1977 Timeline


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No-class 1977
No-class JAN
PUBLICATION 1 Yamato Association doujinshi #1
PUBLICATION 1 Yamato coverage in Manga Shonen magazine, Jan issue
PUBLICATION 25 Iscandar doujinshi Vol. 1 (Cosmo Battleship Yamato Connection)
Music ? EP: Best hit animation series Yamato b/w Triton of the Sea theme (Nippon Columbia)
Production ? Sound dubbing completed for Space Cruiser Yamato movie in Hollywood
No-class FEB
PUBLICATION 1 Yamato coverage in Manga Shonen magazine, Feb issue
PUBLICATION ? Yamato parody manga doujinshi (Tokiwa Publishing)
No-class MAR
PUBLICATION 1 Yamato Association doujinshi #2
PUBLICATION 25 Iscandar doujinshi Vol. 2 (Cosmo Battleship Yamato Connection)
No-class APR
Publication 18 June issue of OUT magazine features Yamato cover story (Minori Shobo)
No-class MAY
PUBLICATION 1 Yamato coverage in Manga Shonen magazine, May issue
PUBLICATION 1 Yamato Land newsletter No. 1 (Yamato Association)
Production ? Tokyo distribution deal for Space Battleship Yamato movie secured with Tokyu Recreation
Event 13-27 Space Cruiser Yamato is screened at the Cannes Film Festival. Distribution deals are made for international markets
PUBLICATION 25 Iscandar doujinshi Vol. 3 (Cosmo Battleship Yamato Connection)
No-class JUN
Event ? Publicity campaign begins for Yamato movie
PUBLICATION 1 Neo Negal doujinshi #1 (Space Battleship Yamato Fan Club II)
Book 1 Big Manga Book features a reprint of Leiji Matsumoto’s Eternal Story of Jura (Playcomic/Akita Shoten)
Publication 18 August issue of OUT magazine features Yamato articles (Minori Shobo)
Event 23 Space Battleship Yamato movie press conference (Hotel Grand Palace, Tokyo)
No-class JUL
Music 1 EP: Opening and ending themes b/w drama track (Nippon Columbia)
PUBLICATION 1 Yamato Association doujinshi #3
Production 18 National distribution deal for Space Battleship Yamato movie secured with Toei Pictures
Publication 18 September issue of OUT magazine features Yamato articles (Minori Shobo)
BOOK 20 Space Battleship Yamato hardcover novel 1 ‘Launch Volume’ (Asahi Sonorama)
Music 25 LP & Cassette: Space Battleship Yamato Drama album (Nippon Columbia)
Publication 25 Manga no Hoshi magazine #1 focuses on the works of Leiji Matsumoto
On Air 29 TV series begins its second rerun on Yomiuri Television
Event 30 First Yamato fan gathering (Mitsukoshi department store, Tokyo)
No-class AUG
PUBLICATION 1 movie coverage in Eiga Fan magazine
Cinema 3 Space Battleship Yamato preview screening (Nissho Hall, Tokyo)
Book 1 Space Battleship Yamato hardcover novel 2 ‘Struggle Volume’ (Asahi Sonorama)
PUBLICATION 1 movie coverage in Manga Shonen magazine
PUBLICATION 1 movie coverage in Fantoche magazine #7
PUBLICATION 1 Leiji Matsumoto essay in Kinejun magazine No. 714 (Kinema Junpo Co.)
Cinema 3 Space Battleship Yamato preview screening (Yamaha Hall, Tokyo)
Event 5 The night before the movie premiere fans line up at theaters and receive animation cels in a special giveaway
Cinema 6 Space Battleship Yamato movie premieres in seven Tokyo theaters
PUBLICATION 6 Space Battleship Yamato movie program book (Office Academy)
Product 6 Space Battleship Yamato products sold in Tokyo theaters
PUBLICATION 9 movie coverage in Weekly Playboy magazine
Book 10 Space Battleship Yamato hardcover novel 3 ‘Restoration Volume’ (Asahi Sonorama)
PUBLICATION 11 movie coverage in Weekly Sankei magazine
Cinema 13 Space Battleship Yamato opens in thirteen more theaters (weekly openings continued for the rest of 1977)
PUBLICATION 14 movie coverage in Weekly Myojo magazine
PUBLICATION 15 movie coverage in Weekly Heibon Punch magazine
PUBLICATION 15 movie coverage in Kinejun magazine No. 715
On Air 20 Space Battleship Yamato “Stereo Manga” radio dramatization on NHK FM
PUBLICATION 20 Iscandar doujinshi Vol. 4 (Cosmo Battleship Yamato Connection)
PUBLICATION 23 movie coverage in Weekly Playboy magazine No. 35
PUBLICATION 25 movie coverage in Playcomic magazine
PUBLICATION ? Yamato Graphic doujinshi No. 1 (Yamato Fan Alliance Ushichaman)
No-class SEP
PUBLICATION 1 movie coverage in Roadshow magazine, October issue
PUBLICATION 1 movie coverage in Eiga Fan magazine
PUBLICATION 1 movie coverage in Eureka magazine
Publication 1 Yamato mentioned in Starlog issue 9 (Starlog Group, Inc.)
Publication 1 Yamato coverage in Manga Shonen (Asahi Sonorama)
Publication 1 Yamato reviews in Kinejun No. 716 (Kinema Junpo Co.)
