In 2013, a train station in the city of Kure, where the Battleship Yamato was built, adopted the Space Battleship Yamato theme as its jingle to announce arriving trains. A reporter for the AERAdot website investigated how this was decided, giving us a look into local and musical history.
From the Magmix website comes this short profile on Yamato Exec Producer Yoshinobu Nishizaki, described as a skilled maverick who brought change to the anime industry and carved out his reputation as the self-styled “Dessler of Akasaka” (an upscale business district in Tokyo).
As expected, activity dropped quite a bit after the giant premiere month for Yamato 2205, but the ripples were still strong. And any month that culminates with a new issue of the fan club magazine is a good one. Here’s what we saw in November 2021…
From the Yamato 2205 Part 1 program book: Scriptwriter Hideki Oka and Concept Consultant Yuka Minakawa discuss the development and creative process for 2205, describing how some decisions were made and revealing some of the roads not taken.
As a focal-point character for Yamato 2205, a lot rides on new crew member Ryusuke Domon – and by extension his young voice actor, Tasuku Hatanaka. During the premiere of Part 1 and thereafter, he was the subject of more solo interviews than even his predecessors. Here are six of them, each of which offers something unique.
