See you again at the end of the year!!
Space Battleship Yamato
Yamato, which ended with love still lingering in our hearts, is back for a revival! Packed with the latest information!
What are the plans for the Yamato movie and TV series?
Despite having many fans, new Space Battleship Yamato projects have disappeared from TV screens. What is happening with it? To answer questions from many readers, the editorial team at Middle 1st Age tracked down Mr. Todoki at Academy Planning and obtained the following information.
“The schedule has not been finalized, but we plan to screen The New Voyage as a year-end/New Year’s movie.”
Surprisingly, the next Yamato will indeed be a theatrical film. When asked about future plans he said, “Well, should I say it? We’re planning to release the movie Yamato III next summer. Whether it will be for TV or not is still undecided…”
There’s still more Yamato to come.
The first one to watch is the expanded version of The New Voyage at the end of the year!
What kind of movie will Yamato be at the end of the year? It is based on Space Battleship Yamato, The New Voyage, which was broadcast as a two-hour TV program in July of this year. However, the TV version is 1 hour and 40 minutes long, excluding commercial breaks. The movie to be shown at the end of the year will be 2 hours and 20 minutes long. So, naturally, there will be 40 minutes of additional content compared to the TV version.
What has been added? I pressed the Academy Planning Department for details, but they would only say, “That’s a secret. There are no major changes to the story.” The only information I was able to get was that there will be a big battle scene involving Susumu Kodai’s older brother, Mamoru, near the end.
There are sure to be many other additional scenes. I can’t wait to see what kind of movie it will be.
[Translator’s note: after comparing this announcement to the historical record, it appears to have either been misinformation or a plan that did not materialize. It is known that scenes were partially animated but cut from The New Voyage in its original broadcast, so the plan may have been to complete them for a rerun, but this didn’t happen. They were only seen in print media until they could be released as video bonus features in 1993.]
Yamato III to be made into a movie next August?
The 70mm theatrical film scheduled for next August will be Yamato III. It is still in the planning stages, but the enemy will be Gabochin from the Dark Nebula that appeared in the end of last year’s Yamato.
If this movie is a hit, there is also good news that Yamato III will be broadcast on TV starting in October.
If the movie is popular in August, it will be adapted into a TV anime, and it is sure to be a huge hit! If that happens, it is expected that the next Yamato TV series will begin in October next year.
[Translator’s note: in this case, information was a bit scrambled. Until the name Be Forever Yamato was chosen, the 1980 film’s working title was Yamato Part 3. The TV series Yamato III was a completely separate project. Pre-production began concurrently with Be Forever, in February 1980. Read all about the making of Yamato III here.]