{"id":1564,"date":"2013-06-28T05:39:40","date_gmt":"2013-06-28T05:39:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/?p=1564"},"modified":"2023-09-24T18:09:00","modified_gmt":"2023-09-25T01:09:00","slug":"320","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/320\/","title":{"rendered":"<em>Space Battleship Yamato<\/em> Bibliography"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-880 alt=\"0906icon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/wp-content\/uploads\/0906icon.JPG\" width=\"216\" height=\"90\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"cosmo-teaser\">Examining all the books devoted to the first series and movie provides the broadest glimpse at the evolution of anime publishing from a children\u2019s medium into one for all ages and interests. As a result, anime publishing is still healthy today, and <em>Yamato<\/em> is still a part of it as this record will attest.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><!--noteaser--><\/p>\n<p>Examining all the books devoted to the first TV series (and the 1977 movie version) provides the broadest glimpse at the evolution of anime publishing from a children&#8217;s medium into one for all ages and interests. The demand for <em>Yamato<\/em> in print form, something that would preserve the viewing experience in the days before home video, created a publishing model for every other anime production to follow. That model is still healthy and robust today, and <em>Yamato<\/em> is still a part of it, with new books appearing as recently as 2008.<\/p>\n<p>Not included in this bibliography are manga titles, novels, and special publications from Office Academy. Links for all of them can be found at the end of this page.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/jun09\/B7401.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><em>Terebi [TV] Land<\/em> Magazine<\/h3>\n<p><em>7.25&#8243; x 10&#8243; (B5)<br \/>\nTokuma Shoten, Sept. 1, 1974<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Terebi Land<\/em> was one of the very first to promote the <em>Yamato<\/em> TV series. The other was Shogakukan&#8217;s manga weekly <em>Shonen Sunday<\/em>, which can be seen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/262\">here.<\/a> Though neither company would put their names on a proper <em>Yamato<\/em> book until 1977 and &#8217;78 respectively, they could at least claim to be at the front of the line in terms of magazine coverage. Furthermore, <em>Terebi Land<\/em> was the home of a dimly-remembered <em>Yamato<\/em> manga by artist Yuki Hijiri, creator of <em>Locke the Superman<\/em>. It commenced with the November &#8217;74 issue and was never reprinted until it was unearthed and translated for this website. Read it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/522\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>See a collection of original paintings from the magazine in our <em>Quest for Iscandar<\/em> gallery <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/168\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/jun09\/B7401a.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><em>Space Battleship Yamato<\/em> Family Picture Story Show<\/h3>\n<p><em>Approx. 10.25&#8243; x 7.75&#8243;<br \/>\nEpoch Co., October 1974<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Based on looks alone, this may be the first dedicated <em>Yamato<\/em> publication of any kind, though strictly speaking it was not a book. It was instead a card and record set containing 16 story cards and a flexi-disc &#8220;radio play&#8221; to narrate them. From the first glance, it&#8217;s obvious that this must have been produced before the TV series went on the air, since the artist must have been working with incomplete animation designs. That said, this is a true museum piece; the &#8220;radio play&#8221; uses none of the voice actors, music, or sound effects from the series and the presentation style comes from an earlier era of anime products.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/apr10\/epochkamishibai.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Picture Story Show,&#8221; or &#8220;Kamishibai&#8221; in Japanese, is a now-defunct form of public performance art involving images on paper [Kami] presented in a live stage show [Shibai] with dramatic flair. Kamishibai was eventually replaced by television, but Epoch preserved it for a while with this plastic screen that the story cards would fit into. Basically, it stood about halfway between classic Kamishibai and TV anime, and must have lasted for some time since <em>Space Battleship Yamato<\/em> was volume 102 in a series. This series, too, is now extinct but remains an interesting artifact in the evolution of home entertainment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/jun09\/Picture_Story_Side_A.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Picture Story Audio file Side A<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/jun09\/Picture_Story_Side_B.