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No-class | 1996 | |
No-class | FEB | |
On Air | 12 | Space Battleship Yamato places 10th in a Fuji Television “best anime” special with guest Kenichi Ogata (voice actor/Analyzer) |
Publication | 12 | Comix Climax includes excerpt from Leiji Matsumoto’s Yamato manga (Ta-ke Shobo) |
On Air | 22 | Hiroshi Miyagawa appears on ‘NHK Studio Park’ |
Publication | ? | Star Blazers comic magazine #4 by Studio Go! (Argo Press/Voyager Entertainment, Inc.) |
No-class | MAR | |
Music | 21 | CD: Prelude to Final Yamato (Nippon Columbia) |
Music | 21 | CD: Yamato Sound Fantasia (Nippon Columbia) |
Publication | ? | Article in Anime FX No. 12 (Ashdown Publishing) |
No-class | APR | |
Publication | ? | Star Blazers comic magazine #5 by Studio Go! (Argo Press/Voyager Entertainment, Inc.) |
No-class | MAY | |
On Air | 3 | NHK TV special on Leiji Matsumoto |
No-class | JUN | |
On Air | 8 | NHK radio special on Isao Sasaki |
On Air | 15 | Masato Ibu (voice actor/Dessler) appears on ‘NHK studio park’ |
Publication | ? | Star Blazers comic magazine ‘Perfect Album’ by Studio Go! (Argo Press/Voyager Entertainment, Inc.) |
Publication | ? | Star Blazers comic magazine #6 by Studio Go! (Argo Press/Voyager Entertainment, Inc.) |
No-class | JUL | |
Event | 13 | Yamato exhibition at Comics Kingdom, Osaka (through Sept. 1) |
On Air | 16 | Leiji Matsumoto appears on ‘NHK Studio Park’ |
Event | 21 | Isao Sasaki concert at Comics Kingdom, Osaka |
No-class | AUG | |
Video | 25 | LD & VHS: Yamato 2520 vol. 3: Combat (Bandai/Emotion) |
Publication | ? | Star Blazers comic magazine #7 by Studio Go! (Argo Press/Voyager Entertainment, Inc.) |
No-class | SEP | |
Event | 15-16 | Yamato Party ’96 convention |
No-class | OCT | |
Publication | ? | Star Blazers comic magazine #8 by Studio Go! (Argo Press/Voyager Entertainment, Inc.) |
Publication | ? | Star Blazers comic magazine Special Edition by Studio Go! (Argo Press/Voyager Entertainment, Inc.) |
No-class | NOV | |
Event | 3 | Yamato World 1996 convention (Japan) |
No-class | DEC | |
Publication | ? | Star Blazers comic magazine #9 by Studio Go! (Argo Press/Voyager Entertainment, Inc.) |
No-class | 1997 | |
No-class | JAN | |
Book | 7 | Takarajima Special: This Anime is Awesome! (Treasure Island Co.) |
Book | 24 | The Time and Ideology of Space Battleship Yamato (Seron Jiho Co.) |
No-class | FEB | |
Music | 1 | CD: This is Animetal features Yamato theme (Sony Music) |
Book | 28 | Space Battleship Yamato ‘Anatomic Table’ (San’Ichi Shobo) |
Publication | ? | Star Blazers comic magazine #10 by Studio Go! (Argo Press/Voyager Entertainment, Inc.) |
No-class | MAR | |
Music | 21 | CD: Animetal Marathon features Yamato theme (Sony Music) |
No-class | APR | |
Music | 21 | CD: Happy Child! I can sing in English! features Yamato theme (Victor) |
No-class | MAY | |
Publication | ? | Star Blazers comic magazine #11 (final issue) by Studio Go! (Argo Press/Voyager Entertainment, Inc.) |
No-class | JUN | |
Music | 21 | CD: Isao Sasaki: Poetry of Man Vol. 2 features Yamato songs (Nippon Columbia) |
No-class | AUG | |
Event | 31 | Yamato Party ’97 convention |
Event | 16 | West Cape Corporation closes its offices |
event | ? | Star Blazers Fleet Battle System debuts at GenCon gaming convention (Musashi Enterprises/Voyager Entertainment, Inc.) |
No-class | SEP | |
Music | 21 | CD: Animetal Sentimental features Yamato theme (Sony Music) |
No-class | OCT | |
product | ? | Star Blazers Fleet Battle System Rule book and first 33 miniatures (Musashi Enterprises/Voyager Entertainment, Inc.) |
No-class | NOV | |
Event | 2 | Yamato World ’97 convention (Japan) |
No-class | DEC | |
Music | 17 | CD: Steel Suite: from space with love features heavy metal Yamato themes by Concerto Moon (Nippon Crown) |
