OUT magazine, March 1983

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Hobby magazines, March 2014 issues

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Customized Mirangal model kit

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Yamato 2199 Doujinshis, 2013 & 2014

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Mecha Collection model 13: Balgray

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Manga chapter 33 by Michio Murakawa

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Manga chapter 32 by Michio Murakawa

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Yuki Hijiri original manga art

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1973 Yamato plan book pages

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Team Strike garage kits

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Team Strike garage kits

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Yamato Year 2014, Part 2

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Yamato 2199 Discography, continued

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Yamato 2199 Discography, continued

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Yomiuri Shimbun, December 11, 2014

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Alternate Song Lyrics

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Yamato Year 2013

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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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Space Battleship Yamato 2199 Report 27

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December 2013: the year goes out with a ramp-up of activity – new talk shows, a new card game, Star Blazers 2199 news flashes, manga, magazine coverage, the magnificent 1/500 Yamato model kit, the biggest avalanche of doujinshi since the series began, and plenty more. [2 pages]

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Mecha Director Masanori Nishii Interview

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In this insightful interview from Great Mechanics DX #27, Yamato 2199‘s Chief Mechanical Director Masanori Nishii talks about the herculean effort of producing the second half of the series; building on trial and error, facing new challenges, and grappling with the climactic battles the brought the series to an end.

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Design of Yamato by Makoto Kobayashi

Posted on January 12, 2014 by TimEldred

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Hyperweapon is a semi-annual magazine that showcases the work of designer/director/modeler/manga artist Makoto Kobayashi. In recent years, it has been a major source for the art and design of Yamato Resurrection, and in the 2013 issue he wrote about his involvement with Yamato 2199 for the first time.

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Yamato 2199 Model Kits, part 1

Posted on January 11, 2014 by TimEldred

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Model kits have been a vital part of the Space Battleship Yamato experience since the early days, and no one benefitted from that more than Bandai. The business of continuing the phenomenon was inherited by those who made it their career goal to carry the torch. This page covers models released in 2012 and 2013.

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Yamato 2199 Media Index, Part 4

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The Texture of an Explosion Finger-painted by the Director

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In his 7th essay from New Type Ace, Ryusuke Hikawa focuses on the technique for animating realistic explosions in the first TV series, pioneered by director Noboru Ishiguro in a pivotal turn from anime’s cartoony past into its progressive future. Who knew finger-painting would point the way?

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Yamatour 2013: Up From Down Under, Part 8

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In the concluding segment, Daniel and Terry stampede across Honshu to visit the Niigata anime & manga museum, meet the 1/1 Gundam, explore the wonders of Nakano Broadway and Akihabara, bask in the transcendent beauty of Nikko, and hit the roadways for one final fling. See it all here! [2 pages]

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Return from Down Under, part 1 continued

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1/1000 Gatlantis carrier Kiska model

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Mecha Collection kit #12 Cosmo Falcon

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Ark of the Stars custom-painted models

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Yamato 2199 manga, chapter 31

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Hobby Japan, February 2015 issue

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Final Art Exhibition, December 2014

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