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Picture Story Audio File Side B<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And now, for the first time since 1974, you can have the complete experience of the &#8220;Family Picture Story Show&#8221; right here. Just start up the audio files above, open a duplicate of this web page, and browse through the card images <a href='https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/fpss'>here<\/a>. (The first image in the set will be the box cover; scroll down to the first card when music begins, then continue when you hear the chime.) Special thanks to superfan Dave Merrill for capturing the audio magic!<\/p>\n<div style='width:390px; margin-right: 0px; float: left'>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/jun09\/B7402.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><em>Space Battleship Yamato<\/em><br \/>\nSonosheet Book<\/h3>\n<p><em>16 pages, approx. 7.5&#8243; x 10.5&#8243; (B5)<br \/>\nAsahi Sonorama, Oct. 1974<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sonosheet&#8221; was Sonorama&#8217;s term for a 45rpm flexi-disc that came with each volume in this series of books. The children&#8217;s storybook that contained it was printed on thick card stock and was released on the same day as Sonorama&#8217;s EP single. Either version marked the first time the <em>Yamato<\/em> theme could be purchased, on October 31 1974, between the broadcasts of TV episodes 4 and 5. The content bears a strong resemblance to Epoch&#8217;s &#8220;Family Picture Story Show,&#8221; and could easily be the work of the same artist. See it from cover to cover <a href='https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/sonosheet'>here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style='width:390px; margin-right: 0px; float: right'>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/jun09\/B7403.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><em>Space Battleship Yamato<\/em><br \/>\nBig Picture Book<\/h3>\n<p><em>36 pages, approx. 7.25&#8243; x 10.5&#8243; (B5)<br \/>\nAsahi Sonorama, Dec. 20, 1974<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This one-of-a-kind volume was the first true <em>Yamato<\/em> art book, a combination of stills from the series and original illustrations by mecha design house Studio Nue. The high quality of the artwork represented a turning point away from misinterpretations by publishers without first-hand knowledge. Thus, this book is now highly prized by collectors and extremely rare. See it from cover to cover <a href='https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/BigIlloBook'>here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style='clear:both' \/>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/jun09\/B7501.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Poster<\/h3>\n<p><em>Adventure King Magazine, 29&#8243; x 10&#8243;<br \/>\nAkita Shoten, Feb. 1975<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This was a free insert in <em>Adventure King<\/em>, the monthly magazine that published <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/171\">Leiji Matsumoto&#8217;s manga version<\/a> of the first series. The show was still on the air at the time, heading into its last two months. There wasn&#8217;t yet a strong system of quality control, which made strange, cobbled-together images like this one fairly common. That still doesn&#8217;t explain the inclusion of two completely made-up crewmembers, one of whom is about to be clobbered by Dr. Sane.<\/p>\n<div style='width:266px; margin-right: 0px; float: left'>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/jun09\/B7601.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><em>Fantoche<\/em> Magazine No. 2<\/h3>\n<p><em>48 pages, 8.25&#8243; x 11.75&#8243; (A4)<br \/>\nApril, 1976<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Fantoche<\/em> was the pet project of artist Yoshikazu Hirose, who had served as a color designer on the first <em>Yamato<\/em><br \/>\nTV series. Thanks to this connection, it<br \/>\nwas the first magazine to ever carry a <em>Yamato<\/em> cover story, which fronted for<br \/>\nan interview with Leiji Matsumoto (which can be read in full <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/303\">here<\/a>). Its extensive coverage of foreign films is the only disqualifier against <em>Fantoche<\/em> being the<br \/>\nfirst anime specialty magazine.\n<\/div>\n<div style='width:266px; margin-right: 0px; float: left'>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/jun09\/B7701.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Monthly <em>OUT<\/em> Magazine<\/h3>\n<p><em>Approx. 6&#8243; x 9.5&#8243;<br \/>\nMinori Shobo, April 1977<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This was the pivot point for practically<br \/>\nthe entire <em>Yamato<\/em> saga, the culmination<br \/>\nof two years of fan club activity and the beginning of a pop-culture phenomenon. The members of the<em>Yamato Association<\/em><br \/>\nfan club contributed a groundbreaking<br \/>\n60 pages of coverage to the TV series that<br \/>\nmade the magazine an instant collector&#8217;s item and ignited the coming explosion<br \/>\nof the <em>Yamato<\/em> movie. Read the whole<br \/>\nstory and see all the coverage <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/260\">here.