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!
More timelines: Series 1 | Yamato movie | Farewell to Yamato | Series 2 | The New Voyage | Series 3 | Final Yamato
No-class | 1979 | |
No-class | OCT | |
PRODUCTION | 23 | First story meeting to plan “Yamato Part III” |
No-class | DEC | |
PRODUCTION | 8 | Leiji Matsumoto completes his first story draft for “Yamato Part III” |
PRODUCTION | 31 | Leiji Matsumoto completes his second story draft for “Yamato Part III” |
No-class | ||
No-class | 1980 | |
No-class | JAN | |
PRODUCTION | 2 | Staff vacations in Hawaii to plan “Yamato Part III”, screens Star Trek: the Motion Picture and The Black Hole |
PRODUCTION | 20 | Leiji Matsumoto sketches designs |
PRODUCTION | 23 | Toshio Masuda and Yoshinobu Nishizaki complete second story draft |
No-class | FEB | |
PRODUCTION | 1 | First design meeting |
PRODUCTION | 5 | First production meeting |
PRODUCTION | 8 | Battle strategy concept meeting |
PRODUCTION | 18 | First draft completed for script Part A |
PRODUCTION | 20 | Script Part A revised |
PRODUCTION | 21 | Storyboard production begins |
Publication | 25 | |
EVENT | SPRING | Animage magazine announces ‘Festival in Budokan’ concert for July. Over 1,000 ticket requests are received in only three days |
No-class | MAR | |
PRODUCTION | 6 | Storyboard production completed for script Part A |
PRODUCTION | 17 | Animation production begins at Toei Studio |
PRODUCTION | 18 | Storyboard production completed for script Part B, script Part C completed |
No-class | APR | |
PRODUCTION | 2 | Be Forever Yamato script completed |
PRODUCTION | 7 | Be Forever Yamato color design meetings |
Publication | 24 | The Best One magazine covers Be Forever (Gakken) |
Publication | 25 | |
PRODUCTION | 30 | Scanimation production meeting for Be Forever Yamato |
No-class | MAY | |
PRODUCTION | 7 | Meeting to plan epilogue sequence for Be Forever Yamato |
PRODUCTION | 8 | Music composition meeting for Be Forever Yamato |
Publication | 9 | Be Forever coverage in Middle 1st Year Course (Gakken) |
Publication | 9 | Be Forever coverage in Middle 3rd Age (Obunsha) |
Publication | 10 | Animage Magazine #24 covers Be Forever Yamato (Tokuma Shoten) |
Publication | 10 | The Anime Magazine #7 covers Be Forever Yamato (Kindaieiga-sha) |
Publication | 12 | Hochi Shimbun newspaper covers Be Forever Yamato |
Publication | 21 | Screen magazine covers Be Forever Yamato (Kindaiegiasha) |
Publication | 21 | The Best One magazine covers Be Forever Yamato (Shueisha) |
Publication | 25 | Be Forever Yamato coverage in OUT magazine (Minori Shobo) |
Event | 26 | Be Forever Yamato press conference launches promotional campaign |
PRODUCTION | 26 | Akira Fuse produces demo for Be Forever Yamato closing theme, Until The Day of Love |
Production | 30 | Akira Fuse & Isao Sasaki record songs for Be Forever Yamato |
event | ? | |
No-class | JUN | |
publication | ? | |
Publication | 1 | Be Forever coverage in Terebi Kun magazine (Shogakukan) |
Publication | 3 | Be Forever coverage in Bouken Oh magazine (Akita Shoten) |
ON AIR | 7 | Be Forever Yamato 4-hour radio drama on all Night Nippon |
Publication | 9 | Be Forever coverage in Middle 1st Age magazine (Obunsha) |
