July 2013: Star Blazers 2199 makes the worldwide rounds, new songs, changes for the manga, Yamato 1966, Super Formula racing, the MV release, new products revealed in the hobby magazines, garage kits aplenty, Red-Eyed Ace manga debut, words from Akira Miyagawa, the EARTH design book, and more! [2 pages]
On June 25, the Yamato faithful gathered for this conversation between General Director Yutaka Izubuchi and Daisuke Shima’s voice actor Kenichi Suzumura. Despite fewer guests than normal, there were still plenty of surprises to be had, as Suzumura imparted to the audience his own unique voice acting philosophy.
In these two interviews, published in Hobby Japan and Hyper Hobby magazines, Bandai Hobby Division’s Hirofumi Kishiyama talks about how his team produces the 2199 models at a breakneck pace, and draws a hitherto unknown parallel between this series and Bandai’s first Gundam kits.
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.
