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No-class	1996
No-class	FEB
On Air	12	Space Battleship Yamato places 10th in a Fuji Television “best anime” special with guest Kenichi Ogata (voice actor/Analyzer)
Publication	12	Comix Climax includes excerpt from Leiji Matsumoto’s Yamato manga (Ta-ke Shobo)
On Air	22	Hiroshi Miyagawa appears on ‘NHK Studio Park’
Publication	?	Star Blazers comic magazine #4 by Studio Go! (Argo Press/Voyager Entertainment, Inc.)
No-class	MAR
Music	21	CD: Prelude to Final Yamato (Nippon Columbia)
Music	21	CD: Yamato Sound Fantasia (Nippon Columbia)
Publication	?	Article in Anime FX No. 12 (Ashdown Publishing)
No-class	APR
Publication	?	Star Blazers comic magazine #5 by Studio Go! (Argo Press/Voyager Entertainment, Inc.)
No-class	MAY
On Air	3	NHK TV special on Leiji Matsumoto
No-class	JUN
On Air	8	NHK radio special on Isao Sasaki
On Air	15	Masato Ibu (voice actor/Dessler) appears on ‘NHK studio park’
Publication	?	Star Blazers comic magazine ‘Perfect Album’ by Studio Go! (Argo Press/Voyager Entertainment, Inc.)
Publication	?	Star Blazers comic magazine #6 by Studio Go! (Argo Press/Voyager Entertainment, Inc.)
No-class	JUL
Event	13	Yamato exhibition at Comics Kingdom, Osaka (through Sept. 1)
On Air	16	Leiji Matsumoto appears on ‘NHK Studio Park’
Event	21	Isao Sasaki concert at Comics Kingdom, Osaka
No-class	AUG
Video	25	LD & VHS: Yamato 2520 vol. 3: Combat (Bandai/Emotion)
Publication	?	Star Blazers comic magazine #7 by Studio Go! (Argo Press/Voyager Entertainment, Inc.)
No-class	SEP
Event	15-16	Yamato Party ’96 convention
No-class	OCT
Publication	?	Star Blazers comic magazine #8 by Studio Go! (Argo Press/Voyager Entertainment, Inc.)
Publication	?	Star Blazers comic magazine Special Edition by Studio Go! (Argo Press/Voyager Entertainment, Inc.)
No-class	NOV
Event	3	Yamato World 1996 convention (Japan)
No-class	DEC
Publication	?	Star Blazers comic magazine #9 by Studio Go! (Argo Press/Voyager Entertainment, Inc.)
No-class	1997
No-class	JAN
Book	7	Takarajima Special: This Anime is Awesome! (Treasure Island Co.)
Book	24	The Time and Ideology of Space Battleship Yamato (Seron Jiho Co.)
No-class	FEB
Music	1	CD: This is Animetal features Yamato theme (Sony Music)
Book	28	Space Battleship Yamato ‘Anatomic Table’ (San’Ichi Shobo)
Publication	?	Star Blazers comic magazine #10 by Studio Go! (Argo Press/Voyager Entertainment, Inc.)
No-class	MAR
Music	21	CD: Animetal Marathon features Yamato theme (Sony Music)
No-class	APR
Music	21	CD: Happy Child! I can sing in English! features Yamato theme (Victor)
No-class	MAY
Publication	?	Star Blazers comic magazine #11 (final issue) by Studio Go! (Argo Press/Voyager Entertainment, Inc.)
No-class	JUN
Music	21	CD: Isao Sasaki: Poetry of Man Vol. 2 features Yamato songs (Nippon Columbia)
No-class	AUG
Event	31	Yamato Party ’97 convention
Event	16	West Cape Corporation closes its offices
event	?	Star Blazers Fleet Battle System debuts at GenCon gaming convention (Musashi Enterprises/Voyager Entertainment, Inc.)
No-class	SEP
Music	21	CD: Animetal Sentimental features Yamato theme (Sony Music)
No-class	OCT
product	?	Star Blazers Fleet Battle System Rule book and first 33 miniatures (Musashi Enterprises/Voyager Entertainment, Inc.)
