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More timelines: Yamato movie | Farewell to Yamato | Series 2 | The New Voyage | Be Forever | Series 3 | Final Yamato
No-class | 1973 | |
PRODUCTION | APRIL | Following his management tenure at Osamu Tezuka’s Mushi Productions, Producer Yoshinobu Nishizaki founds Academy Co., Ltd. and works with writers Keisuke Fujikawa and Aritsune Toyota to develop an SF adventure anime |
PRODUCTION | SUMMER | |
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No-class | 1974 | |
No-class | APRIL | |
Production | ? | Leiji Matsumoto replaces Eiichi Yamamoto on the production team |
No-class | MAY | |
Production | ? | Negotiations begin with the Yomiuri TV network |
PRODUCTION | 21 | Leiji Matsumoto refines the TV Series concept into its final form |
No-class | JUNE | |
Production | ? | Office Academy Studio opens in Nerima, Tokyo. Pilot Film production begins |
No-class | SUMMER | |
Production | ? | The writing team creates a 39-episode outline for the TV series |
No-class | AUG | |
PRODUCTION | ? | |
PRODUCTION | ? | Voice actor auditions begin (finish in early September) |
No-class | SEP | |
PRODUCTION | 19, 20 | Background music recorded at Waseda Avaco Studio |
No-class | OCT | |
PUBLICATION | 1 | |
PUBLICATION | 1 | |
Publication | 1 | Space Battleship Yamato manga by Yuki Hijiri begins serialization in Terebi Land Magazine (Tokuma Shoten) |
ON AIR | 6 | TV series Episode 1: SOS Earth! Revive Battleship Yamato! (Sundays, 7:30pm) |
ON AIR | 13 | Episode 2: The opening gun! Space Battleship Yamato starts! |
ON AIR | 20 | Episode 3: Yamato, take off! The challenge of 296,000 light years! |
ON AIR | 27 | Episode 4: World of wonder! Yamato leaps past light! |
publication | 27 | |
MUSIC | 31 | |
book | 31 | |
publication | ? | Yamato ‘Picture Stories’ begin serialization in 4th Grader, 5th Grader, and 6th Grader magazines (Shogakukan) |
PRODUCT | ? | |
No-class | NOV | |
BOOK | 2 | |
ON AIR | 3 | Episode 5: Escape the floating continent! Crisis calls the wave-motion gun! |
ON AIR | 10 | Episode 6: Space destroyer Yukikaze sleeps in the icefield! |
MUSIC | 10 | |
ON AIR | 17 | Episode 7: Yamato sinks! Fateful battle to destroy the enemy stronghold! |
ON AIR | 24 | Episode 8: Yamato braves death! Destroy the reflection satellite gun! |
production | ? | Yomiuri TV network reduces Yamato series from 39 episodes to 26 |
No-class | DEC | |
ON AIR | 1 | Episode 9: Revolving defense! Asteroid belt! |
ON AIR | 8 | Episode 10: Farewell, solar system! From the galaxy with love! |
ON AIR | 15 | Episode 11: Resolution! Break through the Gamilas’ absolute defense line! |
BOOK | 20 | |
BOOK | 20 | |
ON AIR | 22 | Episode 12: Absolute death! The wishing star of Orion, hell-star! |
BOOK | 25 | |
ON AIR | 29 | Episode 13: Hurry, Yamato! Earth is suffering! |
product | ? | |
MODEL | ? | |
MODEL | ? | |
MODEL | ? | |
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No-class | 1975 | |
No-class | JAN | |
MODEL | ? | |
ON AIR | 5 | Episode 14: The galaxy’s ordeal! The year 2200 approaches! |
ON AIR | 12 | Episode 15: Desperate escape! The galaxy’s different dimension! |
ON AIR | 19 | Episode 16: Planet Beemera, underground prison of condemned criminals! |
ON AIR | 26 | Episode 17: Charge! Balanodon special attack group! |
No-class | FEB | |
EVENT | ? | 15-meter Yamato and 3-meter snow sculptures built at Sapporo Snow Festival |
Publication | 1 | Space Battleship Yamato manga by Yuki Hijiri concludes in Terebi Land Magazine (Tokuma Shoten) |
ON AIR | 2 | Episode 18: Floating fortress island! Two men brave death! |
BOOK | 3 | |
ON AIR | 9 | Episode 19: Homesickness of space! My mother’s tears are my tears! |
