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No-class	1982
No-class	JAN
Production	16	Aritsune Toyota finishes Final Yamato story notes sets 6 & 7
production	19	Aristune Toyota finishes Final Yamato story notes set 8, composition plan
production	28	Final Yamato writer’s summit, day 1
production	29	Final Yamato writer’s summit, day 2
production	30	Final Yamato writer’s summit, day 3
No-class	FEB
Music	1	LP & Cassette: Choral Suite New Voyage/Brave Raideen (Nippon Columbia)
Production	1	Final Yamato preproduction concept notes
production	5	Final Yamato concept notes organized
production	11	Eiichi Yamamoto story memo for Final Yamato
Publication	25	Yamato fan club magazine #27
No-class	MAR
Production	2	Final Yamato story treatment 1
Production	9	Final Yamato story treatment 2
Music	10	Prelude to Final Yamato album recording begins (finishes 3/14)
Production	11	Final Yamato concept notes written
production	12	Final Yamato story treatment 3
production	17	Final Yamato story treatment 4
book	30	Leiji Matsumoto’s Special Collection features reprint of Eternal Story of Jura (Asahi Sonorama)
No-class	APR
production	15	Yoshinobu Nishizaki plot composition written for Final Yamato
Publication	25	Yamato fan club magazine #28
event	27	Production announcement for Final Yamato at press conference, Tokyo
No-class	MAY
production	20	Final Yamato script part A completed
Music	21	LP & Cassette: Prelude to Final Yamato (Nippon Columbia)
production	24	SF concept notes completed for Final Yamato by Aritsune Toyota & Kazuichi Tsurumi
production	26	Toshio Masuda makes scene plan from Final Yamato script part A
No-class	JUN
Publication	6	Yamato III Anime Comics conclude in My Anime Magazine (Akita Shoten)
production	7	Final Yamato script part B completed
publication	10	Final Yamato coverage in anime magazines (July cover dates)
Event	12	Fan club meeting at Japan Youth Hall
production	19	Final Yamato script part C completed
Music	21	LP & Cassette: Mellow Guitar Yamato (Nippon Columbia)
Publication	25	Yamato fan club magazine #29
production	28	Final Yamato script part D first draft completed
Model	28	1/350 Yamato Wood kit (Imai)
No-class	JUL
production	9	Final Yamato script part D final draft completed
publication	10	Final Yamato coverage in anime magazines (August cover dates)
book	15	TV Anime Complete Works volume 3 (Akita Shoten)
book	31	Yoshinori Kaneda Special art book includes concept sketches for Final Yamato (Tokuma Shoten)
No-class	AUG
publication	10	Final Yamato coverage in anime magazines (September cover dates)
Event		Yamato Fan Club Gatherings include screening of documentary ‘Message Film’
No-class	9	Fukushima
No-class	10	Nagasaki
No-class	11	Takeo
No-class	12	Akita
No-class	13	Kagoshima
No-class	14	Aomori
No-class	15	Morioka
No-class	16	Sendai
No-class	17	Kumamoto
No-class	20	Niigata
No-class	21	Takamatsu
No-class	22	Toyama
No-class	23	Kanazawa
No-class	24	Fukui
No-class	25	Hiroshima
No-class	26	Okayama
No-class	27	Himeji
No-class	28	Matsue
No-class	29	Hamada
No-class	30	Shimonoseki
Publication	25	Yamato fan club magazine #30
Event	28, 29	Farewell and Be Forever are screened in “Star Blazers room” at Creation Convention, New York City
No-class	SEP
publication	10	Final Yamato coverage in anime magazines (October cover dates)
publication	10	Yamato Dictionary insert in Animage magazine (Tokuma Shoten)
Production	16	Final Yamato music meeting 1
Music	21	LP & Cassette: Fascinating Piano Yamato (Nippon Columbia)
Music	21	Cassettes: Arrivederci Yamato complete drama (Nippon Columbia)
event	24-26	Star Blazers/Yamato “Micro-Con” held at Babelcon ’82 (Grand Rapids, Michigan)
No-class	OCT
publication	10	Final Yamato coverage in anime magazines (November cover dates)
Production	18	Final Yamato music & FX meetings
Product	22	Final Yamato digital wall clock (West Cape Corporation)
Event	22	10-year anniversary party held at Okura Hotel in Akasaka, Tokyo
Publication	25	Yamato fan club magazine #31
Publication	?	1983 Final Yamato calendar (West Cape Corporation)
No-class	NOV
publication	10	Final Yamato coverage in anime magazines (December cover dates)
Music	21	LP & Cassette: Yamato Digital Trip Synthesizer Fantasy (Nippon Columbia)
Music	21	LP & Cassette: Anime Piano Yamato/Gundam (Nippon Columbia)
Book	21	Anime Piano Yamato/Gundam sheet music (Nippon Columbia)
Music	21	LP: Yamato/My Youth in Arcadia Best Collection (Nippon Columbia)
Book	30	The Anime magazine special: Space Battleship Yamato Total Collection includes early coverage of Final Yamato (Kindaieiga Co.)
book	30	Anime Great Love! From Yamato to Gundam (Tokuma Shoten)
publication	?	Final Yamato flyer in theaters
No-class	DEC
Music	1	LP: Stars of Anime features Yamato songs (Nippon Columbia)
publication	10	Final Yamato coverage in anime magazines (January cover dates)
Book	15	Final Yamato novel part 1 (Cobalt Library/Shueisha)
Production	15	Final Yamato songs recorded by Tomoko Kuwae
PRODUCTION	18	Final Yamato song “Love Supreme” recorded by Junko Yagami
Publication	20, 26	Yoshinori Kanada art doujinshis
Music	21	LP & Cassette: Romantic Violin Yamato (Nippon Columbia)
BOOK	25	Symphonic Suite Yamato piano compositions (Tokyo Music Study)
Book	31	Final Yamato “AM Juju” novel part 1 (Animage/Tokuma Shoten)

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