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More timelines: Series 1 | Yamato movie | Series 2 | The New Voyage | Be Forever Yamato | Series 3 | Final Yamato
No-class | 1977 | |
No-class | NOV | |
Event | 15 | A crew party is held at the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo. Nishizaki announces his desire to create a sequel that will depict “the end of Yamato” and names Toei Studio as the co-production company. The first meeting of the main staff is held later that day. |
PRODUCTION | 25 | Nishizaki writes his proposal for Yamato Part 2 |
PRODUCTION | 30 | Main staff members are chosen for Yamato Part 2 |
No-class | DEC | |
PRODUCTION | 3 | Aritsune Toyota finishes his story draft for Yamato Part 2 |
PRODUCTION | 5, 6 | Yamato Part 2 meetings with producer Itaru Yoshita at Toei Studio |
PRODUCTION | 8 | Yamato Part 2 story meetings begin |
PRODUCTION | 13 | Yamato Part 2 Writers “brainstorming meeting” 1 |
PRODUCTION | 16 | Yamato Part 2 staff orientation meetings |
PRODUCTION | 20 | Keisuke Fujikawa finishes his story draft for Yamato Part 2 |
PRODUCTION | 22 | Yamato Part 2 Writers “brainstorming meeting” 2 |
PRODUCTION | 30 | Yamato Part 2 general preproduction meeting |
PRODUCTION | 31 | Yamato Part 2 script and concept meetings |
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No-class | 1978 | |
No-class | JAN | |
PRODUCTION | 5 | Toshio Masuda finishes his first story draft for Yamato Part 2, now titled Farewell to Yamato |
PRODUCTION | 6 | Farewell to Yamato SF concept meeting |
PRODUCTION | 7-11 | The writing staff travels to Hawaii for story meetings. All are awed by Star Wars and Close Encounters at Hawaiian cinemas |
PRODUCTION | 15 | Aritsune Toyota finishes SF concepts for Farewell to Yamato |
PRODUCTION | 21 | Keisuke Fujikawa finishes first script draft for Farewell to Yamato |
PRODUCTION | 27 | Farewell to Yamato production office opens at Toei Studio (Nerima, Tokyo) |
PRODUCTION | 28 | Mecha and background design meetings begin for Farewell |
No-class | FEB | |
PRODUCTION | 3 | Battle and strategy plans written |
PRODUCTION | 4-7 | Leiji Matsumoto writes his story draft for Farewell to Yamato |
PRODUCTION | 6 | Second draft script review meeting for Farewell to Yamato |
PRODUCTION | 20 | Third draft script review meeting for Farewell to Yamato |
PRODUCTION | 21 | Costume design meeting for Farewell to Yamato with fashion designer Yukiko Hanai |
PUBLICATION | 25 | |
PRODUCTION | 27 | Comet Empire character designs established for Farewell to Yamato |
PUBLICATION | ? | Farewell to Yamato coverage in Fifth Grade Age magazine (Obunsha) |
No-class | MAR | |
PRODUCTION | 7 | Script completed for Farewell to Yamato (except final scene) |
PRODUCTION | 11 | Costume designs by Yukiko Hanai completed for Farewell to Yamato |
PRODUCTION | 17 | Final scene concept meeting for Farewell to Yamato |
PRODUCTION | 18 | Farewell to Yamato character names finalized |
PRODUCTION | 20 | Final scene review meeting for Farewell to Yamato |
PRODUCTION | 22 | Farewell to Yamato animation begins at Toei Studio |
Publication | 25 | |
PRODUCTION | 28 | Color design meeting for Farewell to Yamato |
No-class | APR | |
PRODUCTION | 4 | Sound design meeting for Farewell to Yamato |
PUBLICATION | 8 | Farewell to Yamato coverage in Middle 2nd Age magazine (Obunsha) |
Production | 17 | Advertising & publicity meeting, licensing deals signed with Glico and Pepsi for Farewell to Yamato |
PRODUCTION | 24 | Music composing meetings begin for Farewell to Yamato |
Publication | 25 | |
No-class | MAY | |