No-class	NOV
Event	2	Yamato World ’97 convention (Japan)
No-class	DEC
Music	17	CD: Steel Suite: from space with love features heavy metal Yamato themes by Concerto Moon (Nippon Crown)
Music	21	CD: Anime Kazuta Super Medley features Yamato theme
Event	30	Leiji Matsumoto original painting exhibition in Osaka features 2-meter Yamato ‘Precision Cut Model’ model (through Jan. 7, 1998)
Music	21	CD: My Dear TV Animation Songs 1 features Yamato theme (First Music Co. Ltd.)
Model	?	1/350 scale Yamato wood kit (reissue/Imai)
No-class	1998
No-class		25th Anniversary of beginning of Space Battleship Yamato production
No-class	FEB
Book	17	Introductory Studies of the History of Japanese Anime (Yahata Shoten)
No-class	APR
Event	7	Leiji Matsumoto delivers a lecture “Yamato (battleship) to Yamato” (anime)
Book	11	How to Operate Super Mecha (Guache)
No-class	MAY
publication	1	Comic Gon magazine publishes a Yamato cover story and an interview with Leiji Matsumoto (Million Mook Publishing)
Music	21	CD: Best of Animetal features Yamato theme (Sony Music)
Video	25	LD & VHS: Space Battleship Yamato movie reissued with 25th anniversary Toshihiro Kawamoto art (Bandai/Emotion)
Video	25	LD & VHS: Farewell to Yamato reissued with 25th anniversary Toshihiro Kawamoto art (Bandai/Emotion)
Video	25	LD & VHS: The New Voyage reissued with 25th anniversary Toshihiro Kawamoto art (Bandai/Emotion)
Video	25	LD & VHS: Be Forever Yamato reissued with 25th anniversary Toshihiro Kawamoto art (Bandai/Emotion)
Video	25	LD & VHS: Final Yamato reissued with 25th anniversary Toshihiro Kawamoto art (Bandai/Emotion)
BOOK	?	Star Blazers Fleet Battle System EDF Technical Manual/Warship Recognition Guide (Musashi enterprises/Voyager Entertainment, Inc.)
No-class	JUN
Video	25	LD & VHS: Yamato TV series 1 volumes 1-4 with 25th anniversary Toshihiro Kawamoto art (Bandai/Emotion)
No-class	JUL
Event	19	World of Leiji Matsumoto exhibit at Kagamigahara Aerospace Science Museum (through Aug. 16)
Music	20	CD: Isao Sasaki Single Collection box set features Yamato songs (Nippon Columbia)
Video	25	LD & VHS: Yamato TV series 1 volumes 5-7 with 25th anniversary Toshihiro Kawamoto art (Bandai/Emotion)
Video	?	DVD: Farewell to Yamato reissued with 25th anniversary Toshihiro Kawamoto art and special packaging (Bandai/Emotion)
No-class	AUG
Event	14, 15	Grand Symphonic Poem ‘Rail of Fantasy’ live concert for the 45th anniversary of Leiji’s Matsumoto’s career, orchestra conducted by Horishi Miyagawa
Publication	14	Grand Symphonic Poem ‘Rail of Fantasy’ program book
Music	21	CD: Antitheses by Makoto Kuriya features a cover of The Scarlet Scarf (King Records)
Video	25	LD & VHS: Yamato 2 volumes 1-4 with Toshiyuki Kubooka art (Bandai/Emotion)
No-class	SEP
Video	25	LD & VHS: Yamato 2 volumes 5-7 with Toshiyuki Kubooka art (Bandai/Emotion)
No-class	OCT
online	7	Space Battleship Yamato ‘Webring’ goes live in Japan
Music	10	CD: Grand Symphonic Poem ‘Rail of Fantasy’ live concert features Yamato themes (Nippon Columbia)
Event	11	Leiji Matsumoto and Yoko Asagami (Yuki’s voice actress) speak at Saji Astronomical Observatory
Music	21	CD: TV Anime Super History Vol. 10 features Yamato theme (Columbia Music Entertainment)
Video	25	LD & VHS: Yamato III volumes 1-4 with Toshiyuki Kubooka art (Bandai/Emotion)
No-class	NOV
Product	18	1/1300 diecast Yamato reproduction (Mimuko)
book	20	Space Battleship Yamato: the Faraway Planet Iscandar ‘Materials Collection’ Playstation 1 design book (Edition A/Bandai)
book	20	Space Battleship Yamato: the Faraway Planet Iscandar ‘Materials Collection’ Playstation 1 design book (Edition B/Bandai)
Music	21	CD: TV Anime Super History Vol. 19 features Yamato!! The New Voyage song (Columbia Music Entertainment)
Event	22	Yamato World 1998 convention (Japan)
Video	25	LD & VHS: Yamato III volumes 5-7 with Toshiyuki Kubooka art (Bandai/Emotion)
