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 | 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 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 |
PRODUCTION | 21 | Keisuke Fujikawa finishes first script draft for Farewell |
PRODUCTION | 27 | Farewell 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 |
PRODUCTION | 6 | Second draft script review meeting for Farewell |
PRODUCTION | 20 | Third draft script review meeting for Farewell |
PRODUCTION | 21 | Costume design meeting for Farewell with fashion designer Yukiko Hanai |
PUBLICATION | 25 | |
PRODUCTION | 27 | Comet Empire character designs established for Farewell |
No-class | MAR | |
PRODUCTION | 7 | Script completed for Farewell (except final scene) |
PRODUCTION | 11 | Costume designs by Yukiko Hanai completed for Farewell |
PRODUCTION | 17 | Final scene concept meeting for Farewell |
PRODUCTION | 18 | Farewell character names finalized |
PRODUCTION | 20 | Final scene review meeting for Farewell |
PRODUCTION | 22 | Farewell animation begins at Toei Studio |
Publication | 25 | |
PRODUCTION | 28 | Color design meeting for Farewell |
No-class | APR | |
PRODUCTION | 4 | Sound design meeting for Farewell |
Production | 17 | Advertising & publicity meeting, licensing deals signed with Glico and Pepsi for Farewell |
PRODUCTION | 24 | Music composing meetings begin for Farewell |
Publication | 25 | |
No-class | MAY | |
PRODUCTION | 4 | Symphonic Concert planning meeting for Farewell |
Event | 24 | Farewell Press conference (Imperial Hotel in Hibiya, Tokyo) |
Publication | 26 | |
PRODUCTION | 29 | Farewell music recording, 1st session |
PRODUCTION | 31 | Farewell music recording, 2nd session |
No-class | JUN | |
PUBLICATION | 3 | |
PRODUCTION | 5 | Farewell music recording, 3rd session |
Production | 6 | Symphonic Concert plans finalized |
Production | 7 | First Farewell film rushes viewed, Toei Studio |
PRODUCTION | 11 | Song arrangement meeting for Farewell |
PRODUCTION | 13, 14 | Farewell music recording, 4th and 5th sessions |
Production | 14 | Isao Sasaki records Teresa Forever and The Rival, two songs for Farewell |
Publication | 15 | Farewell featured in High 1st Course magazine |
Publication | 15 | Farewell featured in SF Anime Fantasy mook (Shinshokan) |
PRODUCTION | 22 | Farewell 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 |
Event | 24 | Yamato fan club meeting in Sendai |
Event | 25 | Yamato fan club meeting in Shizuoka |
Publication | 25 | |
Production | 28 | Second Farewell film rushes reviewed, Toei Studio |
No-class | JUL | |
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 |
PRODUCTION | 8,9 | Additional voice recording, Avaco Studio |
EVENT | 10 | Symphonic Concert in Kyushu |
Publication | 10 | |
PRODUCTION | 11 | Film editing concludes |
Publication | 13 | |
EVENT | 14 | Yamato fan club meeting and Symphonic Concert in Sapporo |
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 |
MUSIC | 25 | |
Event | 25 | Yoshinobu Nishizaki and singer Kenji Sawada appear on Night of 1001 Stars (Fuji TV) |
Publication | 27 | |
Event | 28 | Space Battleship Yamato exhibition at Matsuya dept. store, Tokyo (through August 2) |
Publication | 28 | |
PRODUCTION | 28 | Symphonic Concert rehearsal session |
production | 28 | Staff preview screening, Toei Studio |
EVENT | 29, 30 | Symphonic Concert tour concludes in Shinjuku, Tokyo |
Publication | 31 | |
MODEL | ? | |
MODEL | ? | |
No-class | AUG | |
ON AIR | ? | Arrivederci Yamato special on Tokyo 12 channel’s “SF Buzz Megaflick” |
Publication | 1 | |
MUSIC | 1 | |
MUSIC | 1 | |
CINEMA | 2 | Sneak preview screening at the Pantheon Theatre (Shibuya, Tokyo) |
Event | 4-9 | Space Battleship Yamato exhibition at Mitsukoshi dept. store, Nagoya |
ON AIR | 4 | Arrivederci radio drama broadcast on “All Night Nippon” |
Cinema | 5 | |
PUBLICATION | 5 | |
Event | 10-15 | Space Battleship Yamato exhibition at Matsuzakaya dept. store, Shizuoka |
BOOK | 15 | Arrivederci Yamato novel part 1 (Fanfan library/Shueisha) |
BOOK | 19 | |
BOOK | 25 | |
PUBLICATION | 25 | |
BOOK | 30 | Arrivederci Yamato novel part 2 (Fanfan library/Shueisha) |
MODEL | ? | |
Product | ? | |
No-class | SEP | |
MUSIC | ? | |
Publication | 1 | |
BOOK | 1 | |
Publication | 1 | |
Book | 5 | |
BOOK | 10 | |
Book | 15 | |
BOOK | 15 | |
BOOK | 30 | |
Book | ? | |
Product | ? | |
No-class | OCT | |
MODEL | ? | |
MODEL | ? | |
MODEL | ? | |
MUSIC | 10 | |
Music | 21 | |
CINEMA | 27 | Arrivederci Yamato closes, having drawn over 4 million viewers and earning an record 4.3 billion yen. This signifies the peak of the second “Yamato boom” |
No-class | NOV | |
Book | 1 | |
Book | 5 | |
Event | 15 | Arrivederci Yamato success party at Imperial Hotel, Hibiya, Tokyo. Fan club representatives are invited |
Product | 15 | td> |
Book | 20 | |
BOOK | 30 | |
MODEL | ? | |
MODEL | ? | |
Publication | ? | |
Publication | ? | |
No-class | DEC | |
Book | 3 | |
Publication | 20 | |
PUBLICATION | 20 | |
cinema | 23 | Arrivederci Yamato re-released in a Toei Christmas Roadshow (through Jan. 15, 1979) |
MUSIC | 25 | |
Publication | 25 | |
product | ? | |
MUSIC | ? | |
MUSIC | ? | |
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 | Arrivederci Yamato manga by Leiji Matsumoto concludes in Adventure King magazine |
No-class | ||
No-class | 1980 | |
No-class | JAN | |
ON AIR | 3 | Arrivederci Yamato broadcast on Fuji Television |
Book | 15 | |
PRODUCTION | ? | Arrivederci Yamato review in Starburst magazine No. 17 (Marvel UK) |
No-class | MAR | |
Cinema | 24-26 | Arrivederci 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 | Arrivederci Yamato broadcast on Nippon Televison’s ‘Year End Party Movie’ |
No-class | ||
No-class | 1982 | |
No-class | AUG | |
Event | ? | Arrivederci 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 | ? | Arrivederci screened at Creation Convention, New York City |
No-class | SEP | |
Event | 1-5 | Arrivederci 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 & Arrivederci 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 an Arrivederci 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, Arrivederci, Be Forever and Final Yamato in Shibuya, Tokyo |
No-class | DEC | |
ON AIR | 31 | Arrivederci 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 |