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1984-1988 | 1989-1994 | 1995 | 1996-1999 | 2004-2007 | 2008-2009 | 2010 | 2011-2013 | 2014-2019 | 2021-2023
No-class | 2000 | |
No-class | JAN | |
Event | 25 | Leiji Matsumoto announces a new project called Great Yamato |
Product | 25 | Limited edition (600 bottles) Leiji Matsumoto wine featuring Yuki (Nova) on the label |
Music | 26 | CD: Animage Singles 1983 features Final Yamato songs (Tokuma Japan) |
Product | ? | Farewell to Yamato keyholders; set of 8 (Banpresto) |
No-class | FEB | |
Event | 6 | Yoko Asagami (Yuki’s voice actress) appears at a figure skating event |
Event | 10-13 | World of Leiji Matsumoto exhibition in Osaka |
Event | 17-21 | World of Leiji Matsumoto exhibition in Kobe |
Event | 20 | Hiroshi Miyagawa appears at a ‘TV Theme Song’ exhibition |
Music | 25 | CD: Ayurveda Back to the Childhood features Yamato theme |
On Air | 28 | Isao Sasaki appears on ‘Big Show by Two People’ on NHK |
Publication | 29 | Great Yamato manga by Leiji Matsumoto begins serialization in Gotta Comics magazine (Shogakukan) |
No-class | MAR | |
Product | 4 | Commemorative train tickets issued by Kintetsu Railroad Co., Kansai region |
On Air | 12 | Isao Sasaki appears on NTV |
Product | 15 | Yamato phone card (Kintetsu Railroad Co.) |
Event | 31 | Leiji Matsumoto appears at Galaxy Art Expo 2000 |
Product | ? | Lightup Mechanical Models; set of 3 (Banpresto) |
MUSIC | ? | CD box set: The Music Encyclopedia of Leiji Matsumoto 1999 includes 2 discs of Yamato music (Bandai Visual/Columbia Family Group) |
No-class | APR | |
Publication | 30 | Yamato 1977 Memorial fanzines published by fan group New World Academy |
No-class | MAY | |
Game | 2 | Farewell to Yamato standard edition and deluxe pack (Playstation 1/Bandai) |
Product | 4 | Limited edition Cel Art telephone cards; set of 2 (Anime World Star) |
Product | 15 | Farewell to Yamato for Playstation 1 commemorative metrocard (Bandai) |
Book | 15 | Space Battleship Yamato: The Faraway Planet Iscandar ‘Fixed Data’ (Studio DNA media books) |
Book | 15 | Space Battleship Yamato: The Faraway Planet Iscandar Comic Anthology (Studio DNA media books) |
Music | 17 | CD: AniPara Kids and More features Yamato themes (Warner Music Japan) |
Game | 18 | Cosmowarrior Zero videogame features ‘Battle Analyzer’ character (Playstation 1/Taito) |
Product | 23 | Yamato strap mascot (Unifive) |
Product | ? | Yamato Wave Motion Gun Shooting game (Banpresto) |
No-class | JUN | |
Event | 9-18 | World of Leiji Matsumoto exhibition in Ishikawa |
Publication | 11 | Flash magazine interviews Leiji Matsumoto about Great Yamato |
Event | 14-18 | World of Leiji Matsumoto II exhibition in Tokushima |
Event | 15-18 | World of Leiji Matsumoto II exhibition in Osaka |
Game | 15 | Beatmania Pocket Series Anison Mix 3: Leiji Matsumoto (Konami) |
Book | 17 | Farewell to Yamato Playstation 1 game Complete Guide (Enterbrain) |
Event | 23-26 | World of Leiji Matsumoto II exhibition exhibit in Aichi |
Model | ? | Bandai reissues classic Yamato model kits |
Music | ? | CD: Anison Mix 3: Leiji Matsumoto Edition features Yamato songs |
No-class | JUL | |
VIDEO | 25 | DVD: Space Battleship Yamato TV series 1 ‘Memorial Box’ with art by Hirotoshi Sano (Bandai/Emotion) |
No-class | AUG | |
Product | 1 | Papercraft “Wave Motion Hats” (First Bridge Deck) |
book | 10 | Farewell to Yamato Playstation 1 ‘Enjoyment Book’ (Keibunsha) |
Product | 11 | Farewell to Yamato telephone “Quo” cards (Nexus) |
Production | 14, 15 | Recording of Yamato symphonic tracks and new Great Yamato tracks (written and conducted by Hiroshi Miyagawa) for ‘Eternal Edition’ CD |