PRODUCTION | 4 | Symphonic Concert planning meeting for Farewell to Yamato |
Event | 24 | Farewell to Yamato Press conference (Imperial Hotel in Hibiya, Tokyo) |
Publication | 26 | |
PRODUCTION | 29 | Farewell to Yamato music recording, 1st session |
PRODUCTION | 31 | Farewell to Yamato music recording, 2nd session |
No-class | JUN | |
PUBLICATION | 3 | |
PRODUCTION | 5 | Farewell to Yamato music recording, 3rd session |
Production | 6 | Symphonic Concert plans finalized |
Production | 7 | First Farewell to Yamato film rushes viewed, Toei Studio |
PRODUCTION | 11 | Song arrangement meeting for Farewell to Yamato |
PRODUCTION | 13, 14 | Farewell to Yamato music recording, 4th and 5th sessions |
Production | 14 | Isao Sasaki records Teresa Forever and The Rival, two songs for Farewell to Yamato |
Publication | 15 | Farewell to Yamato featured in High 1st Course magazine |
Publication | 15 | Farewell to Yamato featured in SF Anime Fantasy mook (Shinshokan) |
PRODUCTION | 22 | Farewell to Yamato music recording, 6th session |
Event | 22 | Yamato fan club meeting in Niigata |
Production | 23 | Kenji Sawada records From Yamato with love, the ending song for Farewell to Yamato |
Event | 24 | Yamato fan club meeting in Sendai |
Event | 25 | Yamato fan club meeting in Shizuoka |
Publication | 25 | |
Production | 28 | Second Farewell to Yamato film rushes reviewed, Toei Studio |
Publication | 29 | |
No-class | JUL | |
PUBLICATION | 1 | Farewell to Yamato coverage in Roadshow magazine (Shueisha) |
PUBLICATION | 1 | Farewell to Yamato coverage in Manga Shonen magazine (Asahi Sonorama) |
PUBLICATION | 1 | Farewell to Yamato coverage in Kinejun magazine No 738 (Kinema Junpo) |
PUBLICATION | 1 | Farewell to Yamato coverage in ASCII magazine #13 |
PUBLICATION | 3 | |
PRODUCTION | 3 | Voice actors recording session, Avaco Studio |
Event | 5 | |
publication | 5 | |
PRODUCTION | 6 | Additional voice recording, Avaco Studio |
EVENT | 7 | Yamato fan club meeting and Symphonic Concert in Hiroshima |
PUBLICATION | 8 | Farewell to Yamato coverage in Middle 1st Age magazine (Obunsha) |
PRODUCTION | 8,9 | Additional voice recording, Avaco Studio |
EVENT | 10 | Symphonic Concert in Kyushu |
Publication | 10 | |
PUBLICATION | 11 | Farewell to Yamato coverage in Middle 3rd Age magazine (Obunsha) |
PRODUCTION | 11 | Film editing concludes |
Publication | 13 | |
EVENT | 14 | Yamato fan club meeting and Symphonic Concert in Sapporo |
Publication | 15 | Farewell to Yamato coverage in Rendezvous Comic magazine (Minori Shobo) |
PUBLICATION | 15 | Farewell to Yamato coverage in Movie Information magazine (Kokusaijohosha) |
PRODUCTION | 17 | Music recording, 7th session |
EVENT | 17 | Yamato fan club meeting and Symphonic Concert in Fukuoka |
EVENT | 18 | Yamato fan club meeting and Symphonic Concert in Osaka |
PRODUCTION | 19 | Music recording, 8th session |
PRODUCTION | 19-23 | Sound editing sessions |
Event | 20-26 | Space Battleship Yamato exhibition at Daimaru dept. store, Osaka (through July 26) |
MUSIC | 25 | |
Event | 25 | Yoshinobu Nishizaki and singer Kenji Sawada appear on Night of 1001 Stars (Fuji TV) |
Publication | 28 | |
EVENT | 28 | Yamato exhibition at Matsuya Dept. Store, Tokyo (through Aug 2) |
PRODUCTION | 28 | Symphonic Concert rehearsal session |
EVENT | 28 | Staff preview screening, Toei Studio |
EVENT | 29, 30 | Symphonic Concert tour concludes in Shinjuku, Tokyo |
Publication | 31 | |
Publication | ? | Farewell to Yamato coverage in Children’s Light magazine |
MODEL | ? | |
MODEL | ? | |
No-class | AUG | |
PUBLICATION | 1 | Farewell to Yamato coverage in Roadshow magazine (Shueisha) |
