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\nAbout this list: this is a work-in-progress with the goal of assembling as complete a timeline as possible of the entire Yamato\/Star Blazers phenomenon. Data will be added and revised as new information becomes available. As the entries on this list receive coverage elsewhere on this site, links will be added to help you find them. If you notice missing, incorrect, or incomplete items on this list, please contact us and make noise!<\/p>\n

1989-1994<\/a> | 1995<\/a> | 1996-1999<\/a> | 2000-2003<\/a> | 2004-2007<\/a> | 2008-2009<\/a> | 2010<\/a> | 2011-2013<\/a> | 2014-2020<\/a> | 2021-2024<\/a><\/div>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
No-class<\/td>\n1984<\/td>\n<\/span>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Event<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/span>10th Anniversary year of first Yamato<\/em> TV series\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
No-class<\/td>\nJAN<\/td>\n<\/span>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Publication<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n<\/span> Coverage in Animage<\/em> magazine<\/a> (Tokuma Shoten)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
No-class<\/td>\nFEB<\/td>\n<\/span>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BOOK<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n<\/span> Anime Miscellaneous Interesting Encyclopedia<\/em> includes Yamato<\/em> content<\/a> (Hakusensha)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Event<\/td>\n17-19<\/td>\n<\/span> Be Forever Yamato<\/em> and Final Yamato<\/em> screened at Boskone 21<\/a> (Boston, MA)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Video<\/td>\n21<\/td>\n<\/span> VHS: first Yamato<\/em> TV series released in a 9-volume set<\/a> (VAP)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
No-class<\/td>\nMAR<\/td>\n<\/span>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Event<\/td>\n16-18<\/td>\n<\/span> Final Yamato<\/em> screened at Luna Con ’84<\/a> (Hasbrouck Heights, NJ)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Event<\/td>\n22-25<\/td>\n<\/span> Be Forever Yamato<\/em> and Final Yamato<\/em> screened at Norwescon ’84<\/a> (Seattle, WA)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BOOK<\/td>\n?<\/td>\n<\/span> Star Blazers W.C.C. Animation Comics<\/em> series begins<\/a> (West Cape Corporation)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Publication<\/td>\n?<\/td>\n<\/span> Space Battleship Yamato<\/em> manga article in Comics Collector<\/em> No. 3<\/a> (Krause Publications)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Publication<\/td>\n?<\/td>\n<\/span> Yamato<\/em> content in Books Nippan spring catalog<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
No-class<\/td>\nAPR<\/td>\n<\/span>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
On air<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/span> Final Yamato<\/em> 70mm version broadcast on Wednesday Special Roadshow<\/em><\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Publication<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n<\/span> Coverage in The Anime<\/em> magazine<\/a> (Kindaieigasha)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Publication<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n<\/span> Coverage in Animedia<\/em> magazine<\/a> (Gakken)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Video<\/td>\n21<\/td>\n<\/span> VHS and Beta: Final Yamato<\/em> 70mm version<\/a> (VAP)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Production<\/td>\n?<\/td>\n<\/span>Development begins for Odin: Photon Space Sailor Starlight<\/em>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
publication<\/td>\n?<\/td>\n<\/span> Star Blazers Fandom Report<\/em> #13<\/a> (Star Blazers<\/em> Fan Club)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
No-class<\/td>\nMAY<\/td>\n<\/span>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Event<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/span>Yamato<\/em> Grand Symphony concert performed by NHK Symphony Orchestra<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Publication<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n<\/span> Coverage in The Anime<\/em> magazine<\/a> (Kindaieigasha)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Publication<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n<\/span> Coverage in My Anime<\/em> magazine<\/a> (Akita Shoten)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Event<\/td>\n15&16<\/td>\n<\/span> Final Yamato<\/em> 70mm version screened at Cannes Film Festival<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Publication<\/td>\n21<\/td>\n<\/span> Stasia<\/em> doujinshi Vol. 13<\/a> (SCYFC Magellanic Stream)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Publication<\/td>\n?<\/td>\n<\/span> Yamato fan club magazine #36\/37<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
