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No-class	1984
Event		10th Anniversary year of first Yamato TV series
No-class	FEB
Cinema	11-17	Final Yamato 70mm version screens in Osaka
BOOK	15	Yamato content in Anime Miscellaneous Interesting Encyclopedia (Hakusensha)
Publication	25	Yamato fan club magazine #39
Video	?	VHS: first Yamato TV series released in a 9-volume set (VAP)
BOOK	?	Star Blazers film comics Volumes 1-5 available in US (WCC animation comics)
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	?	Space Battleship Yamato manga article in Comics Collector No. 3 (Krause Publications)
No-class	APR
Production	21	Development begins for Odin: Photon Space Sailor Starlight
Publication	25	Yamato fan club magazine #40
No-class	MAY
Event	4	Yamato Grand Symphony concert performed by NHK Symphony Orchestra
Event	10	Final Yamato 70mm edition exhibited at Cannes Film Festival
Publication	10	Final Yamato promo kit, Cannes Film Festival
No-class	JUNE
Publication	25	Yamato fan club magazine #41
Video	?	LD: The New Voyage (Nippon Columbia)
Video	?	LD: Final Yamato (Nippon Columbia)
Publication	?	Space Battleship Yamato manga article in Comics Collector No. 4 (Krause Publications)
No-class	JULY
Video	1	LD & VHS: Space Battleship Yamato Music Video (Nippon Columbia)
Event	6-8	Star Blazers video room at Empiricon 5 (New York City)
No-class	AUG
Video	1	LD & VHS: Arrivederci Yamato Music Video (Nippon Columbia)
Event	5	Yamato Party ’84 (first fan-run Yamato convention in Japan)
Publication	25	Yamato fan club magazine #42
Event	27	Fan club meeting & Arrivederci Yamato screening in Tokyo
Event	30	Star Blazers fan club meeting, video track at LA Con II/through Sept 3 (42nd World Science Fiction Convention, Los Angeles CA)
publication	?	Epic Illustrated magazine publishes an article about Yamato/Star Blazers (Marvel Comics Group)
No-class	SEP
Video	21	LD & VHS: Final Yamato Music Video (Nippon Columbia)
Music	21	LP & Cassette: Yamato Grand Symphony (Nippon Columbia)
No-class	OCT
Event	12	Yoshinobu Nishizaki announces his intention to create two new Yamato film projects: Dessler’s War I: Battleship Starsha in 1985, and Space Battleship Yamato: Resurrection for release in 1987.
No-class	NOV
Event	?	Yoshinobu Nishizaki founds a new company: JAVN (Japan Audio Visual Network) to produce and distribute movies and videos. His business partners include Nippon Columbia, Bandai, and Shochiku Co.
Publication	25	Yamato fan club magazine #43
No-class	DEC
On Air	25	Yamato 2 compilation movie broadcast on Fuji Television
On Air	26	Yamato III compilation movie broadcast on Fuji Television
No-class
Music	25	LP: Popular Anime Main title theme Collection features Yamato theme (Victor)
No-class
publication	?	Star Blazers Fandom Report concludes with issue #16
Video	?	VHS: Space Battleship Yamato (Japan Victor)
Video	?	VHS: Arrivederci Yamato (Japan Victor)
Video	?	VHS: Be Forever Yamato (Japan Victor)
Video	?	VHS: Final Yamato 70mm version (VAP)
music	?	LP: The Seventeen’s legend features choral performances of Yamato music (Athene Record)
No-class
No-class	1985
On Air	?	Yamato III is added to the Star Blazers syndication package, increasing the number of episodes to 77
Video	?	VHD: The New Voyage (Japan Victor)
Video	?	VHD: Final Yamato (Japan Victor)
Game	?	Laserdisc game based on Final Yamato appears in Taito Game Centers, Japan
No-class	JAN
models	1	20th Century Imports begins distributing Bandai model kits in US under the Star Blazers name
Video	21	VHS & Beta: Yamato 2 compilation movie (Nippon Columbia)
Video	21	VHS & Beta: Yamato III compilation movie (Nippon Columbia)
No-class	FEB
Publication	19	First press conference for Odin: Photon Space Sailor Starlight
Publication	25	Yamato fan club magazine #44/45 (double issue)
No-class	MAR
Video	21	LD & VHS: The New Voyage Music Video (Nippon Columbia)
Video	21	VHS: Be Forever Music Video (Nippon Columbia)
No-class	APR
Publication	25	Yamato fan club magazine #46
No-class	JUN
Music	21	CD: Symphonic Suite Yamato (Nippon Columbia)
Music	21	CD: Arrivederci Yamato symphonic album (Nippon Columbia)
Music	21	CD: Yamato Grand Symphony concert album (Nippon Columbia)
Publication	25	Yamato fan club magazine #47
No-class	JUL
On air	27	Summer Vacation Special Concert “The ship takes off for space” broadcast on NTV, includes Yamato music
Event	30	Summer Vacation Anime Seminar previews Odin at Shibuya Pantheon Theatre, Tokyo
No-class	AUG
On Air	3	Yamato Grand Symphony is broadcast on NHK
Event	4	Yamato Party ’85 convention
On Air	6	Odin radio special is broadcast on Radio Japan
On Air	6	Odin TV special is broadcast on Nippon Broadcasting
Cinema	10	Odin: Photon Space Sailor Starlight movie premiere
Cinema	17	Double feature roadshow screenings begin: Odin and Final Yamato
Publication	25	Yamato fan club magazine #48
On Air	31	Be Forever Yamato is rebroadcast on Fuji Television
