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Deanna Durbin and the Battleship Yamato
What is the connection between Hollywood musical star Deanna Durbin and the Japanese World War II battleship Yamato? I’ve written before about Deanna Durbin’s popularity in Japan, where…
Acclaimed Director Hideaki Anno Welcomes Fans to Space Battleship Yamato 50th Anniversary Exhibition
“I think this work deserves to be passed down for another half century or more. I hope young people will continue to talk about it, not just for…
Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2199 and Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2202 Anime Streaming Review
Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2199 and 2202 show how to handle a reboot with masterful precision.
Space Battleship Yamato, Space Battleship Yamato 2199, Space Battleship Yamato 2202
Space Battleship Yamato 2205: Cursed Memories of the Past
It’s been a while since I’ve written a reboot related Yamato post. Mainly because 2205 hasn’t been available for legal streaming until recently. Kind of strange that the…
Films I Enjoyed in 2024
Introduction As a whole, I somehow watched more anime films this year than I expected to. Though I think a major part of that comes from just watching…
Answerman - Why is Space Battleship Yamato a Big Deal in Japan?
Hideaki Anno is creating a new Space Battleship Yamato film. Jerome gives context on why this series remains popular in Japan.
Yamato Years in Review
Starting in 2008, an annual year-in-review was written to look back at everything that happened in the ever-expanding world of Space Battleship Yamato. The tradition began in time…
Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2205 Anime Review
More kinetic than Legend of the Galactic Heroes (but sharing its naval theme) and less frenetic than Macross, Yamato strikes a good middle ground for exciting animated space…
Space Battleship Yamato, Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2205, Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Macross
A new voyage for the masterpiece Symphonic Suite Space Battleship Yamato
We hear from the engineers who took on the challenge of remixing it Published on Phile Web, December 25, 2024. See the original article here. Yamato Sound Almanac,…
The Brownie in Me, Imouto no jikan, “Space Battleship Yamato” 50th Anniversary Special Selection Screening Program 2, Japanese Film Trailers
The Brownie in Me, Imouto no jikan, “Space Battleship Yamato” 50th Anniversary Special Selection Screening Program 2, Japanese Film Trailers
The Overlord: The Sacred Kingdom Team Talks With Anime Herald
" For my generation, we grew up watching Space Battleship Yamato and Gundam. From elementary school to middle school, I fell in love with those works. "
Special Report: October 6, 2024
The 50th anniversary of Space Battleship Yamato‘s original TV broadcast was overwhelming. Live events, news flashes, social media posts, and more brought fans together from all parts of…
From Ratings Disaster to Unprecedented Boom: A 50-Year Journey
By Toshiharu Kagami Published October 6, 2024 at Magmix. See the original post here. Translated by Anton Mei Brandt Space Battleship Yamato – a name synonymous with anime’s…
Macross Plus: When Top Gun met Step Up 2: The Streets
Now this is a series I never thought I would watch. While I’ve loved Mobile Suit Gundam all my life, and have dabbled into Space Battleship Yamato, I…
Macross, Macross Plus, Mobile Suit Gundam, Space Battleship Yamato
The Yamato X Hayabusa connection
Space Battleship Yamato has had an influence on real things actually happening in space exploration, and thanks to an ongoing NHK series titled Project X ~ Challengers we…
Yamato 2 production site report, 1978
From the January 1979 issue of Kodansha’s manga magazine Mimi comes this six-page exploration of the Yamato 2 production office at Academy Studio, filled with insider details and…
Space Battleship Yamato: Resurrection (2009): Always count on the Yamato
The Usual Yamato Meta Talk The last post was the big franchise goodbye to the Yamato franchise. The year was 1983 and it was time to end it…
Space Battleship Yamato, Space Battleship Yamato Resurrection
Final Yamato (1983) – A Ticking Water Bomb
Final Yamato Meta There are some interesting bits of meta this time. The first little bit is this film is almost immediately after the third Space Battleship Yamato…
Be Forever Yamato (1980) – Love Travels Dimensions
The Be Forever Yamato Down Low In terms of continuity, this one does follow The New Voyage. The weird thing is it doesn’t feel like it at first.…
Space Battleship Yamato: The New Voyage (1979) – It Starts Again
Continuing the movie meta I don’t have as much to discuss in this section compared to the posts on the other fans. Though there is a whole meta…
Space Battleship Yamato, Space Battleship Yamato: The New Voyage
Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato: In The Name of Love (1978) – Complacency is Death
Context Is Fun I really mean that in this case because this film is full of weird little inside things that make it special and yet not at…
Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato: In the Name of Love, Space Battleship Yamato
REBEL 3199 Science Research, Part 1
From the Chapter 1 program book: SF researcher Shinya Ogura, science advisor for the Space Battleship Yamato remake series, presents some of his work for Dark Invasion with…
Space Battleship Yamato (1977) – A Trip of Destiny
When A Recap Movie Changes Everything Is it a crazy thing to think about how some of the most legendary anime start at failures. Lupin III’s anime side…
(First Reaction) Space Battleship Yamato 3199
