May 2014 is destined to be remembered as the month we all learned where 2199 is going next, with the first teaser trailer for Ark of the Stars. New products were released and announced, and news broke of an orchestral alliance. Here’s everything that happened in this intriguing month…
Starting in July 2012, Columbia Japan provided a great gift to fans both new and old with this newly-remastered and upgraded reissue of the Yamato music catalog. Here we examine the second half of this monumental series with extensive liner notes, historical trivia, track listings, and more.
With so many Final Yamato albums in the mix, creating a definitive track listing is a very complex task. With over 60 individual tracks to deal with, sorting them out is a major undertaking. But, with all the necessary puzzle pieces in one place, the Final Yamato music mountain can be conquered.
Messenger of Iscandar
The year is 2199 A.D. and Earth is on the verge of extinction. According to scientists, there is only one year left until the human race becomes extinct. This is the story of the Space Battleship Yamato.
April 2014 was a very active month for 2199 with some major news and product announcements. The focal point for this was most definitely the Yamato 2199 Gengaten [Art Exhibition] in the Ikebukuro district of Tokyo, which was reminiscent of a movie opening with all the trimmings. [2 pages]
In his 9th essay from New Type Ace, Anime commentator Ryusuke Hikawa examines how chains of events can have powerful outcomes, both in the onscreen world of Yamato and the real world of anime production in which one chain links to the next and keeps the art form moving ever forward.
It’s a sure mark of a story’s universal appeal when it jumps freely from one medium to another. The journey to Iscandar and back is one such story, having appeared in every form of modern media and thrived in all of them. How many roads lead to Iscandar? Probably more than you think.
