{"id":1572,"date":"2013-06-27T06:31:20","date_gmt":"2013-06-27T06:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/?p=1572"},"modified":"2025-03-26T22:20:14","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T05:20:14","slug":"324","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/324\/","title":{"rendered":"<em>Be Forever 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\">Since <em>Be Forever<\/em> was the first new high-profile feature film since <em>Farewell to Yamato<\/em> two years earlier, every effort was made for it to surpass its predecessor. It didn&#8217;t quite accomplish this in terms of the quantity of books published, but the quality, creativity, and variety more than made up for it.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><!--noteaser--><\/p>\n<style>\n.image-middle {\n\ttext-align: center;\n\tclear: both;\n\twidth: 100%;\n\tpadding-top: 15px;\npadding-bottom: 15px;\n}\n.image-left {\n \tfloat: left;\n\tpadding-right: 10px;\n\tpadding-bottom: 10px;\n}\n.image-right {\n\tfloat: right;\n\tpadding-left: 10px;\n\tpadding-bottom: 10px;\n}\n  <\/style>\n<p>Since this was the first new high-profile feature film since <em>Farewell to Yamato<\/em> two years earlier, every effort was made for it to surpass its predecessor. It didn&#8217;t quite accomplish this in terms of the quantity of books published, but the quality, creativity, and variety more than made up for this. For one thing, there were more anime specialty magazines by this time and monthly coverage of <em>Be Forever<\/em> could be found in all of them. (See this coverage in our <a href='https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/601'><em>Be Forever Yamato<\/em> Time Machine<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>\nNot included in this bibliography are manga titles, novels, and special publications from West Cape Corporation. Links for all of them can be found at the end of this page.<\/p>\n<p><\/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\/B8004.JPG\" border=0 \/><\/td>\n<td width=\"33%\" align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/jun09\/B8006.JPG\" border=0 \/><\/td>\n<td width=\"33%\" align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/jun09\/B8010.JPG\" border=0 \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<h3><em>Monthly Animation<\/em> Magazine #7<\/h3>\n<p>      <em>8.25&#8243; x 11.75&#8243; (A4)<br \/>\nBronze Co., July 1980<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Monthly Animation<\/em> was a different kind of anime specialty magazine, one that followed international productions and wrote with a greater eye toward analysis than promoting the latest trends. To wit, this issue&#8217;s <em>Be Forever<\/em> cover story included very insightful interviews. Read them <a href='https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/601'>here<\/a>.<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<h3><em>The Anime<\/em> Magazine #8<\/h3>\n<p>      <em>8.25&#8243; x 11.75&#8243; (A4)<br \/>\nKindaieiga Co., July 1980<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Anime<\/em> had been around for 8 issues when the first <em>Yamato<\/em> cover came up in connection with <em>Be Forever<\/em>. It contained a 20 page article comprised of equal parts artwork and interviews, just one of many such articles that filled anime magazines as the premiere approached. Read the article <a href='https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/601'>here<\/a>.<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<h3><em>Animage<\/em> Magazine #26<\/h3>\n<p>      <em>8.25&#8243; x 11.75&#8243; (A4)<br \/>\nTokuma Shoten, Aug. 1980<\/em><\/p>\n<p>After appearing on <em>Animage<\/em>&#8216;s first two covers in the summer of 1978, the magazine brought <em>Yamato<\/em> back two years later just as <em>Be Forever<\/em> hit the movie screens. The 16-page article was typical of <em>Animage<\/em>&#8216;s in-depth coverage for the film throughout 1980, even reporting on the radio drama. Tokuma Shoten was a promotional partner for the film, which gave them access to plenty of exclusive info. Read the article <a href='https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/601'>here<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/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\/B8008.JPG\" border=0 \/><\/td>\n<td width=\"33%\" align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/jun09\/B8009.JPG\" border=0 \/><\/td>\n<td width=\"33%\" align=\"center\"><a name=\"TVG03\"><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/jun09\/B8106.JPG\" border=0 \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<h3>Monthly <em>OUT<\/em> Magazine<\/h3>\n<p>      <em>Approx. 