Publication | 9 | Be Forever coverage in Middle 2nd Age magazine (Obunsha) |
Publication | 9 | Be Forever coverage in Middle 3rd Age magazine (Obunsha) |
Publication | 9 | Be Forever coverage in Middle 2nd Year Course magazine (Gakken) |
Publication | 9 | Be Forever coverage in Middle 3rd Year Course magazine (Gakken) |
Publication | 10 | Be Forever coverage in Course Newspaper (Gakken) |
Publication | 10 | Be Forever coverage in Animage Vol. 25 (Tokuma Shoten) |
Publication | 10 | Be Forever coverage in The Anime Vol. 8 (Kindaieigasha) |
Publication | 10 | Be Forever poster in Mu magazine (Gakken) |
Publication | 10 | Be Forever Yamato ad campaign begins (newspapers and theaters) |
Production | 14 | “Scanimation” special effects meeting for Be Forever Yamato |
Publication | 14 | Be Forever coverage in High 1st Course magazine (Gakken) |
Publication | 17 | Be Forever coverage in Weekly Woman magazine |
Event | 18 | Fan club meeting in Nagoya promotes Be Forever |
Event | 19 | Fan club meeting & press conference in Osaka promote Be Forever |
Publication | 21 | Be Forever coverage in Screen magazine (Kindaieigasha) |
Publication | 25 | |
Production | 26 | |
Event | 28 | Fan club meeting in Fukuoka promotes Be Forever |
Event | 28 | |
Event | 29 | “Voyage of Adventure Roman” ticket lottery at Shinjuku Station (Tokyo) |
Publication | ? | Be Forever coverage in Lemonhaus magazine |
Publication | ? | Be Forever coverage in Sixth Grader magazine (Shogakukan) |
No-class | JUL | |
publication | ? | |
Publication | 1 | Be Forever coverage in Animec magazine #12 (Rapport) |
Publication | 1 | Be Forever coverage in Terebiland magazine (Tokuma Shoten) |
Publication | 1 | Be Forever coverage in SF Movie Magazine ’80 (Kinema Junpo) |
Music | 1 | |
Music | 1 | |
Music | 1 | |
Music | 1 | |
Production | 1 | Hiromi Iwasaki records alternate version of Galaxy Legend |
Event | 2 | |
Publication | 3 | Be Forever coverage in Bouken Oh magazine (Akita Shoten) |
Event | 6 | Ticket lottery at Ueno Station for Japanese National Railways “Mystery Tour” |
Event | 7 | Press conference and Fan club meeting in Sapporo |
Publication | 9 | Be Forever coverage in Novel Junior magazine (Rapport) |
Publication | 9 | Yoshinobu Nishizaki interview in Tokyo Sports newspaper |
PUBLICATION | 9 | Be Forever coverage in Middle First Age magazine (Obunsha) |
PUBLICATION | 9 | Be Forever calendar in Middle Second Age magazine (Obunsha) |
Publication | 9 | Article in Hokkaido Shimbun newspaper |
Publication | 10 | |
Publication | 10 | Be Forever coverage in The Anime magazine Vol. 9 (Kindaieigasha) |
Publication | 10 | |
Production | 13-15 | Voice recording for Be Forever Yamato at Avaco Studio. |
Publication | 15 | Be Forever coverage in Fanroad magazine (Rapport) |
Publication | 18 | |
Publication | 19 | Article in Mainichi Shimbun newspaper |
Event | 20 | Yamato Tournament opens at Tokyo Tower (through August 31) |
Event | 20-22 | |
On Air | 20 | Yamato songs performed on Let’s Go Young TV special |
Publication | 21 | Article in Hochi Shimbun newspaper |
Publication | 21 | Be Forever coverage in Roadshow magazine (Shueisha) |
Publication | 21 | Be Forever coverage in Screen magazine (Kindaieigasha) |