ON AIR | 16 | Episode 20: The day Planet Balan’s sun dropped! |
BOOK | 20 | |
ON AIR | 23 | Episode 21: Desperate challenge from Domel’s fleet! |
product | ? | |
product | ? | |
No-class | MAR | |
ON AIR | 2 | Episode 22: Decisive battle! Fight for honor at the rainbow star group! |
ON AIR | 9 | Episode 23: Finally arrived! Crest of the Magellanic Cloud’s wave! |
ON AIR | 16 | Episode 24: Death struggle! God, weep for the Gamilas! |
ON AIR | 23 | Episode 25: Iscandar! A dying planet of love! |
ON AIR | 30 | Episode 26: Earth! Yamato returns! (conclusion) Average TV rating: 6% |
publication | ? | Yamato ‘picture stories’ conclude in Shogakukan Magazines |
No-class | APR | |
PUBLICATION | 1 | Space Battleship Yamato manga by Leiji Matsumoto concludes in Adventure King comics magazine (Akita Shoten) |
No-class | JUL | |
BOOK | 20 | |
Event | ? | Yamato TV series receives Nebula Award at “Shincon” convention in Kobe, Japan |
No-class | SEP | |
ON AIR | 10 | TV series 1 starts rebroadcast (Sapporo, Hokkaido) |
No-class | NOV | |
BOOK | 10 | |
No-class | DEC | |
BOOK | 20 | Space Battleship Yamato manga by Keisuke Fujikawa & Akira Hio goes into 3rd printing |
No-class | ||
No-class | 1976 | |
No-class | JAN | |
ON AIR | 22 | TV series starts rebroadcast on Yomiuri Network |
No-class | MAR | |
BOOK | 20 | Manga by Akira Hio goes into 8th printing |
No-class | APR | |
Publication | 1 | |
No-class | AUG | |
Event | 14, 15 | Yamato Hour slideshow presentation given by artists from Studio Nue at Tokon 6 convention in Tokyo |
PUBLICATION | 26 | |
No-class | DEC | |
BOOK | 20 | |
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No-class | 1977 | |
No-class | JAN | |
PUBLICATION | 1 | |
MUSIC | ? | |
No-class | APR | |
Publication | 18 | |
No-class | JUN | |
Book | 1 | |
Publication | 18 | |
No-class | JUL | |
MUSIC | 1 | |
Publication | 18 | |
BOOK | 20 | |
PUBLICATION | 25 | |
ON AIR | 29 | TV series begins its second rerun on Yomiuri Television |
No-class | AUG | |
BOOK | 1 | |
BOOK | 10 | |
ON AIR | 20 | Space Battleship Yamato radio drama starts on NHK FM (runs for 7 days) |
No-class | SEP | |
PUBLICATION | ? | |
Book | 20 | |
No-class | NOV | |
Product | 1 | |
No-class | DEC | |
Publication | 1 | |
Book | 1 | |
No-class | ||
No-class | 1978 | |
No-class | JAN | |
Publication | 15 | |
No-class | MAR | |
ON AIR | ? | TV series rebroadcast on Fukushima Central TV, Shizuoka telecasting, Yamanashi TV, and Yamagata TV |
BOOK | 30 | First Space Battleship Yamato hardcover novel goes into its 23rd printing (Asahi Sonorama) |
No-class | JUN | |
BOOK | 10 | |
No-class | JUL | |
ON AIR | 21 | TV series begins its third rerun on Yomiuri TV |
No-class | AUG | |
ON AIR | 25 | TV series concludes its third rerun on Yomiuri TV with an average audience rating of 13.8% |
No-class | SEP | |
BOOK | 20 | |
No-class | OCT | |
BOOK | 30 | |
BOOK | 30 | |
No-class | DEC | |
books | 30 | |
No-class | ||
No-class | 1979 | |
No-class | JAN | |
Book | 5 | |
No-class | MAR | |
book | 25 | |
No-class | APR | |
BOOKS | 1 | |
No-class | JUN | |
BOOK | 21 | |
No-class | DEC | |
MUSIC | 1 | |
ON AIR | 5 | TV Series 1 rebroadcast on NTV (through Feb. 20, 1980) |
No-class | ||
No-class | 1980 | |
No-class | MAY | |
Model | ? | |
No-class | JUN | |
BOOK | 15 | |
No-class | JUL | |
MUSIC | 1 | |
No-class | AUG | |
book | 1 | |
No-class | ||
No-class | 1981 | |
No-class | JAN | |
MUSIC | 25 | |
No-class | ||
No-class | 1982 | |
No-class | MAR | |
book | 30 | |
No-class | OCT | |
EVENT | 22 | 10-year anniversary party at Okura Hotel in Akasaka, Tokyo with staff & orchestra |
No-class | ||
No-class | 1983 | |
No-class | JAN | |
BOOK | 25 | Space Battleship Yamato novel goes to 44th printing (Asahi Sonorama) |
