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1984-1988 | 1995 | 1996-1999 | 2000-2003 | 2004-2007 | 2008-2009 | 2010 | 2011-2013 | 2014-2020 | 2021
No-class | 1989 | |
Event | 15th Anniversary year of first Yamato TV series | |
On Air | ? | Star Blazers licensing agreements conclude with American broadcasters |
No-class | JAN | |
Publication | 1 | 70 Years of Theatrical Films includes Yamato coverage (Tokuma Shoten) |
No-class | FEB | |
Publication | 25 | |
Event | 26 | Final fan club meeting held in Yokohama |
No-class | APR | |
Publication | 25 | |
No-class | MAY | |
Video | 21 | |
publication | ? | |
No-class | JUN | |
Publication | 25 | |
publication | ? | |
No-class | JUL | |
Video | 21 | |
publication | 27 | Spa magazine includes Yamato in an anime retrospective (Fusosha) |
publication | ? | |
No-class | AUG | |
Event | 20 | |
Publication | 25 | |
publication | ? | |
No-class | SEP | |
Video | 21 | |
publication | ? | |
No-class | OCT | |
Book | 15 | |
Music | 21 | Cassette: Terebi Anime Theme Song Big Complete Collection features Yamato theme (Victor Entertainment) |
Publication | 25 | |
No-class | NOV | |
Video | 21 | |
Music | 21 | |
No-class | DEC | |
Music | 1 | CD: SF & Space Animation Vol. 1 & 2 both feature Yamato songs (Nippon Columbia) |
Music | 21 | CD: Terebi Anime Works ‘Best One’ features Yamato theme |
Video | 25 | |
Publication | 25 | |
Product | ? | |
No-class | ||
Production | ? | Farewell to Yamato is dubbed in English by Nishizaki’s new company, Voyager Entertainment |
Video | ? | |
product | ? | |
Publication | ? | Article in Animag No. 10 |
No-class | ||
No-class | 1990 | |
No-class | JAN | |
On Air | 5 | Farewell to Yamato is broadcast on Fuji Television |
Music | 21 | CD: SF & Space Animation Vol. 3 features Yamato songs (Nippon Columbia) |
No-class | FEB | |
Publication | 25 | |
No-class | MAR | |
Book | 10 | |
Event | 10 | Fans meet for a round-table discussion at fan club HQ to discuss Yamato collecting |
Video | 25 | |
No-class | APR | |
Publication | 25 | |
Video | 25 | |
No-class | MAY | |
Publication | 15 | Galactic War Record series starts in B-Club magazine, issue 54 (Bandai Brain Bank Media) |
Video | 25 | |
No-class | JUN | |
Video | 22 | |
Publication | 25 | |
Event | ? | Naming ceremony for first ship with magnetohydrodynamic drive: Yamato-1 |
No-class | JUL | |
Music | 21 | CD: Anime Original Karaoke features Yamato theme |
Video | 22 | |
Video | 27 | |
Video | 27 | |
No-class | AUG | |
Video | 24 | |
Publication | 25 | |
No-class | SEP | |
Event | 2 | |
Video | 25 | |
No-class | OCT | |
Event | 5 | Fan club headquarters relocates to Tsukiji, Tokyo |
Publication | 25 | |
Video | 25 | |
No-class | NOV | |
Video | 22 | |
No-class | DEC | |
Book | 10 | |
No-class | ||
No-class | 1991 | |
No-class | JAN | |
On Air | 1 | Space Battleship Yamato movie is rebroadcast on Tokyo 12 Channel |
No-class | FEB | |
Book | 20 | |
Publication | 25 | |
No-class | MAR | |
On Air | 26 | Farewell to Yamato broadcast on Tokyo 12 Channel |
No-class | APR | |
Publication | 25 | |
No-class | JUN | |
Publication | 25 | |
Event | ? | The official Yamato fan club is closed |
Event | 27 | Yoshinobu Nishizaki’s company JAVN (Japan Audio Visual Network) declares bankruptcy |
No-class | JUL | |
Publication | 15 | Galactic War Record series ends in B-Club magazine, issue 68 (Bandai Brain Bank Media) |
No-class | AUG | |
On Air | 11 | Space Battleship Yamato movie is broadcast on Hiroshima Television |
No-class | SEP | |
Event | 15 | |
No-class | OCT | |
Music | 25 | CD: Terebi Anime Classics ‘Best One’ features Yamato theme (Victor Entertainment) |
