Chapter 5 festivities spread all the way through the month of June with stage greetings, products, announcements and live events to accompany the film, culminating in its home video release the day after it closed in theaters. It was a big month with big news on multiple fronts.
Chapter 5 was released May 25, 2018 with multiple stage greeting events to commemorate its first and second weekends in theaters. Transcripts for two of those events are featured here.
In this widely-circulated interview, Voice Actor Hiroshi Kamiya and 2202 Director Nobuyoshi Habara discussed the evolution of Klaus Keyman from both an acting and an artistic perspective as new ground was broken in Chapter 5.
From the Yamato Crew Premium fan club magazine Ship’s Log #21, May 2018. Interviewed for the first time, Yoshio Tanioka discusses his responsibilities as Art Director: fleshing out concepts, building cities, and creating the detailed world of 2202 from the ground up.
Explosive! That’s the best word to sum up May 2018, when a whole new wave of Yamato fever burst out into the world during the final runup to Chapter 5. Live events, product releases, promo videos, our first glance at Chapter 6, and a lot more filled the month. [3 pages]
During the promotional phase of Yamato 2202 Chapter 5, we finally got to hear from two very significant voice actors: Hideaki Tezuka (Zordar) and Yuko Kaida (Sabera). What does it take to perform the two most evil roles in the entire Yamato saga? V-Storage got the answers in this special interview!
From Akiba Souken: Animation Producer Hiroki Komatsu discusses what it’s like to work in the trenches on Yamato 2202, the unique pressures of going beyond expectations at every step, and working for members of the original Yamato generation.
From Anime Anime: for Yamato 2202 Chapter 5, this interview was conducted with voice actor Hiroshi Kamiya and Director Nobuyoshi Habara to examine new steps taken in the development of Klaus Keyman on both a performance and a production level, from the energy of acting to the subtlety of camera angles.
April 2018 was one of the slowest months on record for 2202 activity since the series began, but it was one of those calm-before-the-storm months with important moments in the runup to Chapter 5. Here’s everything that went down…
In this meeting of the minds, 2202 Director Nobuyoshi Habara compares and contrasts his work with that of Megalobox Director You Moriyama. Both tasked with reviving classic anime of the 1970s, they have much to say on many levels.