Event | 22 | |
Event | 23 | Anime fair at Keio Plaza Hotel in Tokyo includes Be Forever attractions (through Aug. 31) |
Publication | 24 | Be Forever coverage in The Best One magazine (Gakken) |
Event | 24 | |
Publication | 24 | |
Event | 25 | |
Publication | 25 | |
PUBLICATION | 25 | Be Forever coverage in Weekly TV Guide magazine, Tohoku Edition (Tokyo News Agency) |
Event | 25 | |
Production | 26 | Be Forever Yamato sound editing completed |
Event | 26 | Ticket lottery at the Shibuya Pantheon theater complex for tickets to “Yamato Fever ’80” |
PRODUCTION | 27 | Camera work completed for Be Forever Yamato |
Event | 28 | “Yamato Fever ’80,” hosted by Leiji Matsumoto |
Production | 28 | Be Forever Yamato production wraps |
Event | 29 | ‘Space Battleship Yamato & Animation Festival’ at Mitsukoshi Department Store in Sapporo, Tokyo (through Aug. 6) |
Event | 29-31 | |
Cinema | 30 | Be Forever Yamato advance screening held for fan club prize-winners |
Event | 30 | |
On Air | ? | Be Forever Yamato pre-release TV special |
No-class | AUG | |
Event | 1 | Fans line up at movie theaters the night before Be Forever Yamato premieres |
Music | 1 | |
PUBLICATION | 1 | Music article in Tokyo Sports |
Publication | 1 | |
PUBLICATION | 1 | Be Forever Yamato cruise coverage in Weekly Bunshun magazine (BungeiShunju) |
PUBLICATION | 1 | Coverage in Weekly Sankei |
PUBLICATION | 1 | Be Forever coverage in Terebi Kun (Shogakukan) |
PUBLICATION | 1 | Be Forever coverage and bonus item in Terebi Land (Tokuma Shoten) |
PUBLICATION | 1 | Be Forever Yamato coverage in Juniorhood magazine (Obunsha) |
Cinema | 2 | |
PUBLICATION | 2 | |
Event | 2 | Be Forever Yamato products in movie theaters |
Event | 2 | A train renamed Yamato-Go runs on the Toyoko line, conducted by Leiji Matsumoto |
Event | 2 | Nishizaki, Masuda and Toei president Shigeru Okada appear at Toei Palace in Marunouchi, Tokyo |
Event | 2 | Press conference at Toei headquarters |
Publication | 2 | Be Forever coverage in Bouken Oh magazine (Akita Shoten) |
On Air | 3 | Yamato Festival in Budokan is broadcast on Tokyo 12 channel |
PUBLICATION | 5 | Coverage in Weekly Playboy No. 33 |
Publication | 9 | Be Forever coverage in Novel Junior magazine (Shueisha) |
PUBLICATION | 9 | Coverage in Middle 1st Age magazine (Obunsha) |
PUBLICATION | 9 | Be Forever coverage in Middle 2nd Year Course magazine (Gakken) |
Publication | 10 | Be Forever coverage in Animage Vol. 27 (Tokuma Shoten) |
Publication | 10 | Be Forever coverage in The Anime Vol. 10 (Tokuma Shoten) |
PUBLICATION | 10 | Coverage in Sunday Mainichi magazine |
Book | 15 | |
PUBLICATION | 20 | Coverage in OUT magazine (Minori Shobu) |
Publication | 21 | Coverage in Roadshow magazine (Shueisha) |
Publication | 21 | Be Forever coverage in Screen magazine (Kindaieigasha) |
Publication | 25 | |
PUBLICATION | 27 | Music coverage in Asahi Shimbun |
Model | ? | |
Model | ? | |
Model | ? | |
Model | ? | |
Model | ? | |
Model | ? | |
No-class | SEP | |
Publication | 1 | Be Forever coverage in Terebi Land (Tokuma Shoten) |
Publication | 1 | event coverage in Animec Vol. 13 (Rapport) |
Publication | 1 | |
Book | 1 | |
Publication | 1 | Be Forever review in University of Tokyo Weekly |
