Yamato 2199 activity continued its steady decline into the month of August 2016, which is an inevitable sign of both age and the rise of Yamato 2202. Nevertheless, seeds that were planted last year continue to bloom this year in the form of online activity along with the biannual boost of new doujinshis at Comiket.
One Man’s War
The enemy unleashes the light of despair upon Yamato. Will Yamato be blown apart just as it reaches its destination? Overcome this deadly peril and advance, Yamato! Your goal is the enemy’s heart: Dessler’s Palace.
The purpose of the many Time Machine collections here is to chart the evolution of both Yamato and anime journalism. Manga Shonen was an early source for both, a hugely popular magazine that was there to chart Yamato‘s rise to greatness just as the word “anime” entered the pop culture lexicon for the first time.
Before Space Battleship Yamato, there was New Battleship Yamato, conceived by the prolific author Ikki Kajiwara and published as both a novella and a manga in the early 60s. Then it vanished into history…until the summer of 2016 when it was revived to fly again. What kind of Yamato flew first? Find out here. (2 pages)
The first – and so far, only – English translation of a Space Battleship Yamato novelization originally written and published in Japan. This story was first published during the premiere broadcast of Series 1 and takes familiar elements into territory never explored in anime form. You’ll have to read it to believe it!
From Ship’s Log #14: Nobuyoshi Habara’s first interview in his capacity as the supervising director of Yamato 2202, in which he discusses his work on Resurrection and 2199, his time as a fan watching Yamato on TV, and his intentions for the new series.
Despite a slight drop in activity, Yamato 2199 shows no signs of stopping. In July 2016, the Battlefield Infinity mobile game got a big upgrade, surprising new products were announced, the NTT side story came back from hiatus, and fans did their part to fuel the fire.
Your guide to everything seen in Final Yamato on the Yamato and Dengil sides, originally released as bonus features on the Voyager Entertainment Final Yamato DVD.
News has been thin since Report 1 was published in April, but equally exciting with steady announcements of returning champions to the production staff. A new issue of Ship’s Log boosted the volume again at the end of June, and fans have been running wild with their own contributions.
In issue #14 of the fan club magazine Ship’s Log, Producer Furukawa and Exec Producer Nishizaki talk about something you rarely hear in anime production: the process of rounding up primary staff members. In this interview, they welcome aboard Character Designer Nobuteru Yuuki and Composer Akira Miyagawa.
