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!
No-class | 1978 | |
production | ? | Westchester films acquires Space Battleship Yamato series 1 and the forthcoming Yamato 2 for syndication to American TV audiences |
No-class | FEB | |
publication | 24 | Star Force promoted in Backstage magazine |
No-class | MAR | |
publication | 20 | Star Force promoted in Broadcasting magazine |
No-class | SEP | |
publication | 15 | Star Force promoted in Backstage magazine |
No-class | OCT | |
publication | 9, 30 | Star Force promoted in Broadcasting magazine |
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No-class | 1979 | |
No-class | FEB | |
publication | 19 | Star Force promoted in Broadcasting magazine |
No-class | MAR | |
publication | 5 | Star Force promoted in Broadcasting magazine |
production | ? | Title changed from Star Force to Star Blazers |
No-class | SEP | |
On Air | 3 | |
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No-class | 1980 | |
No-class | JUN | |
publication | ? | |
No-class | OCT | |
publication | 24 | Star Blazers promoted in Backstage magazine |
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event | ? | Founding of the first Star Blazers fan club in the US (summer) |
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No-class | 1981 | |
Publication | ? | Star Blazers Fandom Report newsletter premieres (first quarter) |
No-class | MAR | |
publication | 13 | Star Blazers promoted in Backstage magazine |
No-class | JUN | |
publication | ? | |
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No-class | 1982 | |
No-class | AUG | |
Event | 28/29 | Farewell and Be Forever are screened in “Star Blazers room” at Creation Convention (New York City) |
No-class | SEP | |
event | 24-26 | Star Blazers/Yamato “Micro-Con” held at Babelcon ’82 (Grand Rapids, Michigan) |
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No-class | 1983 | |
No-class | JAN | |
PUBLICATION | ? | |
No-class | FEB | |
Publication | ? | |
No-class | MAR | |
Event | 18-20 | Star Blazers room at the New York Science Fiction Society’s Luna Con ’83 (Hasbrouck Heights, NJ) |
No-class | JUN | |
Event | 24-26 | Star Blazers room at Eastcon ’83 (Glassboro, NJ) |
No-class | AUG | |
Event | 13 | YamatoCon convention held in Dallas, Texas |
No-class | SEP | |
Event | 1-5 | Arrivederci Yamato screened in Star Blazers room at Constellation (41st World Science Fiction Convention, Baltimore MD) |
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No-class | 1984 | |
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BOOKS | ? | |
No-class | MAR | |
Event | 16-18 | Star Blazers room at the New York Science Fiction Society’s Luna Con ’84 (Hasbrouck Heights, NJ) |
Event | 22-25 | Be Forever and Final Yamato screened at Norwescon ’84 (Seattle, WA) |
PUBLICATION | ? | |
No-class | JULY | |
Event | 6-8 | Star Blazers video room at Empiricon 5 (New York City) |
No-class | AUG | |
Event | 30 | Star Blazers fan club meeting, video track at LA Con II/through Sept 3 (42nd World Science Fiction Convention, Los Angeles CA) |
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Publication | ? | Star Blazers Fandom Report concludes with issue #16 (fourth quarter) |
publication | ? | |
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No-class | 1985 | |
ON AIR | ? | The Bolar Wars series is added to the Star Blazers syndication package |
No-class | JAN | |
models | 1 | |
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No-class | 1986 | |
No-class | MAR | |
event | ? | YamatoCon II convention held in Dallas, Texas |
No-class | JUN | |
publication | 25 | Yamato fan club magazine #52/53 covers Star Blazers |
No-class | AUG | |
publication | 25 | Yamato fan club magazine #54 covers Star Blazers |
No-class | OCT | |
publication | 25 | Yamato fan club magazine #55 covers Star Blazers |
No-class | NOV | |
ON AIR | ? | |
No-class | DEC | |
publication | 25 | Yamato fan club magazine #56 covers Star Blazers |
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No-class | 1987 | |
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Publication | ? | |
publication | ? | |
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publication | ? | |
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publication | ? | |
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No-class | 1988 | |
Video | ? | |
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No-class | 1989 | |
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publication | ? | |
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publication | ? | |
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publication | ? | |
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ON AIR | ? | Star Blazers licensing agreements conclude with American broadcasters |
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No-class | 1992 | |
No-class | NOV | |
Event | ? | Star Blazers rights revert from Westchester Films to Westcape Corporation |
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No-class | 1993 | |
No-class | AUG | |
VIDEO | ? | |
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No-class | 1995 | |
No-class | JAN | |
ON AIR | 30 | NTV profiles Star Blazers on an anime TV special in Japan |
No-class | MAR | |
PUBLICATION | ? | |
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No-class | 1997 | |
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PUBLICATION | ? | |
No-class | MAY | |
PUBLICATION | ? | |
No-class | AUG | |
event | ? | Star Blazers Fleet Battle System debuts at GenCon gaming convention (Musashi Enterprises/Voyager Entertainment, Inc.) |
No-class | OCT | |
products | ? | |
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No-class | 1998 | |
