1982 Timeline


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 1982
No-class JAN
Publication 10 Final Yamato coverage in The Anime magazine Vol. 27 (Kindaieiga Co.)
Publication 10 Yamato III film story part 11 in My Anime (Akita Shoten)
Publication 10 Yamato coverage in Animedia (Gakken)
Production 16 Aritsune Toyota finishes Final Yamato story notes sets 6 & 7
production 19 Aristune Toyota finishes Final Yamato story notes set 8, composition plan
production 28 Final Yamato writer’s summit, day 1
production 29 Final Yamato writer’s summit, day 2
production 30 Final Yamato writer’s summit, day 3
No-class FEB
Music 1 LP & Cassette: Choral Suite New Voyage/Brave Raideen (Nippon Columbia)
Production 1 Final Yamato preproduction concept notes
production 5 Final Yamato concept notes organized
Publication 10 Yamato III film story part 12 in My Anime (Akita Shoten)
Publication 10 Coverage in Animedia (Gakken)
production 11 Eiichi Yamamoto story memo for Final Yamato
Publication 25 Yamato fan club magazine #27
Publication ? Star Blazers Fandom Report quarterly newsletter #5
Publication ? Star Blazers fan club advertises in Starlog No. 57
No-class MAR
Production 2 Final Yamato story treatment 1
Production 9 Final Yamato story treatment 2
Music 10 Prelude to Final Yamato album recording begins (finishes 3/14)
Publication 10 Coverage in The Anime magazine Vol. 29 (Kindaieiga Co.)
Publication 10 Yamato III film story part 13 in My Anime (Akita Shoten)
Production 11 Final Yamato concept notes written
production 12 Final Yamato story treatment 3
production 17 Final Yamato story treatment 4
book 30 Leiji Matsumoto’s Selected Masterpieces features reprint of Eternal Story of Jura (Asahi Sonorama)
No-class APR
Publication 10 Advertising in Animage magazine Vol. 47 (Tokuma Shoten)
Publication 10 Coverage in The Anime magazine Vol. 30 (Kindaieiga Co.)
Publication 10 Yamato III film story part 14 in My Anime (Akita Shoten)
Publication 10 Yamato content in This is Animation Vol. 1, SF•Robot•Action Anime Edition (Shogakukan)
production 15 Yoshinobu Nishizaki plot composition written for Final Yamato
Publication 24 Princess Information newsletter Vol. 19 (Yoko Asagami fan club)
Publication 25 Yamato fan club magazine #28
event 27 Production announcement for Final Yamato at press conference, Tokyo
No-class MAY
Publication 10 Yamato III film story part 15 in My Anime (Akita Shoten)
Publication 10 Coverage in Animedia magazine (Gakken)
Publication 15 Coverage in Hochi Shimbun newspaper
production 20 Final Yamato script part A completed
Music 21 LP & Cassette: Prelude to Final Yamato (Nippon Columbia)
production 24 SF concept notes completed for Final Yamato by Aritsune Toyota & Kazuichi Tsurumi
production 26 Toshio Masuda makes scene plan from Final Yamato script part A
Publication ? Wave-Motion doujinshi Vol. 15 (Yamato Fan Club Wave-Motion)
Publication ? Star Blazers Fandom Report quarterly newsletter #6
No-class JUN
production 7 Final Yamato script part B completed
Publication 10 Coverage in Animage magazine Vol. 49 (Tokuma Shoten)
Publication 10 Coverage in The Anime magazine Vol. 32 (Kindaieiga Co.)
Publication 10 Coverage in My Anime magazine (Akita Shoten)
Publication 10 Coverage in Animedia magazine (Gakken)
Event 12 Fan club meeting at Japan Youth Hall, Tokyo
production 19 Final Yamato script part C completed
Music 21 LP & Cassette: Mellow Guitar Yamato (Nippon Columbia)
Publication 25 Yamato fan club magazine #29
production 28 Final Yamato script part D first draft completed
No-class JUL
publication 1 Yamato parody manga inn Campus Vagabond No. 2 (Kakugan Co. Ltd.)
