{"id":33340,"date":"2022-12-07T20:55:26","date_gmt":"2022-12-08T04:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/?p=33340"},"modified":"2024-05-14T17:53:21","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T00:53:21","slug":"719a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/719a\/","title":{"rendered":"Yamato<\/em> movie time machine, 1977"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When the Yamato<\/em> movie hit pop culture like a tidal wave, it earned so much attention that the term “Yamato<\/em> Boom” spontaneously emerged in newspapers and magazines. To get the full force of that boom from a media perspective, here is a chronological index of all the magazine coverage (found so far) from this breakout year.<\/p>\n

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1977 was the year anime became a mainstream phenomenon in Japanese media. It started slowly at the fringes, but when the Yamato<\/em> movie hit pop culture like a tidal wave, it earned so much attention that the term “Yamato<\/em> Boom” spontaneously emerged in newspapers and magazines.<\/p>\n

To get the full force of that boom from a media perspective, here is a chronological index of all the magazine coverage (found so far) from this breakout year.<\/p>\n

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Manga Shonen<\/em><\/h3>\n

December 1, 1976<\/p>\n

The Wonderful World of TV Anime<\/em><\/p>\n

Read it here<\/a>\n<\/div>\n

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Manga Shonen<\/em><\/h3>\n

January 1<\/p>\n

Promotion<\/p>\n

Read it here<\/a>\n<\/div>\n

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Manga Shonen<\/em><\/h3>\n

April 1<\/p>\n

The Wonderful World of TV Anime, Part II: All of Space Battleship Yamato<\/em><\/p>\n

Read it here<\/a>\n<\/div>\n

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OUT<\/em> No. 2, June issue<\/h3>\n

April 18<\/p>\n

Yamato World<\/em><\/p>\n

Read it here<\/a>\n<\/div>\n

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OUT<\/em> No. 4, Aug issue<\/h3>\n

June 18<\/p>\n

A Letter from Yamato to Younger Readers<\/em><\/p>\n

Read it here<\/a>\n<\/div>\n

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Manga Shonen<\/em><\/h3>\n

July 1<\/p>\n

Space Battleship Yamato<\/em><\/p>\n

Read it here<\/a>\n<\/div>\n

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OUT<\/em> No. 5, Sept issue<\/h3>\n

July 18<\/p>\n

Yamato World Part 2<\/em><\/p>\n

Read it here<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Eiga Fan<\/em> September issue<\/h3>\n

August 1<\/p>\n

Space Battleship Yamato<\/em><\/p>\n

Read it here<\/a>\n<\/div>\n

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Fantoche<\/em> 7<\/h3>\n

August 1<\/p>\n

Promotion<\/p>\n

Read it here<\/a>\n<\/div>\n

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Kinejun<\/em> No. 714<\/h3>\n

August 1<\/p>\n

The eternally unforgettable Space Battleship Yamato<\/em><\/p>\n

Read it here<\/a>\n<\/div>\n

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Manga Shonen<\/em><\/h3>\n

August 1<\/p>\n

Promotion<\/p>\n

Read it here<\/a>\n<\/div>\n

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Weekly Sankei<\/em><\/h3>\n

August 4<\/p>\n

Popular TV anime made into a movie!!<\/em><\/p>\n

Read it here<\/a>\n<\/div>\n

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Weekly Playboy<\/em> No. 33<\/h3>\n

August 9<\/p>\n

Entering the global film market with Yamato<\/em><\/p>\n

Read it here<\/a>\n<\/div>\n

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Weekly Myojo<\/em> No. 34<\/h3>\n

August 14<\/p>\n

Suddenly Space Battleship Yamato Surfaces: The Secret of Crazy Popularity<\/em><\/p>\n

Read it here<\/a>\n<\/div>\n

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Kinejun<\/em> No. 715<\/h3>\n

August 15<\/p>\n

Space Battleship Yamato<\/em><\/p>\n

Read it here<\/a>\n<\/div>\n

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English Today<\/em><\/h3>\n

August 15<\/p>\n

English on Screen: Space Battleship Yamato<\/em><\/p>\n

Read it here<\/a>\n<\/div>\n

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Weekly Heibon Punch<\/em><\/h3>\n

August 15<\/p>\n

WHAT\u2019S Space Battleship Yamato<\/em><\/p>\n

Read it here<\/a>\n<\/div>\n

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Playcomic<\/em><\/h3>\n

August 17<\/p>\n

Foldout poster<\/p>\n

Read it here<\/a>\n<\/div>\n

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Roadshow<\/em>, October issue<\/h3>\n

August 21<\/p>\n

The secret of the hit Space Battleship Yamato<\/em><\/p>\n

Read it here<\/a>\n<\/div>\n

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Weekly Playboy No. 35<\/em><\/h3>\n

August 23<\/p>\n

Promotion<\/p>\n

Read it here<\/a>\n<\/div>\n

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Manga Shonen<\/em><\/h3>\n

September 1<\/p>\n

Animation World Part 1<\/em><\/p>\n

Read it here<\/a>\n<\/div>\n

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Starlog<\/em> issue 9<\/h3>\n