<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div style='width:266px; margin-right: 0px; float: left'>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/jun09\/B7702.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><em>Manga No Hoshi<\/em> No. 1<\/h3>\n<p><em>42 pages, 7.25&#8243; x 10&#8243; (B5)<br \/>\nNippon Manga Fan, July 1977<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This early &#8216;zine landed just ahead of the <em>Yamato<\/em> movie&#8217;s 1977 premiere and was devoted entirely to manga with Matsumoto as a headliner. Despite the <em>Yamato<\/em> image on the cover, the article itself was an overview of his other titles with a reprint of his pivotal 1969 SF manga <em>Dafuin,<\/em> which was the first to use the term &#8220;Space Wave-Motion Theory.&#8221;\n<\/div>\n<div style='clear:both' \/>\n<p><span class=\"image-left\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/jun09\/B7703.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><em>Playcomic<\/em> Magazine<\/h3>\n<p><em>Approx. 7&#8243; x 10&#8243; (B5)<br \/>\nAkita Shoten, Aug. 1977<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Pivoting off the name <em>Playboy, Playcomic<\/em> was a weekly manga magazine for mature readers, though erotic content took a backseat to humor and SF such as Leiji Matsumoto&#8217;s <em>Space Pirate Captain Harlock<\/em>, which would be animated the following year. It was also noteworthy for publishing <em>Eternal Story of Jura<\/em> in the summer of 1976, a <em>Yamato<\/em> spinoff written and drawn by Matsumoto (read it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/172\">here<\/a>). This 1977 issue was published shortly after the movie premiere and included a bound-in &#8220;Cinema Poster.&#8221; It marked only the third time <em>Yamato<\/em> made a magazine cover.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class='clear'>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/jun09\/B7704.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><em>Space Battleship Yamato<\/em> Roman Album<\/h3>\n<p><em>88 pages, 8.25&#8243; x 11.75&#8243; (A4)<br \/>\nTokuma Shoten, Sept. 1977<\/em><br \/>\n<em>TOP TEN PICK<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Roman Album #1 was another reason <em>Yamato<\/em> changed everything in the anime world in 1977. Like the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/241\"><em>Symphonic Suite<\/em> LP<\/a> and the numerous other innovative products, it essentially rebooted anime publishing out of the notion that children were the only consumers. The turning point could be found within the pages of the book itself, which started with the basic design of a kid&#8217;s book (large art images with minimal text) and evolved into a mature fan&#8217;s dream, page after page of pristine model sheets and broadcast data.<\/p>\n<p>The cue for this was obviously taken from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/265\"><em>OUT<\/em> magazine&#8217;s historic 2nd issue<\/a> (published in April) which showed exactly what fans wanted to see &#8211; because they themselves had created it. And Tokuma Shoten was handsomely rewarded for paying attention; Roman Album #1 went through six printings in its first month alone. What started out as a one-shot spinoff of Tokuma&#8217;s <em>Terebi [TV] Land<\/em> magazine became their signature creation as subsequent volumes set new standards for years to come.<\/p>\n<p>See the opening color pages <a href='https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/RAart'>here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style='width:390px; margin-right: 0px; float: left'>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/jun09\/B7706.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><em>Space Battleship Yamato<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Movie Terebi Magazine<\/em> Special<\/h3>\n<p><em>80 pages, 8.25&#8243; x 10&#8243; (A4 trimmed)<br \/>\nAkita Shoten, Dec. 1977<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Movie Terebi [TV] Magazine<\/em> was another monthly publication that gave considerable attention to <em>Yamato<\/em>, which included this &#8220;TV Mook,&#8221; a contraction of &#8220;Magazine&#8221; and &#8220;Book.&#8221; In fact, it is very probable that it was the first publication anywhere to use that term, which has since become a catchall. It was an excellent full-color guidebook to the TV series, organized by subject with half the page count devoted to <em>Yamato<\/em> and Earth, roughly a quarter going to Gamilas and Iscandar, and the balance devoted to a retelling of the story. In deference to the movie, there was no episodic breakdown of the series. Three more specials were produced after this one, ending with <em>Be Forever.<\/em>\n<\/div>\n<div style='width:390px; margin-right: 0px; float: right'>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/jun09\/B7801.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><em>Space Battleship Yamato<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Illust Fantasy: Starsha Space Love<\/em><\/h3>\n<p><em>16 pages, approx. 