{"id":28824,"date":"2020-09-13T23:02:59","date_gmt":"2020-09-14T06:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/?p=28824"},"modified":"2021-01-04T08:40:01","modified_gmt":"2021-01-04T16:40:01","slug":"485a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/485a\/","title":{"rendered":"<em>Space Battleship Yamato 2202<\/em> Report 50"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-880 alt=\"2009icon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009icon.JPG\" width=\"216\" height=\"90\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"cosmo-teaser\">August was another month without major <em>Yamato<\/em> news, but general activity actually ticked up slightly with continuing installments, lots of fan activity, and unexpected surprises lurking in the corners. Here&#8217;s how August 2020 kept <em>Yamato<\/em> fans on their toes\u2026<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><!--noteaser--><\/p>\n<p>August was another month without major <em>Yamato<\/em> news, but general activity actually ticked up slightly with continuing installments, lots of fan activity, and unexpected surprises lurking in the corners. Here&#8217;s how August 2020 kept <em>Yamato<\/em> fans on their toes\u2026<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/sep20\/485a01.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>August 2: Remote music by Chor Stella<\/h3>\n<p>Remote music performances have been a rare source of pleasure in COVID world, sometimes bringing together combinations that may not have happened otherwise. In August, an ensemble group of up-and-coming opera singers called Chor Stella made the <em>Yamato<\/em> theme their fourth remote performance project, and the results rival Isao Sasaki himself.<\/p>\n<p>Get a load of this knockout on YouTube <a href='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=c4ppdZn0K1A'>here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/sep20\/485a02.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Photo at right posted on Twitter by <a href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/Take_Channel36'>Take Channel 36<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h3>August 5: 1\/350 Diecast Gimmick Model Vol. 80<\/h3>\n<p>Hachette&#8217;s first volume of the month was another simple one, containing the motor and rotation gear for the pulse laser batteries. Soon they would be called into service.<\/p>\n<p>See Hachette&#8217;s instruction video <a href='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TzmRzk5SL5g'>here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>See an unboxing video <a href='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bRUjRI6vEzk'>here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>See a modeler&#8217;s blog <a href='https:\/\/ameblo.jp\/uwf-saki2013\/entry-12617207861.html'>here<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/sep20\/485a03.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>August 7: Art exhibition announced<\/h3>\n<p>Kio Edamatsu&#8217;s name came up quite often in our past reports, since he served as an animation artist on both <em>Yamato 2199<\/em> and <em>2202<\/em> and wasn&#8217;t shy about sharing his layouts from various episodes under the name EDAKIO on Twitter. On August 7 he announced that he was preparing for a solo art exhibition to open in Tokyo late October. If we&#8217;re lucky, an exhibition book will follow.<\/p>\n<p>See the event website <a href='https:\/\/foliage-a.com\/exhibition2020.html'>here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Visit Edakio&#8217;s Twitter page <a href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/EDAKIO'>here<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/sep20\/485a04.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>August 12: 1\/350 Diecast Gimmick Model Vol. 81<\/h3>\n<p>Ahoy, wings! Despite the number of new parts offered in this volume, there wasn&#8217;t much assembly to be done this week, merely the gluing-in of two magnets that will hold the wing onto the hull. Even putting the two halves of the wing together was to be postponed until the next volume arrived.<\/p>\n<p>See Hachette&#8217;s instruction video <a href='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-Fqon8XQ4F8'>here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>See an unboxing video <a href='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_RmlHTYOToA'>here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>See a modeler&#8217;s blog <a href='https:\/\/ameblo.jp\/uwf-saki2013\/entry-12618761773.html'>here<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/sep20\/485a05.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>August 12 &#038; 19: Radio Suite <em>Yamato<\/em> Extra Edition<\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"image-right\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/sep20\/485a06.