July 2014: a BIG month with a lot of BIG things going on in all areas of Yamato land. A record number of live events swept over Japan (plus two in America), a major campaign with a tourist company kicked into motion, new products popped up everywhere, and the REALLY big news happened in the model kit world. [2 pages]
Gravestone on a Frozen Field
The Wave-Motion Gun… Its terrifying power has damaged Yamato itself. A mysterious distress call…different feelings…what will the man of the sea decide? And Kodai sees a hero, who rests upon a frozen satellite. A requiem sounds in empty space.
Escape from the Jupiter Sphere
The time has come to set sail. Yamato heads for the planet of hope. You…you are the only ones who can save Earth! Cross the light barrier and fly, Yamato! And now, Yamato‘s true form is revealed. What terrifying power does it hold?
Within the first six months of Yamato 2199 magazine coverage, the true standout for quality reporting was Great Mechanics DX magazine, published by Futaba Co. We followed them issue by issue here, but left out this portion of issue #21, which was published in June 2012. Fortunately, the information is timeless…
Stories have since come out about how frantic the final months were on the Final Yamato production side, but fans knew little of this at the time. All they had to go on was what they read in the media, and January had a record-setting amount, starting with the publications covered in this installment.