12&#8243; x 18&#8243;<br \/>\nBandai Joy us Books, Feb. 1978<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This oversize children&#8217;s book is the record-holder for largest page format, which opens to an enormous 18 X 24&#8243; spread. It was a highly simplified storybook consisting of 7 gigantic paintings that focused entirely on Starsha&#8217;s role in the first series. These paintings were credited to artists Tenkou Fukuta and animation staffer Kenzo Koizumi, and have never been reprinted elsewhere. <a href='https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/Joyus'>Click here<\/a> to see this book from cover to cover.\n<\/div>\n<div style='clear:both' \/>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"3\" cellpadding=\"3\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/jun09\/B7707.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/jun09\/B7707a.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/jun09\/B7802.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<h3><em>World of TV Anime<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Monthly Manga Shonen<\/em> special<\/h3>\n<p><em>220 pages, approx. 7.25&#8243; x 10&#8243; (B5)<br \/>\nAsahi Sonorama, Dec. 1977<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This was one of the first books of its kind, a compendium of TV anime dating back to 1963 and a strong precursor of the anime specialty magazines to come. Its lead feature was a full-color picture story of <em>Space Battleship Yamato<\/em> episode 25.<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<h3><em>Aireview<\/em> Special: <em>All SF Spacecraft<\/em><\/h3>\n<p><em>126 pages, approx. 7.25&#8243; x 10&#8243; (B5)<br \/>\nKantosha Co., Jan. 1978<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Published just a month later, this volume rounded up both real world and SF spacecraft into a compendium reaching all the way back to 1908. <em>Yamato<\/em> was the only anime title listed among such live-action fare as <em>2001, Star Wars,<\/em> and the James Bond series.<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<h3><em>Starburst<\/em> Magazine<br \/>Vol. 1 No. 2<\/h3>\n<p><em>50 pages, 8.25&#8243; x 11&#8243;<br \/>\nLondon, Great Britain, March 1978<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This was the first foreign publication to cover <em>Yamato<\/em>, though at the time it was only known to them as <em>Space Cruiser<\/em>, the international name for the English-dubbed movie that was distributed outside Japan. Read their complete coverage <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/236\">here.<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/jun09\/B7708.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><em>Terebi Magazine<\/em><\/h3>\n<p><em>Akita Shoten, Dec. 1977<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This was Akita Shoten&#8217;s magazine for entertainment on TV, which ran this colorful article (with a foldout poster) after the release of the <em>Yamato<\/em> movie. Such posters were common, and <em>Yamato<\/em> commanded the lion&#8217;s share of them in the late &#8217;70s.<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"3\" cellpadding=\"3\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"33%\" align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/jun09\/B7705.JPG\" border=0 \/><\/td>\n<td width=\"33%\" align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/jun09\/B7807.JPG\" border=0 \/><\/td>\n<td width=\"33%\" align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/jun09\/B7823.JPG\" border=0 \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<h3><em>Music Guide<\/em><\/h3>\n<p><em>No publishing data available<\/em><br \/>\n<em>October 1977<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Most likely a trade magazine for shops and collectors, this publication featured the Space Battleship Yamato drama LP on its cover. Learn more about the LP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/241\">here<\/a>.<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<h3><em>TV Guide<\/em><\/h3>\n<p><em>5.75&#8243; x 8.25&#8243; (A5)<br \/>\nTokyo News Agency, July 1978<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Your eyes do not deceive you; Japan had its own version of America&#8217;s most widely-read magazine and <em>Space Battleship Yamato<\/em> got its own cover story (with foldout poster) for the last week of July in 1978. This was to mark the movie&#8217;s debut on Fuji TV, the night before <em>Farewell to Yamato<\/em> opened in movie theatres.<\/p>\n<p>See the entire article <a href='https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/TVG01'>here<\/a> courtesy <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacecruiseryamato.com\">spacecruiseryamato.com<\/a><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<h3><em>Space Battleship Yamato<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Wonder Card<\/em> set<\/h3>\n<p><em>64 cards, 4&#8243; x 6&#8243; (A6)<br \/>\nAsahi Sonorama, Dec. 1978<\/em><\/p>\n<p>These cards, bound on one edge and contained in their own slipcase, featured major characters and mecha in color stills on one side and descriptive text on the back. A set for <em>Farewell to Yamato<\/em> was published simultaneously.