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Photo posted on Twitter by <a href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/cyuniapplelove'>cyuniapplelove<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Shortly after Clover Radio streamed their third annual <em>Yamato<\/em> music program in May, they announced an hour-long followup called the &#8220;Extra Edition&#8221; that would feature tracks that didn&#8217;t make the cut. This was a fortuitous decision, since it was also announced that Clover would cease broadcasting in September, so if this annual tradition continues it will have to go elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>The hosts talked their way through 22 tracks that ran the gamut from classic favorite to rare gem. None of these were BGM or film score tracks, instead coming from symphonic, live, tribute, and concept albums from 1977 through the 40th anniversary. The rarest gems included pieces from Kazuko Kawashima&#8217;s solo album <em>Second Story<\/em>, the <em>Yamato Steel Suite<\/em> by heavy metal band Concerto Moon, and an elusive CD called <em>Heirloom<\/em> featuring Akira Miyagawa&#8217;s performances with the Osaka Shion Wind Orchestra. The program premiered on August 12 and was repeated a week later on the 19th.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, there is enough <em>Yamato<\/em> music (rare and otherwise) to fill many more hours like this, so let&#8217;s hope someone else picks up where Clover left off.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/sep20\/485a07.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>August 12: Online auctions<\/h3>\n<p>It&#8217;s always a delight when one of the original <em>Yamato<\/em> production artists emerges from the shadows of history, moreso when they create something new for everyone to enjoy. In this case, it was artist Shinya Takahashi who created Sasha for <em>Be Forever<\/em> and was chiefly responsible for character design on <em>Final Yamato<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Starting August 12, he unveiled a new series of five Sasha paintings for sale on Yahoo Japan Auctions. They&#8217;re now in the hands of elite collectors, but we can still get a look for ourselves. See them larger and revisit some vintage favorites <a href='https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/shinyatakahashi2020'>here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/sep20\/485a08.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>August 13: <em>Andromeda<\/em> popularity poll<\/h3>\n<p>In July, the entertainment website <em>Akiba Souken<\/em> gave fandom a treat with a huge character popularity poll, which we shared here in our <a href='https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/480a'>last report<\/a>. As soon as that one closed, a new one opened for mecha with a deadline of August 15. And then, probably to keep the results from overbalancing, they split off a whole separate poll just for everyone to vote on their favorite <em>Andromeda<\/em>. That poll closed first after amassing over 4100 votes for no less than 23 different candidates.<\/p>\n<p>Remember when we were all chomping at the bit to see just one <em>Andromeda<\/em> on screen in <em>Yamato 2202<\/em>? We were all so innocent then.<\/p>\n<p>See the original post <a href='https:\/\/akiba-souken.com\/vote\/v_3238\/'>here<\/a> and see the poll results in English <a href='https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/androlist920'>here<\/a>. (Yes, no kidding, 23 different <em>Andromeda<\/em>s!)<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/sep20\/485a09.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>August 14: <em>Star Blazers Lambda<\/em>, Chapter 4<\/h3>\n<p>Artist\/writer Ryuko Azuma delivered the fourth manga chapter of <em>Space Battleship Yamato Next: Star Blazers Lambda<\/em> online for all to read. This time, intrigue runs deep with the introduction of opaque agendas and the mysterious Seireness aliens arrive for a second battle against Topness\u2026which doesn&#8217;t go nearly as well as the first.<\/p>\n<p>See <em>Star Blazers Lambda<\/em> at Web NewType <a href='https:\/\/comic.webnewtype.com\/contents\/starblazers\/'>here<\/a> and read a full rundown of this chapter <a href='https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/sbl4920'>here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/sep20\/485a10.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>August 15: Mecha popularity poll<\/h3>\n<p>The results of <em>Akiba Souken<\/em>&#8216;s main mecha poll were announced today. The top two choices will surprise no one, but keep in mind that you&#8217;re dealing with a lot of superfans with a LOT of time on their hands\u2026so the subsequent choices become delightfully eclectic as you make your way down the list.<\/p>\n<p>See the original post <a href='https:\/\/akiba-souken.com\/vote\/v_3225\/'>here<\/a> and see the poll results in English <a href='https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/mechalist920'>here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/sep20\/485a11.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\n<em>How much did Susumu Kodai earn on the round trip to Iscandar?<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>August 16: <em>Pash Plus<\/em> article<\/h3>\n<p><em>Pash Plus<\/em> (the online extension of entertainment magazine <em>Pash)<\/em> published <a href='https:\/\/www.pashplus.jp\/anime\/193784\/'>this unique article<\/a>, demonstrating that you can always find a little more toothpaste in the tube. Full translation follows:<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"textBlue\">How much did Susumu Kodai earn on the round trip to Iscandar in <em>Space Battleship Yamato?