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No-class | 1973 | |
PRODUCTION | APRIL | Following his management tenure at Osamu Tezuka’s Mushi Productions, Producer Yoshinobu Nishizaki founds Academy Co., Ltd. and works with writers Keisuke Fujikawa and Aritsune Toyota to develop an SF adventure anime |
PRODUCTION | SUMMER | |
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No-class | 1974 | |
Production | APRIL | Leiji Matsumoto replaces Eiichi Yamamoto on the production team |
No-class | MAY | |
Production | ? | Negotiations begin with the Yomiuri TV network |
PRODUCTION | 21 | Leiji Matsumoto refines the TV Series concept into its final form |
PRODUCTION | JUNE | Office Academy Studio opens in Nerima, Tokyo. Pilot Film production begins |
PRODUCTION | SUMMER | The writing team creates a 39-episode outline for the TV series |
No-class | AUG | |
PRODUCTION | ? | |
PRODUCTION | ? | Voice actor auditions begin (finish in early September) |
No-class | SEP | |
PRODUCTION | 19, 20 | Background music recorded at Waseda Avaco Studio |
No-class | OCT | |
PUBLICATION | 1 | |
PUBLICATION | 1 | |
ON AIR | 6 | TV series Episode 1: SOS Earth! Revive Battleship Yamato! (Sundays, 7:30pm) |
ON AIR | 13 | Episode 2: The opening gun! Space Battleship Yamato starts! |
ON AIR | 20 | Episode 3: Yamato, take off! The challenge of 296,000 light years! |
ON AIR | 27 | Episode 4: World of wonder! Yamato leaps past light! |
publication | 27 | |
MUSIC | 31 | |
book | 31 | |
publication | ? | Yamato ‘Picture Stories’ begin serialization in 4th Grader, 5th Grader, and 6th Grader magazines (Shogakukan) |
PRODUCT | ? | |
No-class | NOV | |
publication | 1 | Space Battleship Yamato manga by Yuki Hijiri begins serialization in Terebi Land Magazine (Tokuma Shoten) |
BOOK | 2 | |
ON AIR | 3 | Episode 5: Escape the floating continent! Crisis calls the wave-motion gun! |
ON AIR | 10 | Episode 6: Space destroyer Yukikaze sleeps in the icefield! |
MUSIC | 10 | |
ON AIR | 17 | Episode 7: Yamato sinks! Fateful battle to destroy the enemy stronghold! |
ON AIR | 24 | Episode 8: Yamato braves death! Destroy the reflection satellite gun! |
production | ? | Yomiuri TV network reduces Yamato series from 39 episodes to 26 |
No-class | DEC | |
ON AIR | 1 | Episode 9: Revolving defense! Asteroid belt! |
ON AIR | 8 | Episode 10: Farewell, solar system! From the galaxy with love! |
MUSIC | 10 | EP: Terebi Manga Action Series: Yamato b/w Kamen Rider Amazon theme (Nippon Columbia) |
ON AIR | 15 | Episode 11: Resolution! Break through the Gamilas’ absolute defense line! |
BOOK | 20 | |
BOOKk | 20 | |
ON AIR | 22 | Episode 12: Absolute death! The wishing star of Orion, hell-star! |
BOOK | 25 | |
ON AIR | 29 | Episode 13: Hurry, Yamato! Earth is suffering! |
product | ? | |
MODEL | ? | |
MODEL | ? | |
MODEL | ? | |
MODEL | ? | |
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No-class | 1975 | |
No-class | JAN | |
ON AIR | 5 | Episode 14: The galaxy’s ordeal! The year 2200 approaches! |
ON AIR | 12 | Episode 15: Desperate escape! The galaxy’s different dimension! |
ON AIR | 19 | Episdoe 16: Planet Beemera, underground prison of condemned criminals! |
ON AIR | 26 | Episode 17: Charge! Balanodon special attack group! |
No-class | FEB | |
ON AIR | 2 | Episode 18: Floating fortress island! Two men brave death! |
BOOK | 3 | |
ON AIR | 9 | Episode 19: Homesickness of space! My mother’s tears are my tears! |
ON AIR | 16 | Episode 20: The day Planet Balan’s sun dropped! |
BOOK | 20 | |
ON AIR | 23 | Episode 21: Desperate challenge from Domel’s fleet! |
product | 23 | |
product | 23 | |
EVENT | ? | 15-meter Yamato and 3-meter snow sculptures built at Sapporo Snow Festival |
Music | ? | LP: Terebi Manga Action Deluxe features Yamato theme (Nippon Columbia) |
EVENT | ? | |
No-class | MAR | |
Publication | 1 | Space Battleship Yamato by Yuki Hijiri concludes in Terebi Land Magazine (Tokuma Shoten) |
ON AIR | 2 | Episode 22: Decisive battle! Fight for honor at the rainbow star group! |
ON AIR | 9 | Episode 23: Finally arrived! Crest of the Magellanic Cloud’s wave! |
ON AIR | 16 | Episode 24: Death struggle! God, weep for the Gamilas! |
ON AIR | 23 | Episode 25: Iscandar! A dying planet of love! |
ON AIR | 30 | Episode 26: Earth! Yamato returns! (conclusion) Average TV rating: 6% |
Publication | ? | Yamato ‘picture stories’ conclude in Shogakukan Magazines |
No-class | APR | |
PUBLICATION | 1 | Space Battleship Yamato manga by Leiji Matsumoto concludes in Adventure King comics magazine |
Music | ? | LP: Terebi Manga Golden Album features Yamato theme (Nippon Columbia) |
Music | ? | LP: Terebi Manga Action DX features Yamato theme (Nippon Columbia) |
EVENT | ? | |
No-class | MAY | |
PRODUCTION | ? | Editing begins on the Space Battleship Yamato movie |
No-class | JUL | |
BOOK | 20 | |
Event | ? | Yamato TV series receives Nebula Award at “Shincon” convention in Kobe, Japan |
No-class | SEP | |
ON AIR | 10 | TV series 1 starts rebroadcast (Sapporo, Hokkaido) |
Publication | 24 | Yamato Laboratory announces the existence of the Yamato movie |
No-class | OCT | |
Music | ? | LP: Terebi Manga Adventure features Yamato theme (Nippon Columbia) |
No-class | NOV | |
BOOK | 10 | |
No-class | DEC | |
BOOK | 20 | Space Battleship Yamato manga by Keisuke Fujikawa & Akira Hio goes into 3rd printing |
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Music | ? | LP: Golden Terebi Manga Big Hit Song 17 features Yamato theme (Nippon Columbia) |
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No-class | 1976 | |
No-class | JAN | |
ON AIR | 22 | TV series starts rebroadcast on Yomiuri Network |
No-class | FEB | |
EVENT | ? | Yamato Laboratory is dissolved and replaced by the Yamato Association |
No-class | MAR | |
BOOK | 20 | Space Battleship Yamato manga by Keisuke Fujikawa & Akira Hio goes into 8th printing |
No-class | APR | |
Publication | 3 | |
No-class | MAY | |
PRODUCTION | ? | |
No-class | AUG | |
Event | 14, 15 | Yamato Hour slideshow presentation given by artists from Studio Nue at Tokon 6 convention in Tokyo |
PUBLICATION | 26 | |
Music | ? | |
No-class | OCT | |
Production | ? | Voice recording for Space Cruiser Yamato movie in Hollywood |
No-class | DEC | |
BOOK | 20 | |