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/jun09\/B7825.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><em>Space Battleship Yamato<\/em> vol. 1 &#038; 2<br \/>\nAnime Cartoon Masterpiece series #5 &#038; 6<\/h3>\n<p><em>40 pages each, approx. 7.5&#8243; x 8&#8243;<br \/>\nShogakukan, Dec. 1978 &amp; Jan. 1979<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This all color, two-volume retelling of the TV series was formatted with minimal text and color stills. Many episodes were not covered, but there was still material that was cut from the feature film. Shogakukan utilized this format for many other children&#8217;s books based on movies and TV shows, including both anime and live-action. There were a total of 7 <em>Yamato<\/em> volumes up to and including <em>The New Voyage<\/em>.<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"3\" cellpadding=\"3\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/jun09\/B7901.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/jun09\/B7911.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<h3><em>Space Battleship Yamato<\/em> Encyclopedia: Keibunsha No. 31<\/h3>\n<p><em>324 pages, 4&#8243; x 5.75&#8243; (A6)<br \/>\nKodansha, Jan. 1979<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Keibunsha is a well-known imprint of Japan&#8217;s biggest publisher, Kodansha, which produced unique <em>Yamato<\/em> products such as a panel book and a papercraft book. But the name is most often associated with a line of thick, sub-compact paperbacks (similar to Whitman&#8217;s famed Big Little Books) called Encyclopedias. These are still being published today, now numbering well over a thousand, with each volume devoted to some form of entertainment. There were already 30 of them when the first <em>Yamato Encyclopedia<\/em> appeared, which was a grab-bag of stills and artwork in both color and black &amp; white that organized everything in the story. Also included was an episode guide and extensive production notes. This and the next three volumes were reissued in a box set in 1999.<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<h3><em>TV Anime Complete Works<\/em><\/h3>\n<p><em>320 pages, approx. 4&#8243; x 6&#8243; (A6)<br \/>\nAkita Shoten, March 1979<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Published in the same format as Kodansha&#8217;s popular Keibunsha line, this thick volume offered a whirlwind tour of TV anime programs from 1963 to 1978. Naturally, this included the first <em>Yamato<\/em> TV series. Subsequent volumes carried on this format, concluding with volume 5 in 1986.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/jun09\/B8001.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><em>Space Battleship Yamato<\/em> Postcard Book<\/h3>\n<p><em>20 pages, approx. 12&#8243; x 12&#8243; Japan Business Company\/Children&#8217;s Pocket Encyclopedia, Jan. 1980<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This book brought together images from the first series and <em>Farewell to Yamato,<\/em> along with basic story information for each. The character art on the cover previously appeared in Office Academy&#8217;s <em>Yamato<\/em> calendar for 1980 (published in fall &#8217;79).<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/jun09\/B8103.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><em>Space Battleship Yamato<\/em> Anime Comics 1 &amp; 2<\/h3>\n<p><em>160 pages each, 5&#8243; x 7.25&#8243; (B6)<br \/>\nAkita Shoten, March &amp; May 1981<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This 2-volume set from the Champion Graphic division of Akita Shoten retold the story of the film in anime comic form, color stills with word balloons for dialogue. Other volumes were published for <em>Farewell to Yamato<\/em> and <em>Be Forever<\/em>. Read more about anime comics <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/188\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<div style='width:400px; margin-right: 0px; float: left'>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/jun09\/B8312.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style='width:380px; margin-right: 0px; float: right'>\n<h3><em>Space Battleship Yamato Big Encyclopedia<\/em><\/h3>\n<p><em>Rapport Deluxe Special<br \/>\n160 pages, approx. 7&#8243; x 10&#8243; (B5)<br \/>\nRapport KK, May 1983<br \/>\nTOP TEN PICK<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This was one of the best books of the production years, a fantastic grab-bag of data on the <em>Yamato<\/em> saga in general and series 1 in particular. Rapport KK was also the publisher of <em>Animec<\/em>, a hardcore otaku magazine if there ever was one, the editor of which was a former member of <em>Yamato Association<\/em>, the original fan club. The passion of the staff for their subject matter was obvious in the breadth and depth of their coverage. Highlights included sample storyboards from each TV episode, a timeline of events and trivia from the production years, and a round-table discussion with members of the original <em>Yamato<\/em> fan clubs (which can be read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/264\">here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>Below: a promotional poster for the book.