<\/em> What is the price of protecting Earth!?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><em>By Takeshi Uchiumi (<a href='https:\/\/writers.academy.yoshimoto.co.jp\/'>Yoshimoto Writer&#8217;s Academy West<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Doesn&#8217;t everyone know <em>Space Battleship Yamato?<\/em> Even if you haven&#8217;t watched it, have you heard the theme song? When I was a child, I watched it on TV every week. This magnificent SF anime sparked a big boom in the 70s and had a huge impact on the anime world after that. Sequels were made, there was a live-action film, and remakes are also being broadcast. In the live-action film, Takuya Kimura played the main character Susumu Kodai, and Meisa Kuroki played Yuki Mori.<\/p>\n<p>Kodai was 18 when he was a trainee at the space training school. He joined the military for the 148,000 light year journey to Planet Iscandar, to retrieve a radiation removal device from Queen Starsha to save Earth. Earth was polluted by radioactive Planet Bombs launched from the Gamilas Empire, and without the device all life would die out in one year.<\/p>\n<p>In contrast to such serious drama, there is the everyday story of how much income Kodai would have earned on the voyage to Iscandar. I made a test calculation based on the salary of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. The limitations are that I consulted only the first <em>Yamato<\/em> TV series, and did not include work that wasn&#8217;t depicted on the screen.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/sep20\/485a12.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"textBlue\">\u25cf Special nighttime overtime pay<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Since it is space, the concept of midnight cannot be defined, so this is excluded.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"textBlue\">\u25cf Corpse processing allowance<\/span><\/p>\n<p>He might have been involved with the burial-at-space scene, but he wasn&#8217;t shown working on screen. Yuki Mori&#8217;s death-like scene is disqualified since she revived.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"textBlue\">\u25cf Since evaluation standards are unclear, a government officer&#8217;s salary ranking starts at grade 1.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>(In a general company, the salary goes up with higher grades and with the number of years worked.)<\/p>\n<p>First, it can be said that the closest thing we have to a Self-Defense Force is the JMSDF. If so, Kodai&#8217;s status as a trainee would start out as a Seaman 2nd class. The operation period is 364 days from the formal boarding of <em>Yamato<\/em>. We&#8217;ll assume full-time work with two days off for the weekend, so the operation totals 260 days.<\/p>\n<p>I have to wonder if it&#8217;s possible to take a proper vacation. There are 114 crew members on a 265.5m vessel. I think you could take vacation days without a problem as long as there are no vacancies. In addition, it is shown in the story that there are substantial recreational facilities, so you should be able to get refreshed while on board. But we can&#8217;t be certain about the second half since there are casualties that cannot be replaced. Also, there is no overtime pay. <\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/sep20\/485a13.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s calculate it based on the following details\u2026 [Translator&#8217;s note: all yen prices converted to 2020 US dollars]\n<div style='width:390px; margin-right: 0px; float: left'>\n<p><span class=\"textBlue\">\u25c6 Basic salary<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Seaman 2nd class: $1,595 X 9 months = $14,355<br \/>\nSeaman 1st class: $1,792 X 3 months = $5,376<\/p>\n<p>(Promotion occurs after 9 months)<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"textBlue\">\u25c6 Hard work allowance for fiscal year ending in June<\/span><\/p>\n<p>(Paid as a bonus to persons in office as of June 1)<\/p>\n<p>$1,595 X 2.05 = $3,269.75<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"textBlue\">\u25c6 Year-end hard work allowance for fiscal year ending in December<\/span><\/p>\n<p>(Paid as a bonus to persons in office as of December 1)<\/p>\n<p>$1,792 X 2.25 = $4,032<\/p>\n<p>(taking into account promotion after 9 months)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style='width:390px; margin-right: 0px; float: right'>\n<p><span class=\"textBlue\">\u25c6 Travel allowance<\/span><\/p>\n<p>(Allowance paid to a ship&#8217;s crew for the number of days from departure to return)<\/p>\n<p>$16.70 per day X 260 days = $4,342<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"textBlue\">\u25c6 Boarding allowance<\/span><\/p>\n<p>(Allowance paid for performing out-of-port activities on board a ship with residential facilities as specified by the Minister of Defense)<\/p>\n<p>Seaman 2nd class: $1,595 X 9 months X 33% = $4,737.15<br \/>\nSeaman 1st class: $1,792 X 3 months X 33% = $1,774.08<\/p>\n<p>(taking into account promotion after 9 months)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style='clear:both' \/>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/sep20\/485a14.