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1984-1988 | 1989-1994 | 1996-1999 | 2000-2003 | 2004-2007 | 2008-2009 | 2010 | 2011-2013 | 2014-2019 | 2021-2023
No-class | 1995 | |
No-class | JAN | |
Music | 1 | CD: Symphonic Suite Yamato reissue (Nippon Columbia) |
Music | 1 | CD: Farewell to Yamato symphonic album reissue (Nippon Columbia) |
Music | 1 | CD: The New Voyage symphonic album (Nippon Columbia) |
Music | 1 | CD: Be Forever Yamato 2-disc symphonic album (Nippon Columbia) |
Music | 1 | CD: Yamato III symphonic album (Nippon Columbia) |
Music | 1 | CD: Final Yamato 3-disc symphonic album (Nippon Columbia) |
On Air | 6 | TOKIO performs main theme from Yamato 2520 on radio |
Music | 21 | CD: Yamato 2520 Original Theme Music Special Edition (Sony Music) |
On Air | 22 | TOKIO performs main theme from Yamato 2520 on “Super Jockey” radio show |
On Air | 30 | Isao Sasaki performs on a Fuji Television special |
On Air | 30 | NTV profiles Star Blazers on an anime TV special |
No-class | FEB | |
Music | 1 | CD: Yamato 2520 Original Theme Music Standard Edition (Sony Music) |
On Air | 10 | Another TOKIO live radio performance |
Video | 21 | VHS: Yamato 2520 vol. 1: Hope for Tomorrow (Bandai/Emotion) |
On Air | 24 | Another TOKIO live radio performance |
No-class | MAR | |
Video | 8 | LD & VHS: TOKIO in Yamato 2520 music video (Sony) |
Music | 21 | CD: Yamato 2520 Original Soundtrack (Sony Music) |
Video | 25 | LD: Yamato 2520 vol. 1: Hope for Tomorrow (Bandai/Emotion) |
Publication | ? | Star Blazers comic magazine #0 by Studio Go! (Argo Press/Voyager Entertainment, Inc.) |
No-class | APR | |
Music | 1 | CD: Space Battleship Yamato Drama album (Nippon Columbia) |
Music | 1 | CD: Farewell to Yamato Drama album (Nippon Columbia) |
Music | 1 | CD: The New Voyage Drama album (Nippon Columbia) |
Music | 1 | CD: Be Forever Yamato Drama album (Nippon Columbia) |
Music | 1 | CD: Yamato III Drama album (Nippon Columbia) |
Music | 1 | CD: Final Yamato Drama album (Nippon Columbia) |
Music | 1 | CD: Yamato 2520 original theme collection I album (reissue/Nippon Columbia) |
Publication | 1 | Hobby Japan #310 publishes a Yamato cover story |
On Air | 9 | Yamato theme places 7th in MBS music special |
Video | 20 | VHS: Farewell to Yamato English dub released in Japan (Linguaphone Video Comic Theatre) |
Publication | 25 | B-club magazine #115 cover story: ‘Study of large space battleships’ (Bandai) |
Video | ? | VHS: Subtitled version of Be Forever Yamato released in US (Voyager Entertainment, Inc.) |
No-class | JUN | |
On Air | 14 | Yamato 2 compilation movie broadcast on Chiba Television |
On Air | 15 | Yamato III compilation movie broadcast on Chiba Television |
Music | 22 | CD: Yamato Grand Symphony reissue (Nippon Columbia) |
Music | 22 | CD: Romantic Violin Yamato (Nippon Columbia) |
Music | 22 | CD: Mellow Guitar Yamato (Nippon Columbia) |
Music | 22 | CD: Fascinating Piano Yamato (Nippon Columbia) |
Music | 22 | CD: Yamato Choral and Piano Suite (Nippon Columbia) |
Music | 22 | CD: Yamato Digital Trip Synthesizer Fantasy reissue (R-Ban) |
No-class | JUL | |
Event | 11 | NHK Songs & Ballads concert features Isao Sasaki |
Music | 12 | CD: Favorite Anime Main Title Song Collection features Yamato theme (Victor) |
On Air | 27 | Akira Fuse performs on ABC Night |
No-class | AUG | |
On Air | 9 | Yamato 2 compilation movie broadcast on Osaka Television |
On Air | 10 | Yamato III compilation movie broadcast on Osaka Television |
On Air | 16 | Yamato 2 compilation movie broadcast on Chiba Television |
On Air | 18 | Yamato III compilation movie broadcast on Chiba Television |
Music | 19 | CD: Mitsuko Horie Best & Best features Yamato songs (Nippon Columbia) |
Model | 25 | 1/1500 Yamato 2520 (Bandai) |
Publication | ? | Star Blazers comic magazine #1 by Studio Go! (Argo Press/Voyager Entertainment, Inc.) |
Video | ? | VHS: Subtitled version of Final Yamato released in US (Voyager Entertainment, Inc.) |
No-class | SEP | |
Event | 3 | Yamato Party ’95 convention |
Music | 21 | CD: Space Battleship Yamato TV series BGM collection (Nippon Columbia) |
Music | 21 | CD: Yamato 2 BGM collection (Nippon Columbia) |
Music | 21 | CD: The New Voyage BGM collection (Nippon Columbia) |
Music | 21 | CD: Be Forever Yamato BGM collection (Nippon Columbia) |
Music | 21 | CD: Yamato III BGM collection (Nippon Columbia) |
Music | 21 | CD: Final Yamato BGM collection (Nippon Columbia) |
Music | 21 | CD: Yamato Song Collection (Nippon Columbia) |
R.i.p. | 25 | Kei Tomiyama, voice actor for Susumu Kodai |
Video | ? | VHS: Subtitled version of the Space Battleship Yamato movie released in US (Voyager Entertainment, Inc.) |
Video | ? | VHS: Subtitled version of Farewell to Yamato released in US (Voyager Entertainment, Inc.) |
Publication | ? | 1996 Yamato CG calendar (Voyager Entertainment, Inc.) |
Publication | ? | Cover story in Animerica magazine Vol. 3 No. 8 (Viz Communications) |
No-class | OCT | |
Music | 21 | CD: Classic Anime Themesongs/Anime Karoake B-side collection features The Scarlet Scarf |
On Air | 27 | Kei Tomiyama memorialized on Radio Kansai ‘Youth Radiomania’ |
Publication | ? | Star Blazers comic magazine #2 by Studio Go! (Argo Press/Voyager Entertainment, Inc.) |
Video | ? | VHS: ‘The Yamato Collection’ box set (Voyager Entertainment, Inc.) |
No-class | NOV | |
Event | 5 | Yamato World 1995 convention (Japan) |
On Air | 13 | Hiroshi Miyagawa TV special on Kansai Television |
Music | 16 | CD: Favorite Terebi Anime Main title theme Omnibus features Yamato theme (Victor Entertainment) |
Music | 20 | CD: Isao Sasaki: Of the Man features Yamato songs (Nippon Columbia) |
Music | 21 | CD: Yamato 2 Drama album (Nippon Columbia) |
Music | 21 | CD: Yamato Festival in Budokan 1980 live album (Nippon Columbia) |
No-class | DEC | |
Video | 18 | LD & VHS: Yamato 2520 vol. 2: Yamato Begins! (Bandai/Emotion) |
On Air | 28 | Space Battleship Yamato scores 11th place ABC Television “best anime” special |
Publication | ? | Star Blazers comic magazine #3 by Studio Go! (Argo Press/Voyager Entertainment, Inc.) |