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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	Yamato fan club magazine #14 announces Be Forever Yamato title and release date of August 2
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	Script completed
PRODUCTION	7	Color design meetings
Publication	25	Yamato fan club magazine #15 publishes production designs from Be Forever Yamato
PRODUCTION	30	Scanimation production meeting
No-class	MAY
PRODUCTION	7	Meeting to plan epilogue sequence
PRODUCTION	8	Music composition meeting
Publication	10	Animage Magazine #24 publishes an article on Be Forever Yamato (Tokuma Shoten)
Event	26	Be Forever Yamato press conference launches promotional campaign
PRODUCTION	26	Akira Fuse produces demo for closing theme, Until The Day of Love
PRODUCTION	30	Akira Fuse & Isao Sasaki record songs
Publication	?	The Anime Magazine #7 publishes an article on Be Forever Yamato (Kindaiega-sha)
No-class	JUN
ON AIR	7	Be Forever Yamato 4-hour radio drama on all Night Nippon
Publication	10	Animage Magazine #25 publishes an article on Be Forever Yamato (Tokuma Shoten)
PRODUCTION	14	“Scanimation” special effects meeting
Event	18	Fan club meeting in Nagoya promotes Be Forever
Event	19	Fan club meeting & press conference in Osaka promote Be Forever
Publication	25	Yamato fan club magazine #16 reports Be Forever Yamato events, shows first wave of ‘fancy goods’
PRODUCTION	26	Recording script completed
Event	28	Fan club meeting in Fukuoka promotes Be Forever
Event	29	“Adventure Roman” sea cruise ticket lottery at Shinjuku Station, Tokyo. 14,000 fans apply for only 500 places on board
event	?	The Vega wristwatch company launches a tie-in campaign
publication	?	The Anime magazine #8 publishes a Be Forever Yamato cover story (Kindaieiga Co.)
publication	?	Toei Animation Fan Club News #3 publishes a Be Forever Yamato cover story (Toei Movie Co.)
No-class	JUL
MUSIC	1	EP: Until The Day of Love b/w Galaxy Legend (King Records)
MUSIC	1	LP & Cassette: Be Forever Yamato symphonic album part 1 (Nippon Columbia)
MUSIC	1	EP: Pendant of stars b/w Face in the stars (Nippon Columbia)
PRODUCTION	1	Hiromi Iwasaki records alternate version of Galaxy Legend
PUBLICATION	1	Be Forever Yamato coverage in Juniorhood magazine (Obunsha)
EVENT	6	Ticket lottery at Ueno Station for Japanese National Railways “Mystery Tour.”1,233 fans apply for 560 places
Event	7	Fan club meeting in Sapporo promotes Be Forever
Publication	10	Animage magazine #26 publishes a cover story on Be Forever Yamato (Tokuma Shoten)
Publication	10	Monthly Animation magazine #7 publishes a Be Forever Yamato cover story (Bronze Co.)
PRODUCTION	13-15	Voice recording at Avaco Studio.
Publication	18	OUT magazine publishes a Be Forever Yamato cover story (Minori Shobo)
Event	20-22	“Space Battleship Yamato: the Voyage of Adventure Roman.” Nishizaki & Matsumoto launch a cruise ship from Kawasaki Pier to carry actors and fans on a 3-day round trip to Hyuga
Event	24	Yamato Festival in Budokan concert in Tokyo. Nishizaki & staff participate in a variety show including Miyagawa conducting the orchestra. 15,000 guests attend two performances
PUBLICATION	24	Festival in Budokan program book (Office Academy)
PUBLICATION	25	Yamato fan club magazine #17 shows second wave of Be Forever Yamato ‘fancy goods’
PUBLICATION	25	Be Forever Yamato coverage in Weekly TV Guide magazine, Tohoku Edition (Tokyo News Agency)
PRODUCTION	26	Sound editing completed
EVENT	26	Ticket lottery at the Shibuya Pantheon theatre complex for tickets to “Yamato Fever ’80”
PRODUCTION	27	Camera work completed
Event	27	Anime fair at Keio Plaza Hotel in Tokyo includes Be Forever attractions (through Aug. 31)
Event	28	“Yamato Fever ’80,” hosted by Leiji Matsumoto with cast & crew
PRODUCTION	28	Be Forever Yamato production wraps
Event	29-31	Japan National Railways “Mystery tour” called Three Days of Adventure and Exploration: Where is Secret Training Base Icarus! departs Ueno Station for Lake Nojiri at Nagano Prefecture
Cinema	30	Be Forever Yamato advance screening held for fan club prize-winners
Publication	?	The Anime Magazine #9 publishes an article on Be Forever Yamato (Kindaiega-sha)
No-class	AUG
EVENT	1	Thousands of fans line up at movie theatres the night before Be Forever Yamato premieres
MUSIC	1	EP: Galaxy legend b/w Life of love (Japan Victor)
Publication	1	Kinejun magazine #791 publishes a cover story on Be Forever Yamato (Kinema Jumpo Co.)