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The following constitute special duty compensation:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"textBlue\">\u25c6 International emergency aid allowance<\/span><\/p>\n<p>(Allowance paid for dispatching international emergency assistance when engaging in overseas work)<\/p>\n<p>$40 per day X 260 days = $10,400<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"textBlue\">\u25c6 Aviation work allowance<\/span><\/p>\n<p>(Allowance paid for work onboard an aircraft as specified by the Minister of Defense)<\/p>\n<p>Kodai sorties a total of 10 times on a Cosmo Zero (fighter)<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"textBlue\">Total for all of the above (tax included): $49,135.98<\/span><\/p>\n<p>What do you think? I think a lot of people would grumble about that. By the way, the average income in the first year for high school graduates is $26,000. Could you earn an annual income of $50,000 at the age of 18? It&#8217;s a bit cheap to protect the Earth, isn&#8217;t it? I think someone would get angry about that\u2026<\/p>\n<p>If you scrutinize it a bit more, I think the amount would go a little higher in the latter half of the series since Kodai serves as both combat team leader and the deputy captain.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/sep20\/485a15.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know much about what goes on behind the scenes, since I do not have SDF experience, but I couldn&#8217;t find anything that looked like a job title allowance. After all, it is thought that the promotion system to a higher rank gets you a corresponding salary. Even if there is activity that deserves promotion, Kodai would remain a Seaman 1st class since there is no official written appointment.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a sad part of the class society that this amount cannot be doubled. And when you think about it in general terms, an 18-year old is a new member of society. But his achievements in risking his life to protect Earth are worthy of praise, and Kodai may be the youngest person to win the National Honor Award.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/sep20\/485a16.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>August 18: Music performance by Lilium<\/h3>\n<p>Lilium is a singer specializing in Celtic-style ballads, and she occasionally crosses over into the anime world on such titles as <em>Macross<\/em> and <em>Elfen Lied<\/em>. She rises to our attention here because on August 18 a video was posted on Twitter in which she does an absolutely gorgeous rendering of the <em>Infinity of Space<\/em> theme. Upon further examination, it turns out that video was recorded two years earlier, and the piece is part of her regular repertoire. So settle in and enjoy\u2026<\/p>\n<div style='width:390px; margin-right: 0px; float: left'>\n<p><a href='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=P9-opIXzz1E'>August 2018 performance<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QK29eXqoSzk'>October 2019 performance<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YwWfOTd9bAU'>November 2019 performance<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=d1576RV-FGU'>February 2020 performance<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style='width:390px; margin-right: 0px; float: right'>\n<p><a href='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AhQMZHRclew'>March 2020 performance<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Visit Lilium&#8217;s Youtube channel <a href='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCZpeC8W25bv4sH1VVagwTQA'>here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Visit her Facebook page <a href='https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Liliumireland\/'>here<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style='clear:both' \/>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/sep20\/485a17.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>August 19: 1\/350 Diecast Gimmick Model Vol. 82<\/h3>\n<p>This week, the reason for not assembling the first wing became evident when clear parts arrived along with the wires for lighting them (yes, the wings have their own running lights). Once this was done, the midsection of the hull (third bridge attached) could finally be mated with the forward section. Also included were the upper and lower halves of wing #2.<\/p>\n<p>Overall progress note: as of now, the model stretches 70cm (27.5&#8243;) long. At that length, it has already surpassed all but one of the Bandai model kits on its way to 95cm (37.4&#8243;). See its competitors <a href='https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/591'>here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>See Hachette&#8217;s instruction video <a href='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iKb0zgtLs8Q'>here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>See an unboxing video <a href='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=baZUFrgSXH8'>here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>See a modeler&#8217;s blog <a href='https:\/\/ameblo.jp\/uwf-saki2013\/entry-12620301119.html'>here<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/sep20\/485a18.