VIDEO | 18 | DVD: Star Blazers series 1 part 1 (Voyager Entertainment, Inc.) |
Product | 20 | Cosmogun replica (Liberty Planet) |
No-class | SEP | |
Product | 22 | Yamato 20th century commemorative postage stamp issued by Japanese postal system |
Product | 23 | limited edition ’20th Century Terebi Hero’ Yamato wristwatch (Seiko) |
Game | 28 | Space Battleship Yamato: Tracks of Heroes ‘Fan Disc’ (Playstation 1/Bandai) |
Music | 30 | CD: Space Battleship Yamato ‘Eternal Edition’ discs 0 & 1 (Columbia Records) |
No-class | OCT | |
Event | 8 | Leiji Matsumoto appears at a lecture and signing session at Yamano Music store for the Great Yamato Eternal Edition CD |
Event | 14 | Release party for Eternal Edition CD at Ishimaru Electric |
On Air | 16 | Isao Sasaki appears on ‘Best Top Ten’ (TV Tokyo) |
Event | 22 | Yamato Party 2000 convention |
Book | 25 | Super Mecha Illustration (Graphic Company) |
Publication | ? | Leiji Matsumoto’s World 2001 calendar (Shogakukan) |
Product | ? | Space Battleship Yamato ‘Double Diorama’; set of 2 (Banpresto) |
No-class | NOV | |
Music | 1 | CD: Space Battleship Yamato ‘Eternal Edition’ discs 2 & 3 (Columbia Records) |
On Air | 2 | Space Battleship Yamato movie broadcast on Family Theatre |
On Air | 3 | Farewell to Yamato broadcast on Family Theatre |
On Air | 5 | The New Voyage broadcast on Family Theatre |
On Air | 8 | Be Forever Yamato broadcast on Family Theatre |
On Air | 9 | Final Yamato broadcast on Family Theatre |
On Air | 10 | Space Battleship Yamato movie broadcast on Family Theatre |
On Air | 12 | Farewell to Yamato broadcast on Family Theatre |
On Air | 16 | The New Voyage broadcast on Family Theatre |
On Air | 17 | Be Forever Yamato broadcast on Family Theatre |
Music | 18 | CD: 40th Anniversary Isao Sasaki Song Book ‘Greatest Best’ features Yamato songs (VAP) |
On Air | 19 | Final Yamato broadcast on Family Theatre |
On Air | 22 | Space Battleship Yamato movie broadcast on Family Theatre |
Music | 22 | CD: 40th Anniversary Isao Sasaki Song Book ‘Trial Best’ features Yamato songs (VAP) |
Music | 22 | CD: Youth Song Yearbook Best 30 ’77 features Yamato theme (EMI Music Japan) |
On Air | 23 | Farewell to Yamato broadcast on Family Theatre |
On Air | 24 | The New Voyage broadcast on Family Theatre |
On Air | 29 | Be Forever Yamato broadcast on Family Theatre |
On Air | 30 | Final Yamato broadcast on Family Theatre |
game | ? | Space Battleship Yamato slot machine (Sammy/Banpresto) |
No-class | DEC | |
Music | 1 | CD: Space Battleship Yamato ‘Eternal Edition’ disc 4 (Columbia Records) |
Event | 3 | Contest winners attend special live performance of Eternal Edition tracks at Columbia Music Studio, Tokyo |
Product | 6 | Keystroke Heroes: Space Battleship Yamato Typing Wave-Motion Gun for Windows (Sourcenext) |
Music | 30 | CD: Space Battleship Yamato ‘Eternal Edition’ discs 5 & 6 (Columbia Records) |
No-class | ||
Product | ? | Yuki Mori Elegant Sofubi (soft vinyl) doll series debuts (Liberty Planet) |
Product | 9 | E-Kara Anison Club Vol. 2 chip for E-kara karaoke microphone features Yamato theme (Takara) |
No-class | ||
No-class | 2001 | |
BOOK | ? | Star Blazers Fleet Battle System Game Module II: The Dark Nebula Empire (Musashi enterprises/Voyager Entertainment, Inc.) |
No-class | JAN | |
Book | 1 | Space Battleship Yamato Real Papercraft (Wani magazine special) |
Book | 15 | Farewell to Yamato ‘Fixed Data’ (Studio DNA media books) |
Book | 18 | Great Yamato special (Gotta Comics/Shogakukan) |
Music | 24 | CD: AniPara Best and More features Yamato theme (Warner Music Japan) |