Music | 21 | CD: Anime Kazuta Super Medley features Yamato theme |
Event | 30 | Leiji Matsumoto original painting exhibition in Osaka features 2-meter Yamato ‘Precision Cut Model’ model (through Jan. 7, 1998) |
Music | 21 | CD: My Dear TV Animation Songs 1 features Yamato theme (First Music Co. Ltd.) |
Model | ? | 1/350 scale Yamato wood kit (reissue/Imai) |
No-class | 1998 | |
No-class | 25th Anniversary of beginning of Space Battleship Yamato production | |
No-class | FEB | |
Book | 17 | Introductory Studies of the History of Japanese Anime (Yahata Shoten) |
No-class | APR | |
Event | 7 | Leiji Matsumoto delivers a lecture “Yamato (battleship) to Yamato” (anime) |
Book | 11 | How to Operate Super Mecha (Guache) |
No-class | MAY | |
publication | 1 | Comic Gon magazine publishes a Yamato cover story and an interview with Leiji Matsumoto (Million Mook Publishing) |
Music | 21 | CD: Best of Animetal features Yamato theme (Sony Music) |
Video | 25 | LD & VHS: Space Battleship Yamato movie reissued with 25th anniversary Toshihiro Kawamoto art (Bandai/Emotion) |
Video | 25 | LD & VHS: Farewell to Yamato reissued with 25th anniversary Toshihiro Kawamoto art (Bandai/Emotion) |
Video | 25 | LD & VHS: The New Voyage reissued with 25th anniversary Toshihiro Kawamoto art (Bandai/Emotion) |
Video | 25 | LD & VHS: Be Forever Yamato reissued with 25th anniversary Toshihiro Kawamoto art (Bandai/Emotion) |
Video | 25 | LD & VHS: Final Yamato reissued with 25th anniversary Toshihiro Kawamoto art (Bandai/Emotion) |
BOOK | ? | Star Blazers Fleet Battle System EDF Technical Manual/Warship Recognition Guide (Musashi enterprises/Voyager Entertainment, Inc.) |
No-class | JUN | |
Video | 25 | LD & VHS: Yamato TV series 1 volumes 1-4 with 25th anniversary Toshihiro Kawamoto art (Bandai/Emotion) |
No-class | JUL | |
Event | 19 | World of Leiji Matsumoto exhibit at Kagamigahara Aerospace Science Museum (through Aug. 16) |
Music | 20 | CD: Isao Sasaki Single Collection box set features Yamato songs (Nippon Columbia) |
Video | 25 | LD & VHS: Yamato TV series 1 volumes 5-7 with 25th anniversary Toshihiro Kawamoto art (Bandai/Emotion) |
Video | ? | DVD: Farewell to Yamato reissued with 25th anniversary Toshihiro Kawamoto art and special packaging (Bandai/Emotion) |
No-class | AUG | |
Event | 14, 15 | Grand Symphonic Poem ‘Rail of Fantasy’ live concert for the 45th anniversary of Leiji’s Matsumoto’s career, orchestra conducted by Horishi Miyagawa |
Publication | 14 | Grand Symphonic Poem ‘Rail of Fantasy’ program book |
Music | 21 | CD: Antitheses by Makoto Kuriya features a cover of The Scarlet Scarf (King Records) |
Video | 25 | LD & VHS: Yamato 2 volumes 1-4 with Toshiyuki Kubooka art (Bandai/Emotion) |
No-class | SEP | |
Video | 25 | LD & VHS: Yamato 2 volumes 5-7 with Toshiyuki Kubooka art (Bandai/Emotion) |
No-class | OCT | |
online | 7 | Space Battleship Yamato ‘Webring’ goes live in Japan |
Music | 10 | CD: Grand Symphonic Poem ‘Rail of Fantasy’ live concert features Yamato themes (Nippon Columbia) |
Event | 11 | Leiji Matsumoto and Yoko Asagami (Yuki’s voice actress) speak at Saji Astronomical Observatory |
Music | 21 | CD: TV Anime Super History Vol. 10 features Yamato theme (Columbia Music Entertainment) |
Video | 25 | LD & VHS: Yamato III volumes 1-4 with Toshiyuki Kubooka art (Bandai/Emotion) |
No-class | NOV | |
Product | 18 | 1/1300 diecast Yamato reproduction (Mimuko) |
book | 20 | Space Battleship Yamato: the Faraway Planet Iscandar ‘Materials Collection’ Playstation 1 design book (Edition A/Bandai) |
book | 20 | Space Battleship Yamato: the Faraway Planet Iscandar ‘Materials Collection’ Playstation 1 design book (Edition B/Bandai) |
Music | 21 | CD: TV Anime Super History Vol. 19 features Yamato!! The New Voyage song (Columbia Music Entertainment) |