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>August 19: Mt Fuji Kawaguchiko Music Festival 2020<\/h3>\n<p>Even far removed from Japan, you could feel the disappointment when a concert scheduled for April called <em>Yamato Meets the Classics<\/em> was cancelled due to COVID-19. It would have given us the very first father-and-daughter performance of <em>Yamato<\/em> music with Akira Miyagawa and his pianist daughter Chiko. Four months later, we got a make-good when they both appeared at this socially-distanced music festival and played a duet of <em>Yamato Into the Maelstrom.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Watch the performance on YouTube <a href='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?time_continue=2390&#038;v=v8_RPzBtC10'>here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Visit the event website <a href='https:\/\/ongakusai.stellartheater.jp\/stream\/0819-miyagawa\/'>here<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/sep20\/485a35.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>August 25: Star Blazers\/<em>Yamato<\/em> Premium Fan Club Magazine Vol. 8<\/h3>\n<p>There was still no announcement of <em>2205<\/em>\u2019s premiere date, but the striking Nobuteru Yuuki cover art for this 56-page volume fronted for several articles on the fightercraft and pilots of the <em>Yamato<\/em> reboot series. This included an interview with two real-world pilots, a mecha roundup\/ranking, an interview with Mecha Designer Junichiro Tamamori (read it <a href='https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/496a'>here<\/a>), a round-table discussion between fans and pros, a small art gallery, and a talk with Bandai product manager Hirofumi Kishiyama (read it <a href='https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/506a'>here<\/a>). <em>Aquarius Algorithm<\/em> continued with Chapter 4, and Junichiro Tamamori contributed a one-page \u201cMechanic Idle Essay\u201d as seen above right. Text follows:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"textBlue\">If you look at the reality of mecha, the question &#8220;could a space battleship\/space fighter exist?&#8221; can be exhausting. Fans have long discussed whether it&#8217;s necessary to have &#8220;the shape of a ship&#8221; or &#8220;the shape of an airplane.&#8221; However, you can also play with the idea of looking at the animation visuals in front of you with &#8220;the eyes of the heart.&#8221; The work of mecha design shifts back and forth between that idea and the visual appearance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"textBlue\">As for a &#8220;space fightercraft,&#8221; do you need wings? I think of it the other way around: &#8220;a pilot has mobile space weapons, so they are consequently mounted on wings.&#8221; Then there is a moment when other problems are settled in sequence. The inevitabilities of a manned vehicle; technology to protect the pilot, placing weapons such as missiles and cannons\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"textBlue\">Personally, I think about a shield system that doesn&#8217;t go as far as the Wave-Motion Barrier, something that existed before Iscandar technology was acquired. We believe that battleships and fightercraft equipped with beam weapons will be established. The wings are heat-dissipation plates and weapon carriers, and advanced antennae on the wingtips are for the transfer of energy and shields (from the mother ship to the fighter, or from fighters to each other). As a result, it starts to look like a fighter of the old days. The remaining issue is, &#8220;is it piloted&#8221;?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"textBlue\"><em>This text and illustration are personal considerations, not official concepts.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"textBlue\">How are you all doing? The new mecha design for <em>2205<\/em> is in full swing, and every day I adjust my brain as I work on multiple mecha. Feel free to use this Cosmo Tiger II&#8217;s special markings as the mood strikes you. I drew this as a fictitious &#8220;performance test&#8221; model built after the war with Garmillas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"textBlue\"><em>Junichiro Tamamori Profile<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"textBlue\">Born in Okinawa under the American administration, now working as an industrial designer. He has played an active part in the field of mecha design and concept design. In addition to the masterpieces of <em>Yamato 2199<\/em> and <em>2202<\/em>, he worked on the TV anime <em>Scarecrowman<\/em> (2008) and <em>Gargantia of the Verduous Planet<\/em> (2013), and the novel <em>Dark Blue Brigade<\/em> (2016). He also provides mecha design for the ongoing <em>Star Blazers Lambda<\/em> manga.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/sep20\/485a20.