Video | 25 | DVD: Yamato 2 TV series ‘Memorial Box’ with art by Hirotoshi Sano (Bandai/Emotion) |
Video | ? | DVD: Star Blazers series 1 part 2 (Voyager Entertainment, Inc.) |
No-class | FEB | |
Music | 1 | CD: Space Battleship Yamato ‘Eternal Edition’ disc 7 (Columbia Records) |
event | 10 | Premium Talk Vol. 2: Celebrating the Birth of the New Space Battleship Yamato (Lecture and product exhibition) |
Game | 8 | Space Battleship Yamato Wonderswan cartridge game & poster (Bandai) |
No-class | MAR | |
Music | 1 | CD: Space Battleship Yamato ‘Eternal Edition’ discs 8 & 9 (Columbia Records) |
Book | 3 | Space Battleship Yamato Chronicles (B Media Books/Take Shobo) |
Book | 5 | Great Yamato manga vol. 1 by Leiji Matsumoto (Gotta Comics/Shogakukan) |
Book | 15 | Space Battleship Yamato Wonderswan game strategy guide (Dengeki/Mediaworks) |
Music | 17 | CD: 2001 Anime Hit March features Yamato theme (Columbia Music Entertainment) |
Product | 23 | Keystroke Heroes: Space Battleship Yamato Typing Warp for Mac & Windows (Sourcenext) |
Product | 23 | Keystroke Heroes: Space Battleship Yamato 3D Movie Collection for Windows (Sourcenext) |
Music | 31 | CD: Space Battleship Yamato ‘Eternal Edition’ disc 10 and collector’s box (Columbia Records) |
Video | ? | DVD: Star Blazers series 1 part 3 (Voyager Entertainment, Inc.) |
Product | ? | Captain Okita soft vinyl figure and Battleship (Time House) |
No-class | APR | |
Product | 16 | Popynica BPX-01 Yamato toy (Bandai) |
game | 22 | War Against the White Comet strategic simulator game (Sunset Games) |
Product | 28 | Great Yamato wristwatch (Seiko) |
No-class | MAY | |
product | 4 | Yamato cel art pencil boards; set of 6 (Anime World Star) |
Book | 10 | My Sweet Anime classic anime retrospective includes Yamato (Esquire Magazine Japan) |
Video | 25 | DVD: Yamato III TV series ‘Memorial Box’ with art by Hirotoshi Sano (Bandai/Emotion) |
Video | ? | DVD: Star Blazers series 1 part 4 (Voyager Entertainment, Inc.) |
No-class | JUNE | |
Game | 20 | Space Battleship Yamato: the Faraway Planet Iscandar Playstation 1 reissue (Bandai “The Best”) |
Game | 28 | Yamato featured in Story of Galaxy Express 999 for Playstation 1 (Banpresto) |
Product | 29 | Keystroke Heroes: Space Battleship Yamato Typing Wave-Motion Gun for Mac (Sourcenext) |
Product | 29 | Keystroke Heroes: Space Battleship Yamato Mac Special ‘Typing 2: Big Great Work’ (Sourcenext) |
No-class | JUL | |
Event | 26 | Big Leiji Matsumoto Exhibition (through Sept. 2) |
Video | ? | DVD: Star Blazers series 1 part 5 (Voyager Entertainment, Inc.) |
No-class | AUG | |
Book | 5 | Great Yamato manga vol. 2 by Leiji Matsumoto (Gotta Comics/Shogakukan) |
Product | ? | Space Battleship Yamato limited edition Zippo lighters; set of 3 (Unifive) |
No-class | SEP | |
Music | 1 | CD: Music for Athletes features Yamato theme (Nippon Columbia) |
Product | 7 | Keystroke Heroes: Space Battleship Yamato Typing Dispersion Wave-Motion Gun for Mac & Windows (Sourcenext) |
Product | 21 | Keystroke Heroes: Space Battleship Yamato 3D Movie Collection DX for Mac & Windows (Sourcenext) |
Product | 21 | Keystroke Heroes: Space Battleship Yamato typing software Complete Box for Mac & Windows (Sourcenext) |
Video | ? | DVD: Star Blazers series 1 part 6 (Voyager Entertainment, Inc.) |
No-class | OCT | |
Product | 5 | Keystroke Heroes: Space Battleship Yamato typing software Complete Box DVD for Windows (Sourcenext) |
Event | 21 | Yamato Party ’01 convention |
Product | ? | Space Battleship Yamato wristwatches; set of 3 (Banpresto) |
