From Scale Aviation magazine, May 2017. Through “historical” text and a scratch-built model kit, artist/designer/modeler/director Makoto Kobayashi describes the history of the fighter craft we now know as the Cosmo Tiger 1.
April 2017 brought us to the halfway point between Chapters 1 and 2, then the days ahead in the countdown became fewer than the days behind. The arrival of the first trailer for Chapter 2 signaled that an upswing was about to begin. Read all the April news here.
From Model Graphix magazine: Junichiro Tamamori had the dream job of modernizing Yamato, along with the other Earth mecha, for 2199. For Yamato 2202, his first project was to take on Space Battleship Andromeda.
Phase Two of the 2202 launch was the release of Chapter 1 on home video, and it seemed like the entire month of March 2017 rotated around that in one way or another. Chapter 1 finished its two-week theatrical run, but live events, collaborative projects, and new products that all kept the party going. [2 pages]
Cosmo DNA steps up to its role of Yamato repository and provides synopses with support information. This article covers Episodes 1 and 2 with material published at the time of original release.
There is as of yet no official subtitled version of Yamato 2202, so as long as that is the case Cosmo DNA will step up to its role of Yamato repository and provide synopses of current episodes. This article covers story information in Episodes 3-6.
There is as of yet no official subtitled version of Yamato 2202, so as long as that is the case Cosmo DNA will step up to its role of Yamato repository and provide synopses of current episodes. This article covers story information in Episodes 7-10.
There is as of yet no official subtitled version of Yamato 2202, so as long as that is the case Cosmo DNA will step up to its role of Yamato repository and provide synopses of current episodes. This article covers story information in Episodes 11-14.
Purgatory Chapter was released May 25, 2018. Keyman and Dessler finally meet on Telezart, and their mutual history unfolds. Earth goes to war against Gatlantis in the epic battle of Saturn. Read all the highlights of Episodes 15-18 here!
Regeneration Chapter was released November 3, 2018. The battle of Saturn takes new twists and turns as the fully history of Zordar and Gatlantis finally come to light. New ships join the battle, a rescue effort is mounted for Yamato, and Dessler returns in this action-packed segment. Read all the highlights of Episodes 19-22!
Yamato 2202 came to its thunderous, heartfelt conclusion when New Star Chapter was released in theaters on March 1, 2019. The final showdown with Gatlantis added new dimensions to the story that began in 1978, making good on the promise to reinterpret it for a modern audience. Here are the highlights of episodes 23-26!
Yamato 2202 Chapter 1, titled Beginning Chapter arrived on February 25, 2017 amidst an avalanche of media coverage and other fanfare. Here we pick up the multi-front action from Report 6 to cover the rest of February. [2 pages]
Media surrounding the premiere of Yamato 2202 Chapter 1 was the most intense in Yamato history up to that point with over 30 interviews and articles appearing in print and online within a two-week period. All of that material is presented here in English.
All the mecha from Earth, Garmillas, and Gatlantis with English descriptions for each. This collection will grow as material is published at the official Space Battleship Yamato 2202 website
As January flowed into February, new products and collaborations popped up along with new trailers and story data. This culminated in the first preview screening on February 6 and a blast of media coverage that brought us right back to the heyday of 2199. [3 pages]
In the month of January, Yamato 2202 writer Harutoshi Fukui took the lead in media interviews. Here we bring you interviews from two separate magazines that each brought something unique to the discussion. [2 pages]
From Ship’s Log #16. In Yamato 2202, Daisuke Ono and Houko Kuwashima appear as Susumu Kodai and Yuki Mori. We asked them about their enthusiasm for the new series. Hopes and fears…we bring you the passionate message of these two people who faced the recording with various feelings.
From mid-December through early January, the Yamato 2202 promotional engine picked up more power with new interviews, new trailers, new artwork, and new announcements that arrived on a weekly (occasionally daily) basis as the February 25 launch got another month closer.
From Great Mechanics G, Winter 2016 issue. This quarterly magazine consistently delivered the most in-depth and knowledgeable 2199 coverage, and they picked right up where they left off in this extended conversation with Yamato 2202 writer Harutoshi Fukui.
Fresh news arrived in early October 2016 and the “Road to Yamato 2202” promotional campaign got rolling in the latter half of November. Here are the collected events of that period, all the way into early December.
Direct from issue 15 of Ship’s Log, the Yamato Crew Premium fan club magazine, we bring you a fresh interview with the phenomenally-talented illustrator Makoto Kobayashi. It touches on his previous involvement with the saga leading up to a description of his duties on Yamato 2202 and a hint of things to come.
A full-throated trumpeting in early September 2016 finally brought Yamato 2202 out of the shadows and into public view with the first in what we can expect to be a long line of live events. That historic day is covered here in full. (2 pages)
From Ship’s Log #14: Nobuyoshi Habara’s first interview in his capacity as the supervising director of Yamato 2202, in which he discusses his work on Resurrection and 2199, his time as a fan watching Yamato on TV, and his intentions for the new series.
News has been thin since Report 1 was published in April, but equally exciting with steady announcements of returning champions to the production staff. A new issue of Ship’s Log boosted the volume again at the end of June, and fans have been running wild with their own contributions.
In issue #14 of the fan club magazine Ship’s Log, Producer Furukawa and Exec Producer Nishizaki talk about something you rarely hear in anime production: the process of rounding up primary staff members. In this interview, they welcome aboard Character Designer Nobuteru Yuuki and Composer Akira Miyagawa.
