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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	Yamato fan club magazine #69
Event	26	Final fan club meeting held in Yokohama
No-class	APR
Music	5	LP & Cassette: Image by Toshio Furukawa includes a song for Yamato III (Canyon)
Publication	25	Yamato fan club magazine #70
No-class	MAY
Video	21	VHS: first Yamato TV series volumes 1-3 (JAVN)
publication	?	Star Blazers comic book Series 2, #1 (Comico)
No-class	JUN
Publication	25	Yamato fan club magazine #71
publication	?	Star Blazers comic book Series 2, #2 (Comico)
No-class	JUL
Video	21	VHS: first Yamato TV series volumes 4,5 (JAVN)
publication	27	Spa magazine includes Yamato in an anime retrospective (Fusosha)
publication	?	Star Blazers comic book Series 2, #3 (Comico)
No-class	AUG
Event	20	Yamato Party ’89 convention
Publication	25	Yamato fan club magazine #72
publication	?	Star Blazers comic book Series 2, #4 (Comico)
No-class	SEP
Video	21	VHS: first Yamato TV series volumes 6-9 (JAVN)
publication	?	Star Blazers comic book Series 2, #5 (Comico)
No-class	OCT
Book	15	Entertainment Bible #6 ‘Studio Nue Mechanic Design’ part 1 includes Yamato art (Bandai)
Music	21	Cassette: Terebi Anime Theme Song Big Complete Collection features Yamato theme (Victor Entertainment)
Publication	25	Yamato fan club magazine #73
No-class	NOV
Video	21	VHS: first Yamato TV series volumes 10-13 (JAVN)
Music	21	CD: The World of Leiji Matsumoto Time Trip features Yamato songs (Nippon Columbia)
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	VHS: first Yamato TV series re-released in a box set with bonus CD (JAVN)
Publication	25	Yamato fan club magazine #74
Product	?	Wave Hobby Company begins releasing Yamato ‘garage kits’
No-class
Production	?	Farewell to Yamato is dubbed in English by Nishizaki’s new company, Voyager Entertainment
Video	?	LD: All five Yamato movies are released in a ‘Perfect Collection’ box set (Bandai/Emotion)
product	?	Limited edition pewter Yamato figurine (Franklin Mint, Japan)
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	Yamato fan club magazine #75
No-class	MAR
Book	10	Entertainment Bible #9 ‘Studio Nue Mechanic Design’ part 2 includes Yamato art (Bandai)
Event	10	Fans meet for a round-table discussion at fan club HQ to discuss Yamato collecting
Video	25	VHS: Space Battleship Yamato and Farewell to Yamato in ‘Perfect Collection’ packaging (Bandai/Emotion)
No-class	APR
Publication	25	Yamato fan club magazine #76
Video	25	VHS: The New Voyage and Be Forever Yamato in ‘Perfect Collection’ packaging (Bandai/Emotion)
No-class	MAY
Publication	15	Galactic War Record series starts in B-Club magazine, issue 54 (Bandai Brain Bank Media)
Video	25	VHS: Final Yamato in ‘Perfect Collection’ packaging (Bandai/Emotion)
No-class	JUN
Video	22	VHS: Yamato 2 ‘triptych’ style tapes 1 & 2 (Bandai/Emotion)
Publication	25	Yamato fan club magazine #77
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	VHS: Yamato 2 ‘triptych’ style tapes 3 & 4 (Bandai/Emotion)
Video	27	LD: TV series 1 ‘Perfect Collection’ box (Bandai/Emotion)
Video	27	VHS: TV series 1, 7-volume set (Bandai/Emotion)
No-class	AUG
Video	24	VHS: Yamato 2 ‘triptych’ style tapes 5 & 6 (Bandai/Emotion)
Publication	25	Yamato fan club magazine #78
No-class	SEP
Event	2	Yamato Party ’90 convention
Video	25	VHS: Yamato III ‘triptych’ style tapes 1 & 2 (Bandai/Emotion)
No-class	OCT
Event	5	Fan club headquarters relocates to Tsukiji, Tokyo
Publication	25	Yamato fan club magazine #79
Video	25	VHS: Yamato III ‘triptych’ style tapes 3 & 4 (Bandai/Emotion)
No-class	NOV
Video	22	VHS: Yamato III ‘triptych’ style tape 5 (Bandai/Emotion)
No-class	DEC
Book	10	Entertainment Bible #22 ‘Yamato Mechanic Big Picture Book’ part 1 (Bandai)
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	Entertainment Bible #26 ‘Yamato Mechanic Big Picture Book’ part 2 (Bandai)
Publication	25	Yamato fan club magazine #80/81
No-class	MAR
On Air	26	Farewell to Yamato broadcast on Tokyo 12 Channel
No-class	APR
Publication	25	Yamato fan club magazine #82
No-class	JUN
Publication	25	Yamato fan club magazine #83 (final issue)