No-class<\/td>\nJUNE<\/td>\n<\/span>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Publication<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n<\/span> Coverage in Animedia<\/em> magazine<\/a> (Gakken)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Video<\/td>\n?<\/td>\n<\/span> LD: The New Voyage<\/em><\/a> (Nippon Columbia)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Video<\/td>\n?<\/td>\n<\/span> LD: Final Yamato<\/em><\/a> (Nippon Columbia)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Publication<\/td>\n?<\/td>\n<\/span> Space Battleship Yamato<\/em> manga article in Comics Collector<\/em> No. 4<\/a> (Krause Publications)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
No-class<\/td>\nJULY<\/td>\n<\/span>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Video<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/span> LD & VHS: Space Battleship Yamato<\/em> Music Video<\/a> (Nippon Columbia)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Event<\/td>\n6-8<\/td>\n<\/span> Star Blazers<\/em> video room at Empiricon 5 (New York City)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
No-class<\/td>\nAUG<\/td>\n<\/span>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Video<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/span> LD & VHS: Farewell to Yamato<\/em> Music Video<\/a> (Nippon Columbia)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Event<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n<\/span> Yamato Party ’84<\/a> (first fan-run Yamato<\/em> convention in Japan)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Music<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n<\/span>LP: Popular Anime Main title theme Collection<\/em> features Yamato<\/em> theme<\/a> (Victor)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Publication<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n<\/span> Coverage in My Anime<\/em> magazine<\/a> (Akita Shoten)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Music<\/td>\n21<\/td>\n<\/span> CD: Lonely Girl<\/em> by Junko Yagami includes Love Supreme<\/em><\/a> (Discomate)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Event<\/td>\n27<\/td>\n<\/span> Fan club meeting & Farewell to Yamato<\/em> screening in Tokyo<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Event<\/td>\n30<\/td>\n<\/span> Star Blazers<\/em> fan club meeting, video track at 42nd World Science Fiction Convention<\/a> (Through Sept 3, Los Angeles CA)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Publication<\/td>\n?<\/td>\n<\/span> Yamato fan club magazine #38<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
publication<\/td>\n?<\/td>\n<\/span> Epic Illustrated<\/em> magazine publishes an article about Yamato\/Star Blazers<\/em><\/a> (Marvel Comics Group)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
No-class<\/td>\nSEP<\/td>\n<\/span>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Video<\/td>\n21<\/td>\n<\/span> LD & VHS: Final Yamato<\/em> Music Video<\/a> (Nippon Columbia)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Music<\/td>\n21<\/td>\n<\/span> LP & Cassette: Yamato Grand Symphony<\/em><\/a> (Nippon Columbia)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
publication<\/td>\n?<\/td>\n<\/span> The Micronauts: The New Voyages<\/em> #4 features secret cameos<\/a> (Marvel Comics Group)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
publication<\/td>\n?<\/td>\n<\/span> Star Blazers Fandom Report<\/em> #14<\/a> (Star Blazers<\/em> Fan Club)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
No-class<\/td>\nOCT<\/td>\n<\/span>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Publication<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n<\/span> Hochi Shimbun<\/em> newspaper announces 3-year plan for new productions<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
No-class<\/td>\nNOV<\/td>\n<\/span>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Publication<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n<\/span> Coverage in The Anime<\/em> magazine<\/a> (Kindaieigasha)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Publication<\/td>\n?<\/td>\n<\/span> Yamato fan club magazine #39<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
No-class<\/td>\nDEC<\/td>\n<\/span>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Event<\/td>\n?<\/td>\n<\/span>Yoshinobu Nishizaki founds a new company: JAVN (Japan Audio Visual Network) to produce and distribute movies and videos<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
On Air<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n<\/span>Yamato 2<\/em> compilation movie<\/a> broadcast on Fuji Television\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
On Air<\/td>\n26<\/td>\n<\/span>Yamato III<\/em> compilation movie<\/a> broadcast on Fuji Television\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Video<\/td>\n?<\/td>\n<\/span> VHS: Space Battleship Yamato<\/em><\/a> (Japan Victor)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Video<\/td>\n?<\/td>\n<\/span> VHS: Farewell to Yamato<\/em><\/a> (Japan Victor)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Video<\/td>\n?<\/td>\n<\/span> VHS: Be Forever Yamato<\/em><\/a> (Japan Victor)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
publication<\/td>\n?<\/td>\n<\/span> Star Blazers Fandom Report<\/em> #15<\/a> (Star Blazers<\/em> Fan Club)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