7&#8243; x 10&#8243; (B5)<br \/>\nMinori Shobo, July 1979<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This was <em>Yamato<\/em>&#8216;s last appearance on the cover of <em>OUT<\/em> Magazine, an association that went all the way back to its <a href='https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/265'>historic April 1977 issue<\/a>. <em>Be Forever<\/em> got a very generous 56 pages of coverage which consisted of interviews, model sheets, color stills, a music review, and background info lovingly written by fans for fans. Of special note was a timeline that may have been the first to chart all the story events leading up to <em>Be Forever<\/em>. Read all of this content <a href='https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/619'>here<\/a>.<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<h3><em>Kinejun Motion Picture Times<\/em> #791<\/h3>\n<p>      <em>7.25&#8243; x 10&#8243; (B5)<br \/>\nKinema Jumpo Co. Ltd., Aug. 1980<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Two years after their first <em>Yamato<\/em> cover story, the editors of movie magazine <em>Kinejun<\/em> followed up with this one, which fronted for 27 pages that included color stills, interviews with members of the production staff, and a partial screenplay. (The rest was published in a later issue.) Read this content <a href='https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/619'>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, Aug. 1981<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Yamato<\/em>&#8216;s third time as a cover feature on the Japanese edition of <em>TV Guide<\/em> happened for the last week of July, 1981. It promoted the August premiere of <em>Be Forever<\/em> on the Fuji network, which warranted an eight-page article. <a href='https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/TVG03'>Click here<\/a> to see it in full.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"3\" cellpadding=\"3\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50%\" align=\"center\" valign=\"top\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/jun09\/B8011.JPG\" border=0 \/><\/td>\n<td width=\"50%\" align=\"center\" valign=\"top\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/jun09\/B8012a.JPG\" border=0 \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<h3>Movie Series<br \/>\n      <em>Space Battleship Yamato<\/em> Big Collection<\/h3>\n<p>      <em>36 pages, 8.25&#8243; x 11.75&#8243; (A4)<br \/>\nAsahi Sonorama, Sept. 1980<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This full-color magazine was published to commemorate <em>Be Forever<\/em>, but gave equal time to the first two <em>Yamato<\/em> movies as well. It contained an archive of promotional material and a brief history of events and merchandising. Several pages were devoted to the promotion of <em>Be Forever<\/em> with unique photographs of such events as the sea cruise and <a href='https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/253'>Budokan concert<\/a>.<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<h3><em>Anime Poster Big Compendium<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>      <em>160 pages, 5&#8243; x 7.25&#8243; (B6)<br \/>\nAkita Shoten, Sept. 1980<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This is as good an example as any of the popularity of anime by the year 1980. Champion Graphic, an imprint of Akita Shoten, put together this substantial full-color collection of poster art from various anime productions dating back to the 60s. Leiji Matsumoto&#8217;s productions opened the book with <em>Yamato<\/em> movie and promotional posters getting 10 pages of coverage. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"3\" cellpadding=\"3\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50%\" align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/jun09\/B8012.JPG\" border=0 \/><\/td>\n<td width=\"50%\" align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/jun09\/B8025.JPG\" border=0 \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<h3><em>Be Forever Yamato<\/em><br \/>\n      <em>Roadshow<\/em> Special Edition<\/h3>\n<p>      <em>112 pages, approx. 8.25&#8243; x 10&#8243; (A4 trimmed)<br \/>\nShueisha, Sept. 1980<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Shueisha&#8217;s <em>Roadshow<\/em> special for <em>Be Forever<\/em> upheld the high standards of earlier editions. It contained a section of double-page highlight scenes, a character guide, background paintings, the complete screenplay, staff interviews, model sheets, song lyrics, and a full-color retrospective on the previous <em>Yamato<\/em> movies.<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<h3><em>Be Forever Yamato<\/em><br \/>\n      <em>Terebi Magazine<\/em> Special<\/h3>\n<p>      <em>88 pages, 8.25&#8243; x 10&#8243; (A4 trimmed)<br \/>\nAkita Shoten, Nov. 1980<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This full-color spinoff of <em>Terebi [TV] Magazine<\/em> provided an excellent overview of the film organized by subject. It contained a section on <em>Yamato<\/em> mechanics, Earth character profiles, Dark Nebula mecha and characters, and a story digest. This was the last <em>Terebi Magazine<\/em> special devoted to <em>Yamato<\/em>; no edition was produced for the final film.