PUBLICATION 1 2001 My Dream doujinshi (Terebi Anime Club)
Publication 1 Weekly Bunshun magazine Vol. 19 #36 publishes an interview with Yoshinobu Nishizaki (Bungeishunju Ltd.)
PUBLICATION 5 Yamato interview doujinshi
PUBLICATION 12 movie coverage in Weekly Heibon Punch magazine
PUBLICATION 13 movie coverage in Weekly Seventeen magazine
Publication 15 Kinejun magazine #717 publishes an interview with Yoshinobu Nishizaki (Kinema Junpo Co.)
PUBLICATION 15 movie coverage in English Today magazine
PUBLICATION 15 Yoshinobu Nishizaki interview in Weekly Sankei magazine (Sankei Publishing)
Book 20 Roman Album #1: Space Battleship Yamato (Tokuma Shoten)
PUBLICATION 21 movie coverage in Screen magazine
Publication ? 1978 Space Battleship Yamato calendar (Office Academy)
Publication ? movie coverage in OUT magazine, November issue (Minori Shobo)
Music ? LP: Isao Sasaki/The Scarlet Scarf, World of Anime Roman features Yamato songs (Nippon Columbia)
Publication ? Cosmo Battleship Yamato Technical Manual doujinshi (Group Zero)
No-class OCT
PUBLICATION 1 movie coverage in Roadshow magazine, November issue
PUBLICATION 1 movie coverage in Treasure Island magazine
PUBLICATION 1 Yamato coverage in Manga Shonen magazine
PUBLICATION 1 Yamato coverage in Middle Third Age magazine
Event 6-11 Yamato Fancy Goods” exhibition at Osaka Hanshin Department Store
PUBLICATION 15 Yamato coverage in Movie Arts magazine
PUBLICATION 15 Parody Edition Space Battleship Yamato doujinshi Volumes 1 & 2 (Character Class Lab)
PUBLICATION 25 Yamato coverage in Hobby Japan magazine No. 100
PUBLICATION 25 Iscandar doujinshi Vol. 5 (Cosmo Battleship Yamato Connection)
Publication ? OUT magazine December issue features fan content (Minori Shobo)
PUBLICATION ? Music Guide magazine publishes a Yamato cover story
No-class NOV
Product 1 Space Battleship Yamato, Asahi 8mm library film reels (Set of 3, Asahi Sonorama)
PUBLICATION 1 movie coverage in Roadshow magazine, December issue
PUBLICATION 1 movie coverage in Kappa Monthly magazine
PUBLICATION 1 movie coverage in Modern Film magazine
PUBLICATION 1 movie coverage in Goro magazine No. 22
Product 15 Space Battleship Yamato panel clock (Office Academy)
Event 15 Yamato movie celebration part at Imperial Hotel, Tokyo Nishizaki announces the sequel
Cinema 16 Space Cruiser Yamato opens in Europe and the UK
PUBLICATION 17 Yamato calendar image in Weekly Action magazine
PRODUCTION 25 Nishizaki presents his proposal for Yamato Part 2
Music 25 LP & Cassette: Space Cruiser Yamato English-language drama album (Nippon Columbia)
PUBLICATION 28 Isao Sasaki interview in Weekly Heibon Punch magazine
PRODUCTION 30 Main staff members are chosen for Yamato Part 2
Model ? Yamato “deform display model” (Bandai)
No-class DEC
Event ? Official Yamato Fan Club established by Academy Co. Ltd. in Chiyoda, Tokyo
PUBLICATION 1 movie coverage in Roadshow magazine, January issue
PUBLICATION 1 movie coverage in Terebi Magazine
book 1 Yamato coverage in The World of TV Anime (Manga shonen/Asahi Sonorama)
Book 1 Space Battleship Yamato TV Mook (Akita Shoten)
PUBLICATION 1 Neo Negal doujinshi #3 (Space Battleship Yamato Fan Club II)
On Air 2 Space Battleship Yamato 4-hour radio drama on All Night Nippon
PRODUCTION 3 Aritsune Toyota finishes first 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
Cinema 17-29 Yamato movie screened at Toei movie festival
PRODUCTION 20 Keisuke Fujikawa finishes second story draft for Yamato Part 2
PUBLICATION 21 Space Cruiser Yamato movie review in Variety magazine
PRODUCTION 22 Yamato Part 2 Writers “brainstorming meeting” 2
Music 25 LP & Cassette: Symphonic Suite Yamato (Nippon Columbia)
PRODUCTION 30 Yamato Part 2 general preproduction meeting
PRODUCTION 31 Yamato Part 2 script and concept meetings
Model ? Cosmo Zero (Bandai)
Model ? Black Tiger (Bandai)
product ? Lenticular image card (Bandai)
Music ? EP: Terebi Anime Best 10 features Yamato theme (Asahi Sonorama)
Music ? EP: TV Best Hit 15 features Yamato theme (Asahi Sonorama)
Music ? EP: Hit Song Big 8 features Yamato theme (Asahi Sonorama)
Music ? EP: Golden Puppy Series: Kamen Rider Amazon, Great Mazinger, Space Battleship Yamato (Asahi Sonorama)
Music ? EP: Karaoke Terebi Manga features Yamato theme (Nippon Columbia)
Music ? LP & Cassette: Terebi Animation Dynamic March features Yamato theme (Nippon Columbia)

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