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No-class | 1978 | ||
No-class | JAN | ||
PRODUCTION | 5 | Toshio Masuda finishes his first story draft for Yamato Part 2, which is now called Arrivederci Space Battleship Yamato: Soldiers of Love. | |
PRODUCTION | 7-11 | The writing staff travels to Hawaii for story meetings. All are awed by Star Wars and Close Encounters at Hawaiian cinemas | |
Book | 5 | ||
PRODUCTION | 6 | Arrivederci SF concept meeting | |
Cinema | 10-29 | Space Battleship Yamato screens at KBS Laserium in Kyoto | |
Publication | 15 | ||
PRODUCTION | 15 | Aritsune Toyota finishes SF concepts for Arrivederci | |
PRODUCTION | 21 | Keisuke Fujikawa finishes first script draft for Arrivederci | |
PRODUCTION | 27 | Arrivederci Yamato production office opens at Toei Studio (Nerima, Tokyo) | |
PRODUCTION | 28 | Mecha and background design meetings begin for Arrivederci | |
On Air | 28 | Space Battleship Yamato radio drama rebroadcast on All Night Nippon | |
event | ? | Space Battleship Yamato exhibit at Imai Department store, Tokyo | |
No-class | FEB | ||
PRODUCTION | 3 | Battle and strategy plans written | |
PRODUCTION | 4-7 | Leiji Matsumoto writes his story draft for Arrivederci Yamato | |
PRODUCTION | 6 | Second draft script review meeting for Arrivederci | |
Event | 16 | The World of Hiroshi Miyagawa concert, first live performance of Yamato music | |
PRODUCTION | 20 | Third draft script review meeting for Arrivederci | |
PRODUCTION | 21 | Costume design meeting for Arrivederci with fashion designer Yukiko Hanai | |
PUBLICATION | 25 | ||
Book | 25 | ||
PRODUCTION | 27 | Comet Empire character designs established for Arrivederci | |
book | ? | ||
No-class | MAR | ||
On Air | ? | TV series rebroadcast on Fukushima Central TV, Shizuoka telecasting, Yamanashi TV, and Yamagata TV | |
Cinema | ? | Space Battleship Yamato screens at Humble House Theatre in Kagoshima | |
PRODUCTION | 7 | Script completed for Arrivederci (except final scene) | |
PRODUCTION | 11 | Costume designs by Yukiko Hanai completed for Arrivederci | |
Event | 16 | Yamato product exhibition at Seibu Department Store in Shibuya, Tokyo | |
PRODUCTION | 17 | Final scene concept meeting for Arrivederci | |
PRODUCTION | 18 | Arrivederci character names finalized | |
PRODUCTION | 20 | Final scene review meeting for Arrivederci | |
PRODUCTION | 22 | Arrivederci animation begins at Toei Studio | |
Cinema | 24-29 | Space Battleship Yamato movie screens at Yamatoyashiki Theatre in Himeji | |
Music | 25 | ||
Publication | 25 | ||
Cinema | 25 | Space Battleship Yamato movie screens at Tokuyama Station Theatre | |
PRODUCTION | 28 | Color design meeting for Arrivederci | |
Cinema | 29-31 | Space Battleship Yamato movie screens at Kumamoto Tsuruya Theatre | |
Event | 30 | Yamato product exhibition at Keisei Department Store in Ueno, Tokyo (through April 5) | |
Book | 30 | First Space Battleship Yamato hardcover novel goes into its 23rd printing (Asahi Sonorama) | |
Model | ? | ||
Publication | ? | ||
Production | SPRING | Arrivederci Yamato animation begins at Toei Studio | |
No-class | APR | ||
PRODUCTION | 4 | Sound design meeting for Arrivederci | |
Cinema | 6-11 | Space Battleship Yamato movie screens at Wakayama Theatre, Nagasaki | |
Cinema | 13-25 | Space Battleship Yamato movie screens in Nagaoka City | |
Production | 17 | Advertising & publicity meeting, Toei signs major licensing deals with Glico and Pepsi to promote Arrivederci Yamato | |
PRODUCTION | 24 | Music composing meetings begin for Arrivederci | |
Publication | 25 | ||
Cinema | 27 | Space Battleship Yamato movie screens at Daimaru Theatre in Kobe (through May 9) | |
Cinema | 27 | Space Battleship Yamato movie screens in Niigata City (through May 1) | |
Cinema | 28 | Space Battleship Yamato movie screens at Koriyama Usui Department Store | |
Cinema | 29 | Space Battleship Yamato movie opens Golden Week Anime Festival at Omon Theatre, Nagoya | |
Music | ? | LP: Golden Terebi Manga All Star Big Hit features Yamato theme (Nippon Columbia) | |