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"3\" cellpadding=\"3\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50%\" align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/jun09\/B8013.JPG\" border=0 \/><\/td>\n<td width=\"50%\" align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/jun09\/B8015.JPG\" border=0 \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<h3><em>Be Forever Yamato<\/em><br \/>\n      Precise Illustrated Edition<\/h3>\n<p>      <em>16 single-sided sheets, 9&#8243; x 7.25&#8243;<br \/>\nAsahi Sonorama, Sept. 1980<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Sonorama published two of these unique sets (the other was for <em>Farewell to Yamato<\/em>) with fold-out blueprints of the movie&#8217;s major spacecraft and other mecha. Each sheet was bound on one side and opened to 18&#8243; x 13.5&#8243; when cut free of the spine. They featured isometric views of their subjects with occasional cutaways and technical notes. Single sheets were also dedicated to Gamilas warships and the Comet Empire Dreadnought.<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<h3><em>Be Forever Yamato<\/em><br \/>\n      Anime Cel Collection<\/h3>\n<p>      <em>60 pages, 8.25&#8243; x 11.75&#8243; (A4)<br \/>\nShonen Pictorial Co., Sept. 1980<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Repeating the format of their successful cel collection books for <em>Farewell to Yamato<\/em>, Shonen Pictorial Co. produced this set of 12 pseudo-cels for <em>Be Forever<\/em> which were combined with a guide to the film&#8217;s story.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"3\" cellpadding=\"3\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50%\" align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/jun09\/B8014.JPG\" border=0 \/><\/td>\n<td width=\"50%\" align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/jun09\/B8022.JPG\" border=0 \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<h3>SF Fantastic Animation Materials<br \/>\n      <em>Be Forever Yamato<\/em> Setting Data Collection<\/h3>\n<p>      <em>234 pages, 8.25&#8243; x 10&#8243; (A4 trimmed)<br \/>\nShonen Pictorial Co., Sept. 1980<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This was one volume in a short-lived series that devoted a large page count to extensive coverage with several exclusive features. Regrettably, <em>Be Forever<\/em> was the only <em>Yamato<\/em> film to receive this treatment (the only other known volumes were devoted to <em>My Youth in Arcadia<\/em> and <em>Galaxy Express<\/em>). It contained a full-color photostory, character profiles, <em>Yamato<\/em>&#8216;s interior, the complete screenplay, model sheets, an event report for the summer of 1980, the complete script of the <em>Be Forever<\/em> radio drama, the complete movie storyboard (including deleted scenes), and a voice actor round table.<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<h3><em>Be Forever Yamato<\/em><br \/>\n      Roman Album No. 36 Deluxe<\/h3>\n<p>      <em>122 pages, 8.25&#8243; x 11.25&#8243; (A4)<br \/>\nTokuma Shoten, Oct. 1980<\/em><br \/>\n<em>TOP TEN PICK<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The fourth <em>Yamato<\/em> Roman Album came just 7 months after the third, but showed another tremendous leap forward in sophistication. It was Tokuma&#8217;s finest volume yet in terms of layout and design with sections now labeled in English, perhaps as a nod to the growing international audience. It contained a Cine Digest (photostory), Special Area (highlight scenes), Art Area (locations), Character &#038; Mechanic Areas (model sheets), and a Staff Area (commentary). Support material included original illustrations of <em>Yamato<\/em> hardware and promotional coverage. Strangely, there was also a page showing 13 completed model kits, only 4 of which were actually released.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style='width:532px; margin-right: 0px; float: left'>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/jun09\/B8016.JPG\" border=0 \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style='width:266px; margin-right: 0px; float: right'>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/jun09\/B8019.JPG\" border=0 \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style='clear:both' \/>\n<div style='width:390px; margin-right: 0px; float: left'>\n<h3><em>Be Forever Yamato<\/em><br \/>\n      Anime Comics 1 &#038; 2<\/h3>\n<p>      <em>160 pages each, 5&#8243; x 7.25&#8243; (B6)<br \/>\nAkita Shoten, Oct. &#038; Nov. 1980<\/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<br \/>\nstills with word balloons for dialogue. Read more about anime comics <a href='https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/188'>here<\/a>. Other volumes were published for the first and second movies.\n<\/div>\n<div style='width:390px; margin-right: 0px; float: left'>\n<h3><em>Be Forever Yamato Secret Notebook<\/em><br \/>\n      Perfect Memoir No. 11<\/h3>\n<p>      <em>210 pages, approx. 