No-class<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/span>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Publication<\/td>\n?<\/td>\n<\/span> Space Love<\/em> doujinshi Vol. 12<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Music<\/td>\n?<\/td>\n<\/span>LP: Screen Super Special \u201984, The Best of Spectacle Themes<\/em> features Yamato<\/em> theme<\/a> (Seven Seas Records)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Music<\/td>\n?<\/td>\n<\/span>Cassette: Animations Ever<\/em> features Yamato<\/em> theme<\/a> (Oriental Record Co.)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Music<\/td>\n?<\/td>\n<\/span>Cassette: Galaxy Zero Fighter Squadron<\/em> features Yamato<\/em> theme<\/a> (Lily)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Music<\/td>\n?<\/td>\n<\/span>LP: The Seventeen’s Legend<\/em> features Yamato<\/em> choral music<\/a> (Athene Record)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
No-class<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/span>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
No-class<\/td>\n1985<\/td>\n<\/span>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
On Air<\/td>\n?<\/td>\n<\/span>Yamato III<\/em> is added to the Star Blazers<\/em> syndication package, increasing the number of episodes to 77\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Video<\/td>\n?<\/td>\n<\/span> VHD: The New Voyage<\/em><\/a> (Japan Victor)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Video<\/td>\n?<\/td>\n<\/span> VHD: Final Yamato<\/em><\/a> (Japan Victor)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Game<\/td>\n?<\/td>\n<\/span> Laserdisc game based on Final Yamato<\/em> appears in Taito Game Centers, Japan<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
No-class<\/td>\nJAN<\/td>\n<\/span>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
models<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/span> 20th Century Imports<\/a> begins distributing Bandai model kits in US under the Star Blazers<\/em> name\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Video<\/td>\n21<\/td>\n<\/span> VHS & Beta: Yamato 2<\/em> compilation movie<\/a> (Nippon Columbia)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Video<\/td>\n21<\/td>\n<\/span> VHS & Beta: Yamato III<\/em> compilation movie<\/a> (Nippon Columbia)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
No-class<\/td>\nFEB<\/td>\n<\/span>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Publication<\/td>\n19<\/td>\n<\/span>First press conference for Odin: Photon Space Sailor Starlight<\/em>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Publication<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n<\/span> Yamato fan club magazine #44\/45<\/a> (double issue)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
No-class<\/td>\nMAR<\/td>\n<\/span>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Video<\/td>\n21<\/td>\n<\/span> LD & VHS: The New Voyage<\/em> Music Video<\/a> (Nippon Columbia)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Video<\/td>\n21<\/td>\n<\/span> VHS: Be Forever<\/em> Music Video<\/a> (Nippon Columbia)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
No-class<\/td>\nAPR<\/td>\n<\/span>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Music<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n<\/span>LP & Cassette: Image<\/em> by Toshio Furukawa includes a song for Yamato III<\/em><\/a> (Canyon)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Publication<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n<\/span> Yamato fan club magazine #46<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
No-class<\/td>\nJUN<\/td>\n<\/span>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Music<\/td>\n21<\/td>\n<\/span> CD: Symphonic Suite Yamato<\/em><\/a> (Nippon Columbia)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Music<\/td>\n21<\/td>\n<\/span> CD: Arrivederci Yamato<\/em> symphonic album<\/a> (Nippon Columbia)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Music<\/td>\n21<\/td>\n<\/span> CD: Yamato Grand Symphony<\/em> concert album<\/a> (Nippon Columbia)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Publication<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n<\/span> Yamato fan club magazine #47<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
No-class<\/td>\nJUL<\/td>\n<\/span>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
On air<\/td>\n27<\/td>\n<\/span>Summer Vacation Special Concert “The ship takes off for space” broadcast on NTV, includes Yamato<\/em> music\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Event<\/td>\n30<\/td>\n<\/span>Summer Vacation Anime Seminar previews Odin<\/em> at Shibuya Pantheon Theatre, Tokyo\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
On air<\/td>\n31<\/td>\n<\/span>Be Forever Yamato<\/em> broadcast on “Wednesday Special Roadshow”\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
No-class<\/td>\nAUG<\/td>\n<\/span>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
