When Final Yamato closed in 1983, Executive Producer Yoshinobu Nishizaki was already devising a new slate of projects that would bring it back in new and interesting ways. It took longer than he expected, but most of those projects came to fruition. This index is a guide to articles that sort it all out.
With the full strength of Yamato, the air corps, and the Space Cavalry, the Telezart landing operation begins. It seems to proceed smoothly, but reverses when missiles are fired by the Goland fleet. To overcome this, there is no choice but to fire the Wave-Motion Gun directly at the enemy fleet. Kodai is forced to decide…
May 2020 was the lightest Yamato month since the ramp-up began in December 2016, at least in terms of official activity. But fans came to the rescue again, mounting a new radio show and maintaining a prodigious online presence. Let’s dive in.
After the last battle, there is widespread suspicion of spy on board. Akira Yamamoto, suspicious about the behavior of Keyman and Touko, places her bet. At that moment, the White Comet suddenly warps and its huge figure appears in front of Yamato to swallow the ship in its raging white vortex.
From the Japanese edition of Starlog magazine: a collection of essays examining the newly-arrived “anime boom” with a focus on Yamato and Gundam. SF experts disdained it, fans loved it, and business moguls ate it up. This is a fascinating cross-section of what all three factions were thinking at the time.
From B-Club No. 35 (September 1988): a concise overview of the classic Yamato models of the “golden age.” Five years had passed since Final Yamato and it would take another six for 2520 to arrive, so this was assuredly a time when the legacy was being fortified.
The combination of COVID-19 and related malaise slowed Yamato activity to a trickle in April. But just as everyone’s legs are long enough to reach the ground, there is always enough news to fill up a monthly report. Here’s everything that kept fans going through the mounting crisis…
From the pages of Star Blazers/Yamato fan club magazine: Character designer Nobuteru Yuuki has been part of the Yamato remake universe right from the start, providing the visual DNA for classic and new characters alike. This interview catches up with him at the start of Yamato 2205.
