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No-class	1981
No-class	MAY
production	13	Brainstorming session 1
production	28	Brainstorming session 2, Aritsune Toyota story notes set 1
No-class	JUN
production	1	Toyota finishes story notes set 2
production	5	Brainstorming session 3
production	9	Toyota finishes story notes set 3
production	11	Brainstorming session 4
production	?	Brainstorming session 5
No-class	JUL
production	24	Brainstorming session 6
production	31	Toyota finishes story notes set 4
production	31	Eiichi Yamamoto completes first story draft
No-class	AUG
production	6	Toyota finishes story notes set 5
No-class
No-class	1982
No-class	JAN
production	16	Toyota finishes story notes sets 6 & 7
production	19	Toyota finishes story notes set 8, composition plan
production	28	Writer’s summit, day 1
production	29	Writer’s summit, day 2
production	30	Writer’s summit, day 3
No-class	FEB
production	1	Preproduction concept notes
production	5	Concept notes organized
production	11	Eiichi Yamamoto story memo
No-class	MAR
production	2	story treatment 1
production	9	story treatment 2
Music	9	Prelude to Final Yamato album recording begins (finishes 3/14)
production	11	concept notes written
production	12	story treatment 3
production	17	story treatment 4
No-class	APR
production	15	Nishizaki plot composition written
event	27	Production announcement at press conference, Tokyo
No-class	MAY
production	20	Script part A completed
music	21	LP & Cassette: Prelude to Final Yamato (Nippon Columbia)
production	24	SF concept notes completed by Aritsune Toyota & Kazuichi Tsurumi
production	26	Toshio Masuda makes scene plan from script part A
No-class	JUN
production	7	Script part B completed
publication	10	Final Yamato coverage in anime magazines (July cover dates)
production	19	Script part C completed
production	28	Script part D first draft completed
No-class	JUL
production	9	Script part D final draft completed
publication	10	Final Yamato coverage in anime magazines (August cover dates)
book	31	Yoshinori Kaneda Special art book includes concept sketches for Final Yamato (Tokuma Shoten)
No-class	AUG
publication	10	Final Yamato coverage in anime magazines (September cover dates)
event		Yamato Fan Club Gatherings include screening of documentary ‘Message Film’
No-class	9	Fukushima
No-class	10	Nagasaki, Yamagata
No-class	11	Takeo
No-class	12	Akita
No-class	13	Kagoshima
No-class	14	Aomori, Miyazaki
No-class	15	Morioka, Ooita
No-class	16	Sendai, Kitakyushu
No-class	17	Kumamoto
No-class	20	Niigata
No-class	21	Takamatsu
No-class	22	Toyama, Tokushima
No-class	23	Kanazawa, Kochi
No-class	24	Fukui
No-class	25	Hiroshima
No-class	26	Okayama, Tottori
No-class	27	Himeji, Tsuyama
No-class	28	Matsue
No-class	29	Hamada, Matsuyama
No-class	30	Shimonoseki
No-class	SEP
publication	10	Final Yamato coverage in anime magazines (October cover dates)
production	16	Music meeting 1
No-class	OCT
publication	10	Final Yamato coverage in anime magazines (November cover dates)
production	18	Music & FX meetings
Product	22	Final Yamato digital wall clock (West Cape Corporation)
Publication	?	1983 Final Yamato calendar (West Cape Corporation)
No-class	NOV
publication	10	Final Yamato coverage in anime magazines (December cover dates)
Book	30	The Anime magazine special: Space Battleship Yamato Total Collection includes early coverage of Final Yamato (Kindaieiga Co.)
publication	?	Final Yamato flyer in theaters
No-class	DEC
publication	10	Final Yamato coverage in anime magazines (January cover dates)
book	15	Final Yamato novel part 1 (Cobalt Library/Shueisha)
production	15	Songs recorded by Tomoko Kuwae, Transam and Isao Sasaki at Sound City in Minato, Tokyo
production	18	Love Supreme recorded by Junko Yagami
Publication	20, 26	Yoshinori Kanada art doujinshis
book	31	Final Yamato ‘AM Juju’ novel part 1 (Animage/Tokuma Shoten)
No-class
No-class	1983
No-class	JAN
publication	10	Final Yamato coverage in anime magazines (February cover dates)
On Air	15	Final Yamato 4-hour radio drama on All Night Nippon
Event	18	Final Yamato press conference, Tokyo.
