{"id":37659,"date":"2022-08-09T20:15:32","date_gmt":"2022-08-10T03:15:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/?p=37659"},"modified":"2024-08-11T09:41:04","modified_gmt":"2024-08-11T16:41:04","slug":"tokyosports7980","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/tokyosports7980\/","title":{"rendered":"Tokyo Sports<\/em> July 9, 1980"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nPhoto caption: Yamato is only possible
\nbecause of the fans, says Nishizaki<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Distribution revenues easily reach 1.5 billion<\/h2>\n

3.6 billion yen in the past three years<\/h3>\n

Office Academy president Yoshinobu Nishizaki has earned 3.6 billion yen in distribution revenues over the past three years with two Space Battleship Yamato<\/em> series, two movies, and one compilation film. Be Forever Yamato<\/em> will be released on August 2nd. The film industry is said to be on the decline, but even a complete film industry novice has proven that someone can make a huge fortune in no time at all.<\/p>\n

After more than a dozen job changes<\/h3>\n

The film industry is a truly mysterious place. But Nishizaki’s path to get to where he is today has been a thorny one.<\/p>\n

He has changed jobs a dozen times, including as a waiter, bartender, host, floor show promoter, music producer, and so on. He first became involved with anime ten years ago working as a manager at Osamu Tezuka’s Mushi Pro. He developed Yamato<\/em> as a TV manga. It became popular on TV, and then the movie became a big hit. Thanks to that, he now owns the fastest cruiser in Japan, and drives around in a black Cadillac with a driver. But it’s not for the sake of luxury.<\/p>\n

Preparation for Be Forever Yamato<\/em> began last year, and Nishizaki has been on site all this time.<\/p>\n

“It’s awful,” he says. “There’s physical fatigue, but more than that, the mental stress is building up. I am a producer, but in my case I do everything, including advertising.”<\/p>\n

To stay in control of himself, he goes to the sea once or twice a month to scuba dive.<\/p>\n

Fan-oriented, privately funded<\/h3>\n

The Yamato<\/em> boom is still going strong, and he is spending 50 million yen of his own money on a car ferry to organize a “Yamato Voyage”<\/em> (July 20th-22nd) for his fans who have supported him so far. It’s been a great success with 14,000 fans applying. Following this, on July 24th, he will hold a large-scale Yamato<\/em> Fair [concert] at the Budokan in Kudanshita, Tokyo, with free admission.<\/p>\n

“I never dreamed it would become this popular. I really want to show the movie for free, but that’s not possible. But I don’t intend to raise the admission fee,” he said, keenly aware that Yamato<\/em> exists because of his fans.<\/p>\n

One step toward walking away from Yamato<\/em><\/h3>\n

However, he was inspired by Toei’s president Okada’s sarcastic comment, “Are you only capable of doing Yamato?”<\/em> Therefore, he is currently working on a film adaptation of Haruhiko Oyabu’s novel Dirty Hero<\/em>, and filming has already taken place in Europe.<\/p>\n

Be Forever Yamato<\/em>, which will be released on August 2nd, has already sold over 10,000 advance tickets. It is certain to gross over 1.5 billion yen.<\/p>\n

“This is really the last time. I suddenly became famous and for a while I lost sight of myself, but now I’ve learned to control myself,” he said. He has seemingly achieved a state of mind where “rich people don’t fight.” (Morimoto)<\/p>\n

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