Gigazine is an entertainment website that stands out for its lengthy, in-depth interviews with anime production staff members. On May 23, 2018, they sat down with 2202 producer Hiroki Komatsu to hear inside stories no one else could tell.
Mikage Kiryu only appears briefly in Yamato 2202, but her voice actor Eriko Nakamura has been a prominent advocate for all things Yamato the entire time. Akiba Souken talked with her about her role and her fandom just before the premiere of Chapter 5.
From the Yamato 2202 Chapter 5 program book: in his second interview for the series, Tamamori discusses his process for redesigning the Earth mecha and his earliest contact with Farewell to Yamato in 1978.
Voice actors Hideaki Tezuka (Zordar) and Yuko Kaida (Sabera) finally joined the Yamato 2202 publicity party with the release of Chapter 5 in May, 2018. This interview was published in volume 3 of the Yamato 2202 Newspaper from Sankei Sports, and also features Director Nobuyoshi Habara.
The day before Yamato 2202 Chapter 5 was released in theaters, this brief but insightful interview with Series Writer Harutoshi Fukui was published on Otonanswer. Also included here is his introduction from the theatrical program book.
On June 26 2018, voice actors Eriko Nakamura (Mikage Kiryu) and Kenji Akabane (Yasuo Nanbu) participated in an online talk show called D Studio with host Hisanori Yoshida for a light-hearted conversation. Nico Nico News published a transcript of their discussion, which made this translation possible.
Chapter 5 was released May 25, 2018 with multiple stage greeting events to commemorate its first and second weekends in theaters. Transcripts for two of those events are featured here.
In this widely-circulated interview, Voice Actor Hiroshi Kamiya and 2202 Director Nobuyoshi Habara discussed the evolution of Klaus Keyman from both an acting and an artistic perspective as new ground was broken in Chapter 5.