3.75&#8243; x 7.25&#8243;<br \/>\nLeed Co., Oct. 1980<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This was Leed&#8217;s second <em>Yamato<\/em> volume, a handy guidebook to the movie that could travel in anyone&#8217;s pocket or purse. It contained a story digest, highlight scenes, character and mecha encyclopedia, staff and music notes, a glossary, and new product catalog.\n<\/div>\n<div style='clear:both' \/>\n<hr \/>\n<div class='clear'>\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\/B8017.JPG\" border=0 \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style='width:390px; margin-right: 0px; float: right'>\n<h3><em>Be Forever Yamato<\/em> Big Compendium<br \/>\n<em>Screen<\/em> magazine special<\/h3>\n<p><em>68 pages, approx. 10&#8243; x 14.5&#8243; (B4)<br \/>\nKindaieiga co., Oct. 1980<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This was the largest <em>Be Forever<\/em> publication in terms of page size, a full-color tabloid-format special edition of <em>Screen<\/em> movie magazine. It opened with large-scale highlight scenes, moved through a photostory of the film interrupted by a gigantic centerfold of the <em>Yamato<\/em> <a href='https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/202'>cutaway art,<\/a> and finished with a look back at past stories and a collection of staff comments. In terms of the &#8220;wow&#8221; factor, it is only surpassed by Westcape&#8217;s <em>Final Deluxe<\/em> hardcover book. Kindaiega co. published a similar magazine for <em>Final Yamato<\/em> in 1983.<\/p>\n<p>Below is a bonus sticker sheet produced by the same publication.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"image-right\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/jun09\/324stickers.JPG\" border=0 \/><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div style='clear:both' \/>\n<hr \/>\n<div class='clear'>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"3\" cellpadding=\"3\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50%\" align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/jun09\/B8018.JPG\" border=0 \/><\/td>\n<td width=\"50%\" align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/jun09\/B8020.JPG\" border=0 \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<h3><em>Be Forever Yamato &#038; All Space Battleship Yamato<\/em> Perfect Memoir Deluxe 4<\/h3>\n<p>      <em>258 pages, 8.25&#8243; x 5.75&#8243; (A5 horizontal)<br \/>\n        Leed Co., Oct. 1980<\/em><\/p>\n<p>What it lacked in page size this compendium made up for in thickness, covering the entire saga up to and including <em>Be Forever<\/em>. Starting with 34 pages of film story, it moved on to an extensive encyclopedia of characters and mecha, a section on favorite scenes and a collection of song lyrics. It concluded with 70 pages of tightly-packed model sheets from <em>Be Forever<\/em>. &#8220;Perfect Memoir&#8221; was the name of a series of paperbacks from Leed Co. The &#8220;Perfect Memoir Deluxe&#8221; had a slightly larger format.<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<h3><em>Be Forever Yamato<\/em><b3><br \/>\n      Eternal Treasure Storybook<\/h3>\n<p>      <em>Approx. 7.25&#8243; x 4.75&#8243;<br \/>\n        Jitusgyono Nippon Co., Oct. 1980<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This unusual horizontally-formatted storybook of the film was the only known <em>Yamato<\/em> product from this publisher. It combined color and black &#038; white stills with text to tell the story of the movie and came with its own slipcase. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"3\" cellpadding=\"3\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50%\" align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/jun09\/B8021.JPG\" border=0 \/><\/td>\n<td width=\"50%\" align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/jun09\/B8023.JPG\" border=0 \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<h3><em>Be Forever Yamato<\/em> Encyclopedia<br \/>\n      Keibunsha No. 68<\/h3>\n<p>      <em>320 pages, 4&#8243; x 5.75&#8243; (A6)<br \/>\nKodansha, Oct. 1980<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The fourth <em>Yamato<\/em> book in the Keibunsha series matched the established format of previous editions, starting with a story digest and continuing with encyclopedic pages of model sheets and black &#038; white stills. The production notes included an overview of the saga and information on products and fan clubs. It was one of the four Encyclopedias to be reprinted for a box set in 1999. <\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<h3><em>Space Battleship Yamato<\/em><br \/>\n      All Mecha Big Collection<\/h3>\n<p>      <em>320 pages, approx. 4&#8243; x 6&#8243; (A6)<br \/>\nAsahi Sonorama, Oct. 1980<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This thick, small-format paperback was Sonorama&#8217;s answer to the popular Keibunsha series published by Kodansha. Using a combination of stills, model sheets, and artwork derived from Sonorama blueprint sets, every mechanical device up to and including <em>Be Forever<\/em> was examined in black and white punctuated by a few color pages. A subsequent volume for <em>Final Yamato<\/em> was published in 1983.