No-class | FEB | |
ON AIR | 2 | First TV series begins its fifth rerun on Yomiuri Television |
No-class | MAY | |
Book | 1 | |
No-class | ||
No-class | ||
No-class | 1984 | |
Event | 10th Anniversary year of first Yamato TV series | |
Video | ? | |
No-class | ||
No-class | 1987 | |
No-class | JUL | |
BOOK | 15 | |
No-class | ||
No-class | 1988 | |
Video | ? | |
No-class | NOV | |
Publication | 20 | |
No-class | ||
No-class | 1989 | |
Event | 15th Anniversary year of first Yamato TV series | |
No-class | MAY | |
Video | 21 | |
No-class | JUL | |
Video | 21 | |
No-class | SEP | |
Video | 21 | |
No-class | NOV | |
Video | 21 | |
No-class | DEC | |
Video | 25 | |
No-class | ||
No-class | 1990 | |
No-class | JUL | |
Video | 27 | |
Video | 27 | |
No-class | ||
No-class | 1992 | |
No-class | JULY | |
Game | 17 | |
No-class | NOV | |
BOOK | 30 | |
No-class | DEC | |
Game | 22 | |
BOOK | 25 | |
No-class | ||
No-class | 1993 | |
No-class | AUG | |
Book | 30 | |
No-class | ||
VIDEO | ? | |
No-class | ||
No-class | 1994 | |
Event | 20th Anniversary year of first Yamato TV series | |
No-class | AUG | |
BOOKS | 15 | |
No-class | OCT | |
EVENT | 6 | 20th Anniversary of Space Battleship Yamato TV series premiere |
No-class | ||
No-class | 1995 | |
No-class | SEP | |
MUSIC | 21 | |
No-class | ||
No-class | 1997 | |
No-class | JAN | |
BOOK | 24 | The Time and Ideology of Space Battleship Yamato (Seron Jiho Co.) |
BOOK | 28 | Space Battleship Yamato ‘Anatomic Table’ (San’Ichi Shobo) |
No-class | ||
No-class | 1998 | |
No-class | 25th Anniversary of beginning of Space Battleship Yamato production | |
No-class | JUN | |
VIDEO | 25 | |
No-class | JUL | |
VIDEO | 25 | |
No-class | NOV | |
book | 20 | |
book | 20 | |
No-class | DEC | |
ON AIR | 6 | CS Family Theatre rebroadcasts TV series 1 Sundays & Wednesdays |
No-class | ||
No-class | 1999 | |
Event | 25th Anniversary year of first Yamato TV series | |
No-class | FEB | |
Game | 4 | |
Product | 18 | |
No-class | MAR | |
Book | 5 | |
Book | 10 | |
Book | 15 | |
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 | |
book | 30 | |
product | ? | |
No-class | MAY | |
GAME | ? | Space Battleship Yamato: The Faraway Planet Iscandar Playstation 1 “Saved Data Collection” disc (Bandai) |
Book | 1 | |
ON AIR | 23 | Space Battleship Yamato TV Series 1 rebroadcast on CS Home Drama channel |
No-class | JUL | |
BOOK | 2 | |
No-class | AUG | |
Product | 8 | |
BOOK | 20 | |
No-class | SEP | |
BOOK | 20 | |
No-class | OCT | |
ON AIR | 6 | 25th anniversary rebroadcast of Space Battleship Yamato TV episode 1 |
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 Shogakukan Children’s Magazines (MF paperbacks) |
No-class | ||
No-class | 2000 | |
No-class | MAR | |
MUSIC | ? | |
No-class | MAY | |
Book | 15 | |
BOOK | 15 | |
No-class | JUL | |
VIDEO | 25 | |
No-class | AUG | |
VIDEO | 18 | |
No-class | SEP | |
Game | 28 | |
MUSIC | 30 | |
No-class | OCT | |
Product | ? | |
No-class | ||
No-class | 2001 | |
No-class | JAN | |
VIDEO | ? | |
No-class | FEB | |
Game | 8 | |
No-class | MAR | |
Book | 15 | |
Product | 23 | |
Product | 23 | |
VIDEO | ? | |
Product | ? | |
No-class | MAY | |
product | 4 | Yamato cel art pencil boards; set of 6 (Anime World Star) |
VIDEO | ? | |
No-class | JUNE | |
Game | 20 | |
No-class | JUL | |
VIDEO | ? | |
No-class | SEP | |
VIDEO | ? | |
No-class | NOV | |
VIDEO | ? | |
No-class | ||
No-class | 2002 | |
No-class | FEB | |
Product | 19 | |
No-class | ||
No-class | 2003 | |
No-class | JAN | |
ON AIR | 1 | Space Battleship Yamato TV series is rebroadcast on Family Theatre |
No-class | FEB | |
BOOK | 28 | |
No-class | AUG | |
ON AIR | 16 | Space Battleship Yamato TV series 1 marathon on Family Theatre |