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"image-right\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/oct11\/AnimecRDposter.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style='clear:both' \/>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"3\" cellpadding=\"3\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\"><a name=\"noizy\"><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/jun09\/BL01x.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/jun09\/BL16x.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<h3><em>Monthly Comic Noizy<\/em><\/h3>\n<p><em>8.25&#8243; x 11.75&#8243; (A4)<br \/>\nDai Nippon Kaiga Co., Nov. 1988<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This manga\/hobby periodical was the first to break an almost five-year absence of magazine coverage with a <em>&#8220;Space Cruiser Yamato<\/em> Graphic Memorial,&#8221; which consisted of a 4-page photostory that retold the Battle of Pluto with text and model photography. <a href='https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/noizy'>Click here<\/a> to see pages from two consecutive issues.<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<h3><em>The Hot Feelings Once Again<\/em><br \/>\nKeisuke Fujikawa Masterpiece TV Scripts Collection<\/h3>\n<p><em>244 pages, 6&#8243; x 8.25&#8243; (A5)<br \/>\nFujin Co., March 1999<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This was a collection of scripts from classic episodes of various anime TV series, all written by Keisuke Fujikawa. Episodes 2 and 26 of the first <em>Yamato<\/em> series were included, along with such titles as <em>Mazinger Z, UFO Robo Grandaizer,<\/em> and <em>Galaxy Express 999<\/em>. Mostly text with minimal black &amp; white stills.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/jun09\/BL02a.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><em>Space Battleship Yamato<\/em> Perfect Collection Laserdisc set Guidebook<\/h3>\n<p><em>100 pages, approx. 11.75&#8243; x 8.25&#8243; (A4 horizontal)<br \/>\nBandai Media, July 1990<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This lavishly-formatted book came with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/224\">LD box set<\/a> for series 1 and offered gorgeous coverage in full color. The first portion offered a complete cover-to-cover reproduction of the original 16-page pitch book from 1974, which was produced for prospective licensors and has never been reprinted elsewhere. Following that was an episode guide and a few pages of original artwork. The entire second half of the book was devoted to model sheets.<\/p>\n<div style='width:390px; margin-right: 0px; float: left'>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/jun09\/BL18x.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><em>The Space Battleship Yamato Legacy<\/em><\/h3>\n<p><em>By Leo Anzai<br \/>\n248 pages, approx. 6&#8243; x 8.25&#8243; (A5)<br \/>\nFootwork, July 1999<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This book focused on the making of the first TV series rather than the intricacies of its story. It was text-heavy, but with a decent amount of artwork as well, including some color stills and a large collection of animators&#8217; model sheets. It&#8217;s worth seeking out if you don&#8217;t happen to have some of the vintage 70s or 80s books in your collection. This was the first book published after Leiji Matsumoto took temporary possession of the <em>Yamato<\/em> copyright. It included interviews with both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/310\">Matsumoto<\/a> and vocalist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/254\">Isao Sasaki.<\/a> (Click on each to read their interview in full.)\n<\/div>\n<div style='width:390px; margin-right: 0px; float: right'>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/jun09\/BL22x.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><em>Space Battleship Yamato: The Faraway Planet Iscandar<\/em> Comic Anthology<\/h3>\n<p><em>212 pages, approx. 6&#8243; x 8.25&#8243; (A5)<br \/>\nStudio DNA Media Books, May 2000<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The talented artists of Studio DNA, in addition to being top-notch animators and game designers, are also formidable manga artists, and this book is what happened when they were asked to turn their passion for <em>Yamato<\/em> into comics. Doubtless many of them grew up on the anime (just as many of us grew up on <em>Star Blazers<\/em>), and it showed in the seven chapters that comprised this book. Each was an adaptation of a key TV episode, and each artist interpreted the story in their own fashion while also remaining loyal to the original. Viewers of <em>Star Blazers<\/em> will have no trouble keeping up, and it&#8217;s a genuine treat to sample the individual flavors each artist brings to the table. This book was published as a tie-in to the <em>Yamato<\/em> Playstation Games, which are covered <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/338\">here<\/a>.