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"3\" cellpadding=\"3\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50%\" align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/jun09\/B8024.JPG\" border=0 \/><\/td>\n<td width=\"50%\" align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/jun09\/B8028.JPG\" border=0 \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<h3><em>Leiji Matsumoto Anime Fantasy World<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>      <em>128 pages, approx. 8&#8243; x 11.75&#8243; (A4)<br \/>\nKindaieiga co., Nov. 1980<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This was the first large-format book to explore Matsumoto&#8217;s anime projects, which by this time included <em>Space Pirate Captain Harlock, Galaxy Express 999<\/em> and a movie titled <em>The Legend of Marine Snow.<\/em> Read a short <em>Yamato<\/em> essay from this book <a href='https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/301'>here.<\/a><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<h3><em>All of Leiji Matsumoto<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>      <em>16 pages, 8.25&#8243; x 11.75&#8243; (A4)<br \/>\nUnknown publisher, 1980<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This slim magazine resembled a movie program book and promoted the debut of Matsumoto&#8217;s next major TV series, <em>Queen Millennia.<\/em> It included brief coverage of <em>Be Forever.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/nov24\/993a37x.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><em>Be Forever Yamato<\/em> vol. 1 &#038; 2 Sonosheet Books<\/h3>\n<p><em>18 pages each, approx. 7.5&#8243; x 10.5&#8243;<br \/>\n  Asahi Sonorama, 1980<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Asahi Sonorama published a two-volume set of panel books (printed on thick card stock) that retold the story of the film for children (18 pages per volume), combining simple text with large color stills. &#8220;Sonosheet&#8221; was Sonorama&#8217;s term for a 45rpm flexi-disc of the <em>Yamato<\/em> theme that came with Volume 1 and <em>The Scarlet Scarf<\/em> that came with Volume 2.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/nov24\/993a38.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h3><em>Be Forever Yamato<\/em> Shueisha Anime Picture Books<\/h3>\n<p><em>18 pages each, approx. 7.5&#8243; x 10.5&#8243;<br \/>\nShueisha, 1980<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Shueisha, meanwhile, offered a three-volume set in the same format with original art and paintings based on animation stills. Each of these volumes was also 18 pages.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/nov24\/993a39.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you bought all three of them at once, you might have taken home this slipcase to store them in.<\/p>\n<p class=\"image-middle\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/apr11\/TLfilmbook.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Monthly magazines were also a source for movie coverage and even the occasional tip-in bonus item. This horizontally-formatted <em>Be Forever<\/em> film book was included in the September 1980 issue of <em>Terebi Land<\/em> magazine, whose association with <em>Yamato<\/em> went all the way back to Series 1. (See the &#8220;lost&#8221; manga from <em>Terebi Land<\/em> <a href='https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/522'>here.<\/a>) Foldout posters such as the one shown below (printed on both sides) were also common.<\/p>\n<p class=\"image-middle\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/aug11\/mysteryBFYposter.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"image-middle\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/feb11\/BFcalwide.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Above: Foldout calendars from unknown magazines, 1980<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\nRelated links:<\/p>\n<p><a href='https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/177'><em>Be Forever Yamato<\/em> manga<\/a><br \/>\n<a href='https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/220'><em>Be Forever Yamato<\/em> novelizations<\/a><br \/>\n<a href='https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/296'>Publications from West Cape Corporation<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<a href='https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/325'>Continue to the <em>Yamato III<\/em> bibliography<\/a><\/p>\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":[74],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-publishing-be-forever-yamato"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1572","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=1572"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1572\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40107,"href":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1572\/revisions\/40107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}