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>August 26: 1\/350 Diecast Gimmick Model Vol. 83<\/h3>\n<p>The last volume of the month included remaining parts to finish the second wing and it finally moved past the bridge tower to begin building the smokestack missile launcher. There are two different panels that fit into the top of the tower with missiles launchers either open or closed. (Though nothing launches out of them, alas.) <\/p>\n<p>As of this week, the model reached 75% completion with 27 volumes still to come. <\/p>\n<p>See Hachette&#8217;s instruction video <a href='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Vt_sGfUXbKQ'>here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>See an unboxing video <a href='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zUWleWQsDVI'>here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>See a modeler&#8217;s blog <a href='https:\/\/ameblo.jp\/uwf-saki2013\/entry-12621884411.html'>here<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/sep20\/485a21.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>August 28: <em>Yamato<\/em> in Panama<\/h3>\n<p>This is a one-of-a-kind story guaranteed to warm your heart. Musician Noriyoshi Murakami goes by the Twitter handle N-BRASS and teaches brass players at a Turkish University. On August 28, he posted a video clip of a Panamanian marching band with the following explanation:<\/p>\n<p><em>A friend in Panama contacted me, &#8220;I know this is a Japanese song, but I don&#8217;t know the title! Please tell me if you know it. I&#8217;ve been looking for years now.&#8221; I was happy to tell him when he asked; it seems that the score was unknown when it was transcribed, and I&#8217;m impressed by the enthusiasm of the performance.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>To fully appreciate the significance of this, here&#8217;s what probably happened: the conductor of this ENORMOUS brass marching band heard a symphonic version of the <em>Yamato<\/em> theme, not knowing what it actually was, and liked it enough to put time and energy into transcribing all the individual parts by ear. It&#8217;s likely that none of the performers know where it came from, but they&#8217;re knocking it out of the park. And this may be, to date, the largest group of musicians ever to play the theme live, onstage or off.<\/p>\n<p>The performers are the Banda De Musica Virgilio Escala PPS, a student band belonging to the Pedro Pablo Sanchez High School in La Chorrera, Panama. Watch them <a href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/N_BRASS\/status\/1299484599756652544'>here<\/a> and be amazed.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/sep20\/485a22.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>August 30: Akira Miyagawa on Twitter<\/h3>\n<p>As we\u2019ve seen the month of August leaned decidedly toward <em>Yamato<\/em> music, which is always a good thing. Akira Miyagawa tied it all together at the end of the month with <a href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/AkiraMiyagawa\/status\/1299941773200949251'>this Tweet<\/a>, accompanied by snapshots of a piece he wrote as a youngster that his father incorporated into the BGM catalog of <em>Yamato III<\/em>. The caption read:<\/p>\n<p><em>In the production process of <\/em>Yamato 2205<em>, I am confronting my score from forty years ago. I&#8217;ll see you again\u2026 At that time, I was not conscious at all of writing a song, I was just writing desperately to see what I came up with. It&#8217;s a wonder that it remains a &#8220;song.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class='clear'>\n<h3>Also spotted in August<\/h3>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/sep20\/485a19.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Yamato Crew products<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The online store for Yamato crew announced two sets of &#8220;mini colored papers&#8221; with printed images on them in a watercolor style. Measuring about 4.75&#8243; by 5.25&#8243;, blank versions of such papers are sold in art and office supply stores with textured paper attached to card stock.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/sep20\/485a23.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The art was designed to complement the paper texture, and two sets of five were sold in the latter half of the month. See them at Yamato Crew <a href='https:\/\/yamatocrew.jp\/shop\/html\/products\/detail.php?product_id=1572'>here<\/a> and <a href='https:\/\/yamatocrew.jp\/shop\/html\/products\/detail.php?product_id=1573'>here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/sep20\/485a24.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Fan art<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The more we looked, the more we found. See a character gallery <a href='https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/fanartc920'>here<\/a> and a mecha gallery <a href='https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/fanartm920'>here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/sep20\/485a25.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Fan models<\/em><\/p>\n<p>August is typically Japan&#8217;s hottest and most humid month, so fans literally sweated over their model benches to bring us another massive collection. See gallery A <a href='https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/fanmodelsa920'>here<\/a> and gallery B <a href='https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/fanmodelsb920'>here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/sep20\/485a26.