From Akiba Souken: Director Nobuyoshi Habara, Scriptwriter Hideki Oka, and Series Writer Harutoshi Fukui discuss the creative process for Yamato 2202 and examine the philosophies driving the story, including a sharp analysis of the 1978 source material.
From Yamato fan club magazine Ship’s Log: a boy who ran around with a homemade target scope on his bicycle helmet grew up to become a developer of the Cosmo Fleet Specials and the Yamato Girls Collection. This is a conversation with Kouji Takakura, who produced many Yamato products for Megahouse.
When it came time to promote Yamato 2202 Chapter 3, Akira Miyagawa was called upon to join the ranks of staff members who gave media interviews. No less than six were published in a single month, all approaching the challenge of creating Yamato music from every possible angle.
Yamato 2202 exploded in the month of October 2017 with activity nearly every day surrounding the premiere of Chapter 3 on the 14th. Just about every box was ticked, from publishing to publicity to music to models and more. It was a perfect month to be a fan and a tough one to be a news-gatherer. [2 pages]
Following the precedent of Chapters 1 and 2, media coverage leading up to Chapter 3 was intense, with over two dozen interviews appearing before and after the premiere. Here we present the first of three roundups that bring you those interviews in English.
From Ship’s Log fan club magazine #19, September 2017: for the first time, illustrator/animator Kia Asamiya talks about his involvement in Yamato from the very beginning as a loyal viewer to his first professional experience and finally his participation in both 2199 and 2202.
After years of silence, Composer Akira Miyagawa finally came forward in a series of interviews during the runup to 2202 Chapter 3. The first was to be found in Tokuma Shoten’s Hyper Hobby magazine, in which he recounted his entry into the production of Yamato 2199 and the new experiences of his work on 2202.
From Animate Times: scriptwriter Hideki Oka discusses his first contact with Yamato, his entry into 2202, the process of writing a script, what it was like to see Farewell to Yamato in 1978, and his personal observations about the characters and themes of the new series.