Music | ? | LP: Action Deluxe: Yamato/Star of the Giants features Yamato theme (Nippon Columbia) | |
Music | ? | ||
No-class | MAY | ||
Music | 1 | ||
Cinema | 3-9 | Space Battleship Yamato movie screens at Yamato Theatre in Kanazawa | |
Cinema | 4 | Space Battleship Yamato movie screens at Yagihashi Theatre in Kumagaya | |
PRODUCTION | 4 | Symphonic Concert planning meeting for Arrivederci | |
Event | 24 | Arrivederci Yamato Press conference held at Imperial Hotel in Hibiya, Tokyo followed by inaugural fan club meeting | |
Production | 24 | The Space Battleship Yamato 2 TV Series begins pre-production | |
Event | 25 | Yamato fan club meeting in Kanto | |
PRODUCTION | 29 | Arrivederci Yamato music recording, 1st session | |
PRODUCTION | 31 | Arrivederci Yamato music recording, 2nd session | |
On Air | 31 | Live Yamato radio special on Munhwa TV/Radio | |
No-class | JUN | ||
PUBLICATION | 1 | ||
PRODUCTION | 5 | Arrivederci Yamato music recording, 3rd session | |
Production | 6 | Symphonic Concert plans finalized | |
Production | 7 | First Arrivederci film rushes viewed, Toei Studio | |
BOOK | 10 | ||
Music | 10 | ||
Publication | 10 | ||
PRODUCTION | 11 | Song arrangement meeting for Arrivederci | |
PRODUCTION | 13, 14 | Arrivederci Yamato music recording, 4th and 5th sessions | |
Production | 14 | Isao Sasaki records Teresa Forever and The Rival, two songs for Arrivederci Yamato | |
Publication | 15 | Paper Moon magazine SF Anime Fantasy special includes first coverage of Arrivederci (Shinshokan) | |
PRODUCTION | 22 | Arrivederci 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 Arrivederci Yamato | |
Event | 24 | Yamato fan club meeting in Sendai | |
Event | 25 | Yamato fan club meeting in Shizuoka | |
Publication | 25 | ||
Production | 28 | Second Arrivederci Yamato film rushes reviewed, Toei Studio | |
Cinema | 29 | Space Battleship Yamato movie screens at Yamato Theatre in Joetsu City (through July 4) | |
No-class | JUL | ||
Production | 3 | Voice actors recording session for Arrivederci, Avaco Studio | |
Event | 5 | ||
publication | 5 | ||
Production | 6 | Additional voice recording for Arrivederci, Avaco Studio | |
Event | 7 | Yamato fan club meeting and Symphonic Concert in Hiroshima | |
Production | 8, 9 | Additional voice recording for Arrivederci, Avaco Studio | |
Publication | 10 | ||
Event | 10 | Symphonic Concert in Kyushu | |
Production | 11 | Film editing concludes for Arrivederci Yamato | |
Publication | 13 | ||
Event | 14 | Yamato fan club meeting and Symphonic Concert in Sapporo | |
PRODUCTION | 17 | Arrivederci Yamato 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 | Arrivederci Yamato music recording, 8th session | |
Production | 19-23 | Sound editing sessions for Arrivederci Yamato | |
Event | 20-26 | Space Battleship Yamato exhibition at Daimaru dept. store, Osaka | |
Cinema | 20-26 | Space Battleship Yamato movie screens at Daimaru Theatre in Osaka | |
On Air | 21 | TV series begins its third rerun on Yomiuri TV | |
Music | 25 | ||
Event | 25 | Nishizaki and Sawada appear on Night of 1001 Stars (Fuji TV) | |
Publication | 27 | ||
Publication | 28 | ||
PRODUCTION | 28 | Symphonic Concert rehearsal session | |
production | 28 | Arrivederci Yamato staff preview screening, Toei Studio | |
Event | 28 | Space Battleship Yamato exhibition at Matsuya dept. store, Tokyo (through Aug. 2) | |
Cinema | 28 | Space Battleship Yamato movie screens at Matsuya Theatre in Ginza, Tokyo (through Aug. 2) | |
Event | 29, 30 | Symphonic Concert tour concludes in Shinjuku, Tokyo | |
Publication | 31 | ||
event | ? | Space Battleship Yamato exhibit tour begins at a Ginza Department store, Tokyo | |
publication | ? | ||
Model | ? | ||
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Music | ? | ||
Publication | ? | ASCII Magazine features coding for a Yamato PC game (ASCII Publishing) | |
No-class | AUG | ||
On Air | ? | Arrivederci Yamato special on Tokyo 12 channel’s “SF Buzz Megaflick” | |
Publication | 1 | ||
Music | 1 | ||
Music | 1 | ||
Cinema | 2 | Arrivederci sneak preview screening at the Pantheon Theatre (Shibuya, Tokyo) | |