Publication 3 Princess Information newsletter Vol. 20 (Yoko Asagami fan club)
production 9 Final Yamato script part D final draft completed
publication 9 Yamato coverage in BanBan Summer Vacation Movie Catalog (Gakken)
Publication 10 Coverage in Animage magazine Vol. 50 (Tokuma Shoten)
Publication 10 Coverage in The Anime magazine Vol. 33 (Kindaieiga Co.)
Publication 10 Coverage in My Anime magazine (Akita Shoten)
Publication 10 Coverage in Animedia magazine (Gakken)
book 15 Yamato III coverage in TV Anime Compendium volume 3 (Akita Shoten)
book 31 Yoshinori Kanada Special art book includes concept sketches for Final Yamato (Tokuma Shoten)
Publication ? Space Cruiser Log issue 1 (US fanzine)
No-class AUG
Publication 7 Coverage in Weekly Jewel magazine
Publication 10 Coverage in Animage magazine Vol. 51 (Tokuma Shoten)
Publication 10 Coverage in The Anime magazine Vol. 34 (Kindaieiga Co.)
Publication 10 Coverage in My Anime magazine (Akita Shoten)
Publication 10 Coverage in Animedia magazine (Gakken)
Event Yamato Fan Club Gatherings include screening of documentary ‘Message Film’
No-class 9 Fukushima
No-class 10 Nagasaki
No-class 11 Takeo
No-class 12 Akita
No-class 13 Kagoshima
No-class 14 Aomori
No-class 15 Morioka
No-class 16 Sendai
No-class 17 Kumamoto
No-class 20 Niigata
No-class 21 Takamatsu
No-class 22 Toyama
No-class 23 Kanazawa
No-class 24 Fukui
No-class 25 Hiroshima
No-class 26 Okayama
No-class 27 Himeji
No-class 28 Matsue
No-class 29 Hamada
No-class 30 Shimonoseki
production 15 Final Yamato storyboard part A completed
Publication 21 Princess Information newsletter Vol. 21 (Yoko Asagami fan club)
Publication 25 Yamato fan club magazine #30
Publication 27 Coverage in OUT magazine (Minori Shobo)
Event 28, 29 Farewell and Be Forever screened in “Star Blazers mini con” at Creation Convention, New York City
Publication ? Star Blazers Fandom Report quarterly newsletter #7
No-class SEP
production ? Final Yamato storyboard part B completed
Publication 10 Coverage in Animage magazine Vol. 52 (Tokuma Shoten)
publication 10 Yamato Dictionary insert in Animage Vol. 52 (Tokuma Shoten)
Publication 10 Coverage in The Anime magazine Vol. 35 (Kindaieiga Co.)
Publication 10 Coverage in My Anime magazine (Akita Shoten)
Publication 10 Coverage in Animedia magazine (Gakken)
Production 16 Final Yamato music meeting 1
Music 21 LP & Cassette: Fascinating Piano Yamato (Nippon Columbia)
book ? Play on the Piano, Space Battleship Yamato sheet music (Sheet Music Publishing)
Music 21 Cassettes: Arrivederci Yamato Complete Drama (Nippon Columbia)
event 24-26 Star Blazers/Yamato “Micro-Con” held at Babelcon ’82 (Grand Rapids, Michigan)
No-class OCT
production 8 Final Yamato storyboard part C completed
Publication 10 Coverage in Animage magazine Vol. 53 (Tokuma Shoten)
Publication 10 Coverage in The Anime magazine Vol. 36 (Kindaieiga Co.)