Publication | 1 | Gem magazine interviews Yoshinobu Nishizaki (Kobunsha) |
Music | 10 | |
Music | 10 | |
Book | 10 | |
Publication | 15 | Be Forever Yamato script in Kinejun #794 (Kinema Jumpo Co.) |
Book | 20 | |
Book | 20 | |
Publication | 21 | Coverage in Roadshow magazine (Shueisha) |
Book | 25 | |
Publication | 25 | |
Book | 27 | |
Book | 30 | |
No-class | OCT | |
Publication | 1 | Be Forever Yamato review in Kinejun #795 (Kinema Junpo) |
Book | 5 | |
Publication | 5 | |
Music | 10 | |
Book | 10 | |
Book | 20 | |
Book | 20 | |
Book | 20 | |
Book | 20 | |
Book | 30 | |
Model | ? | |
No-class | NOV | |
BOOK | 10 | |
Book | 15 | |
Book | 25 | |
Model | ? | |
Model | ? | |
PUBLICATION | ? | |
No-class | DEC | |
MUSIC | 10 | |
MUSIC | 25 | |
game | ? | |
No-class | ||
book | ? | |
book | ? | |
No-class | ||
No-class | 1981 | |
No-class | JAN | |
BOOK | 23 | |
No-class | MAR | |
Cinema | 14 | ‘Space Roadshow’: The New Voyage and Be Forever Yamato double feature attracts 1.5 million viewers (through April 4) |
No-class | JUL | |
publication | ? | |
No-class | AUG | |
On Air | 19 | Be Forever Yamato premieres on Nippon Television’s ‘Wednesday Roadshow’ |
No-class | OCT | |
MUSIC | 25 | |
No-class | ||
No-class | 1982 | |
No-class | AUG | |
Event | 28/29 | Be Forever screened at Creation Convention, New York City |
No-class | ||
No-class | 1983 | |
No-class | MAR | |
ON AIR | 2 | Be Forever Yamato is rebroadcast on Fuji Television |
Video | ? | |
No-class | APR | |
video | 21 | |
No-class | ||
No-class | 1984 | |
No-class | MAR | |
Event | 22-25 | Be Forever screened at Norwescon ’84 (Seattle, WA) |
No-class | MAY | |
Event | 10 | Yamato films exhibited at Cannes Film Festival |
No-class | ||
Video | ? | |
No-class | ||
No-class | 1985 | |
No-class | MAR | |
Video | 21 | |
No-class | AUG | |
ON AIR/td> | 31 | Be Forever Yamato is rebroadcast on Fuji Television |
No-class | ||
Video | ? | |
No-class | ||
No-class | 1987 | |
No-class | AUG | |
Cinema | 3-7 | Summer Vacation Anime theater exhibition includes Yamato exhibit, screens Space Battleship Yamato, Arrivederci, Be Forever and Final Yamato in Shibuya, Tokyo |
No-class | ||
No-class | 1988 | |
No-class | MAY | |
Event | 11 | Yamato movies and other Westcape productions marketed at Cannes Film Festival. |
No-class | OCT | |
EVENT | 23-30 | Westcape Corporation exhibit at Milan Film Festival |
No-class | ||
Video | ? | |
Music | ? | |
No-class | ||
No-class | 1990 | |
No-class | APR | |
Video | 25 | |
No-class | ||
No-class | 1993 | |
No-class | AUG | |
Video | 25 | |
No-class | OCT | |
Book | 25 | |
No-class | ||
No-class | 1995 | |
No-class | JAN | |
MUSIC | 1 | |
No-class | APR | |
MUSIC | 1 | |
Video | ? | |
No-class | AUG | |
Music | 19 | |
No-class | SEP | |
MUSIC | 21 | |
No-class | NOV | |
Music | 21 | |
No-class | ||
No-class | 1996 | |
No-class | DEC | |
PUBLICATION | ? | |
No-class | ||
No-class | 1997 | |
No-class | FEB | |
PUBLICATION | ? | |
No-class | MAY | |
PUBLICATION | ? | |
No-class | ||
No-class | 1998 | |
No-class | JUL | |
Video | 25 | |
No-class | ||
No-class | 1999 | |
No-class | APR | |
PUBLICATION | 1 | GaZo magazine retrospective article on Be Forever Yamato‘s ‘warp dimension’ |