PUBLICATION | 1 | Farewell to Yamato coverage in Terebiland magazine (Akita Shoten) |
PUBLICATION | 1 | Farewell to Yamato game and coverage in ASCII magazine (Akita Shoten) |
Publication | 1 | |
Music | 1 | |
Music | 1 | |
PUBLICATION | 2 | Farewell to Yamato coverage in Small 4th Age magazine (Obunsha) |
Cinema | 2 | Farewell to Yamato preview screening at the Pantheon Theatre (Shibuya, Tokyo) |
Publication | 3 | |
On Air | 4 | Space Battleship Yamato radio drama rebroadcast on All Night Nippon, followed by a new one based on Farewell to Yamato |
Cinema | 5 | |
PUBLICATION | 5 | |
Product | 5 | Farewell to Yamato products released in theaters and stores |
PUBLICATION | 10 | Farewell to Yamato coverage in Animage magazine #3 (Tokuma Shoten) |
PUBLICATION | 10 | Farewell to Yamato coverage in Women Themselves magazine (Kobunsha) |
PUBLICATION | 11 | Farewell to Yamato coverage in Middle Third Age magazine (Obunsha) |
Music | 11 | EP: From Yamato with love included on Kenji Sawada’s album And Now the Glorious Banquet (Polydor) |
Book | 15 | Farewell to Yamato novel part 1 (Fanfan library/Shueisha) |
BOOK | 19 | |
PUBLICATION | 20 | Farewell to Yamato coverage in Rendezvous magazine (Minori Shobo) |
BOOK | 25 | |
Publication | 25 | |
PUBLICATION | 28 | Farewell to Yamato coverage in OUT magazine (Minori Shobo) |
Book | 30 | Farewell to Yamato novel part 2 (Fanfan library/Shueisha) |
On Air | ? | Farewell to Yamato special on Tokyo 12 channel’s “SF Buzz Megaflick” |
No-class | SEP | |
PUBLICATION | 1 | Farewell to Yamato coverage in Roadshow magazine (Shueisha) |
PUBLICATION | 1 | Yamato coverage in Playboy magazine #39 (Shueisha) |
BOOK | 1 | |
Publication | 1 | |
Publication | 3 | |
Book | 5 | |
Publication | 5 | Farewell to Yamato article in Mainichi Shimbun |
PUBLICATION | 9 | Farewell to Yamato coverage in Middle Third Age magazine (Obunsha) |
Book | 10 | |
PUBLICATION | 9 | Farewell to Yamato coverage in High 1st Age magazine (Obunsha) |
Book | 15 | |
BOOK | 15 | |
Publication | 15 | Farewell to Yamato coverage in Kinejun magazine #743 |
BOOK | 30 | |
Book | ? | |
Product | ? | |
Music | ? | |
No-class | OCT | |
Publication | 1 | Yuki costume pattern published in Asahi Shimbun newspaper |
PUBLICATION | 1 | Farewell to Yamato coverage in Roadshow magazine (Shueisha) |
Music | 10 | |
Publication | 15 | Farewell coverage in High 2nd Course magazine (Gakken) |
Music | 21 | |
MODEL | ? | |
MODEL | ? | |
MODEL | ? | |
No-class | NOV | |
Publication | 1 | |
PUBLICATION | 1 | Yamato coverage in Roadshow magazine (Shueisha) |
Book | 1 | |
Publication | 1 | |
Book | 5 | |
PUBLICATION | 9 | Yamato coverage in Middle 1st Age magazine (Obunsha) |
PUBLICATION | 11 | Yamato coverage in Middle 3rd Age magazine (Obunsha) |
PUBLICATION | 14 | Farewell to Yamato coverage in High 1st Course magazine (Gakken) |
Event | 15 | Farewell to Yamato success party at Imperial Hotel (Hibiya, Tokyo) |
Product | 15 | |
Book | 20 | |
Book | 30 | |
Model | ? | |
Model | ? | |
Product | ? | |
Model | ? | |
Model | ? | |
Model | ? | |
Model | ? | |
Publication | ? | |
Publication | ? | |
Publication | ? | |
No-class | DEC | |
PUBLICATION | 1 | Yamato toy coverage in Small 4th Age magazine (Obunsha) |
Book | 3 | |
PUBLICATION | 9 | Farewell to Yamato coverage in Middle 2nd Age magazine (Obunsha) |
Publication | 20 | |
Publication | 20 | |
cinema | 23 | Farewell to Yamato re-released in a Toei Christmas Roadshow (through Jan. 15, 1979) |
Publication | 25 | |
Music | 25 | |
Music | ? | |
Product | ? | |
product | ? | |
No-class | ||