No-class | ||
No-class | 2004 | |
Event | 30th Anniversary year of first Yamato TV series | |
No-class | OCT | |
ON AIR | 6 | 30th anniversary rebroadcast of episode 1 |
No-class | ||
No-class | 2005 | |
No-class | FEB | |
BOOK | 19 | |
No-class | APR | |
Book | 16 | |
No-class | MAY | |
MUSIC | 18 | |
No-class | JUN | |
Product | 24 | |
No-class | NOV | |
ONLINE | 24 | EZ web delivery for Space Battleship Yamato TV series |
No-class | DEC | |
PUBLICATION | 30 | Yamato 2199 tribute illustration book (fanzine) |
MODEL | ? | |
No-class | ||
No-class | 2006 | |
No-class | APR | |
MODEL | ? | Yamato ‘Mechanic File’ clear version (Bandai) |
No-class | JUL | |
PRODUCT | ? | |
No-class | NOV | |
PRODUCT | ? | |
PRODUCT | ? | Yamato trading cards (Kabaya) |
No-class | DEC | |
Product | ? | |
No-class | ||
No-class | 2007 | |
No-class | OCT | |
Online | 1 | |
No-class | NOV | |
Event | 10 | |
product | 10 | CR Yamato pachinko game media pack |
Music | 10 | |
No-class | ||
No-class | 2008 | |
No-class | FEB | |
Video | 22 | |
No-class | MAR | |
Publication | 1 | |
No-class | DEC | |
Product | 6 | |
No-class | ||
No-class | 2009 | |
Event | 35th Anniversary year of first Yamato TV series | |
No-class | JUN | |
music | 17 | |
No-class | NOV | |
book | 22 | |
No-class | DEC | |
on air | 5 | First Yamato TV series episodes 1-13 rebroadcast in an overnight marathon (Family Theatre TV network) |
book | 7 | |
on air | 12 | First Yamato TV series episodes 14-26 rebroadcast in an overnight marathon (Family Theatre TV network) |
on air | 29 | First Yamato TV series rebroadcast in an all-day marathon (Family Theatre TV network) |
No-class | 2010 | |
No-class | FEB | |
online | 9 | |
event | 9 | Pachislo Yamato pachinko game rollout party (Yamasa Co.) |
No-class | 2011 | |
No-class | DEC | |
on air | 26 | Rebroadcast of Space Battleship Yamato Series 1: Episodes 1-6 (Family Theater, Japan) |
on air | 27 | Rebroadcast of Space Battleship Yamato Series 1: Episodes 7-13 (Family Theater, Japan) |
on air | 28 | Rebroadcast of Space Battleship Yamato Series 1: Episodes 14-19 (Family Theater, Japan) |
on air | 29 | Rebroadcast of Space Battleship Yamato Series 1: Episodes 20-26 (Family Theater, Japan) |
No-class | 2012 | |
No-class | FEB | |
MUSIC | 16 | |
video | 17 | |
No-class | MAY | |
product | 21 | |
No-class | JULY | |
music | 18 | |
video | 27 | |
No-class | ||
music | 27 | |
No-class | 2013 | |
No-class | JAN | |
PUBLICATION | 11 | |
No-class | MAR | |
PRODUCT | 28 | |
No-class | APR | |
ON AIR | 27 | |
No-class | JUN | |
PUBLICATION | 27 | |
No-class | 2014 | |
No-class | JAN | |
on air | 1 | Rebroadcast of Yamato Series 1, Episodes 1-26 (Family Channel) |
on air | 13-16 | Rebroadcast of Yamato Series 1, Episodes 1-26 (Family Channel) |
on air | 19 | Rebroadcast of Yamato Series 1, Episodes 1-13 (Family Channel) |
on air | 20 | Rebroadcast of Yamato 2, Episodes 1-6 (Family Channel) |
on air | 21 | Rebroadcast of Yamato 2, Episodes 7-10 (Family Channel) |
on air | 26 | Rebroadcast of Yamato Series 1, Episodes 13-26 (Family Channel) |
No-class | APR | |
online | 5 | |
No-class | 2016 | |
No-class | JAN | |
PRODUCT | ? | |
No-class | FEB | |
ON AIR | 1 | Series 1 rebroadcast through February 20 (Star Channel) |
No-class | 2018 | |
No-class | JAN | |
BOOK | 27 | |
No-class | APR | |
online | 22 | |
No-class | 2019 | |
No-class | OCT | |
ON AIR | 6 | Series 1 rebroadcast for 45th anniversary (Family Theater) |
No-class | 2020 | |
No-class | APR | |
ON AIR | 2 | Series 1 rebroadcast (Family Theater) |
BOOK | 9 | |
No-class | AUG | |
ONLINE | 16 | “How much did Kodai earn on the voyage” article at Pash Plus |
No-class | SEP | |
ON AIR | 7 | Yamato Series 1 on Family Theater |