\n<\/div>\n<div style='clear:both' \/>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"3\" cellpadding=\"3\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"33%\" align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/jun09\/BL21x.JPG\" border=0 \/><\/td>\n<td width=\"33%\" align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/jun09\/BL32.JPG\" border=0 \/><\/td>\n<td width=\"33%\" align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/jun09\/BL42x.JPG\" border=0 \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<h3><em>This is Manga!<\/em><\/h3>\n<p><em>240 pages, 5&#8243; x 7.25&#8243; (B6)<br \/>\nMedia Factory, Nov. 1999<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A retrospective of classic manga, this book was the first to reprint a little-known picture story Matsumoto illustrated for Shogakukan&#8217;s <em>5th Grader<\/em> magazine while the first <em>Yamato<\/em> TV series was on the air. Read all about it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/318\">here.<\/a><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<h3><em>Space Battleship Yamato<br \/>Thriving After 30 Years<\/em><\/h3>\n<p><em>by Masayuki Endo<br \/>\n224 pages, approx. 5&#8243; x 7.5&#8243; (B6)<br \/>\nTreasure Island Co., April 2005<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This was a detailed walk-through of the first <em>Yamato<\/em> TV series, an in-depth analysis of the story highlighting the many aspects that relate to world history as we know it. It was largely a prose presentation with some occasional black and white stills, which makes it a prize for completists only. The more casual fan should look elsewhere.<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<h3><em>Space Battleship Yamato Guidebook<\/em><\/h3>\n<p><em>20 pages, 8.25&#8243; x 11.25&#8243; (A4)<br \/>\nMediaworks, March 2008<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This full-color pamphlet was an insert from <em>Dengeki Hobby<\/em> magazine, published to commemorate the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/225\">2008 DVD box set<\/a> for the first TV series, which included a new 1\/700 <em>Yamato<\/em> kit. 6 pages were dedicated to the model with an episode guide filling the balance. View the entire magazine from cover to cover <a href='https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/dengeki'>here<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/jun09\/BL22a.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><em>Space Battleship Yamato<\/em> DVD Memorial Box Preservation File<\/h3>\n<p><em>64 pages, approx. 5.5&#8243; x 7.5&#8243;<br \/>\nBandai Visual, July 2000<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Compiled and written by longtime <em>Yamato<\/em> fan Hideaki Ito, this amazing volume came packaged with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/224\">DVD Memorial Box<\/a> for the first TV series and covered a wealth of topics in incredible detail, from the making of the anime to its many forms of merchandising. This book and its companion volumes have provided valuable research for this website, and are highly recommended for serious collectors.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/jun09\/BL41a.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><em>Space Battleship Yamato<\/em> DVD Box Record File<\/h3>\n<p><em>28 pages, approx. 5.5&#8243; x 7.5&#8243;<br \/>\nBandai Visual, Feb. 2008<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This booklet is a condensed version of the earlier edition, focusing only on the making of the anime. It was also compiled by Hideaki Ito, who participated in the entire production of the special 2008 DVD remaster and the accompanying 1\/700 Yamato model kit. Read all about them <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/225\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Related Links:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/171\">Space Battleship Yamato manga by Leiji Matsumoto<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/174\">Space Battleship Yamato manga by Akira Hio<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/216\">Space Battleship Yamato novelizations<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/291\">Publications from Office Academy<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/321\">Continue to the Farewell to Yamato bibliography<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[78,81],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-publishing-series-1","category-publishing-space-battleship-yamato-the-movie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1564"}],"version-history":[{"count":36,"href":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1564\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35239,"href":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1564\/revisions\/35239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}