No-class | 1979 | |
No-class | JAN | |
Book | 5 | |
Book | 20 | |
Model | ? | |
No-class | FEB | |
BOOK | 15 | |
Book | 20 | |
Model | ? | |
Model | ? | |
No-class | MAR | |
books | 15 | |
Book | 20 | |
BOOK | 25 | |
No-class | APR | |
Book | 1 | |
Book | 15 | |
PUBLICATION | 25 | |
BOOK | 30 | |
Model | ? | |
Model | ? | |
No-class | MAY | |
Model | ? | |
No-class | JUL | |
ON AIR | 13 | All Night Nippon “Yamato Festival” special |
Cinema | 14 | |
Publiction | 14 | |
BOOK | 30 | |
MODEL | ? | |
MODEL | ? | |
Model | ? | |
No-class | AUG | |
MODEL | ? | |
Model | ? | |
Model | ? | |
Model | ? | |
No-class | DEC | |
PUBLICATION | 1 | Farewell to Yamato manga by Leiji Matsumoto concludes in Adventure King magazine |
No-class | ||
No-class | 1980 | |
No-class | JAN | |
ON AIR | 3 | Farewell to Yamato broadcast on Fuji Television |
Book | 15 | |
PRODUCTION | ? | Farewell to Yamato review in Starburst magazine No. 17 (Marvel UK) |
No-class | MAR | |
Cinema | 24-26 | Farewell to Yamato screens at Sankei Hall in Sakurajima, Tokyo |
No-class | APR | |
BOOK | 5 | |
No-class | JUN | |
Model | ? | |
Model | ? | |
Model | ? | |
No-class | DEC | |
MUSIC | 10 | |
No-class | ||
No-class | 1981 | |
No-class | JAN | |
BOOK | 10 | |
BOOK | 20 | |
No-class | NOV | |
Music | 1 | |
No-class | DEC | |
On Air | 30 | Farewell to Yamato broadcast on Nippon Televison’s ‘Year End Party Movie’ |
No-class | ||
No-class | 1982 | |
No-class | AUG | |
Event | ? | Farewell to Yamato and Be Forever are screened at Creation Convention, New York City |
No-class | SEP | |
MUSIC | 21 | |
No-class | ||
No-class | 1983 | |
No-class | MAR | |
Video | ? | |
No-class | APR | |
video | 21 | |
No-class | AUG | |
Event | ? | Farewell to Yamato screened at Creation Convention, New York City |
No-class | SEP | |
Event | 1-5 | Farewell to Yamato screened in Star Blazers room at Constellation (41st World Science Fiction Convention), Baltimore MD |
No-class | ||
No-class | 1984 | |
No-class | MAY | |
Event | 10 | Yamato films exhibited at Cannes Film Festival |
No-class | AUG | |
Video | 1 | |
EVENT | 27 | Fan club meeting & Farewell to Yamato screening in Tokyo |
No-class | ||
Video | ? | |
No-class | ||
No-class | 1985 | |
No-class | JUN | |
MUSIC | 21 | |
No-class | ||
Video | ? | |
No-class | ||
No-class | 1986 | |
No-class | OCT | |
EVENT | 5 | Leiji Matsumoto delivers a lecture at a Farewell to Yamato screening at Oscar Theatre in Yokohama |
No-class | ||
No-class | 1987 | |
No-class | AUG | |
Cinema | 3-7 | Summer Vacation Anime theatre exhibition includes Yamato exhibit, screens Space Battleship Yamato, Farewell, Be Forever and Final Yamato in Shibuya, Tokyo |
No-class | DEC | |
ON AIR | 31 | Farewell to Yamato rebroadcast on Hiroshima Television |
No-class | ||
No-class | 1988 | |
PRODUCTION | ? | The film is dubbed in English by Nishizaki’s new company, Voyager Entertainment, and formally retitled Farewell to Yamato |
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 | ? | |
No-class | ||
No-class | 1990 | |
No-class | JAN | |
ON AIR | 5 | Farewell to Yamato is broadcast on Fuji Television |
No-class | MAR | |
Video | 25 | |
No-class | ||
No-class | 1991 | |
No-class | MAR | |
ON AIR | 26 | Farewell to Yamato broadcast on Tokyo 12 Channel |
No-class | ||
No-class | 1993 | |
No-class | MAR | |
ON AIR | 24 | Farewell to Yamato featured in a “100 Great Anime” TV special |
No-class | JUL | |
Video | 21 | |
No-class | AUG | |
Book | 30 | |
No-class | ||
No-class | 1994 | |
No-class | JUN | |
VIDEO | ? | |
No-class | ||
No-class | 1995 | |
No-class | JAN | |
MUSIC | 1 | |