No-class | JUL | |
EVENT | 8 | Bronze statues are unveiled in a festival at Tsuruga City commemorating Be Forever Yamato and Galaxy Express 999 (through July 27) |
No-class | AUG | |
Video | 25 | |
No-class | ||
No-class | 2000 | |
No-class | NOV | |
ON AIR | 8 | Be Forever Yamato broadcast on Family theater |
ON AIR | 17 | Be Forever Yamato broadcast on Family theater |
ON AIR | 29 | Be Forever Yamato broadcast on Family theater |
No-class | DEC | |
MUSIC | 30 | |
No-class | ||
No-class | 2002 | |
No-class | MAY | |
ON AIR | 4 | Be Forever Yamato broadcast on Family theater |
No-class | DEC | |
ON AIR | 5 | All 5 Yamato movies broadcast on channel NECO |
No-class | ||
No-class | 2003 | |
No-class | JAN | |
ON AIR | 5 | All 5 Yamato movies rebroadcast on channel NECO |
No-class | MAR | |
ON AIR | 31 | Three of the movies are broadcast on late-night ‘Daily Life Television’ |
No-class | AUG | |
VIDEO | ? | |
No-class | ||
No-class | 2004 | |
No-class | MAR | |
Video | ? | |
No-class | NOV | |
MUSIC | 25 | |
No-class | ||
No-class | 2005 | |
No-class | JAN | |
Game | 27 | |
No-class | MAR | |
Book | 31 | |
No-class | APR | |
Game | 7 | |
No-class | MAY | |
MUSIC | 18 | |
BOOK | 19 | |
Book | 31 | |
No-class | NOV | |
CINEMA | 4, 5 | All five Yamato movies screen at Toho Virgin cinemas, Roppongi, Tokyo |
PRODUCT | 11 | Space Battleship Yamato, Farewell, Be Forever jigsaw puzzles (Epoch) |
No-class | ||
No-class | 2007 | |
No-class | AUG | |
Video | 24 | |
No-class | ||
No-class | 2008 | |
No-class | JUN | |
Product | ? | |
No-class | ||
No-class | 2009 | |
No-class | NOV | |
video | 25 | DVD: All five Yamato movies reissued (Bandai/Emotion) |
No-class | DEC | |
on air | 10, 31 | Be Forever rebroadcast (Family theater TV network) |
No-class | ||
No-class | 2010 | |
No-class | FEB | |
book | 6 | |
No-class | 2011 | |
No-class | OCT | |
cinema | 8 | Charity screening of Be Forever Yamato (Hiroshima) |
No-class | NOV | |
online | 24 | Be Forever streaming on Yamato Resurrection Fever pachinko game website (through 11/20) |
No-class | ||
No-class | 2012 | |
No-class | FEB | |
MUSIC | 16 | |
MUSIC | 16 | |
No-class | OCT | |
MUSIC | 21 | |
MUSIC | 21 | |
No-class | 2013 | |
No-class | JAN | |
MUSIC | 23 | |
No-class | APR | |
ON AIR | 28 | |
No-class | MAY | |
MUSIC | 22 | |
No-class | OCT | |
VIDEO | 25 | |
No-class | 2014 | |
No-class | JUL | |
video | 23 | |
No-class | DEC | |
on air | 4 | Rebroadcast of Be Forever Yamato (Star Channel) |
on air | 28 | Rebroadcast of Be Forever Yamato (Star Channel) |
on air | 30 | Rebroadcast of Be Forever Yamato (Star Channel) |
No-class | 2019 | |
No-class | NOV | |
ON AIR | 9 | Be Forever Yamato on satellite channel Family Theater |
No-class | 2020 | |
No-class | FEB | |
EVENT | 23 | Be Forever Yamato screened at Yakitori Yamato Restaurant |
No-class | APR | |
ON AIR | 12 | Be Forever Yamato on satellite channel Family Theater |
No-class | 2023 | |
No-class | OCT | |
CINEMA | 21 | Be Forever Yamato screened at Fukuyamanime 6 event |
No-class | 2024 | |
No-class | JUN | |
on air | 9 | Be Forever Yamato (Star Channel) |
No-class | NOV | |
CINEMA | 4 | Be Forever Yamato screened at Tokyo International Film Festival |