Issue 14 of the Star Blazers/Yamato Fan Club magazine (April 2022) featured a series of “testimonials” from the 2205 production staff. This included concept advisor Shinya Ogura, who provides fascinating insight on the science behind the visuals. Here, he describes … Continue reading →
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Yamato 2205 media catalog
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Yamato 2202 Episode 22 commentary
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Yamato 2202 Episode 24 commentary
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Activity remained steady in May as fans took the wheel and filled in the gaps for their fellow fans with art, modeling, and even a glorious four-hour radio…
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 2205 Report 5
As expected, activity dropped quite a bit after the giant premiere month for Yamato 2205, but the ripples were still strong. And any month that culminates with a…
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 12
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Space Battleship Yamato 2205 Report 20
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Space Battleship Yamato 2205 Report 1
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The final month of 2022 ticked up a bit with a flurry of live events and the triumphant return of Michio Murakawa’s Yamato 2199 manga, both online and…
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…
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Predictably, April 2022 was one of the slowest months for Yamato news in a long time, since we’re back in the stretch between productions. But any news is…
Space Battleship Yamato 2205 Report 4
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August 2022 was about average in terms of activity, but there’s never a dull month in Yamato world. The first full-scale book arrived and Star Blazers Lambda reached…
Space Battleship Yamato 2205 Report 28
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Activity held steady as one of our annual digits changed again, and the world inched closer to the year 3199. Despite continued silence from the home office, music…
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Yamato world stayed just about as busy in November as the previous few months, always a good sign when there’s no new anime to supercharge things. News announcements,…
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September 2022 was pretty slow, but there’s no bad month to be a Yamato fan. Between a surprise TV appearance, new Hyuga volumes from Hachette, a spectacular hobby…
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…
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