I don’t write a lot of singular first reaction posts anymore, but the Space Battleship Yamato franchise is special to me. I mean, I didn’t spend the last…
Announcement: Space Battleship September
About Me and Science Fiction Stuff Hey everyone, it’s my birthday. I’m celebrating it by doing the most Scott thing ever. Announcing the next big event for this…
Space Battleship Yamato 2205 Report 33
March 2024 turned out to be a light but meaningful month with news from multiple fronts, new music & video releases, and a surprise announcement that gave us…
REBEL 3199 Earth Mecha Guide
Art and descriptions published at the official website in March 2024. See the original post here. Special thanks to Luis Cotovio for translation support Space Battleship Yamato (3rd…
Yoshinobu Nishizaki profile, 1979
The magazine Gallantmen was so close in style and content to the Japanese Playboy, you could have switched covers and not known the difference. Why has it come…
Space Battleship Yamato 2205 Report 32
The second month of Yamato‘s 50th year on planet Earth kept the party going with a nice mixture of live music, models, news flashes, and fan activity. Here’s…
Space Battleship Yamato 2205 Report 31
Yamato‘s 50th year on planet Earth got off to a great start with the long-awaited reveal for REBEL 3199 Chapter 1, the arrival of 4K Farewell to Yamato…
Space Battleship Yamato 2205 Report 30
Imagine being able to walk into a movie theater in 2023, to see the original Space Battleship Yamato movie on a big screen. Fans in Japan got to…
Project announcement:Saga of a Space Battleship
A Space Battleship Yamato fan series written by Jeff Lincoln, CG art by Warren Swanson The Saga of Yamato is timeless as her legend. 30 years of peace…
12 Moments In Anime #3: Keep Riding That Space Train
For anyone not in the know, Leiji Matsumoto was a manga artist who was famous for his elaborate space opera stories like Captain Harlock, Space Battleship Yamato ,…
Anime NYC 2023: Localize This! – Secrets of Localization Revealed!
Date: 11/19/2023 Panelists: Zack Davisson - Translator (Devilman, Space Battleship Yamato, Cutie Honey) Sara Linsley - Letterer (Sweat and Soap,
Revolutionary Girl Utena, Space Battleship Yamato, Steins;Gate, Undead Unluck, Devilman
Space Battleship Yamato 2205 Report 29
November 2023 turned into a busier month than expected thanks to a new 2199 manga chapter, various announcements, live events, and a sudden burst of information on Yamato…
The Unbearable Weight of the Past: Space Battleship Yamato 2202
I consider Space Battleship Yamato 2199 to be perhaps the best franchise remake ever. Outside of legacy and possibly 2D vs. 3D animation preference for battles, it improves…
Space Battleship Yamato, Space Battleship Yamato 2199, Space Battleship Yamato 2202
Space Battleship Yamato 2205 Report 28
October 2023 gave us a nice uptick over the activity of September with product announcements, live events, reruns on TV, a big screen revival, and more. Here’s what…
Space Battleship Yamato 2205 Report 27
After that nice bump in August, Yamato world settled back down in September to match the slow pace we saw in July. However, fans must have sensed something…
Space Battleship Yamato 2205 Report 26
In a welcome surprise, activity in August doubled over the slow month of July, bringing us more summer music events and news from multiple fronts, the most exciting…
Space Battleship Yamato 2205 Report 25
Summer doldrums (or whatever) caused activity to drop in the month of July, but the hits were still solid, especially an unexpected announcement that pulled an exceedingly rare…
Space Battleship Yamato 2205 Report 24
June was about as lively as May (meaning not very much). On the other hand, live music was performed, the 2199 manga returned, a new game arrived with…
Yamato 3199 mecha designer interview, April 2023
Special Talk Exploring the hints of 3199 Yamato Junichiro Tamamori (Mechanical designer) X Shosuke Uechi (CG director) The fascination of the mechanic expression of Space Battleship Yamato, which…
Space Battleship Yamato 2205 Report 23
May 2023 was the lightest month for Yamato activity since the year started, and it likely won’t be the last, since we still don’t have a premiere date…
Space Battleship Yamato 2205 Report 22
Yamato world held steady for another month with a new Yamaket fan gathering, another round of Hyuga parts, two live concerts, unexpected media blips and the next issue…
Yamato movie on Fuji TV, 1978
Article reproduction from Yamato Syndrome doujinshi, 2018 Space Battleship Yamato, Fuji TV August 4 Conditions on the production side Fierce competition at the top, Japan TV drops out…
Space Battleship Yamato 2205 Report 21
Activity in March 2023 dropped a bit compared February, but that didn’t make it any less interesting. Any month that gives us online publishing, three major live events,…
Space Battleship Yamato 3199 Report 1
As of this writing, the debut date for Yamato 3199 is still unknown. But the series has been in production for over a year, and if the gap…
Leiji Matsumoto: A Tribute
On the 20th February the world learned that Manga and anime legend Leiji Matsumoto had died aged 85 on the 13th Feburary some 7 days prior. A titan…
The Anime Nostalgia Podcast - ep 117: Leiji Matsumoto Tribute Livestream with Zack Davisson
Subscribers! Be sure to go to the blog to read the description easier & check out links for this episode! In February of 2023, we learned th...
Galaxy Express 999, Queen Emeraldas, Space Battleship Yamato, Space Pirate Captain Harlock
Space Battleship Yamato 2205 Report 20
In February the pace picked up slightly thanks to online activity and a long-awaited concert, but of course the biggest Yamato news of the month was also the…