No-class | MAY | |
BOOK | ? | |
No-class | 2000 | |
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VIDEO | 18 | |
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No-class | 2001 | |
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VIDEO | ? | |
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VIDEO | ? | |
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VIDEO | ? | |
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BOOK | ? | |
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VIDEO | ? | |
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VIDEO | ? | |
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No-class | 2002 | |
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VIDEO | ? | |
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VIDEO | ? | |
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VIDEO | ? | |
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VIDEO | ? | |
No-class | AUG | |
ONLINE | 1 | Debut of starblazers.com in US |
No-class | SEP | |
VIDEO | ? | |
No-class | NOV | |
VIDEO | ? | |
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No-class | 2003 | |
No-class | JAN | |
VIDEO | ? | |
product | ? | Star Blazers series 3 poster (Voyager Entertainment, Inc.) |
No-class | MAR | |
VIDEO | ? | |
No-class | MAY | |
VIDEO | ? | |
No-class | JUL | |
VIDEO | ? | |
No-class | SEP | |
VIDEO | ? | |
No-class | NOV | |
VIDEO | ? | |
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No-class | 2005 | |
No-class | MAR | |
R.I.P. | 18 | President of Westchester Films Claude S. Hill dies |
No-class | AUG | |
ONLINE | 1 | Star Blazers Rebirth webcomic debuts at starblazers.com |
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No-class | 2007 | |
No-class | AUG | |
ONLINE | 1 | Star Blazers Rebirth webcomic concludes at starblazers.com |
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No-class | 2009 | |
No-class | JULY | |
ONLINE | 13 | Sea of Stars: A Voyage of the Space Cruiser Argo audio drama episode 0: The Argo: Sailor of the Stars (Forward Momentum Productions) |
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No-class | 2010 | |
No-class | MAR | |
ONLINE | 7 | Sea of Stars audio drama episode 1: The Legend (Forward Momentum Productions) |
ONLINE | 14 | Sea of Stars audio drama episode 2: Argo Lifts Off Into A New Dawn (Forward Momentum Productions) |
ONLINE | 21 | Sea of Stars audio drama episode 3: Prisms of View (Forward Momentum Productions) |
event | 26-28 | Star Blazers voice actors appear at the Icon 29 SF convention (Stony Brook University, New York) |
ONLINE | 28 | Sea of Stars audio drama episode 4: Ambush at Jupiter (Forward Momentum Productions) |
No-class | APR | |
ONLINE | 7 | Sea of Stars audio drama episode 5: The Calm Before the Storm (Forward Momentum Productions) |
ONLINE | 14 | Sea of Stars audio drama episode 6: Firestorm (Forward Momentum Productions) |
No-class | JULY | |
RIP | 15 | Bolar Wars voice director/actor Peter Fernandez (1927-2010) |
No-class | DEC | |
ONLINE | 25 | Sea of Stars audio drama special: Invasion (Forward Momentum Productions) |
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No-class | 2011 | |
No-class | FEB | |
event | 21 | Announcement of negotiation for live-action Star Blazers movie |
No-class | APR | |
on air | 21 | |
ONLINE | 21 | Sea of Stars audio drama episode 7: The New Menace (Forward Momentum Productions) |
on air | 28 | |
ONLINE | 28 | Sea of Stars audio drama episode 8: In Pursuit of Hope (Forward Momentum Productions) |
No-class | MAY | |
ONLINE | 4 | Sea of Stars audio drama episode 9: Threads of the Past (Forward Momentum Productions) |
on air | 5 | |
on air | 12 | |
ONLINE | 18 | Sea of Stars audio drama episode 10: Betrayal at New Telezart (Forward Momentum Productions) |
on air | 19 | |
ONLINE | 25 | Sea of Stars audio drama episode 11: It is Always Darkest… (Forward Momentum Productions) |
on air | 26 | |
ONLINE | 28 | Sea of Stars audio drama episode 12: Before the Dawn (Forward Momentum Productions) |
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No-class | 2012 | |
No-class | AUG | |
publication | ? | Back Issue magazine #59 publishes an article on Star Blazers comic books (Twomorrows Publishing) |
No-class | 2013 | |
No-class | JULY | |
MUSIC | 24 | Star Blazers Sound Almanac albums available worldwide on iTunes |
No-class | OCT | |
ONLINE | 30 | Deadline announces live-action Star Blazers movie news |
No-class | 2015 | |
No-class | MAR | |
ONLINE | 13 | Star Blazers article on i09 |
No-class | MAY | |
ON AIR | 3 | Star Blazers referenced on Silicon Valley (HBO) |
No-class | NOV | |
video | 29 | |
No-class | 2018 | |
No-class | JAN | |
ONLINE | 12 | Star Blazers review at Syfy Wire |
No-class | 2020 | |
No-class | SEP | |
ONLINE | 19,20 | Star Blazers marathon (streaming, Daikaiju TV) |
I started living in Battle Creek, Michigan in 1979. That year, a local TV station, Channel 41, begins airing “Star Blazers”. It would be a great way to spend my afterschool hours watching the crew of the Argo battle the Gamilons and the Comet Empire in order to save Earth. I went on to have a collection of many VHS videos of the Star Blazers TV episodes (especially Series 3–The Bolar Wars) and a few Yamato movies including the English-dubbed “Farewell to Yamato”, which I liked the most. For my Birthday later this month, I will receive the Yamato/Star Blazers DVD documentary special narrated by the voice actor who played Derek Wildstar. It’s going to be a big thing when I receive it. Thanks, you made my memories fly like the Argo.
You should consider joining our forum, if you haven’t already. Some of us also watched it on Channel 41 in Michigan!
I watched it on Channel 41 as well