Publication 10 Coverage in My Anime magazine (Akita Shoten)
Publication 10 Coverage in Animedia magazine (Gakken)
publication 12 Final Yamato advance flyer in theaters
publication 12 Final Yamato advance tickets in theaters
Publication 16 Coverage in Tokyo Sports newspaper
Publication 17 Yamato content in Yoshinori Kanada, The Animator 1 doujinshi
Production 18 Final Yamato music & FX meetings
Publication 21 Coverage in Roadshow magazine (Shueisha)
Product 22 Final Yamato digital wall clock (West Cape Corporation)
Event 22 10-year anniversary party held at Okura Hotel in Akasaka, Tokyo
Publication 23 Party coverage in Tokyo Times newspaper
Publication 23 Princess Information newsletter Vol. 22 (Yoko Asagami fan club)
Publication 25 Yamato fan club magazine #31
Publication ? 1983 Final Yamato calendar (West Cape Corporation)
No-class NOV
cinema 3 Farewell to Yamato screenings in 14 cities (through Nov 28)
publication 3 Final Yamato flyer in theaters
publication 3 Final Yamato advance tickets in theaters
Publication 10 Coverage in Animage magazine Vol. 54 (Tokuma Shoten)
Publication 10 Coverage in The Anime magazine Vol. 37 (Kindaieiga Co.)
Publication 10 Coverage in My Anime magazine (Akita Shoten)
Publication 10 Coverage in Animedia magazine (Gakken)
event 14 Symphonic Suit Concert (Tokyo)
Music 21 LP & Cassette: Yamato Digital Trip Synthesizer Fantasy (Nippon Columbia)
Music 21 LP & Cassette: Anime Piano Yamato/Gundam (Nippon Columbia)
Book 21 Anime Piano Yamato/Gundam sheet music (Nippon Columbia)
publication 21 Final Yamato coverage in Roadshow magazine (Shueisha)
publication 25 Final Yamato coverage in The Best One magazine (Gakken)
production 26 Final Yamato storyboard part D completed
Book 30 The Anime magazine special: Space Battleship Yamato Theater Version Total Collection (Kindaieiga Co.)
book 30 I Love Anime! From Yamato to Gundam (Tokuma Shoten)
Publication ? Wave-Motion doujinshi Vol. 16 (Yamato Fan Club Wave-Motion)
Publication ? Star Blazers Fandom Report quarterly newsletter #8
No-class DEC
publication 1 Final Yamato coverage in Fanroad magazine (Minori Shobo)
Book 2 Roman Album #53 Yamato Perfect Manual 1 (Tokuma Shoten)
production 8 Final Yamato storyboard part E completed
publication 9 Yamato 2 compilation movie coverage in Middle 1st Age magazine (Obunsha)
Publication 10 Coverage in Animage magazine Vol. 55 (Tokuma Shoten)
Publication 10 Coverage in The Anime magazine Vol. 38 (Kindaieiga Co.)
Publication 10 Coverage in My Anime magazine (Akita Shoten)
Publication 10 Coverage in Animedia magazine (Gakken)
Book 10 Animedia magazine special: Space Battleship Yamato Total Collection (Gakken)
Book 15 Final Yamato novel part 1 (Cobalt Library/Shueisha)
publication 15 Final Yamato ad in Daily Entertainment News (newspaper)
Production 15 Final Yamato songs recorded by Tomoko Kuwae
PRODUCTION 18 Final Yamato song “Love Supreme” recorded by Junko Yagami
Publication 20/26 Yoshinori Kanada art doujinshis
Music 21 LP & Cassette: Romantic Violin Yamato (Nippon Columbia)
publication 21 Final Yamato coverage in Roadshow magazine (Shueisha)
publication 22 Final Yamato coverage in The Best One magazine (Gakken)
Book 23 Roman Album #54 Yamato Perfect Manual 2 (Tokuma Shoten)
BOOK 25 Symphonic Suite Yamato piano sheet music (Tokyo Music Study)
Publication 25 Princess Information newsletter Vol. 23 (Yoko Asagami fan club)
Publication 26 Hal 9000 Vol. 4 doujinshi (Circle Solaris)
publication 27 Final Yamato coverage in OUT magazine (Minori Shobo)
publication 27 Final Yamato ad in Yomiuri Shimbun (newspaper)
production 29 Final Yamato storyboard final part completed
Book 31 Final Yamato “AM Juju” novel part 1 (Animage/Tokuma Shoten)
Music ? Single: Yamato theme sampled on Stars on Anime single (Nippon Columbia)
No-class
publication ? Final Yamato TV proposal produced (Westcape Corporation)
Music ? LP: Yamato songs included on Animation Theme Song Best Collection (Nippon Columbia)
Event ? Earth Defense Command fan club founded (USA)

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