Product | ? | 1/6 Susumu Kodai figurine with gun and helmet (Megahouse) |
No-class | NOV | |
Video | ? | DVD: Star Blazers series 1 part 1 (revised) and series 1 box set (Voyager Entertainment, Inc.) |
Product | ? | 1/6 ‘Feuhrer Dessler’ figurine with Ultra-Menace Missile (Megahouse) |
No-class | ||
No-class | 2002 | |
No-class | JAN | |
game | 6 | CD: Pop’n Music 7 game for Playstation 2 features Yamato theme (Konami) |
Music | 6 | CD: Pop’n’Love: Pop’n’Music 7 game soundtrack features Yamato theme (King Records) |
Music | 17 | CD: Hamonepu features Yamato theme |
Video | ? | DVD: Star Blazers series 2 part 1 (Voyager Entertainment, Inc.) |
No-class | FEB | |
Product | 19 | Yamato cloissone pins collection (Furuta) |
Music | 27 | CD: Cafe de Anime features Yamato themes (Warner Japan) |
No-class | MAR | |
On Air | 21, 22 | Space Battleship Yamato movie broadcast on WOWOW |
Event | 25 | Japanese courts award Yamato copyright to Nishizaki |
Music | 27 | CD: AniRap features Yamato theme (Warner Music Japan) |
Video | ? | DVD: Star Blazers series 2 part 2 (Voyager Entertainment, Inc.) |
No-class | APR | |
On Air | 5 | Final Yamato broadcast on Hokuriku sunrise |
Product | 28 | Yamato Keychain Figure Collection; set of 10 (Sunkus) |
No-class | MAY | |
On Air | 1 | Space Battleship Yamato movie broadcast on Family Theatre |
On Air | 2 | Farewell to Yamato broadcast on Family Theatre |
On Air | 3 | The New Voyage broadcast on Family Theatre |
On Air | 4 | Be Forever Yamato broadcast on Family Theatre |
On Air | 5 | Final Yamato broadcast on Family Theatre |
On Air | 13 | Yamato III compilation movie broadcast on Anime Network Japan |
Event | 26 | Space Battleship Yamato voted #22 in list of top 100 favorite anime |
Video | ? | DVD: Star Blazers series 2 part 3 (Voyager Entertainment, Inc.) |
No-class | JUN | |
Video | ? | DVD: Space Battleship Yamato subtitled (Voyager Entertainment, Inc.) |
No-class | JUL | |
Event | 7 | Captain Okita voted #86 in list of top 100 favorite characters |
Event | 28 | Space Battleship Yamato theme song voted 1st in list of top 100 favorite songs |
Video | ? | DVD: Star Blazers series 2 part 4 (Voyager Entertainment, Inc.) |
No-class | AUG | |
Online | 1 | Debut of starblazers.com in US |
On Air | 1 | Leiji Matsumoto appears on Fuji Television |
Publication | 1 | Megaton Punch parody doujinshi (fanzine) |
Event | 8 | Kodai voted #55 in list of top 100 favorite anime heroes |
On Air | 10 | Leiji Matsumoto appears on Kansai Television |
Book | 13 | The Far Place Where the Ring of Time is Linked by Leiji Matsumoto (Tokyo Shoseki) |
Event | 15 | Yamato theme voted #60 of 100 best karaoke songs |
No-class | SEP | |
Video | ? | DVD: Star Blazers series 2 part 5 (Voyager Entertainment, Inc.) |
No-class | NOV | |
Music | 21 | CD: The Hit Parade by Hiroshi Miyagawa features Yamato themes (Columbia Music Entertainment, Inc.) |
Video | ? | DVD: Star Blazers series 2 part 6 and box set (Voyager Entertainment, Inc.) |
Video | ? | DVD: Farewell to Yamato subtitled (Voyager Entertainment, Inc.) |
No-class | DEC | |
On Air | 5 | All 5 Yamato movies broadcast on channel NECO |
Game | 10 | Dai Yamato slot machine game and how-to-play video (Sankyo) |
Event | 21 | Adult viewers vote Yamato #50 of best 100 anime |
Book | 28 | Yamato Party Memorial (fanzine) |
No-class | ||
Book | ? | Anime Song Chorus features Yamato sheet music |
No-class | ||
No-class | 2003 | |
On Air | ? | The Yamato theme is used in a TV commercial for ‘One Cup’ noodle |
No-class | JAN | |
On Air | 1 | Space Battleship Yamato TV series is rebroadcast on Family Theatre |