On Air<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/span>Yamato<\/em> Grand Symphony<\/a> is broadcast on NHK\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Event<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/span> Yamato Party ’85 convention<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
On Air<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n<\/span>Odin<\/em> radio special is broadcast on Radio Japan\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
On Air<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n<\/span>Odin<\/em> TV special is broadcast on Nippon Broadcasting\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cinema<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n<\/span> Odin: Photon Space Sailor Starlight<\/em><\/a> movie premiere\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cinema<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n<\/span> Double feature roadshow screenings begin: Odin<\/em> and Final Yamato<\/em>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Publication<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n<\/span> Yamato fan club magazine #48<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
On Air<\/td>\n31<\/td>\n<\/span>Be Forever Yamato<\/em> is rebroadcast on Fuji Television\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
No-class<\/td>\nOCT<\/td>\n<\/span>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Publication<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n<\/span> Yamato fan club magazine #49<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
No-class<\/td>\nDEC<\/td>\n<\/span>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Publication<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n<\/span> Yamato fan club magazine #50<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
No-class<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/span>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Video<\/td>\n?<\/td>\n<\/span> LD: Space Battleship Yamato<\/em><\/a> (Nippon Columbia)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Video<\/td>\n?<\/td>\n<\/span> LD: Arrivederci Yamato<\/em><\/a> (Nippon Columbia)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Video<\/td>\n?<\/td>\n<\/span> LD: Be Forever Yamato<\/em><\/a> (Nippon Columbia)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Video<\/td>\n?<\/td>\n<\/span> LD & VHS: Yamato Grand Symphony<\/em><\/a> (Nippon Columbia)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
No-class<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/span>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
No-class<\/td>\n1986<\/td>\n<\/span>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
No-class<\/td>\nJAN<\/td>\n<\/span>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Event<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n<\/span>Fan Club meeting and screening of Space Battleship Yamato<\/em> movie in Tokyo<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
No-class<\/td>\nFEB<\/td>\n<\/span>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Publication<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n<\/span> Yamato fan club magazine #51<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Publication<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n<\/span> Four model sheet portfolios<\/a> and ‘Final Yamato<\/em> Super Drawing’ portfolio by Yoshinori Kaneda<\/a> (West Cape Corporation)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
No-class<\/td>\nMAR<\/td>\n<\/span>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
event<\/td>\n?<\/td>\n<\/span>YamatoCon II<\/em> convention held in Dallas, Texas<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
No-class<\/td>\nAPR<\/td>\n<\/span>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Publication<\/td>\n?<\/td>\n<\/span> Cover story in Anime Zine<\/em> #1<\/a> (Minstrel Press)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
No-class<\/td>\nJUN<\/td>\n<\/span>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Publication<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n<\/span> Yamato fan club magazine #52\/53<\/a> (double issue)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
No-class<\/td>\nAUG<\/td>\n<\/span>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Event<\/td>\n23<\/td>\n<\/span>Fan Club meeting and screening of Final Yamato<\/em> (35mm version) in Meguro Public Hall, Tokyo<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Publication<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n<\/span> Yamato fan club magazine #54<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
No-class<\/td>\nOCT<\/td>\n<\/span>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Event<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n<\/span>Leiji Matsumoto delivers a lecture at an Arrivederci Yamato<\/em> screening at Oscar Theatre in Yokohama\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Publication<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n<\/span> Yamato fan club magazine #55<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Music<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n<\/span> CD: Final Yamato<\/em> 2-disc ‘Best Collection’<\/a> (Animage)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