Event | 22 | Yamato World 1998 convention (Japan) |
Video | 25 | LD & VHS: Yamato III volumes 5-7 with Toshiyuki Kubooka art (Bandai/Emotion) |
No-class | DEC | |
On Air | 6 | CS Family Theatre rebroadcasts TV series 1 Sundays & Wednesdays |
No-class | ||
Music | ? | CD: Favorite Anime Theme Song Anthology vol. 1 and 2 feature Yamato themes (Victor) |
No-class | ||
No-class | 1999 | |
Event | 25th Anniversary year of first Yamato TV series | |
No-class | JAN | |
Publication | 1 | Animage magazine (February cover date) carries a Yamato story (Tokuma Shoten) |
Event | 28 | Leiji Matsumoto art exhibition in Ayabe (through March 28) |
On Air | ? | The Yamato movies are broadcast on CS Power Movie |
Online | ? | Leiji Matsumoto launches an online manga site |
No-class | FEB | |
Game | 4 | Space Battleship Yamato: The Faraway Planet Iscandar (Playstation 1/Bandai) |
Event | 7 | Yamato Party ’98 in ’99 convention |
Publication | 10 | Animage magazine 20th anniversary cover art trading cards (Tokuma Shoten) |
Product | 18 | Space Battleship Yamato: The Faraway Planet Iscandar Playstation 1 commemorative phone card (Bandai) |
No-class | MAR | |
Book | 5 | Space Battleship Yamato: The Faraway Planet Iscandar Playstation 1 Navigation Guide (Softbank) |
On Air | 7 | Yamato 2 compilation movie broadcast on CS Power Movie |
On Air | 12 | Yamato 2 compilation movie broadcast on CS Power Movie |
Book | 15 | The Hot Feelings Once Again: Keisuke Fujikawa Masterpiece TV Scripts Collection (Fujin Co.) |
Event | 19 | Space Battleship Yamato: The Faraway Planet Iscandar Playstation 1 promotion at Tokyo Game Show (through March 21) |
Product | 19 | Space Battleship Yamato: The Faraway Planet Iscandar telephone card, t-shirt and handbag given away at Tokyo Game Show (Bandai) |
Product | 20 | CD Rom: Space Battleship Yamato Master Edition (NEC International) |
Music | 20 | CD: Isao Sasaki Deluxe Collection 5-disc box set includes Yamato songs (Columbia Music Entertainment) |
Music | 20 | CD: ’99 Math Game Music Collection features Yamato theme (Columbia Music Entertainment) |
On Air | 21, 26 | Yamato III compilation movie broadcast on CS Power Movie |
book | 30 | Space Battleship Yamato: the Faraway Planet Iscandar Playstation 1 guide book (Keibunsha) |
product | ? | Space Battleship Yamato keychains; set of 8 (Banpresto) |
No-class | APR | |
Publication | 1 | GaZo magazine #2 publishes a retrospective on Yamato filmmaking (Tokuma Shoten) |
On Air | 5 | Wansa-kun TV series rebroadcast on BS2 |
Book | 10 | Space Battleship Yamato: The Faraway Planet Iscandar Playstation 1 Hint Book (Tokuma Shoten Intermedia Co.) |
Event | 19 | Yamato is chosen to appear on a postage stamp commemorating 20th Century Japanese culture |
Event | 29 | Super Robot Spirits tour ’99 concert features Isao Sasaki |
On Air | 29 | Isao Sasaki & Hiroshi Miyagawa appear on an anime music special |
Publication | ? | Article in Animerica Vol. 7 No. 3 (Viz Communications) |
No-class | MAY | |
Game | ? | Space Battleship Yamato: The Faraway Planet Iscandar Playstation 1 “Saved Data Collection” disc (Bandai) |
Book | 1 | Space Battleship Yamato: The Faraway Planet Iscandar Playstation 1 Visual Fanbook & Strategy Guide (Locus) |
Publication | 1 | Financial World Prospects reports on Leiji Matsumoto’s dispute for ownership of Space Battleship Yamato |
Music | 21 | CD: Vacation of Love by Hiroshi Miyagawa features cover version of disco Yamato theme (U-Records) |
On Air | 23 | Space Battleship Yamato TV Series 1 rebroadcast on CS Home Drama channel |
Event | 30 | Hiroshi Miyagawa in concert |
Product | ? | Set of 10 Space Battleship Yamato Lighters released as arcade game prizes |
Product | ? | Yamato Watership toys; set of 2 (Banpresto) |
No-class | JUN | |
On Air | 13 | Leiji Matsumoto appears on NHK Symphony Orchestra Hour |