No-class | APR | |
Music | 1 | |
Video | 20 | |
No-class | SEP | |
VIDEO | ? | |
No-class | ||
No-class | 1998 | |
No-class | MAY | |
Video | 25 | |
No-class | JULY | |
Video | ? | |
No-class | ||
No-class | 1999 | |
No-class | AUG | |
Video | 25 | |
No-class | SEP | |
BOOK | 20 | |
No-class | SEP | |
BOOK | 20 | |
No-class | ||
No-class | 2000 | |
No-class | JAN | |
PRODUCT | ? | |
No-class | MAY | |
Game | 2 | |
Product | 15 | |
No-class | JUN | |
Book | 17 | |
No-class | AUG | |
book | 10 | |
Product | 11 | Farewell to Yamato telephone “Quo” cards (Nexus) |
No-class | NOV | |
MUSIC | 1 | |
ON AIR | 3 | Farewell to Yamato broadcast on Family Theatre |
ON AIR | 12 | Farewell to Yamato broadcast on Family Theatre |
ON AIR | 23 | Farewell to Yamato broadcast on Family Theatre |
No-class | ||
No-class | 2001 | |
No-class | JAN | |
Book | 15 | |
No-class | ||
No-class | 2002 | |
No-class | MAY | |
ON AIR | 2 | Farewell to Yamato broadcast on Family Theatre |
No-class | FEB | |
VIDEO | ? | |
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 | |
BOOK | 25 | |
No-class | APR | |
BOOK | 25 | |
No-class | ||
No-class | 2004 | |
No-class | MAR | |
Video | ? | |
No-class | AUG | |
ON AIR | 3 | Farewell to Yamato broadcast on NHK |
No-class | NOV | |
MUSIC | 25 | |
No-class | ||
No-class | 2005 | |
No-class | MAR | |
BOOK | 19 | |
No-class | AUG | |
CINEMA | 23 | Farewell to Yamato screens at Odaiba Movie King |
No-class | SEP | |
CINEMA | 11-20 | Space Battleship Yamato, Farewell revival screenings at Toei Theatre in Kurashiki |
No-class | OCT | |
Product | ? | |
No-class | NOV | |
CINEMA | 4, 5 | All five Yamato movies screen at Toho Virgin cinemas, Roppongi, Tokyo |
No-class | ||
No-class | 2006 | |
No-class | AUG | |
Product | 4 | |
PUBLICATION | 13 | Yamato 2201 tribute illustration book (fanzine) |
No-class | ||
No-class | 2007 | |
No-class | AUG | |
Video | 24 | |
No-class | ||
No-class | 2008 | |
No-class | NOV | |
Product | 21 | |
No-class | ||
No-class | 2009 | |
No-class | NOV | |
video | 25 | DVD: All five Yamato movies reissued (Bandai/Emotion) |
No-class | DEC | |
on air | 8, 30 | Farewell to Yamato rebroadcast (Family Theatre TV network) |
book | 22 | |
No-class | ||
No-class | 2010 | |
No-class | JAN | |
book | 7 | |
No-class | 2011 | |
No-class | NOV | |
online | 24 | Farewell to Yamato streaming on Yamato Resurrection Fever pachinko game website (through 11/6) |
No-class | 2012 | |
No-class | FEB | |
MUSIC | 16 | |
MUSIC | 16 | |
No-class | SEP | |
music | 19 | |
music | 19 | |
No-class | 2013 | |
No-class | APR | |
VIDEO | 24 | |
ON AIR | 28 | |
No-class | 2014 | |
No-class | MAR | |
publication | 20 | White Comet sheet music in Electone magazine (Yamaha Music Media) |
No-class | NOV | |
video | 19 | |
No-class | DEC | |
on air | 2 | Rebroadcast of Farewell to Yamato (Star Channel) |
on air | 16 | Rebroadcast of Farewell to Yamato (Star Channel) |
on air | 17 | Rebroadcast of Farewell to Yamato (Star Channel) |
No-class | 2018 | |
No-class | SEP | |
PUBLICATION | 11 | |
BOOK | 13 | |
No-class | OCT | |
BOOK | 18 | |
No-class | 2019 | |
No-class | SEP | |
ONLINE | 23 | |
No-class | OCT | |
ON AIR | 20 | Farewell to Yamato on satellite channel Family Theater |
No-class | NOV | |
CINEMA | 9 | Farewell to Yamato screened in 4K (Tokyo) |
No-class | 2020 | |
No-class | MAR | |
ON AIR | 28 | Farewell to Yamato on satellite channel Family Theater |
No-class | 2023 | |
No-class | AUG | |
ONLINE | 5 | Online poll, favorite Farewell to Yamato mecha (Akiba Souken) |
CINEMA | 25 | |
ONLINE | 29 | Trailer for Yamato movies in 4k |