Welcome to this new website for fans of Star Blazers and Space Battleship Yamato! Here you will find breaking news and deep archival history that will keep the Star Blazers/Yamato experience alive for years to come. New content will be added frequently, so visit often and watch it grow! Meanwhile, you can still explore an archived version of the previous website here.

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New features added May 18, 2013:

Yamato 2199 Report 19, Part 1 (April news)

Yamato 2199 Report 19, Part 2

Yamato 2199 Model Kit Developer Interview, Part 3

Yamato 2199 Model Kit Developer Interview, Part 4





Articles posted April 27, 2013:

The Making of Final Yamato Part 8: Preproduction, February 1982

The Making of Final Yamato Part 9: Preproduction, March 1982

Yamato 2199 Model Kit Developer Interview, Part 1

Yamato 2199 Model Kit Developer Interview, Part 2

Articles posted April 13, 2013:

Yamato 2199 Report 17 (March news)

Yamato 2199 Report 18 (early April news)

Anime Kinejun #2 director interview

Otona Anime #28 mecha design interview

Great Mechanics DX #24 mecha design interview

Articles posted March 30, 2013:

Yamato Sound Almanac CD series: the first half

Yamato Lessons from the Past Part 3 by Ryusuke Hikawa

The Making of Final Yamato Part 6: Writer's Summit Day 2

The Making of Final Yamato Part 7: Writer's Summit Day 3

Articles posted March 9, 2013:

Yamato 2199 Report 16 (February news)

Yamatalk Night 4 Report by Gwyn Campbell

Yamato 2199 Prehistory: Underground Giants, Part 2

The Making of Final Yamato Part 5: Writer's Summit Day 1

Articles posted February 23, 2013:

Yamato 2 Pachislo Game Report

Cyborg 009 Meets Yamato 2199: Yutaka Izubuchi X Masato Hayase

Yamato 2199 Prehistory: Underground Giants, Part 1

Yamato Lessons from the Past Part 2 by Ryusuke Hikawa

Articles posted February 9, 2013:

Yamato 2199 Report 15, Part 1 (January news)

Yamato 2199 Report 15, Part 2

Yamato 2199 Mecha Talk

Interview with composer Akira Miyagawa

Articles posted January 26, 2013:

Yamatalk Night 3 Report by Gwyn Campbell

The Making of Final Yamato part 1: 1981 Brainstorming

The Making of Final Yamato part 2: 1981 Story Notes by Aritsune Toyota

The Making of Final Yamato part 3: First Story Draft by Eiichi Yamamoto

The Making of Final Yamato part 4: Into 1982

Articles posted January 12, 2013:

Yamato 2199 Report 14 (December news)

Great Mechanics DX magazine #23 interview

Yamato 2199 updated Character Guide

Yamato Lessons from the Past Part 1 by Ryusuke Hikawa

Articles posted December 29, 2012:

The Bolar Wars Episode 22 Commentary

The Bolar Wars Episode 23 Commentary

The Bolar Wars Episode 24 Commentary

The Bolar Wars Episode 25 Commentary

Yamato Year in Review: 2012

Articles posted December 15, 2012:

1977 Interview with Yoshinobu Nishizaki

The Bolar Wars Episode 18 Commentary

The Bolar Wars Episode 19 Commentary

The Bolar Wars Episode 20 Commentary

The Bolar Wars Episode 21 Commentary

The Final Yamato Time Machine, Part 1

Articles posted December 1, 2012:

An introduction to this site

Space Battleship Yamato 2199 Report 11 (September news)

Space Battleship Yamato 2199 Report 12 (October news)

Space Battleship Yamato 2199 Report 13 (October & November news)

Great Mechanics DX magazine #22 interview

Sound Effects Designer interview