PUBLICATION	1	Be Forever Yamato coverage in Juniorhood magazine (Obunsha)
Cinema	2	Be Forever Yamato released through Shochiku-Toei theatres
PUBLICATION	2	Be Forever Yamato movie program book (Office Academy)
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
ON AIR	4	Yamato Festival in Budokan is broadcast on Tokyo 12 channel
PUBLICATION	7	Be Forever Yamato cruise coverage in Weekly Bunshun magazine (BungeiShunju)
Publication	9	Animage Magazine #27 publishes an article on Be Forever Yamato (Tokuma Shoten)
Book	15	Be Forever Yamato novel (Cobalt library/Shueisha)
PUBLICATION	25	Yamato fan club magazine #18 shows third wave of Be Forever Yamato ‘fancy goods’
MODEL	?	1/360 Kodai’s patrol ship (Bandai)
MODEL	?	1/220 EDF Automated Battleship (Bandai)
MODEL	?	Yamato reissue (Bandai)
MODEL	?	1/700 Yamato (non cutaway version/Bandai)
MODEL	?	Yamato “new image model” (Bandai)
MODEL	?	1/500 Yamato “new cosmic model” (Bandai)
Publication	?	The Anime Magazine #10 publishes an article on Be Forever Yamato (Kindaiega-sha)
Publication	?	Novel Junior Magazine publishes a Be Forever Yamato novella (Shueisha)
No-class	SEP
PUBLICATION	1	Yamato Movie series Big Collection (Asahi Sonorama)
Book	1	Be Forever Yamato novel part 1 (Monkey Library/Shueisha)
BOOK	1	Be Forever Yamato novel part 1 (Fanfan Library/Shueisha)
MUSIC	10	LP & Cassette: Be Forever Yamato symphonic album part 2 (Nippon Columbia)
MUSIC	10	EP: Be Forever Yamato b/w New Voyage (4 tracks, Nippon Columbia)
Book	10	Be Forever Yamato novel part 2 (Monkey Library/Shueisha)
BOOK	10	Be Forever Yamato novel part 2 (Fanfan Library/Shueisha)
Book	20	Roadshow magazine special: Be Forever Yamato (Shueisha)
Book	20	Be Forever Yamato ‘Complete Works’ novel part 1 (Asahi Sonorama)
Book	25	Be Forever Yamato ‘Complete Works’ novel part 2 (Asahi Sonorama)
Publication	25	Be Forever Yamato “Precise Illustrated Edition” blueprint set (Asahi Sonorama)
CINEMA	26	Be Forever Yamato closes, having attracted over 2.3 million viewers.
Book	27	SF fantastic animation materials: Be Forever Yamato ‘Setting Data Collection’ (Shonen Pictorial Co.)
Book	30	Be Forever Yamato Cel Collection (Shonen Pictorial Co.)
No-class	OCT
BOOK	5	Be Forever Yamato Anime Comics volume 1 (Champion Graphic/Akita Shoten)
Publication	5	Be Forever Yamato special (Screen Movie Magazine)
MUSIC	10	LP & Cassette: Be Forever Yamato Drama album (Nippon Columbia)
Book	10	Perfect Memoir Deluxe #4 Be Forever Yamato & All of Yamato (Leed Company)
Book	20	Perfect Memoir #11 Be Forever Yamato (Leed Company)
Book	20	Be Forever Yamato Eternal Treasure storybook (Jitsugyono Nippon Co.)
