{"id":1789,"date":"2013-06-21T03:00:05","date_gmt":"2013-06-21T03:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/?p=1789"},"modified":"2015-07-11T17:04:56","modified_gmt":"2015-07-12T00:04:56","slug":"288","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/288\/","title":{"rendered":"Yamato<\/em> Fan Club Magazine index, Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A complete index of the fan club magazine’s first 35 issues, from February 1978 to June 1983<\/p>\n

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The Production Years<\/h2>\n

Imagine a published work devoted to Space Battleship Yamato<\/em> that took 14 years to complete. It’s loaded with interesting, unique, and original material that appeared nowhere else. Plus, it’s over 4 inches thick. That’s what you get from a complete run of the official fan club magazine.<\/p>\n

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Beginning in 1978, Yamato<\/em> fans had something completely unprecedented in the growing medium of anime: a direct line of news and information from the head office of a production studio. It was unquestionably the tremendous outpouring of support during the previous year (and the revolutionary work done by fans on their own) that convinced Producer Yoshinobu Nishizaki to create a fan club for them–and their very own magazine, to boot. <\/p>\n

In the process, it provided anime fan culture with a structure it hadn’t known before. This was a few months before mass-market speciality magazines like Animage<\/em> and Animedia<\/em> arrived on the scene, and OUT<\/em><\/a> was already moving beyond Yamato<\/em> to cover other anime, so anyone hungry for news on the upcoming sequel would find the fan club magazine indispensable. Even when other magazines emerged and made Yamato<\/em> coverage a priority, the club magazine was still out front and stayed there throughout the production years.<\/p>\n

The content during these years was reliably keyed into whatever production was hottest at the moment, coupled with a monthly ‘fan club plaza’ feature that reprinted fan letters and artwork. There were also mail-order products (made by outside manufacturers) that were sold at special discounts to club members, and even an occasional insert letter from Nishizaki himself.<\/p>\n

The publishing schedule was somewhat haphazard with the first three issues released monthly, at which point they went bimonthly and stayed that way. Official publication dates remained solidly fixed to a 60-day calendar, but the actual street-date of the magazine began to slip as time went on. Thus, the dates given below may not strictly indicate when an issue actually ended up in the hands of subscribers.<\/p>\n

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\nIssue 1: 2\/25\/78
\nPart II announcement & interview, Roots of Yamato,<\/em> Matsumoto gallery, Nishizaki interview & essay.
\nSee content here<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nIssue 2: 3\/25\/78
\nSeries 1 model sheets,
\nfan club list, early “part II” model sheets\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nIssue 3: 4\/25\/78
\nPart 2 news, Storyboards, Nishizaki interview.
\nSee content here<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nIssue 4: 6\/25\/78
\nFarewell to Yamato<\/em> press conference, artwork, Nishizaki interview.
\nSee content here.<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nIssue 5: 8\/25\/78
\nFarewell<\/em> premiere, music,
\nstory synopsis, symphonic concert, Nishizaki interview.
\nSee content here.<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nIssue 6: 10\/25\/78
\nSeries 2 startup, episodes 1-3, Farewell<\/em> press coverage
\nSee content here.<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nIssue 7: 12\/25\/78
\nBook releases, Series 2 episodes 4-7.
\nSee content here.<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nIssue 8: 2\/25\/79
\nSeries 2 model sheets & storyboarding, episodes 8-21\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nIssue 9: 4\/25\/79
\nAndromeda<\/em> cutaway, Series 2 fan mail, episodes 22-26, New Voyage<\/em> announcement.
\nSee content here.<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nIssue 10: 6\/25\/79
\nNew Voyage<\/em> news &
\nartwork, cel painting\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nIssue 11: 8\/25\/79
\nNew Voyage<\/em> synopsis & data, Yamato<\/em> film festival, Blue Noah<\/em> coverage\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nIssue 12: 10\/25\/79
\nNishizaki talks about ‘Part 3,’ Series 2 retrospective, Blue Noah<\/em> artwork
\nSee content here.<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nIssue 13: 12\/25\/79
\nMessage for 1980, animation stills, Fans discuss “part 3”, Maeterlink’s Blue Bird<\/em> coverage, Blue Noah<\/em>
\nepisodes 1-12\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nIssue 14: 2\/25\/80
\nYamato<\/em> upgrades for ‘Part 3,’ Blue Noah<\/em> episodes 13-24, Blue Bird<\/em> episodes 1-6, Blue Noah<\/em> festival & merchandise\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nIssue 15: 4\/25\/80
\nBe Forever<\/em> production
\narticles, Blue Bird<\/em>
\nepisodes 7-12
\nSee content here.<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nIssue 16: 6\/25\/80
\nBe Forever<\/em> production articles.
\nSee content here<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nIssue 17: 7\/25\/80
\nBe Forever<\/em> production and promotion articles.
\nSee content here<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nIssue 18: 8\/25\/80
\nBe Forever<\/em> premiere,
\nsynopsis, event coverage.
\nSee content here<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nIssue 19: 10\/25\/80
\nSeries 3 producer’s message, episodes 1-11, model sheets.
\nSee content here<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nIssue 20: 12\/25\/80
\nNishizaki on Series 3,
\nepisodes 12-17, product announcements.
\nSee content here<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nIssue 21: 2\/25\/81
\nSeries 3 articles, episodes
\n18-22, voice actor interviews.
\nSee content here<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nIssue 22: 4\/25\/81
\nSeries 3 articles, episodes
\n23-25, voice actor interviews.
\nSee content here<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nIssue 23: 6\/25\/81
\nNishizaki message,
\nFinal Yamato<\/em> brainstorming, Yamato<\/em> launch scenes.
\nSee content here<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nIssue 24: 8\/25\/81
\nFinal Yamato<\/em> brainstorming and discussion, Bolar data.
\nSee content here<\/a> and here<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nIssue 24 flexidisc
\nBonus item containing spoken messages from Nishizaki and voice actors\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nIssue 25: 10\/25\/81
\nNishizaki on club meetings, Final Yamato<\/em> brainstorming, fan contributions.
\nSee content here<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nIssue 26: 12\/25\/81
\nNishizaki message, saga retrospective, Final Yamato<\/em> brainstorming.
\nSee content here<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nIssue 27: 2\/25\/82
\nEvent announcements, song lyrics, music lists, Series 1 & 2 offered on 16mm film\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nIssue 28: 4\/25\/82
\nMaking of Final Yamato,<\/em> art staff interviews, event announcements.
\nSee content here<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nIssue 29: 6\/25\/82
\nQ&A with Nishizaki, rebirth of Okita, Final Yamato<\/em> art design, event announcements.
\nSee content here<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nIssue 30: 8\/25\/82
\nEvent reports, promo film report, Final Yamato<\/em> art design, Yamato<\/em> pilot film.
\nSee content here<\/a> and here<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nIssue 31: 10\/25\/82
\nSpecial report on 10-year commemorative party, Final Yamato<\/em> artwork & song lyrics.
\nSee content here<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nIssue 32: 1\/10\/83
\nNishizaki message, song recordings, Final Yamato<\/em> storyboards.
\nSee content here<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nIssue 33: 2\/25\/83
\nFinal Yamato<\/em> synopsis, production articles, Grand Festival report.
\nSee content here<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nIssue 34: 4\/25\/83
\nNishizaki message on Final Yamato,<\/em> animation art, 70mm preparation
\nSee content here<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nIssue 35: 6\/25\/83
\nFinal Yamato<\/em> 70mm report, charity sale auction, club symposium report
\nSee content here<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Continue to Part 2<\/a><\/p>\n

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