music	21	LP & Cassette: Final Yamato Theme Music Collection 1 (Tokuma/Animage)
music	21	LP & Cassette: Final Yamato symphonic album 1 (Nippon Columbia)
music	25	EP: Two who love b/w See you again (Tokuma/Animage)
music	25	EP: Rainbow to Tomorrow b/w Fight! Cosmo Tiger (Tokuma/Animage)
publication	?	Final Yamato insert poster in Juniorhood magazine
No-class	FEB
music	1	EP: Kodai [I] & Yamato b/w Yamato tribute-Poseidon (Nippon Columbia)
publication	10	Final Yamato coverage in anime magazines (March cover dates)
event	12	Yamato Festival, Osaka Welfare Hall
book	15	Final Yamato ‘SF’ novel part 1 (Asahi Sonorama)
Book	15	Keibunsha #138 Final Yamato part 1 ‘Big Encyclopedia’ (Kodansha)
music	21	LP & Cassette: Lonely Girl by Junko Yagami includes Love Supreme from Final Yamato (Discomate)
production	22-24	Voice recording at Avaco Studio
publication	25	Yamato fan club magazine #33 shows first and only wave of Final Yamato ‘fancy goods’
book	28	Final Yamato manga volume 1 by Akira Hio (Sun Comics/Asahi Sonorama)
event	?	‘Final cruise’ announced
Game	?	Final Yamato ‘Game for Adult’ 3D simulation game (IF Series/Bandai)
No-class	MAR
Publication	1	Screen movie magazine includes a bonus Anime Movies for the Spring insert featuring Final Yamato (Kindai Movie Co.)
music	1	EP: Love Supreme b/w Love of Yuki (Discomate)
music	1	EP: Yamato ’83 b/w Yamato ’83 karaoke (Nippon Columbia)
publication	10	Final Yamato coverage in anime magazines (April cover dates)
publication	15	Final Yamato coverage in Kinejun magazine #856 (Kinema Jumpo Co.)
event	15	Space Battleship Yamato: Grand Festival is held at Kosei Nenkin hall in Shinjuku, Tokyo
book	15	Final Yamato novel part 2 (Cobalt Library/Shueisha)
book	15	Final Yamato novel part 1 (Fanfan Library/Shueisha)
Cinema	19	Final Yamato is released through Toei-affiliated theaters
publication	19	Final Yamato movie program book (West Cape Corporation)
Event	19	“Big Space Project: Yamato Launch” attraction at Takarazuka Family Land (through June 5)
music	21	EP: Yamato 10-year tribute b/w Final Yamato symphonic tracks (Nippon Columbia)
event	25-30	Final Yamato final goods fair at Tokyu Department Store, Kichijoji, Tokyo
Event	29	Final Cruise 1 (sea cruise, through 3/31)
book	31	Final Yamato ‘SF’ novel part 2 (Asahi Sonorama)
event	31	Final Cruise 2 (sea cruise, through 4/2)
model	?	1/1000 Yamato (Bandai)
model	?	Cosmo Zero reissue (Bandai)
model	?	1/700 Yamato non-cutaway version reissue (Bandai)
model	?	1/500 Yamato “New Cosmic Model” reissue (Bandai)
Model	?	Cosmo Tiger II reissue (Bandai)
No-class	APR
music	1	LP & Cassette: Final Yamato Theme Music Collection 2 (Tokuma/Animage)
event	2	Final Cruise 3 (sea cruise, through 4/4)
publication	10	Final Yamato coverage in anime magazines (May cover dates)
book	10	Final Yamato novel part 2 (Fanfan Library/Shueisha)
book	15	Final Yamato ‘AM Juju’ novel part 2 (Animage/Tokuma Shoten)
music	21	LP & Cassette: Final Yamato symphonic album 2 (Nippon Columbia)
Video	21	VHS and Beta: Final Yamato 35mm version (VAP)
Publication	25	The Anime magazine special: Final Yamato Visual Big Compendium (Kindaieiga Co.)