Book	20	Keibunsha #68 Be Forever Yamato ‘Big Encyclopedia’ (Kodansha)
Book	20	Roman Album #36 Be Forever Yamato (Tokuma Shoten)
BOOK	30	Be Forever Yamato manga volume 1 by Akira Hio (Sun Comics/Asahi Sonorama)
MODEL	?	Dark Nebula Empire Tripod Tank (Bandai)
No-class	NOV
BOOK	10	Be Forever Yamato Final Deluxe hardcover (West Cape Corporation)
BOOK	15	Be Forever Yamato Anime Comics volume 2 (Champion Graphic/Akita Shoten)
Book	25	Terebi Magazine special: Be Forever Yamato (Akita Shoten)
MODEL	?	Dark Nebula Empire Patrol Tank (Bandai)
MODEL	?	1/700 Yamato new mechanic cutaway model reissue (Bandai)
PUBLICATION	?	1981 Be Forever Yamato calendar (West Cape Corporation)
No-class	DEC
MUSIC	10	EP: Space Battleship Yamato/Arrivederci Yamato/Be Forever Yamato (4 tracks, Nippon Columbia)
MUSIC	25	LP & Cassette: ’80 Yamato Festival in Budokan Live (Nippon Columbia)
game	?	Be Forever Yamato board game (Popy)
No-class
book	?	Be Forever Yamato Sonosheet books (Set of 2/Asahi Sonorama)
book	?	Be Forever Yamato ‘Anime Picture Books’ (Set of 3/Shueisha)
No-class
No-class	1981
No-class	JAN
BOOK	23	Be Forever Yamato manga volume 2 by Akira Hio (Sun Comics/Asahi Sonorama)
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	?	TV Guide publishes a cover story on Be Forever Yamato (Tokyo News Agency)
No-class	AUG
On Air	19	Be Forever Yamato premieres on Nippon Television’s ‘Wednesday Roadshow’
No-class	OCT
MUSIC	25	LP: Mitsuko Horie’s Anime Best Hit album features Be Forever songs (Nippon Columbia)
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	?	VHS & Beta: Be Forever Yamato (Toei)
No-class	APR
video	21	VHD: Be Forever Yamato (Japan Victor)
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	?	VHS: Be Forever Yamato (Japan Victor)
No-class
No-class	1985
No-class	MAR
Video	21	VHS: Be Forever Music Video (Nippon Columbia)
No-class	AUG
ON AIR/td>	31	Be Forever Yamato is rebroadcast on Fuji Television
No-class
Video	?	LD: Be Forever Yamato (Nippon Columbia)
No-class
No-class	1987
No-class	AUG
Cinema	3-7	Summer Vacation Anime theatre 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	?	LD: All five Yamato movies are released in a ‘Perfect Collection’ box set (Bandai/Emotion)
Music	?	CD: Walking Songs by Mitsuko Horie features Be Forever songs (Nippon Columbia)
No-class
No-class	1990
No-class	APR
Video	25	VHS: Be Forever Yamato in ‘Perfect Collection’ packaging (Bandai/Emotion)
No-class
No-class	1993
No-class	AUG
Video	25	LD: Be Forever Yamato reissued with Hiroyuki Kitazume art (Bandai/Emotion)
No-class	OCT
Book	25	Yamato Collection 4: Be Forever Yamato Sun Wide Comics Special by Akira Hio) (Asahi Sonorama
No-class
No-class	1995
No-class	JAN
MUSIC	1	CD: Be Forever Yamato 2-disc symphonic album (Nippon Columbia)
No-class	APR
MUSIC	1	CD: Be Forever Yamato Drama (Nippon Columbia)
Video	?	VHS: Subtitled version of Be Forever Yamato released in US (Voyager Entertainment, Inc.)