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	Yamato Party ’91 convention
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	Space Battleship Yamato for Game Boy (Interbec/Bandai)
No-class	AUG
Event	30	Yamato Party ’92 convention (Japan)
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	Yamato, Gojira and our Democracy (Bungei Shunju)
No-class	NOV
Event	7	Movie screening at Chiba University
Video	21	LD: Yamato 2 ‘Perfect Collection’ with Toshiyuki Kubooka box art (Bandai/Emotion)
Book	30	Cosmoship Yamato manga reissue vol. 1 “to Far-off Iscandar” by Leiji Matsumoto (Akita Library/Akita Shoten)
Event	?	Star Blazers rights revert from Westchester Films to West Cape Corporation
No-class	DEC
Game	22	CD Rom: Space Battleship Yamato “Cinemalize Simulation Game” for PC Engine (Human Entertainment)
Book	25	Cosmoship Yamato manga reissue vol. 2 “Yamato into Eternity” by Leiji Matsumoto (Akita Library/Akita Shoten)
No-class
No-class	1993
Event	?	Yoshinobu Nishizaki announces a new project through Voyager Entertainment and Jupiter Films: Yamato 2520
No-class	FEB
Video	28	LD & VHS: Yamato III compilation movie (Westcape Corporation/Sobi Entertainment)
Book	?	Suddenly the End: The Last Scenes of Manga Masterpieces Vol. 4 (JICC Publishing)
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	LD: Space Battleship Yamato movie reissued with Hiroyuki Kitazume art (Bandai/Emotion)
Video	21	LD: Farewell to Yamato reissued with Hiroyuki Kitazume art (Bandai/Emotion)
No-class	AUG
Video	25	LD: The New Voyage reissued with Hiroyuki Kitazume art (Bandai/Emotion)
Video	25	LD: Be Forever Yamato reissued with Hiroyuki Kitazume art (Bandai/Emotion)
Event	29	Yamato Party ’93 convention
Book	30	Yamato Collection 1: Space Battleship Yamato Sun Wide Comics Special by Keisuki Fujikawa and Akira Hio (Asahi Sonorama)
Book	30	Yamato Collection 2: Farewell to Yamato Sun Wide Comics Special by Akira Hio (Asahi Sonorama)
VIDEO	?	VHS: All three Star Blazers series are released by Voyager Entertainment, Inc.
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	LD: Final Yamato reissued with Hiroyuki Kitazume art (Bandai/Emotion)
Video	24	LD: Yamato Grand Symphony reissued with Hiroyuki Kitazume art (Bandai/Emotion)
Book	30	Yamato collection 3: The New Voyage Sun Wide Comics Special by Akira Hio (Asahi Sonorama)
No-class	OCT
Music	21	CD: Yamato Digital Trip Synthesizer Fantasy (Nippon Columbia)
Video	21	LD & VHS: Yamato 2 compilation movie (Westcape Corporation/Sobi Entertainment)
Book	25	Yamato Collection 4: Be Forever Yamato Sun Wide Comics Special by Akira Hio (Asahi Sonorama)
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	Yamato Collection 5: Final Yamato Sun Wide Comics Special by Akira Hio (Asahi Sonorama)
No-class	DEC
On Air	7	Isao Sasaki & Yu Aku appear on ‘Complete Works of Hit Size’
Book	10	SF Anime Astronomy (Japan Critique Co.)
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	LD: Yamato III ‘Perfect Collection’ with Toshiyuki Kubooka box art (Bandai/Emotion)
Publication	?	Article in Manga Mania Vol. 1 No. 7 (Dark Horse International)
No-class	FEB
Video	21	LD & VHS: Yamato documentary: The Quickening previews two new projects, Yamato 2520 and Yamato Resurrection (Bandai/Emotion)
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	?	VHS: Dubbed version of Farewell to Yamato released in US (Voyager Entertainment, Inc.)
No-class	AUG
Publication	1	Cover story on LB Nakasu Communication magazine
Books	15	Cosmoship Yamato manga reissue in two volumes by Leiji Matsumoto (Akita Library/Akita Shoten)
Event	28	Yamato Party ’94 convention
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	?	VHS: Subtitled version of The New Voyage released in US (Voyager Entertainment, Inc.)
Publication	?	Cover story in Mangazine No. 36 (Antarctic Press)
No-class	DEC
Music	1	CD: Anime Cartoon Theme Song Graffiti: Space Legends features Yamato theme
Music	12	CD: Yamato 2520 main theme CD single by Tokio (Sony Music)
Video	21	LD & VHS: Yamato 2520 vol. 0: One Hundred Year War in the Milky Way (Bandai/Emotion)

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