No-class<\/td>\nNOV<\/td>\n<\/span>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ON AIR<\/td>\n?<\/td>\n<\/span> Desslok’s Revenge,<\/em> the first Star Blazers<\/em> fan film<\/a> is completed and screened\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
No-class<\/td>\nDEC<\/td>\n<\/span>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Publication<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n<\/span> Yamato fan club magazine #56<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
No-class<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/span>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Video<\/td>\n?<\/td>\n<\/span> PAL VHS: Space Cruiser<\/em><\/a> (Enterprise Pictures)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
No-class<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/span>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
No-class<\/td>\n1987<\/td>\n<\/span>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
No-class<\/td>\nJAN<\/td>\n<\/span>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Production<\/td>\n?<\/td>\n<\/span>Production on live-action movie begins, titled A Passenger<\/em> (West Cape Corporation\/JAVN)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
No-class<\/td>\nFEB<\/td>\n<\/span>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Publication<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n<\/span> Yamato fan club magazine #57<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
No-class<\/td>\nAPR<\/td>\n<\/span>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Publication<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n<\/span> Yamato fan club magazine #58<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
publication<\/td>\n?<\/td>\n<\/span> Star Blazers<\/em> comic book #1<\/a> (Comico)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
No-class<\/td>\nMAY<\/td>\n<\/span>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Video<\/td>\n?<\/td>\n<\/span>Limited edition Yamato<\/em> release with Japanese subtitles for the hearing-impaired (JAVN)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
publication<\/td>\n?<\/td>\n<\/span> Star Blazers<\/em> comic book #2<\/a> (Comico)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
No-class<\/td>\nJUN<\/td>\n<\/span>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Publication<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n<\/span> Yamato fan club magazine #59<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
publication<\/td>\n?<\/td>\n<\/span> Star Blazers<\/em> comic book #3<\/a> (Comico)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
No-class<\/td>\nJUL<\/td>\n<\/span>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Book<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n<\/span> Cosmoship Yamato<\/em> manga reissue vol. 1 by Leiji Matsumoto<\/a> (Akita Comics Select\/Akita Shoten)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
publication<\/td>\n?<\/td>\n<\/span> Star Blazers<\/em> comic book #4<\/a> (Comico)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
No-class<\/td>\nAUG<\/td>\n<\/span>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cinema<\/td>\n3-7<\/td>\n<\/span>Summer Vacation Anime theatre exhibition<\/a> includes Yamato<\/em> exhibit, screens Space Battleship Yamato, Arrivederci, Be Forever<\/em> and Final Yamato<\/em> in Shibuya, Tokyo\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Book<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n<\/span> Cosmoship Yamato<\/em> manga reissue vol. 2 by Leiji Matsumoto<\/a> (Akita Comics Select\/Akita Shoten)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Publication<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n<\/span> Yamato fan club magazine #60<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Event<\/td>\n21<\/td>\n<\/span> Yamato Party ’87 convention<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
No-class<\/td>\nOCT<\/td>\n<\/span>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cinema<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/span>A Passenger<\/em> live-action movie premieres, produced by Yoshinobu Nishizaki\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Publication<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n<\/span> Yamato fan club magazine #61<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Publication<\/td>\n?<\/td>\n<\/span> Space Gamer\/Fantasy Gamer<\/em> magazine publishes Star Blazers<\/em> Fleet Simulator game<\/a> (Diverse Talents, Inc.)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
No-class<\/td>\nDEC<\/td>\n<\/span>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Publication<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n<\/span> Yamato fan club magazine #62<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
On Air<\/td>\n28<\/td>\n<\/span>Space Battleship Yamato<\/em> movie rebroadcast on Hiroshima Television\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
On Air<\/td>\n29<\/td>\n<\/span>Yamato 2<\/em> compilation movie<\/a> rebroadcast on Hiroshima Television\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