No-class	OCT
Publication	25	Yamato fan club magazine #49
No-class	DEC
Publication	25	Yamato fan club magazine #50
No-class
Video	?	LD: Space Battleship Yamato (Nippon Columbia)
Video	?	LD: Arrivederci Yamato (Nippon Columbia)
Video	?	LD: Be Forever Yamato (Nippon Columbia)
Video	?	LD & VHS: Yamato Grand Symphony (Nippon Columbia)
No-class
No-class	1986
No-class	JAN
Event	12	Fan Club meeting and screening of Space Battleship Yamato movie in Tokyo
No-class	FEB
Publication	25	Yamato fan club magazine #51
Publication	25	Four model sheet portfolios and ‘Final Yamato Super Drawing’ portfolio by Yoshinori Kaneda (West Cape Corporation)
No-class	MAR
event	?	YamatoCon II convention held in Dallas, Texas
No-class	APR
Publication	?	Cover story in Anime Zine #1 (Minstrel Press)
No-class	JUN
Publication	25	Yamato fan club magazine #52/53 (double issue)
No-class	AUG
Event	23	Fan Club meeting and screening of Final Yamato (35mm version) in Meguro Public Hall, Tokyo
Publication	25	Yamato fan club magazine #54
No-class	OCT
Event	5	Leiji Matsumoto delivers a lecture at an Arrivederci Yamato screening at Oscar Theatre in Yokohama
Publication	25	Yamato fan club magazine #55
Music	25	CD: Final Yamato 2-disc ‘Best Collection’ (Animage)
No-class	NOV
ON AIR	?	Desslok’s Revenge, the first Star Blazers fan film is completed and screened
No-class	DEC
Publication	25	Yamato fan club magazine #56
No-class
No-class	1987
No-class	JAN
Production	?	Production on live-action movie begins, titled A Passenger (West Cape Corporation/JAVN)
No-class	FEB
Publication	25	Yamato fan club magazine #57
No-class	APR
Publication	25	Yamato fan club magazine #58
publication	?	Star Blazers comic book #1 (Comico)
No-class	MAY
Video	?	Limited edition Yamato release with Japanese subtitles for the hearing-impaired (JAVN)
publication	?	Star Blazers comic book #2 (Comico)
No-class	JUN
Publication	25	Yamato fan club magazine #59
publication	?	Star Blazers comic book #3 (Comico)
No-class	JUL
Book	15	Cosmoship Yamato manga reissue vol. 1 by Leiji Matsumoto (Akita Comics Select/Akita Shoten)
publication	?	Star Blazers comic book #4 (Comico)
No-class	AUG
Cinema	3-7	Summer Vacation Anime theatre exhibition includes Yamato exhibit, screens Space Battleship Yamato, Arrivederci, Be Forever and Final Yamato in Shibuya, Tokyo
Book	15	Cosmoship Yamato manga reissue vol. 2 by Leiji Matsumoto (Akita Comics Select/Akita Shoten)
Publication	25	Yamato fan club magazine #60
Event	21	Yamato Party ’87 convention
No-class	OCT
Cinema	3	A Passenger live-action movie premieres, produced by Yoshinobu Nishizaki
Publication	25	Yamato fan club magazine #61
Publication	?	Space Gamer/Fantasy Gamer magazine publishes Star Blazers Fleet Simulator game (Diverse Talents, Inc.)
No-class	DEC
Publication	25	Yamato fan club magazine #62
On Air	28	Space Battleship Yamato movie rebroadcast on Hiroshima Television
On Air	29	Yamato 2 compilation movie rebroadcast on Hiroshima Television
On Air	30	Yamato III compilation movie rebroadcast on Hiroshima Television
On Air	31	Arrivederci Yamato rebroadcast on Hiroshima Television
No-class
Publication	?	Japanimation #2 publishes a Star Blazers cover story (Eclectic Press)
Publication	?	Japanimation #3 publishes a Star Blazers article (Eclectic Press)
Publication	?	Anime Zine #2 publishes a Star Blazers cover story (Minstrel Press)
No-class
No-class	1988
Video	?	VHS: Star Blazers is released in the US (Kidmark)
PRODUCTION	?	Arrivederci Yamato is dubbed in English by Nishizaki’s new company, Voyager Entertainment, and officially retitled Farewell to Yamato
No-class	JAN
Event	9	Fan club headquarters relocates to Roppongi, Tokyo
No-class	FEB
Publication	25	Yamato fan club magazine #63
No-class	APR
Publication	25	Yamato fan club magazine #64
No-class	MAY
Event	11	Yamato movies and other Westcape productions marketed at Cannes Film Festival. Arrivederci Yamato is renamed Farewell to Yamato
No-class	JUN
Event	1	Nishizaki appears at ‘Departure from Earth’ program at Cannes Film Festival
Publication	25	Yamato fan club magazine #65 publishes first information about the upcoming Yamato 2520
No-class	AUG
Event	21	Yamato Party ’88 convention
Publication	25	Yamato fan club magazine #66
Event	27, 28	Nishizaki appears at the Japan ‘SF meet #27’ convention
No-class	SEP
Publication	30	B-Club magazine no. 35 covers Yamato model and toy history (Bandai Media)
No-class	OCT
Event	23-30	Westcape Corporation exhibit at Milan Film Festival
Publication	25	Yamato fan club magazine #67
No-class	NOV
Publication	20	Yamato ‘graphic memorial’ appears in Comic Noizy magazine (Dai Nippon Kaiga Co.)
Music	?	CD: Walking Songs by Mitsuko Horie features Yamato songs (Nippon Columbia)
No-class	DEC
Publication	1	25 Years of Television Cartoons includes Yamato coverage (Tokuma Shoten)
Publication	25	Yamato fan club magazine #68

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