Event | 24 | Space Battleship Yamato exhibit at Niigata (through July 25) |
Publication | 30 | Figure King magazine #22 publishes a “World of Matsumoto” cover story (World Photo Press) |
Book | ? | Illustrated TV Anime Complete Works (Hara Shobo) |
No-class | JUL | |
Product | 3 | “Museum of Leiji Matsumoto” spaceship collection debuts (Mimuko) |
Book | 2 | The Space Battleship Yamato Legacy (Footwork) |
Music | 7 | CD: Super Robot Spirits Tour ’99 features Isao Sasaki (First Smile Entertainment Ltd.) |
EVENT | 8 | Bronze statues are unveiled in a festival at Tsuruga City commemorating Be Forever Yamato and Galaxy Express 999 (through July 27) |
Event | 10 | World of Leiji Matsumoto exhibition in Chiba (through Aug. 8) |
Music | 17 | CD: Kaishingeki TV! Utaemon Super masterpieces! features Yamato theme (Columbia Music Entertainment) |
Publication | 31 | Yamato Chronicle trading cards (Bandai) |
Model | ? | 1/350 scale Yamato wood kit (reissue/Imai) |
Model | ? | 1/350 scale Andromeda (Imai) |
No-class | AUG | |
Product | 8 | Dessler and Captain Okita character figure costumes (Time Warp) |
Event | 14 | World of Leiji Matsumoto exhibition in Hachioji City (through Aug. 20) |
Event | 16 | Leiji Matsumoto lectures in Hachioji |
Book | 20 | Space Battleship Yamato manga vol. 1 & 2 by Keisuke Fujikawa & Akira Hio (reissue/Asahi Sonorama) |
Video | 25 | DVD: Space Battleship Yamato movie (Bandai/Emotion) |
Video | 25 | DVD: Farewell to Yamato (Bandai/Emotion) |
Video | 25 | DVD: The New Voyage (Bandai/Emotion) |
Video | 25 | DVD: Be Forever Yamato (Bandai/Emotion) |
Video | 25 | DVD: Final Yamato (Bandai/Emotion) |
Product | ? | ‘Museum of Leiji Matsumoto’ light-up capsule toy collection; set of 2 (Mimuko) |
No-class | SEP | |
On Air | 2 | ‘Morning Sun’ TV program reports on Yamato revival |
Event | 3, 4 | “Grand Symphonic Poem Fantasy Railway” concert |
Event | 9-15 | World of Leiji Matsumoto exhibition in Umeda |
Book | 20 | Space Battleship Yamato manga vol. 3, Farewell to Yamato vol. 1 by Akira Hio (reissue/Asahi Sonorama) |
Book | 25 | Encyclopedia of Space Battleship Yamato: Keibunsha ‘Big Encyclopedia’ box set (Kodansha) |
Product | ? | Yamato ballpoint pens; set of 2 (Banpresto) |
Product | ? | DX display models; set of 2 (Banpresto) |
No-class | OCT | |
Music | 7 | CD: Animetal Complete First Live features Yamato theme (Sony Music) |
Music | 7 | CD: Animetal Complete Last Live features Yamato theme (Sony Music) |
On Air | 6 | 25th anniversary rebroadcast of Space Battleship Yamato TV episode 1 |
Event | 14 | World of Leiji Matsumoto exhibition in Nagoya |
Book | 20 | Farewell to Yamato manga vol. 2 & 3 by Akira Hio (reissue/Asahi Sonorama) |
Music | 21 | CD: Grand Symphonic Poem Fantasy Railway live concert features Yamato themes (Nippon Columbia) |
Music | 21 | CD: Shapeshifter album by Marcy Playground includes single Wave Motion Gun (Capitol Records) |
Music | 24 | Beatmania GB2 for Gameboy 2 features Yamato theme (Konami) |
Event | 31 | Isao Sasaki and Yoko Asagami (Yuki’s voice actress) appear in concert at Toys Land |
No-class | NOV | |
Book | 15 | Suddenly, the Final Episode: the Last Scenes of Manga Masterpieces (MF paperbacks) |
Book | 15 | This is Manga! features reprints of Yamato ‘Picture Story’ from 1974 5th Grader magazines (MF paperbacks) |
game | 25 | CD: Beatmania GB2 “Gatchamix” features Yamato theme (Konami) |
No-class | DEC | |
Book | 24 | Anime Hit Songs (Kadokawa) |
Product | ? | Light-up Yamato keychains; set of 5 (Banpresto) |
Product | ? | Space Battleship Yamato 25th anniversary pins collection (Unifive) |
Product | ? | Space Battleship Yamato 25th anniversary Zippo lighter (Unifive) |
Product | ? | Space Battleship Yamato 25th anniversary Zippo lighters; set of 4 (Yutaka) |