No-class	AUG
Music	19	CD: Mitsuko Horie Best & Best 2-disc compilation features Be Forever songs (Nippon Columbia)
No-class	SEP
MUSIC	21	CD: Be Forever Yamato BGM collection (Nippon Columbia)
No-class	NOV
Music	21	CD: Yamato Festival in Budokan 1980 live album (Nippon Columbia)
No-class
No-class	1996
No-class	DEC
PUBLICATION	?	Star Blazers comic magazine #9 by Studio Go! Be Forever Yamato Prelude (Argo Press/Voyager Entertainment, Inc.)
No-class
No-class	1997
No-class	FEB
PUBLICATION	?	Star Blazers comic magazine #10 by Studio Go! Be Forever Yamato Part 1 (Argo Press/Voyager Entertainment, Inc.)
No-class	MAY
PUBLICATION	?	Star Blazers comic magazine #11 (final issue) by Studio Go! Be Forever Yamato Part 2 (Argo Press/Voyager Entertainment, Inc.)
No-class
No-class	1998
No-class	JUL
Video	25	LD & VHS: Be Forever Yamato reissued with 25th anniversary Toshihiro Kawamoto art (Bandai/Emotion)
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	DVD: Be Forever Yamato (Bandai/Emotion)
No-class
No-class	2000
No-class	NOV
ON AIR	8	Be Forever Yamato broadcast on Family Theatre
ON AIR	17	Be Forever Yamato broadcast on Family Theatre
ON AIR	29	Be Forever Yamato broadcast on Family Theatre
No-class	DEC
MUSIC	30	CD: Space Battleship Yamato ‘Eternal Edition’ discs 5 & 6 (Columbia Records)
No-class
No-class	2002
No-class	MAY
ON AIR	4	Be Forever Yamato broadcast on Family Theatre
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	?	DVD: Be Forever Yamato subtitled (Voyager Entertainment, Inc.)
No-class
No-class	2004
No-class	MAR
Video	?	DVD: Yamato movie box set (Voyager Entertainment, Inc.)
No-class	NOV
MUSIC	25	Yamato Eternal Edition Premium box (Columbia Music Entertainment, Inc.)
No-class
No-class	2005
No-class	JAN
Game	27	Counterattack of the Dark Nebula (Playstation 2/Bandai)
No-class	MAR
Book	31	Counterattack of the Dark Nebula Complete Guide (Enterbrain)
No-class	APR
Game	7	Collapse of the Double Galaxies (Playstation 2/Bandai)
No-class	MAY
MUSIC	18	CD: Be Forever Yamato BGM collection (reissue/Columbia Music Entertainment, Inc.)
BOOK	19	Be Forever Yamato by Akira Hio (reissue/Media Factory)
Book	31	Collapse of the Double Galaxies Complete Guide (Enterbrain)
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	DVD: Space Battleship Yamato movies ‘Memorial Box’ (Bandai/Emotion)
No-class
No-class	2008
No-class	JUN
Product	?	Leiji Matsumoto character doll #31: Sasha from Be Forever Yamato (Zero Goods Universe)
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 Theatre TV network)
No-class
No-class	2010
No-class	FEB
book	6	Be Forever Yamato manga by Akira Hio (reissue/Media Factory)
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	CD: Space Battleship Yamato ‘Eternal Edition’ disc 6 reissued (Nippon Columbia Co. Ltd.)
MUSIC	16	Yamato Eternal Edition Premium box reissued (Nippon Columbia Co. Ltd.)
No-class	OCT
MUSIC	21	CD: Yamato Sound Almanac 1980-I Be Forever symphonic collection part 1 (Columbia)
MUSIC	21	CD: Yamato Sound Almanac 1980-II Be Forever symphonic collection part 2 (Columbia)
No-class	2013
No-class	JAN
MUSIC	23	CD: Yamato Sound Almanac 1980-III ’80 Yamato Festival in Budokan Live concert (Columbia)
No-class	APR
ON AIR	28	Yamato movie marathon (Family Theater)
No-class	MAY
MUSIC	22	CD: Yamato Sound Almanac 1980-IV Be Forever Yamato symphonic collection (Columbia)
No-class	OCT
VIDEO	25	Bluray: Be Forever Yamato (Bandai/Emotion)
No-class	2014
No-class	JUL
video	23	DVD & Blu-ray: Be Forever Yamato MV (Columbia)
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