A Choice for the Future Yamato weighs anchor and rests its wounded body upon an Earth-like planet. This is a place longed for by those who will soon be extinct. A conspiracy raises its head, and we are asked what path we should take.
As of this writing, five years have passed since the milestone release of the live-action Space Battleship Yamato movie, and there is still plenty of coverage to be translated. This article, from the November 2010 Kinejun magazine, featured dual interviews with the director and producer.
A complete overview of Series 3 via the galleries created as bonus features for the Comet Empire DVD series released by Voyager Entertainment in 2003. All the characters, ships, weapons, locations, maps, and more!
Despite this being the long slow fade-out phase of Yamato 2199, September 2015 activity was still about the same as the previous three months. Online action, new manga, a pair of hobby shows, and other odds and ends continued to keep the flame lit. Here’s our roundup of the month.
Akira Hio is the record-holder for drawing Yamato manga, but interviews with him were practically nonexistent until another manga artist, Keiichi Tanaka, published this extensive conversation that covers Hio’s long and storied career working alongside some of the best mangaka history has to offer. [2 pages]
A complete record of Yamato publishing through present day. After the production years ended, many new categories of books put the saga into historical context while others pushed it forward with new interpretations. See this massive library all in one place with links to translated content and rare artifacts. [7 pages]
A complete overview of Series 2 via the galleries created as bonus features for the Comet Empire DVD series released by Voyager Entertainment in 2002. All the characters, ships, weapons, locations, maps, and more!
August 2015 was enlivened by news of upcoming products and punctuated by two reliable summer events: Comiket and Chara Hobby. Add in a revival of 2014’s traveling Art Exhibition and a historic SF award, and it starts to look like what we’ve all grown accustomed to over the past few years.
Point of No Return
In the vast space between galaxies, a trap is laid by a patient enemy. Yamato is surrounded. With hell ahead of them and hell behind, there’s no turning back. Yamato, escape this deadly trap!
From the Yamato 2199 Concert 2015 program book: music writer Ryozo Fuwa’s essay on the making of the 2199 music, culminating with Ark of the Stars. He reviews composer Akira Miyagawa’s personal achievements and examines the challenge of not only remaking, but surpassing his father’s work on the original saga.
From the Yamato 2199 Concert 2015 program book: Composer Akira Miyagawa followed in the footsteps of his father Hiroshi Miyagawa to create the music of Yamato 2199, and sound director Tomohiro Yoshida is a self-proclaimed Yamato fan. They talk about the music of both Yamato and Concert 2015.
