{"id":40234,"date":"2024-04-01T15:34:27","date_gmt":"2024-04-01T22:34:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/?p=40234"},"modified":"2025-04-02T21:56:47","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T04:56:47","slug":"50thexhibit01","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/50thexhibit01\/","title":{"rendered":"Entrance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/apr25\/50thmap1.JPG\" border=0 \/><\/p>\n<p><\/br><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/apr25\/50thexhibit0101.JPG\" border=0 \/><\/p>\n<p>All the signatures that had been collected up to the final day. Event directors Hideaki Anno and Ryusuke Hikawa signed the top board in the upper corners as part of the opening ceremony.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/apr25\/50thexhibit0102.JPG\" border=0 \/><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/apr25\/50thexhibit0109.JPG\" border=0 \/><\/p>\n<p>Free bookmarks were given to everyone who entered.<br \/>\n <\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/apr25\/50thexhibit0103.JPG\" border=0 \/><\/p>\n<p>The wall to the right contained a greeting.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/apr25\/50thexhibit0104.JPG\" border=0 \/><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/apr25\/50thexhibit0105.JPG\" border=0 \/><\/p>\n<p>Japanese anime began with <em>Space Battleship Yamato<\/em>, which was broadcast half a century ago on October 6, 1974.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t think I would be who I am today if I hadn&#8217;t encountered the epochal work <em>Space Battleship Yamato<\/em> at that time.<\/p>\n<p>With gratitude and respect for the enormous debt I owe to <em>Yamato<\/em> and the impact it had on my life, I have planned and produced this exhibition in the hope that as many people as possible will see it, learn about it, be moved by it, and pass it on to the world.<\/p>\n<p>First of all, I will be happy if the greatness and fun of <em>Space Battleship Yamato<\/em> is conveyed to the hearts of those who come to the exhibition, and that it will help to ensure that <em>Yamato<\/em> will be remembered at its 100th anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you very much.<\/p>\n<p><em>Space Battleship Yamato<\/em> fan for half a century, Hideaki Anno<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/apr25\/50thexhibit0106.JPG\" border=0 \/><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/apr25\/50thexhibit0108.JPG\" border=0 \/><\/p>\n<p>Acrylic stand reproducing Anno&#8217;s artwork, offered to advance ticket buyers.<\/p>\n<p>  <\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/apr25\/50thexhibit0107.JPG\" border=0 \/><\/p>\n<p>One final glance back at the outside world before we move into the first room, titled &#8220;The Birth.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><a href='https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/50thexhibit02'>Continue to first gallery, &#8220;The Birth&#8221;<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><a href='https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/046b'>Return to index<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><\/br><\/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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40234","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=40234"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40234\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40239,"href":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40234\/revisions\/40239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}