{"id":20071,"date":"2014-10-14T20:51:31","date_gmt":"2014-10-15T03:51:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/?p=20071"},"modified":"2015-10-14T20:52:11","modified_gmt":"2015-10-15T03:52:11","slug":"061a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/061a\/","title":{"rendered":"Yamato Resurrection<\/em> Bibliography"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A complete record of books and magazines published for Yamato Resurrection<\/em> from 2009 to present.<\/p>\n

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2010 Calendars<\/h3>\n

October and December, 2009<\/em><\/p>\n

The first Yamato Resurrection<\/em> calendar was published by the Etoile Company. Measuring about 18″ x 25″, it features six pages of CG-rendered spaceships with three devoted to Yamato<\/em>, one to the Cosmo Pulsar fighter, one to Earth ships, and one for enemy vessels. See the entire calendar front to back here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The second calendar was larger, about 20″ x 30″ and offered plenty of stills from the movie. See it from cover to cover here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Hyperweapon 2009<\/em><\/h3>\n

64 pages, Model Art, November 2009<\/em><\/p>\n

The first Resurrection<\/em> tie-in book was this large-format magazine. Published by Model Art Co., it is the brainchild of mecha designer Makoto Kobayashi, who uses it as a showcase for his work. This issue concentrated on Space Battleships and devoted the lion’s share of its pages to Kobayashi’s prolific work for Resurrection<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Kobayashi’s history as a modeler, manga artist, and designer goes back to the early 1980s. He originally joined the Yamato<\/em> production unit to work on Yamato 2520<\/em><\/a> and stayed on for the first attempt to make Resurrection<\/em> (see details here<\/a>). Rare examples of this early work were included in Hyperweapon 2009<\/em>, including designs for the abandoned Dessler’s War<\/em> project<\/a> (shown below).<\/p>\n

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Later issues of Hyperweapon<\/em> documented Kobayashi’s work on Yamato 2199<\/em>, and can be found in the 2199<\/em> bibliography<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Movie program book<\/h3>\n

40 pages, December 2009<\/em><\/p>\n

Movie program books are a continuing staple of Japanese cinema, and Resurrection<\/em>‘s program was a real beauty, 40 glossy full-color pages including the centerspread shown above. See it from cover to cover here<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Director\u2019s Cut program book<\/h3>\n

20 pages, January 2012<\/em><\/p>\n

The Director\u2019s Cut for Resurrection<\/em> was shown in only one Tokyo theater for only one week in late January\/early February 2012 (after which it went to home video), but even this short run warranted a program book of its own. See it from cover to cover here<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Model Sheets Collection<\/h3>\n

64 pages, December 2009<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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500mm Yamato<\/em> Papercraft<\/h3>\n

December, 2009<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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These publications came out with the movie premiere in December 2009, exclusive to souvenir shops in the Toho Cinema chain. Both followed Yamato<\/em> traditions established many years ago. The Model Sheet Collection<\/em> (above left) was a 64-page collection of animation designs direct from the studio, featuring characters and mecha. The papercraft set (above right) allowed you to build a 20″ paper model of the ship. It was co-produced by two companies, Fujitsu Zero Taro Store and Office Prion. Another edition was released in 2010, scaled up to twice this size.<\/p>\n

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Rocks<\/em> magazine No. 5<\/h3>\n

Shibuya Publishing, December 2009<\/em><\/p>\n

This magazine was the first to carry a Resurrection<\/em> cover story. It’s a real oddball, a wide-ranging publication covering pop culture, travel, fashion, music, and whatever else seems to interest the hipsters at Shibuya Publishing. In this case, they lovingly devoted 34 pages to a feature called “The World of SF Animation” that focused almost exclusively on Yamato<\/em> and contained some very unique coverage. <\/p>\n

See a gallery of selected pages here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Yamato Resurrection Complete Box<\/em><\/h3>\n

Yamato Books, October 2010<\/em><\/p>\n

The ultimate Resurrection<\/em> collectible finally arrived when this set began shipping from Yamato Books in the fall of 2010. Sold exclusively through the Yamato Crew<\/em> website and limited to 5,000 copies, it was a direct callback to the Yamato<\/em> production years when Office Academy (later Westcape Corporation) set the standard for high-end publishing with its deluxe hardcover art books. This set picks up where those left off and adds some pretty amazing artifacts to the package.<\/p>\n

Read a detailed review here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Hyperweapon 2011<\/em><\/h3>\n

64 pages, Model Art, June 2011<\/em><\/p>\n

This issue picked up where the 2009 edition left off with 21 pages on the Yamato Resurrection<\/em> Director’s Cut and an artistic exploration of EDF ships in the post-Resurrection<\/em> timeframe, including the sister ship Musashi<\/em>. Kobayashi’s designs for the Last Exile<\/em> movie provide the other major feature.<\/p>\n

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2012 Art Calendar<\/h3>\n

Yamato Crew, January 2012<\/em><\/p>\n

This calendar was sold through the Yamato Crew website with new artwork by mecha designer Makoto Kobayashi. Those who placed pre-orders were offered a special page (above) for download November 2011.<\/p>\n

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The calendar contained the six pages shown above, and was received just before the Resurrection<\/em> Director’s Cut began its one-week theatrical run.<\/p>\n

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