCG for Yamato 3199.
May 2023 was the lightest month for Yamato activity since the year started, and it likely won’t be the last, since we still don’t have a premiere date for REBEL 3199. But no amount is too little and every month has something new to offer. Here’s what was new in May…
The Earth and Garmillas fleets, helpless in the face of Dezarium’s Autoplanet Goruba, decide to rescue everyone on Iscandar. However, Kodai, feeling guilty about using the Wave-Motion Gun, refuses to be dissuaded by Starsha. Dessler hurls words of contempt at her.
Yamato world held steady for another month with a new Yamaket fan gathering, another round of Hyuga parts, two live concerts, unexpected media blips and the next issue of the Premium Fan Club magazine with some fresh 3199 news. Let’s take it from the top…
After reaching Iscandar, Yamato and its two companion ships join Dessler’s fleet. In order to warp Iscandar further, Dezarium is targeting the planet Garmario in the Bolzon system as an energy resource. In order to block this strategy, Kodai decides to destroy Garmario with the Wave-Motion Gun…
Junichiro Tamamori discusses the process of evolving the supply carrier Hyuga into the elaborate 1/350 Diecast Gimmick Model, and shares his thoughts on the next phase of mecha design for Be Forever Yamato, REBEL 3199.
Activity in March 2023 dropped a bit compared February, but that didn’t make it any less interesting. Any month that gives us online publishing, three major live events, info on the next series, and a new Blu-ray box set is nothing to regret. Here’s what was news…
As of this writing, the debut date for Yamato 3199 is still unknown. But the series has been in production for over a year, is probably still about a year away. It may seem a bit early for Report 1, but March 2023 delivered just enough news to make it possible. So here it is!
The Dezarium fleet attacks! Dessler’s fleet continues to fight despite being isolated. Earth’s government, fearing that the war will spread, forbids Yamato to intervene. Domon and the other young people are not satisfied with the attitude of the adults and plan to revolt…
In February the pace picked up slightly thanks to online activity and a long-awaited concert, but of course the biggest Yamato news of the month was also the saddest with the passing of the great Leiji Matsumoto himself. Nevertheless, Yamato world continued to spin…
Countless black spears pierce Garmillas, accelerating the melting of the planet’s core. Soon the planet begins to collapse, the ground cracks open, and the remaining people are swallowed up by magma. Dessler’s determination to save as many as possible is in vain, and now Garmillas faces its final hour!
On the day Yamato sets sail, it is learned that Domon used illegal means to board the ship. At the hands of its new crew, Yamato begins to move forward with Domon at the helm. Susumu Kodai, who has become captain, challenges his resolve by entrusting the ship to him.
Activity held steady as one of our annual digits changed again, and the world inched closer to the year 3199. Despite continued silence from the home office, music resounded, fans kept on doing what fans do and we all got another memorable month. Here’s what happened in January…
What was it like to build the largest commercially-available model ever made for the Yamato saga? A 20-pound behemoth measuring over 50 inches long when completed? Go step by step through all 60 volumes and see it come together one piece at a time.
In the year 2205, Dessler searches for a planet for the Garmillas people to emigrate to, and finds Galman. On Earth, the 65th escort squadron is born with Yamato as its flagship. Among the young crew members training before launch is Ryusuke Domon, a young man with his sharp glare trained on Yamato.
The final month of 2022 ticked up a bit with a flurry of live events and the triumphant return of Michio Murakawa’s Yamato 2199 manga, both online and on paper. Here’s a roundup of everything Yamato fans tuned into as they counted down to 2023.
In December 2022, Michio Murakawa’s Yamato 2199 manga resumed after a 5-year hiatus. In this informative interview, we learn what caused the hiatus, see some of his contributions to the anime series, and find out how Murakawa himself became the accidental founder of all the Yamato remakes.
Yamato world stayed just about as busy in November as the previous few months, always a good sign when there’s no new anime to supercharge things. News announcements, music performances, and online activity kept the heart beating as we got another month closer to 3199. Here’s how it played out…
October 2022 was one of the busier Yamato months we’ve had since the premiere of 2205 Chapter 2, especially at the end when it started to heat up with a quick succession of events and a VERY welcome announcement. Here’s how it all came about…
Shinya Asanuma wanted to participate in the world of Yamato since his boyhood, and as you will see from his account of selling himself to the production company, he is passionate about his work. The rich and powerful mecha depictions in Yamato 2205 are the result of his efforts.
September 2022 was pretty slow, but there’s no bad month to be a Yamato fan. Between a surprise TV appearance, new Hyuga volumes from Hachette, a spectacular hobby show, and a nice uptick in fan activity, there was always something right around the corner.
“Edakio” has been working on Yamato as a “professional fan” since the remake era began. His position is not a glamorous one, but provides an essential layer to the foundation: prop design, backgrounds, and layout. In this interview, he talks in detail about his contributions and thought process on Yamato 2205.
August 2022 was about average in terms of activity, but there’s never a dull month in Yamato world. The first full-scale book arrived and Star Blazers Lambda reached its dramatic conclusion all at once! Here’s the rundown of all of that and more…
From issue 14 of the Star Blazers/Yamato Premium Fan Club magazine: Tomohiro Yoshida discusses the process of creating the sound world of Yamato 2205, the nuances of inheriting a generational legacy, and a small taste of what we have to listen for in the future.
Activity ticked up slightly in July with the arrival of a new pachinko game, a live-action TV appearance, and the first large-scale hobby show in QUITE a while, all bolstering the regular pace of what we’ve grown used to. Here’s what kept fans on their toes…
Issue 14 of the Star Blazers/Yamato Fan Club magazine (April 2022) featured a series of “testimonials” from the 2205 production staff. This included concept advisor Shinya Ogura, who provides fascinating insight on the science behind the visuals. Here, he describes some of what we see in 2205 Chapter 2.
Conditions conspired to give us another slow month in Yamato world, but this is a temporary situation as we all know by now. And really, there is no bad month to be a Yamato fan. So here’s all the news that trickled in during the not-bad month of June…