September 1<\/p>\n

Kid Vid Update<\/em><\/p>\n

Read it here<\/a>\n<\/div>\n

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Kinejun<\/em> No. 716<\/h3>\n

September 1<\/p>\n

Film reviews<\/p>\n

Read it here<\/a>\n<\/div>\n

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Eiga Fan<\/em>, October issue<\/em><\/h3>\n

September 1<\/p>\n

Music review<\/p>\n

Read it here<\/a>\n<\/div>\n

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Eureka<\/em><\/h3>\n

September 1<\/p>\n

Yamato\u2018s Space Odyssey<\/em><\/p>\n

Read it here<\/a>\n<\/div>\n

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Treasure Island<\/em><\/h3>\n

September 1<\/p>\n

Spaceship Yamato is a pioneer of space!<\/em><\/p>\n

Read it here<\/a>\n<\/div>\n

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Weekly Bunshun<\/em><\/h3>\n

September 8<\/p>\n

Yoshinobu Nishizaki interview<\/em><\/p>\n

Read it here<\/a>\n<\/div>\n

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Middle Third Age<\/em><\/h3>\n

September 11<\/p>\n

Why is Space Battleship Yamato so popular this summer?<\/em><\/p>\n

Read it here<\/a>\n<\/div>\n

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Heibon Punch<\/em> No. 677<\/h3>\n

September 12<\/p>\n

Riding on the Space Battleship Yamato, the \u201cAnime Generation\u201d is fantasizing\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n

Read it here<\/a>\n<\/div>\n

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Weekly Seventeen<\/em> No. 39<\/h3>\n

September 13<\/p>\n

Now it burns in our hearts, The World of Space Battleship Yamato<\/em><\/p>\n

Read it here<\/a>\n<\/div>\n

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Kinejun<\/em> No. 717<\/h3>\n

September 15<\/p>\n

Yoshinobu Nishizaki interview<\/em><\/p>\n

Read it here<\/a>\n<\/div>\n

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Weekly Sankei<\/em><\/h3>\n

September 15<\/p>\n

The up-down life of the man who earned \u201c500 million yen in one summer\u201d with Space Battleship Yamato<\/em><\/p>\n

Read it here<\/a>\n<\/div>\n

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Screen<\/em>, November issue<\/h3>\n

September 21<\/p>\n

SF Frontier Drama<\/em><\/p>\n

Read it here<\/a>\n<\/div>\n

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Roadshow<\/em>, November issue<\/h3>\n

September 21<\/p>\n

Star Wars vs Space Battleship Yamato<\/em><\/p>\n

Read it here<\/a>\n<\/div>\n

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OUT<\/em><\/h3>\n

September 28<\/p>\n

OUT Friendship<\/em><\/p>\n

Read it here<\/a>\n<\/div>\n

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Eiga Fan<\/em><\/h3>\n

October 1<\/p>\n

SF Anime Special \u2022\u00a0Encore Wide Publication<\/em><\/p>\n

See it here<\/a>\n<\/div>\n

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Movie Arts<\/em> No. 319<\/h3>\n

October 15<\/p>\n

Doves and Battleships: Space Battleship Yamato Criticism<\/em><\/p>\n

Read it here<\/a>\n<\/div>\n

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Roadshow<\/em>, December issue<\/em><\/h3>\n

October 21<\/p>\n

Top ten movie poll<\/p>\n

Read it here<\/a>\n<\/div>\n

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Hobby Japan<\/em> #100<\/h3>\n

October 25<\/p>\n

We Are Yamato Fans!! Dreams, adventures, and roman<\/em><\/p>\n

Read it here<\/a>\n<\/div>\n

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OUT<\/em><\/h3>\n

October 28<\/p>\n

Fan art pages<\/p>\n

Read it here<\/a>\n<\/div>\n

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Kappa [Gem] Monthly<\/em><\/h3>\n

November 1<\/p>\n

Behind the boom of the revived Battleship Yamato<\/em><\/p>\n

Read it here<\/a>\n<\/div>\n

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Modern Film<\/em><\/h3>\n

November 1<\/p>\n

The fun of Yamato<\/em><\/p>\n

Read it here<\/a>\n<\/div>\n

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Terebi Magazine<\/em><\/h3>\n

November 1<\/p>\n

Space Battleship Yamato<\/em><\/p>\n

Read it here<\/a>\n<\/div>\n

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Goro<\/em><\/h3>\n

November 10<\/p>\n

Space Battleship Yamato is in danger! Is a second sortie possible?<\/em><\/p>\n

Read it here<\/a>\n<\/div>\n

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Roadshow<\/em>, January issue<\/em><\/h3>\n

December 1<\/p>\n

Top ten movie poll<\/p>\n

Read it here<\/a>\n<\/div>\n

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The World of TV Anime<\/em><\/h3>\n

December 1<\/p>\n

First mook devoted to anime on TV<\/p>\n

Read it here<\/a>\n<\/div>\n

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