1995 Timeline


About this list: this is a work-in-progress with the goal of assembling as complete a timeline as possible of the entire Yamato/Star Blazers phenomenon. Data will be added and revised as new information becomes available. As the entries on this list receive coverage elsewhere on this site, links will be added to help you find them. If you notice missing, incorrect, or incomplete items on this list, please contact us and make noise!

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.)

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