Music | 25 | CD: Favorite Terebi Anime Main title theme Omnibus features Yamato theme (Victor Entertainment) |
No-class | ||
Music | ? | CD: Anime Sound Memorial Vol. 10 features Yamato theme (Nippon Columbia) |
No-class | ||
No-class | 1992 | |
No-class | JULY | |
Game | 17 | |
No-class | AUG | |
Event | 30 | |
No-class | SEP | |
Music | 21 | CD: 1979 Anime Songs features Yamato!! The New Voyage (19XX Series, Nippon Columbia) |
No-class | OCT | |
Music | 1 | CD: Terebi Manga Favorite B Side Collection features The Scarlet Scarf (Nippon Columbia) |
Book | 5 | |
No-class | NOV | |
Event | 7 | Movie screening at Chiba University |
Video | 21 | |
Book | 30 | |
Event | ? | Star Blazers rights revert from Westchester Films to West Cape Corporation |
No-class | DEC | |
Game | 22 | |
Book | 25 | |
No-class | ||
No-class | 1993 | |
Event | ? | |
No-class | FEB | |
Video | 28 | |
Book | ? | |
No-class | MAR | |
On Air | 24 | Farewell to Yamato featured in a “100 Great Anime” TV special |
No-class | APR | |
On Air | 23 | Space Battleship Yamato featured in an anime documentary on Fuji Television |
No-class | MAY | |
Publication | ? | Article in Mecha Press No. 9 (Ianus Publications) |
No-class | JUL | |
Video | 21 | |
Video | 21 | |
No-class | AUG | |
Video | 25 | |
Video | 25 | |
Event | 29 | |
Book | 30 | |
Book | 30 | |
VIDEO | ? | |
No-class | SEP | |
On Air | 2 | Isao Sasaki guest stars on ‘The Music of Tamori is the World’ |
Music | 21 | CD: Anime Karaoke features Yamato theme |
Video | 24 | |
Video | 24 | |
Book | 30 | |
No-class | OCT | |
Music | 21 | |
Video | 21 | |
Book | 25 | |
No-class | NOV | |
Event | 2 | Toshio Masuda honored by the Japanese film community |
Online | 6 | First Yamato chat room opens in Japan on NiftySERVE |
Book | 25 | |
No-class | DEC | |
On Air | 7 | Isao Sasaki & Yu Aku appear on ‘Complete Works of Hit Size’ |
Book | 10 | |
Event | 11 | Hiroshi Miyagawa lectures at ABC Popular Music School |
On Air | 29-31 | Nippon Television broadcasts retrospectives on Leiji Matsumoto for the 40th anniversary of his career |
No-class | ||
Music | ? | CD: Digital Trip Catalogue Synthesizer Fantasy features Yamato theme (Nippon Columbia) |
No-class | ||
No-class | 1994 | |
Event | 20th Anniversary year of first Yamato TV series | |
No-class | JAN | |
Video | 21 | |
Publication | ? | Article in Manga Mania Vol. 1 No. 7 (Dark Horse International) |
No-class | FEB | |
Video | 21 | |
No-class | MAR | |
Publication | 10 | Computer Music magazine #44 features MIDI of ‘Cosmo Tiger’ theme |
On Air | 11 | Space Battleship Yamato places 22nd in ‘100 Best Anime’ special on Fuji Television |
No-class | APR | |
Music | 1 | CD: London Sinfonia Sound Animation Theme Songs features Yamato theme (Favorite Music Entertainment) |
No-class | JUN | |
Video | ? | |
No-class | AUG | |
Publication | 1 | |
Books | 15 | |
Event | 28 | |
No-class | SEP | |
On Air | 9 | Isao Sasaki performs on a “famous tunes of the 70s” TV special |
On Air | 22 | Dessler profiled in an anime TV documentary on Fuji Television |
No-class | OCT | |
Anniversary | 6 | 20th Anniversary of Space Battleship Yamato TV series premiere |
Event | 9 | Yamato fan gathering/film screening |
Music | 21 | CD: Boys sing to the Earth features Yamato theme (Yamashiro Entertainment Group) |
No-class | NOV | |
Music | 23 | CD: Interesting Orchestra V: Animation Fantasy World features Yamato theme |
Video | ? | |
Publication | ? | |
No-class | DEC | |
Music | 1 | CD: Anime Cartoon Theme Song Graffiti: Space Legends features Yamato theme |
Music | 12 | |
Video | 21 | |