On Air | 4 | Space Battleship Yamato movie broadcast debut on Fuji Television Network (31.9% audience rating) | |
Event | 4-9 | Space Battleship Yamato exhibition at Mitsukoshi dept. store, Nagoya | |
Cinema | 4-9 | Space Battleship Yamato movie screens at Mitsukoshi Department Store, Nagoya | |
On Air | 4 | The Space Battleship Yamato 4-hour radio drama is rebroadcast on “All Night Nippon,” followed by a new one based on Arrivederci Yamato | |
Cinema | 5 | ||
PUBLICATION | 5 | ||
Event | 10-15 | Space Battleship Yamato exhibition at Matsuzakaya dept. store, Shizuoka | |
Cinema | 10-15 | Space Battleship Yamato movie screens at Matsuzakaya Theatre in Shizuoka | |
Book | 15 | Arrivederci Yamato novel part 1 (Fanfan library/Shueisha) | |
BOOK | 19 | ||
BOOK | 25 | ||
Publication | 25 | ||
On Air | 25 | TV series concludes its third rerun on Yomiuri TV with an average audience rating of 13.8% | |
Book | 30 | Arrivederci Yamato novel part 2 (Fanfan library/Shueisha) | |
Model | ? | ||
Product | ? | ||
No-class | SEP | ||
BOOK | 1 | ||
Publication | 1 | ||
Publication | 1 | ||
Production | 1 | Academy Studio opens in Nerima, Tokyo; Space Battleship Yamato 2 production begins | |
Book | 5 | ||
Book | 10 | ||
Book | 15 | ||
BOOK | 15 | ||
Production | 16 | First voice actor recording session for Yamato 2 | |
BOOK | 20 | ||
BOOK | 30 | ||
Product | 30 | ||
Book | ? | ||
Product | ? | ||
Music | ? | ||
production | ? | Westchester films acquires Space Battleship Yamato series 1 and the forthcoming Yamato 2 for syndication to American TV audiences | |
No-class | OCT | ||
Event | 9 | Nishizaki & Matsumoto attend a publicity press conference | |
On Air | 14 | ||
Music | 10 | ||
On Air | 21 | Yamato 2 Episode 2: The comet appears; remodeling the Yamato! | |
Music | 21 | ||
Publication | 25 | ||
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” | |
On Air | 28 | Yamato 2 Episode 3: Earth’s crisis awakens Yamato! | |
BOOK | 30 | ||
BOOK | 30 | ||
Event | 28 | fan club headquarters relocates to Nerima, Tokyo | |
Model | ? | ||
Model | ? | ||
Model | ? | ||
publication | ? | ||
Music | ? | ||
Music | ? | LP: Anime Request Best 28 features Yamato theme (Nippon Columbia) | |
Product | ? | ||
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Product | ? | ||
Product | ? | ||
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Product | ? | ||
Product | ? | ‘Crew Set’ mini-goods collection (Nomura) | |
Product | ? | Picture Puzzle (Nomura) | |
No-class | NOV | ||
Book | 1 | ||
Publication | 1 | ||
On Air | 4 | Yamato 2 Episode 4: Blast off to the unknown! | |
Book | 5 | ||
On Air | 11 | Yamato 2 Episode 5: Open main guns! Target: Yamato! | |
Event | 15 | Arrivederci Yamato success party at Imperial Hotel, Hibiya, Tokyo. Fan club representatives are invited | |
Product | 15 | td> | |
On Air | 18 | Yamato 2 Episode 6: Heavy fighting! The space marines! | |
Book | 20 | ||
On Air | 25 | Yamato 2 Episode 7: Counterattack! The invisible space submarine! | |
Book | 30 | ||
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No-class | DEC | ||
Publication | 1 | ||
On Air | 2 | Yamato 2 Episode 8: Space storm! Escape is impossible! | |
Book | 3 | ||
On Air | 9 | Yamato 2 Episode 9: Charge! Sink Yamato! | |
On Air | 16 | Yamato 2 Episode 10: Crisis relief! The roar of the wave-motion gun! | |
Publication | 20 | ||
Publication | 20 | ||
Book | 20 | ||
On Air | 23 | Yamato 2 Episode 11: Lord Dessler, the vengeful demon! | |
cinema | 23 | Arrivederci Yamato re-released in a Toei Christmas Roadshow (through Jan. 15, 1979) | |
Publication | 25 | ||
Music | 25 | ||
Music | 25 | ||
Music | 25 | ||
On Air | 30 | Yamato 2 Episode 12: Will Yamato perish in the hollow planetoid? | |
books | 30 | ||
Music | ? | ||
Product | ? | ||
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product | ? | ||
Music | ? | EP: Oricon ’78 Playback Disco All-Stars features discoYamato theme | |
Music | ? | LP: New Screen Themes Best Album features Yamato theme | |
Music | ? | LP: Star Wars & Yamato Marches features Yamato themes (King Record Co./Seven Seas) | |