cinema	29	Final Yamato concludes its first theatrical run, having attracted 2.5 million viewers
Book	30	Roadshow magazine special: Final Yamato (Shueisha)
No-class	MAY
Book	1	Animedia magazine special: Final Yamato (Gakken)
publication	10	Final Yamato coverage in anime magazines (June cover dates)
Book	13	This is Animation select #4 Final Yamato (Shogakukan)
Book	15	Keibunsha #148 Final Yamato part 2 ‘Big Encyclopedia’ (Kodansha)
music	21	LP & Cassette: Final Yamato Drama album (Nippon Columbia)
Book	30	Roman Album #56 Final Yamato (Tokuma Shoten)
Book	30	Terebi Land magazine special: Color Graph #31 Final Yamato (Tokuma Shoten)
Book	30	Final Yamato Mecha Big Collection (Asahi Sonorama)
No-class	JUN
music	21	LP: Final Yamato Digital Trip Synthesizer Fantasy (Nippon Columbia)
book	30	Final Yamato manga volume 2 by Akira Hio (Sun Comics/Asahi Sonorama)
No-class	AUG
music	20	Book & Cassette: Space Battleship Yamato Complete Music Works (Tokyo Music Academy)
music	21	LP & Cassette: Final Yamato symphonic album 3 (Nippon Columbia)
No-class	NOV
Cinema	5-13	Final Yamato “Encore Roadshow” re-release in 70mm with multi-channel stereo (Shibuya Pantheon theater, Tokyo)
Publication	5	Final Yamato movie program book second edition (West Cape Corporation)
No-class	DEC
book	10	Final Yamato super deluxe hardcover (West Cape Corporation)
No-class
No-class	1984
No-class	FEB
Cinema	11-17	Final Yamato 70mm version screens in Osaka
No-class	MAR
Event	22-25	Final Yamato screened at Norwescon ’84 (Seattle, WA)
No-class	MAY
Event	10	Final Yamato 70mm edition exhibited at Cannes Film Festival
Publication	10	Final Yamato promo kit, Cannes Film Festival
No-class	JUN
Video	?	LD: Final Yamato (Nippon Columbia)
No-class
Video	?	VHS: Final Yamato (VAP)
No-class
No-class	1985
No-class	AUG
Cinema	17	Final Yamato revival in a double-feature with Odin: Photon Space Sailor Starlight
Video	?	VHD: Final Yamato (Japan Victor)
Game	?	Laserdisc game based on Final Yamato appears in Taito Game Centers, Japan
No-class
No-class	1986
No-class	AUG
event	23	Fan Club screening of Final Yamato (35mm version) in Meguro Public Hall, Tokyo
No-class	SEP
Video	21	LD & VHS: Final Yamato Music Video (Nippon Columbia)
No-class	OCT
music	25	CD: Final Yamato 2-Disc ‘Best Collection’ (Animage)
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
No-class	1989
Video	?	LD: All five Yamato movies are released in a ‘Perfect Collection’ box set (Bandai/Emotion)
No-class
No-class	1990
No-class	MAY
Video	25	VHS: Final Yamato in ‘Perfect Collection’ packaging (Bandai/Emotion)
No-class
No-class	1993
No-class	SEP
Video	24	LD: Final Yamato reissued with Hiroyuki Kitazume art (Bandai/Emotion)
No-class	NOV
Book	25	Yamato Collection 5: Final Yamato Sun Wide Comics Special by Akira Hio (Asahi Sonorama)
No-class
No-class	1995
No-class	JAN
music	1	CD: Final Yamato 3-disc symphonic album (Nippon Columbia)
No-class	APR
music	1	CD: Final Yamato Drama (Nippon Columbia)
No-class	AUG
VIDEO	?	VHS: Subtitled version of Final Yamato released in US (Voyager Entertainment, Inc.)
No-class	SEP
music	21	CD: Final Yamato BGM collection (Nippon Columbia)
No-class
No-class	1996
No-class	MAR
music	21	CD: Prelude to Final Yamato (Nippon Columbia)
No-class
No-class	1998
No-class	JUL
Video	25	LD & VHS: Final Yamato reissued with 25th anniversary Toshihiro Kawamoto art (Bandai/Emotion)
No-class
No-class	1999
No-class	AUG
Video	25	DVD: Final Yamato (Bandai/Emotion)
No-class
No-class	2000
No-class	NOV
on air	9	Final Yamato broadcast on Family Theatre
on air	19	Final Yamato broadcast on Family Theatre
on air	30	Final Yamato broadcast on Family Theatre
No-class
No-class	2001
No-class	MAR
music	1	CD: Space Battleship Yamato ‘Eternal Edition’ discs 8 & 9 (Columbia Records)
No-class	APR
on air	5	Final Yamato broadcast on Hokuriku sunrise
No-class	MAY
on air	5	Final 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	NOV
music	3	CD: Lonely Girl by Junko Yagami includes Love Supreme from Final Yamato (King Record Co.)
music	25	Yamato Eternal Edition Premium box (Columbia Music Entertainment, Inc.)