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Cosplay<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The cosplay category was completely owned by <a href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/hikonasakemuyou'>Hikonasakemuyou<\/a>, who tuned into the <em>2205<\/em> vibe by reviving Sasha from 1980. She also provided an extremely rare glimpse of the character Sara from the notorious 1985 Nishizaki feature film <em>Odin<\/em>. See her photo gallery <a href='https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/cosplay920'>here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/sep20\/485a30.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Keisuke Masunaga art<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Speaking of Sasha, these terrific pieces by animation artist\/character designer <a href='https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/340'>Keisuke Masunaga<\/a> also floated back up to the surface in August. They represent her appearance in the <a href='https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/342'>Playstation 2<\/a> games based on <em>Be Forever.<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/sep20\/485a27.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Architecture from 2199?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Twitter user <a href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/fuumazz'>Fuumazz<\/a> spotted something familiar and posted it with the following caption: &#8220;Is <em>Yamato<\/em> looking for tenants?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/sep20\/485a28.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\nClick for enlargements: <a href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/MASUNAG19306206\/status\/1294912818693566464\/photo\/1'>photo 1<\/a> | <a href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/MASUNAG19306206\/status\/1294913555448225792\/photo\/1'>photo 2<\/a> | <a href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/MASUNAG19306206\/status\/1294914317393911809\/photo\/1'>photo 3<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Tsuruga statues<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Twitter user <a href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/MASUNAG19306206'>Masunag<\/a> shared these photos from the Leiji Matsumoto Symbol Road in the coastal town of Tsuruga. All of these famed statues were removed a few months ago for reconditioning, and are now back on display where they belong.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/sep20\/485a29.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\nClick for enlargements: <a href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/MASUNAG19306206\/status\/1294914019061411843\/photo\/1'>photo 4<\/a> | <a href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/MASUNAG19306206\/status\/1294915520219635712\/photo\/1'>photo 5<\/a> | <a href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/MASUNAG19306206\/status\/1295550855207194625\/photo\/1'>photo 6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>One side of the Symbol Road is devoted to <em>Galaxy Express<\/em> while the other is devoted to <em>Be Forever Yamato<\/em>. Take a virtual walk down both sides in our Yamatour 2009 travelogue <a href='https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/371'>here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/sep20\/485a31.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Yamato in Taiwan<\/em><\/p>\n<p>We close this month\u2019s report with an unusual artifact shared on Twitter by \u201cNazohiko.\u201d This was the explanation: <\/p>\n<p>Space Battleship <em>was released by Taiwan&#8217;s Taio [Great King] Publishing Company in 1977. The manga by Akira Hio (1974-75) was copied by a person who calls himself &#8220;Umi.&#8221; <\/em>Yamato<em> was broadcast in Taiwan in 1980, and the manga landed first.<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/sep20\/485a32.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Nazuhiko isn&#8217;t kidding; &#8220;Umi&#8221; literally redrew the Akira Hio manga frame by frame. Results aside, we definitely must applaud the sheer amount of labor this would have required if \u201cUmi\u201d covered all 622 pages.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/sep20\/485a33.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>See Nazohiko\u2019s Twitter post <a href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/nazohiko\/status\/1296254570750861312'>here<\/a>.<br \/>\n<\/br><br \/>\n<a href='https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/492a'>Continue to Report 51<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[123,132],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-yamato-2202","category-yamato-2202-reports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28824","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=28824"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28824\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29589,"href":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28824\/revisions\/29589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}