On Air | 5 | All 5 Yamato movies rebroadcast on channel NECO |
Event | 7 | The Yamato theme is voted #2 place in ‘Karaoke Best 10’ |
Publication | 8 | Brain Concert Repertoire Collection #1: Space Battleship Yamato score for brass band by Akira Miyagawa (Brain Music) |
product | ? | Star Blazers series 3 poster (Voyager Entertainment, Inc.) |
Video | ? | DVD: Star Blazers series 3 part 1 (Voyager Entertainment, Inc.) |
No-class | FEB | |
Product | 17 | 1/6 Yamato crewman action doll (RZM) |
On Air | 20 | Yamato 2 TV series is rebroadcast on Family Theatre |
Book | 28 | Cosmoship Yamato manga reissue vol. 1 by Leiji Matsumoto (Akita Top Comics/Akita Shoten) |
No-class | MAR | |
Game | 20 | Dai Yamato Fever pachinko game debut (Sankyo) |
Game | 20 | Dai Yamato Fever 7 game for Playstation 2 (Sankyo) |
Product | 23 | 1/6 Gamilas officer action doll (RZM) |
Book | 25 | Cosmoship Yamato manga reissue vol. 2 by Leiji Matsumoto (Akita Top Comics/Akita Shoten) |
Event | 27, 30 | Hiroshi Miyagawa conducts Japan Philharmonic Orchestra at Tokyo Art Theatre |
On Air | 31 | Three of the movies are broadcast on late-night ‘Daily Life Television’ |
Video | ? | DVD: Star Blazers series 3 part 2 (Voyager Entertainment, Inc.) |
No-class | APR | |
Product | 18 | Keystroke Heroes: Space Battleship Yamato Typing Wave-Motion Gun for Windows (reissue/Sourcenext) |
Product | 18 | Keystroke Heroes: Space Battleship Yamato Typing Dispersion Wave-Motion Gun for Windows (reissue/Sourcenext) |
Book | 25 | Cosmoship Yamato manga reissue vol. 3 by Leiji Matsumoto (Akita Top Comics/Akita Shoten) |
Event | 25 | Great Yamato ‘Cosmo World’ exhibit in Osaka (through May 5) |
Video | ? | DVD: The New Voyage subtitled (Voyager Entertainment, Inc.) |
No-class | MAY | |
Video | ? | DVD: Star Blazers series 3 part 3 (Voyager Entertainment, Inc.) |
No-class | JUN | |
On Air | 9 | Yamato III TV series is rebroadcast on Family Theatre |
No-class | JUL | |
Music | 23 | CD: Showa Kids TV Singles Vol. 10 features Yamato theme (Columbia Music Entertainment, Inc.) |
Book | 23 | The Primer Regarding Laws of Fantasy Science Vol. 2 by Eiichi Morita features Yamato content (Media Factory) |
Event | 29 | Reconciliation of copyright dispute: Nishizaki awarded story rights, Matsumoto awarded visual rights, overall ownership awarded to Tohokushinsha Corporation |
Music | 30 | CD: Leiji Matsumoto Animation World features Yamato songs (Columbia Music Entertainment, Inc.) |
Video | ? | DVD: Star Blazers series 3 part 4 (Voyager Entertainment, Inc.) |
No-class | AUG | |
On Air | 16 | Space Battleship Yamato TV series 1 marathon on Family Theatre |
Music | 27 | CD: Because Anime is There features Yamato theme |
Video | ? | DVD: Be Forever Yamato subtitled (Voyager Entertainment, Inc.) |
Product | ? | Character Costume Series: Yuki Mori set (Azone) |
No-class | SEP | |
Video | ? | DVD: Star Blazers series 3 part 5 (Voyager Entertainment, Inc.) |
No-class | OCT | |
On Air | 7 | Yamato III TV series is rebroadcast on Family Theatre |
No-class | NOV | |
MUSIC | 3 | CD: Lonely Girl by Junko Yagami includes Love Supreme from Final Yamato (King Record Co.) |
Event | 16 | Space Battleship Yamato voted #1 in best 10 anime contest |
Event | 23 | Yamato Party ’03 convention |
book | 25 | Outer Space of Leiji Matsumoto: Conte de liens d’eternite manga history retrospective (Yahata Shoten) |
Video | ? | DVD: Star Blazers series 3 part 6 and box set (Voyager Entertainment, Inc.) |
No-class | DEC | |
Music | 17 | CD: Hane-Ken Land: the film music of Kentaro Haneda features music from Final Yamato (Columbia Music Entertainment) |