No-class
No-class	2004
No-class	MAR
Video	?	DVD: Final Yamato subtitled (Voyager Entertainment, Inc.)
Video	?	DVD: Yamato movie box set (Voyager Entertainment, Inc.)
No-class
No-class	2005
No-class	MAY
music	18	CD: Final Yamato BGM collection (reissue/Columbia Music Entertainment, Inc.)
No-class	JUN
book	19	Final Yamato manga by Akira Hio (reissue/Media Factory)
No-class	NOV
cinema	4, 5	All five Yamato movies screen at Toho Virgin cinemas, Roppongi, Tokyo
No-class
No-class	2006
No-class	JAN
Product	?	1/6 Yuki character doll ‘wedding version’ (Zero Goods Universe)
Product	?	1/6 Yuki character doll ‘Final Yamato version’ (Zero Goods Universe)
No-class
No-class	2007
No-class	AUG
Video	24	DVD: Space Battleship Yamato movies ‘Memorial Box’ (Bandai/Emotion)
No-class
No-class	2009
No-class	NOV
video	25	DVD: All five Yamato movies reissued (Bandai/Emotion)
No-class	DEC
on air	11, 31	Final Yamato rebroadcast (Family Theatre TV network)
No-class
No-class	2010
No-class	FEB
book	23	Final Yamato manga by Akira Hio (reissue/Media Factory)
No-class	2011
No-class	NOV
online	24	Final Yamato streaming on Yamato Resurrection Fever pachinko game website (through 12/4)
No-class	2012
No-class	FEB
music	1	CD: Space Battleship Yamato ‘Eternal Edition’ discs 8 & 9 reissued (Nippon Columbia Co. Ltd.)
music	16	Yamato Eternal Edition Premium box reissued (Nippon Columbia Co. Ltd.)
No-class	2013
No-class	APR
on air	28	Yamato movie marathon (Family Theater)
No-class	SEP
music	18	CD: Yamato Sound Almanac 1982-I Prelude to Final Yamato (Columbia)
No-class	NOV
music	20	CD: Yamato Sound Almanac 1983-I Final Yamato Music Collection, Part 1 (Columbia)
music	20	CD: Yamato Sound Almanac 1983-I Final Yamato Music Collection, Part 2 (Columbia)
music	20	CD: Yamato Sound Almanac 1983-I Final Yamato Music Collection, Part 3 (Columbia)
No-class	DEC
VIDEO	25	Bluray: Final Yamato (Bandai/Emotion)
No-class	2014
No-class	JAN
music	22	CD: Yamato Sound Almanac 1983-IV Final Yamato BGM collection (Columbia)
music	22	CD: Yamato Sound Almanac 1983-V Digital Trip Final Yamato Synthesizer Fantasy (Columbia)
No-class	APR
video	23	DVD & Blu-ray: Final Yamato MV (Columbia)
No-class	DEC
on air	5	Rebroadcast of Final Yamato (Star Channel)
on air	28	Rebroadcast of Final Yamato (Star Channel)
No-class	2018
No-class	DEC
online	21	Final Yamato production painting listed in auction (Yahoo Japan)
No-class	2019
No-class	DEC
ON AIR	30	Final Yamato on satellite channel Family Theater
No-class	2020
No-class	MAY
ON AIR	9	Final Yamato on satellite channel Family Theater
No-class	2023
No-class	FEB
ONLINE	24	Final Yamato character popularity poll (Akiba Souken)
No-class	APR
ONLINE	13	Online poll, favorite Final Yamato mecha (Akiba Souken)
No-class	DEC
PRODUCT	7	Final Yamato LD game, download version (Nintendo)
PRODUCT	14	Final Yamato LD game, physical version (Nintendo)
No-class	2024
No-class	JUL
on air	7	Final Yamato (Star Channel)
on air	29	Final Yamato (Star Channel)
No-class	2025
No-class	JAN
on air	3	Final Yamato (Star Channel)