On Air<\/td>\n30<\/td>\n<\/span>Yamato III<\/em> compilation movie<\/a> rebroadcast on Hiroshima Television\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
On Air<\/td>\n31<\/td>\n<\/span>Arrivederci Yamato<\/em> rebroadcast on Hiroshima Television\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
No-class<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/span>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Publication<\/td>\n?<\/td>\n<\/span> Japanimation<\/em> #2 publishes a Star Blazers<\/em> cover story<\/a> (Eclectic Press)<\/p>\n
Publication<\/td>\n?<\/td>\n<\/span> Japanimation<\/em> #3 publishes a Star Blazers<\/em> article<\/a> (Eclectic Press)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Publication<\/td>\n?<\/td>\n<\/span> Anime Zine<\/em> #2 publishes a Star Blazers<\/em> cover story<\/a> (Minstrel Press)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
No-class<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/span>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
No-class<\/td>\n1988<\/td>\n<\/span>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Video<\/td>\n?<\/td>\n<\/span> VHS: Star Blazers<\/em> is released in the US<\/a> (Kidmark)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PRODUCTION<\/td>\n?<\/td>\n<\/span> Arrivederci Yamato<\/em> is dubbed in English by Nishizaki’s new company, Voyager Entertainment, and officially retitled Farewell to Yamato<\/em>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
No-class<\/td>\nJAN<\/td>\n<\/span>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Event<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n<\/span>Fan club headquarters<\/a> relocates to Roppongi, Tokyo\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
No-class<\/td>\nFEB<\/td>\n<\/span>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Publication<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n<\/span> Yamato fan club magazine #63<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
No-class<\/td>\nAPR<\/td>\n<\/span>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Publication<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n<\/span> Yamato fan club magazine #64<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
No-class<\/td>\nMAY<\/td>\n<\/span>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Event<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n<\/span>Yamato<\/em> movies and other Westcape productions marketed at Cannes Film Festival.<\/a> Arrivederci Yamato<\/em> is renamed Farewell to Yamato<\/em>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
No-class<\/td>\nJUN<\/td>\n<\/span>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Event<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/span>Nishizaki appears at ‘Departure from Earth’ program at Cannes Film Festival\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Publication<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n<\/span> Yamato fan club magazine #65<\/a> publishes first information about the upcoming Yamato 2520<\/em><\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
No-class<\/td>\nAUG<\/td>\n<\/span>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Event<\/td>\n21<\/td>\n<\/span> Yamato Party ’88 convention<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Publication<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n<\/span> Yamato fan club magazine #66<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Event<\/td>\n27, 28<\/td>\n<\/span>Nishizaki appears at the Japan ‘SF meet #27’ convention\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
No-class<\/td>\nSEP<\/td>\n<\/span>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Publication<\/td>\n30<\/td>\n<\/span> B-Club<\/em> magazine no. 35 covers Yamato<\/em> model and toy history<\/a> (Bandai Media)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
No-class<\/td>\nOCT<\/td>\n<\/span>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Event<\/td>\n23-30<\/td>\n<\/span>Westcape Corporation exhibit at Milan Film Festival\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Publication<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n<\/span> Yamato fan club magazine #67<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
No-class<\/td>\nNOV<\/td>\n<\/span>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Publication<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n<\/span> Yamato<\/em> ‘graphic memorial’ appears in Comic Noizy<\/em> magazine<\/a> (Dai Nippon Kaiga Co.)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Music<\/td>\n?<\/td>\n<\/span> CD: Walking Songs<\/em> by Mitsuko Horie<\/a> features Yamato<\/em> songs (Nippon Columbia)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
No-class<\/td>\nDEC<\/td>\n<\/span>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Publication<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/span> 25 Years of Television Cartoons<\/em> includes Yamato<\/em> coverage<\/a> (Tokuma Shoten)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Publication<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n<\/span> Yamato fan club magazine #68<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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