After assisting Leiji Matsumoto on the Farewell to Yamato manga, artist Hiroshi Aizawa brought his steady hand to Yamato III. It was serialized in Adventure King, but destined never to be reprinted. Here, for the first time since its initial publication, Hiroshi Aizawa’s “lost” manga lives again!
Here we dig into the nitty-gritty of the webcomic one chapter at a time, showing the original Japanese notes that provided its foundation, highlights of our development discussions, and added trivia. This article covers the second half, chapters 7-12. [2 pages]
In the final part, we examine various concepts that might have been part of Yamato III if it ran its full length, and might have been part of the webcomic if we found a place for them. In the end, they became imaginative tidbits without a home – except for those that found their way into Yamato 2199…
Daniel George recounts the final part of his 2014 trek from one end of Japan to the other. Rounding out his trip, he meets up with fellow Yamatourists for the premiere of Ark of the Stars and winds down his month-long odyssey with the sights of Tokyo.
June 2015: activity dropped after the video release of Ark of the Stars, but there were still news announcements, an interview with the director, the last music release, a new manga chapter, and plenty of action in the Twitter-verse. It’s all rounded up here.
From Hobby Japan, July 2015: Yamato 2199’s Chief Mechanical Designer talks about the use of CG in the anime and many of the decisions behind the on-screen action in the movie, including the creation of the Gatlantis ships rendered in CG for the first time.
The Wolf From Another Dimension Yamato hides, wounded. The eyes of a hunter search for it. The shadow of an invisible enemy, sharpening its fangs. Is there any way to escape those fangs? A howl resounds through the emptiness of space.
The end of the long road comes with the 70mm encore release of the film, followed by the ultimate Final Yamato book to rule them all. When the clock ticks over to 1984, Producer Yoshinobu Nishizaki takes Final Yamato to the international stage and lays out a new future for the fans. See it all here.
From December 2012 to July 2015, the making of Final Yamato was examined in detail through a series of articles that followed every stage of the film and its unprecedented media coverage. This index provides a broad overview with links to each article, from early preproduction in 1981 through the last echoes in 1984.
When it came to the unproduced episodes of Series 3, the available story notes from Japan were substantial, but not complete. It was more than a matter of putting meat on the bones; in many cases we first had to connect the bones. Here is a record of how we did exactly that.
Here we dig into the nitty-gritty of the webcomic one chapter at a time, showing the original Japanese notes that provided its foundation, highlights of our development discussions, and added trivia. This article covers chapters 1-6. [2 pages]
Daniel George recounts his adventures, escapades, capers, japes, and monkeyshines in the third part of his 2014 trek from one end of Japan to the other, leading up to the Ark of the Stars premiere in December. This time, he takes us around the northern island of Hokkaido before returning to Tokyo for the big event.
