{"id":42730,"date":"2025-12-27T16:44:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T00:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/?p=42730"},"modified":"2026-01-15T09:08:48","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T17:08:48","slug":"102b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/102b\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryusuke Hikawa on Series 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

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O.G. superfan Ryusuke Hikawa has been writing about Yamato<\/em> ever since he visited the production studio as a high school student and it set the course for the rest of his life. In a book he published in 2019, he examines each episode of Series 1 and discusses how it made such an impact.<\/p>\n

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Space Battleship Yamato<\/em> 1974 Complete Episode Commentary<\/h2>\n

Commemorating the 45th Anniversary of Broadcast<\/h3>\n

Roto-san’s Book Vol. 42<\/em> by Ryusuke Hikawa<\/p>\n

Space Battleship Yamato<\/em> began broadcasting on October 6, 1974. Fascinated by what he saw, Ryusuke Hikawa visited the production studio Office Academy as a second-year high school student. The things he saw and heard there, and what he interpreted from various materials he obtained, set the course for the rest of his life as an author and commentator on the worlds of anime and tokusatsu (live-action special effects works).<\/p>\n

He has authored many books and magazine articles since then, including a blog under the pseudonym “Roto-san.” That name also appears on a running series of monographs published as doujinshis and sold at live events such as Comiket.<\/p>\n

This book (volume 42, published December 28, 2019) focuses on the first Yamato<\/em> series, based on talks and lectures Hikawa gave from summer to fall 2019, as well as records from the International Animation Film Festival and Ikebukuro Community College. The text is presented here in English by the kind permission of Mr. Hikawa.<\/p>\n

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Chapter 1: Introduction<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Chapter 2: Episodes 1-6<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Chapter 3: Episodes 7-15<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Chapter 4: Episodes 16-26<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Appendix: A Tribute to Noboru Ishiguro<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Read more from Ryusuke Hikawa:<\/p>\n

1975 interview with Noboru Ishiguro<\/a><\/p>\n

Prescription of Anime, Gazo<\/em> magazine, 1999<\/a><\/p>\n

Space Battleship Yamato<\/em> Lessons from the Past, 2012-13<\/a><\/p>\n

Interview in Showa 40 Man<\/em> magazine, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n

Extended interview in Spectator<\/em> magazine, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n

Yamato<\/em> symposium, October 2024<\/a><\/p>\n

Yamato 3199<\/em> interview, April 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

Conversation with Hideaki Anno, July 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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