No-class	DEC
On Air	6	CS Family Theatre rebroadcasts TV series 1 Sundays & Wednesdays
No-class
Music	?	CD: Favorite Anime Theme Song Anthology vol. 1 and 2 feature Yamato themes (Victor)
No-class
No-class	1999
Event		25th Anniversary year of first Yamato TV series
No-class	JAN
Publication	1	Animage magazine (February cover date) carries a Yamato story (Tokuma Shoten)
Event	28	Leiji Matsumoto art exhibition in Ayabe (through March 28)
On Air	?	The Yamato movies are broadcast on CS Power Movie
Online	?	Leiji Matsumoto launches an online manga site
No-class	FEB
Game	4	Space Battleship Yamato: The Faraway Planet Iscandar (Playstation 1/Bandai)
Event	7	Yamato Party ’98 in ’99 convention
Publication	10	Animage magazine 20th anniversary cover art trading cards (Tokuma Shoten)
Product	18	Space Battleship Yamato: The Faraway Planet Iscandar Playstation 1 commemorative phone card (Bandai)
No-class	MAR
Book	5	Space Battleship Yamato: The Faraway Planet Iscandar Playstation 1 Navigation Guide (Softbank)
On Air	7	Yamato 2 compilation movie broadcast on CS Power Movie
On Air	12	Yamato 2 compilation movie broadcast on CS Power Movie
Book	15	The Hot Feelings Once Again: Keisuke Fujikawa Masterpiece TV Scripts Collection (Fujin Co.)
Event	19	Space Battleship Yamato: The Faraway Planet Iscandar Playstation 1 promotion at Tokyo Game Show (through March 21)
Product	19	Space Battleship Yamato: The Faraway Planet Iscandar telephone card, t-shirt and handbag given away at Tokyo Game Show (Bandai)
Product	20	CD Rom: Space Battleship Yamato Master Edition (NEC International)
Music	20	CD: Isao Sasaki Deluxe Collection 5-disc box set includes Yamato songs (Columbia Music Entertainment)
Music	20	CD: ’99 Math Game Music Collection features Yamato theme (Columbia Music Entertainment)
On Air	21, 26	Yamato III compilation movie broadcast on CS Power Movie
book	30	Space Battleship Yamato: the Faraway Planet Iscandar Playstation 1 guide book (Keibunsha)
product	?	Space Battleship Yamato keychains; set of 8 (Banpresto)
No-class	APR
Publication	1	GaZo magazine #2 publishes a retrospective on Yamato filmmaking (Tokuma Shoten)
On Air	5	Wansa-kun TV series rebroadcast on BS2
Book	10	Space Battleship Yamato: The Faraway Planet Iscandar Playstation 1 Hint Book (Tokuma Shoten Intermedia Co.)
Event	19	Yamato is chosen to appear on a postage stamp commemorating 20th Century Japanese culture
Event	29	Super Robot Spirits tour ’99 concert features Isao Sasaki
On Air	29	Isao Sasaki & Hiroshi Miyagawa appear on an anime music special
Publication	?	Article in Animerica Vol. 7 No. 3 (Viz Communications)
No-class	MAY
Game	?	Space Battleship Yamato: The Faraway Planet Iscandar Playstation 1 “Saved Data Collection” disc (Bandai)
Book	1	Space Battleship Yamato: The Faraway Planet Iscandar Playstation 1 Visual Fanbook & Strategy Guide (Locus)
Publication	1	Financial World Prospects reports on Leiji Matsumoto’s dispute for ownership of Space Battleship Yamato
Music	21	CD: Vacation of Love by Hiroshi Miyagawa features cover version of disco Yamato theme (U-Records)
On Air	23	Space Battleship Yamato TV Series 1 rebroadcast on CS Home Drama channel
Event	30	Hiroshi Miyagawa in concert
Product	?	Set of 10 Space Battleship Yamato Lighters released as arcade game prizes
Product	?	Yamato Watership toys; set of 2 (Banpresto)
No-class	JUN
On Air	13	Leiji Matsumoto appears on NHK Symphony Orchestra Hour
Event	24	Space Battleship Yamato exhibit at Niigata (through July 25)
Publication	30	Figure King magazine #22 publishes a “World of Matsumoto” cover story (World Photo Press)
Book	?	Illustrated TV Anime Complete Works (Hara Shobo)
No-class	JUL
Product	3	“Museum of Leiji Matsumoto” spaceship collection debuts (Mimuko)
Book	2	The Space Battleship Yamato Legacy (Footwork)
Music	7	CD: Super Robot Spirits Tour ’99 features Isao Sasaki (First Smile Entertainment Ltd.)
