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” |
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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 | Script completed |
PRODUCTION | 7 | Color design meetings |
Publication | 25 | |
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 | |
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 | ? | |
publication | ? | |
publication | ? | |
No-class | JUL | |
MUSIC | 1 | |
MUSIC | 1 | |
MUSIC | 1 | |
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 | |
Publication | 10 | |
PRODUCTION | 13-15 | Voice recording at Avaco Studio. |
Publication | 18 | |
Event | 20-22 | |
Event | 24 | |
PUBLICATION | 24 | |
PUBLICATION | 25 | |
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 | |
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 | |
Publication | 1 | |
PUBLICATION | 1 | Be Forever Yamato coverage in Juniorhood magazine (Obunsha) |
Cinema | 2 | |
PUBLICATION | 2 | |
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 | |
PUBLICATION | 25 | |
MODEL | ? | |
MODEL | ? | |
MODEL | ? | |
MODEL | ? | |
MODEL | ? | |
MODEL | ? | |
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 | |
BOOK | 1 | Be Forever Yamato novel part 1 (Fanfan Library/Shueisha) |
MUSIC | 10 | |
MUSIC | 10 | |
Book | 10 | |
BOOK | 10 | Be Forever Yamato novel part 2 (Fanfan Library/Shueisha) |
Book | 20 | |
Book | 20 | |
Book | 25 | |
Publication | 25 | |
CINEMA | 26 | Be Forever Yamato closes, having attracted over 2.3 million viewers. |
Book | 27 | |
Book | 30 | |
No-class | OCT | |
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 | ? | |
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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 |
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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 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 |
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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 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 | |
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 | ? | |
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 Theatre 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 |