As the countdown to the final chapter ticked over into 2019, activity ticked up with it. January delivered a pack of announcements, a new trailer, tons of fan activity, and more. Let’s dive in for the complete roundup…
From Animage magazine vol. 488: with Yamato 2202 Chapter 7 approaching, Daisuke Ono (Kodai) and Hiroshi Kamiya (Keyman) sat down to give their first impressions of the ending as actors, and their thoughts on which Yamato characters they would take on their own personal missions.
From Animage magazine Vol. 489: having completed his work on Yamato 2202, Klaus Keyman’s voice actor Hiroshi Kamiya was one of the first to talk about the full experience. In this thoughtful interview, he shares his learning process and relationship with his unique character.
Yamato 2202 Chapter 6 gave us an explosion of Andromedas beyond anything we could have imagined at the start. Therefore, it behooves us to pick up where the previous article left off and gather up all the developments we’ve seen since then. [2 pages]
In 2009, film journalist Morihiko Saito examined the unprecedented success of the first Space Battleship Yamato, writing with a passion that only an original-generation fan could bring to the table. It became a chapter in his book The law of Anime Hit Movies and is presented here in full.
As the final countdown to the final chapter began, December 2018 gave us plenty of news that started to provide a view of Yamato world after the conclusion of 2202, which included a very exciting announcement at the end of the month. Here’s all the action that brought 2018 to a close.
From the Yamato 2202 Chapter 6 program book: in this interview, art director Yoshio Tanioka describes the process for creating a visual world, and what it takes to translate the artistic style of Assistant Director Makoto Kobayashi into all of the lavish, detailed, and stunning background art seen on screen in Yamato 2202.
It is a little-known fact that Yamato 2199 Director Yutaka Izubuchi got his start very early when he participated in both Yamato III and Final Yamato as a fresh-faced newcomer. Here, he discusses his earliest experiences as both a fan and a staff member.
The year 2018 was a slow one where the original Yamato saga is concerned, but quality is always better than quantity when it comes to our favorite anime classic. Here’s what happened between and around the releases of Yamato2202 chapters 4, 5, and 6.
In 2015, journalist Hiroyuki Ota wrote a serial for the Asahi Shimbun newspaper that examined the unique cultural aspects of the anime. In November 2018, he explored the attitudes and principle figures of the Imperial Japanese Navy that informed the storytelling of the first Yamato series. That serial is presented here in full.