EVENT	8	Bronze statues are unveiled in a festival at Tsuruga City commemorating Be Forever Yamato and Galaxy Express 999 (through July 27)
Event	10	World of Leiji Matsumoto exhibition in Chiba (through Aug. 8)
Music	17	CD: Kaishingeki TV! Utaemon Super masterpieces! features Yamato theme (Columbia Music Entertainment)
Publication	31	Yamato Chronicle trading cards (Bandai)
Model	?	1/350 scale Yamato wood kit (reissue/Imai)
Model	?	1/350 scale Andromeda (Imai)
No-class	AUG
Product	8	Dessler and Captain Okita character figure costumes (Time Warp)
Event	14	World of Leiji Matsumoto exhibition in Hachioji City (through Aug. 20)
Event	16	Leiji Matsumoto lectures in Hachioji
Book	20	Space Battleship Yamato manga vol. 1 & 2 by Keisuke Fujikawa & Akira Hio (reissue/Asahi Sonorama)
Video	25	DVD: Space Battleship Yamato movie (Bandai/Emotion)
Video	25	DVD: Farewell to Yamato (Bandai/Emotion)
Video	25	DVD: The New Voyage (Bandai/Emotion)
Video	25	DVD: Be Forever Yamato (Bandai/Emotion)
Video	25	DVD: Final Yamato (Bandai/Emotion)
Product	?	‘Museum of Leiji Matsumoto’ light-up capsule toy collection; set of 2 (Mimuko)
No-class	SEP
On Air	2	‘Morning Sun’ TV program reports on Yamato revival
Event	3, 4	“Grand Symphonic Poem Fantasy Railway” concert
Event	9-15	World of Leiji Matsumoto exhibition in Umeda
Book	20	Space Battleship Yamato manga vol. 3, Farewell to Yamato vol. 1 by Akira Hio (reissue/Asahi Sonorama)
Book	25	Encyclopedia of Space Battleship Yamato: Keibunsha ‘Big Encyclopedia’ box set (Kodansha)
Product	?	Yamato ballpoint pens; set of 2 (Banpresto)
Product	?	DX display models; set of 2 (Banpresto)
No-class	OCT
Music	7	CD: Animetal Complete First Live features Yamato theme (Sony Music)
Music	7	CD: Animetal Complete Last Live features Yamato theme (Sony Music)
On Air	6	25th anniversary rebroadcast of Space Battleship Yamato TV episode 1
Event	14	World of Leiji Matsumoto exhibition in Nagoya
Book	20	Farewell to Yamato manga vol. 2 & 3 by Akira Hio (reissue/Asahi Sonorama)
Music	21	CD: Grand Symphonic Poem Fantasy Railway live concert features Yamato themes (Nippon Columbia)
Music	21	CD: Shapeshifter album by Marcy Playground includes single Wave Motion Gun (Capitol Records)
Music	24	Beatmania GB2 for Gameboy 2 features Yamato theme (Konami)
Event	31	Isao Sasaki and Yoko Asagami (Yuki’s voice actress) appear in concert at Toys Land
No-class	NOV
Book	15	Suddenly, the Final Episode: the Last Scenes of Manga Masterpieces (MF paperbacks)
Book	15	This is Manga! features reprints of Yamato ‘Picture Story’ from 1974 5th Grader magazines (MF paperbacks)
game	25	CD: Beatmania GB2 “Gatchamix” features Yamato theme (Konami)
No-class	DEC
Book	24	Anime Hit Songs (Kadokawa)
Product	?	Light-up Yamato keychains; set of 5 (Banpresto)
Product	?	Space Battleship Yamato 25th anniversary pins collection (Unifive)
Product	?	Space Battleship Yamato 25th anniversary Zippo lighter (Unifive)
Product	?	Space Battleship Yamato 25th anniversary Zippo lighters; set of 4 (Yutaka)

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