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No-class	2000
No-class	JAN
Event	25	Leiji Matsumoto announces a new project called Great Yamato
Product	25	Limited edition (600 bottles) Leiji Matsumoto wine featuring Yuki (Nova) on the label
Music	26	CD: Animage Singles 1983 features Final Yamato songs (Tokuma Japan)
Product	?	Farewell to Yamato keyholders; set of 8 (Banpresto)
No-class	FEB
Event	6	Yoko Asagami (Yuki’s voice actress) appears at a figure skating event
Event	10-13	World of Leiji Matsumoto exhibition in Osaka
Event	17-21	World of Leiji Matsumoto exhibition in Kobe
Event	20	Hiroshi Miyagawa appears at a ‘TV Theme Song’ exhibition
Music	25	CD: Ayurveda Back to the Childhood features Yamato theme
On Air	28	Isao Sasaki appears on ‘Big Show by Two People’ on NHK
Publication	29	Great Yamato manga by Leiji Matsumoto begins serialization in Gotta Comics magazine (Shogakukan)
No-class	MAR
Product	4	Commemorative train tickets issued by Kintetsu Railroad Co., Kansai region
On Air	12	Isao Sasaki appears on NTV
Product	15	Yamato phone card (Kintetsu Railroad Co.)
Event	31	Leiji Matsumoto appears at Galaxy Art Expo 2000
Product	?	Lightup Mechanical Models; set of 3 (Banpresto)
MUSIC	?	CD box set: The Music Encyclopedia of Leiji Matsumoto 1999 includes 2 discs of Yamato music (Bandai Visual/Columbia Family Group)
No-class	APR
Publication	30	Yamato 1977 Memorial fanzines published by fan group New World Academy
No-class	MAY
Game	2	Farewell to Yamato standard edition and deluxe pack (Playstation 1/Bandai)
Product	4	Limited edition Cel Art telephone cards; set of 2 (Anime World Star)
Product	15	Farewell to Yamato for Playstation 1 commemorative metrocard (Bandai)
Book	15	Space Battleship Yamato: The Faraway Planet Iscandar ‘Fixed Data’ (Studio DNA media books)
Book	15	Space Battleship Yamato: The Faraway Planet Iscandar Comic Anthology (Studio DNA media books)
Music	17	CD: AniPara Kids and More features Yamato themes (Warner Music Japan)
Game	18	Cosmowarrior Zero videogame features ‘Battle Analyzer’ character (Playstation 1/Taito)
Product	23	Yamato strap mascot (Unifive)
Product	?	Yamato Wave Motion Gun Shooting game (Banpresto)
No-class	JUN
Event	9-18	World of Leiji Matsumoto exhibition in Ishikawa
Publication	11	Flash magazine interviews Leiji Matsumoto about Great Yamato
Event	14-18	World of Leiji Matsumoto II exhibition in Tokushima
Event	15-18	World of Leiji Matsumoto II exhibition in Osaka
Game	15	Beatmania Pocket Series Anison Mix 3: Leiji Matsumoto (Konami)
Book	17	Farewell to Yamato Playstation 1 game Complete Guide (Enterbrain)
Event	23-26	World of Leiji Matsumoto II exhibition exhibit in Aichi
Model	?	Bandai reissues classic Yamato model kits
Music	?	CD: Anison Mix 3: Leiji Matsumoto Edition features Yamato songs
No-class	JUL
VIDEO	25	DVD: Space Battleship Yamato TV series 1 ‘Memorial Box’ with art by Hirotoshi Sano (Bandai/Emotion)
No-class	AUG
Product	1	Papercraft “Wave Motion Hats” (First Bridge Deck)
book	10	Farewell to Yamato Playstation 1 ‘Enjoyment Book’ (Keibunsha)
Product	11	Farewell to Yamato telephone “Quo” cards (Nexus)
Production	14, 15	Recording of Yamato symphonic tracks and new Great Yamato tracks (written and conducted by Hiroshi Miyagawa) for ‘Eternal Edition’ CD
VIDEO	18	DVD: Star Blazers series 1 part 1 (Voyager Entertainment, Inc.)
Product	20	Cosmogun replica (Liberty Planet)
No-class	SEP
Product	22	Yamato 20th century commemorative postage stamp issued by Japanese postal system
Product	23	limited edition ’20th Century Terebi Hero’ Yamato wristwatch (Seiko)
Game	28	Space Battleship Yamato: Tracks of Heroes ‘Fan Disc’ (Playstation 1/Bandai)
Music	30	CD: Space Battleship Yamato ‘Eternal Edition’ discs 0 & 1 (Columbia Records)
No-class	OCT
Event	8	Leiji Matsumoto appears at a lecture and signing session at Yamano Music store for the Great Yamato Eternal Edition CD
Event	14	Release party for Eternal Edition CD at Ishimaru Electric
On Air	16	Isao Sasaki appears on ‘Best Top Ten’ (TV Tokyo)
Event	22	Yamato Party 2000 convention
Book	25	Super Mecha Illustration (Graphic Company)
Publication	?	Leiji Matsumoto’s World 2001 calendar (Shogakukan)
Product	?	Space Battleship Yamato ‘Double Diorama’; set of 2 (Banpresto)
No-class	NOV
Music	1	CD: Space Battleship Yamato ‘Eternal Edition’ discs 2 & 3 (Columbia Records)
On Air	2	Space Battleship Yamato movie broadcast on Family Theatre
On Air	3	Farewell to Yamato broadcast on Family Theatre
On Air	5	The New Voyage broadcast on Family Theatre
On Air	8	Be Forever Yamato broadcast on Family Theatre
On Air	9	Final Yamato broadcast on Family Theatre
On Air	10	Space Battleship Yamato movie broadcast on Family Theatre
On Air	12	Farewell to Yamato broadcast on Family Theatre
On Air	16	The New Voyage broadcast on Family Theatre
On Air	17	Be Forever Yamato broadcast on Family Theatre
Music	18	CD: 40th Anniversary Isao Sasaki Song Book ‘Greatest Best’ features Yamato songs (VAP)
On Air	19	Final Yamato broadcast on Family Theatre
On Air	22	Space Battleship Yamato movie broadcast on Family Theatre
Music	22	CD: 40th Anniversary Isao Sasaki Song Book ‘Trial Best’ features Yamato songs (VAP)
Music	22	CD: Youth Song Yearbook Best 30 ’77 features Yamato theme (EMI Music Japan)
On Air	23	Farewell to Yamato broadcast on Family Theatre
On Air	24	The New Voyage broadcast on Family Theatre
On Air	29	Be Forever Yamato broadcast on Family Theatre
On Air	30	Final Yamato broadcast on Family Theatre
game	?	Space Battleship Yamato slot machine (Sammy/Banpresto)
No-class	DEC
Music	1	CD: Space Battleship Yamato ‘Eternal Edition’ disc 4 (Columbia Records)
Event	3	Contest winners attend special live performance of Eternal Edition tracks at Columbia Music Studio, Tokyo
Product	6	Keystroke Heroes: Space Battleship Yamato Typing Wave-Motion Gun for Windows (Sourcenext)
Music	30	CD: Space Battleship Yamato ‘Eternal Edition’ discs 5 & 6 (Columbia Records)
No-class
Product	?	Yuki Mori Elegant Sofubi (soft vinyl) doll series debuts (Liberty Planet)
Product	9	E-Kara Anison Club Vol. 2 chip for E-kara karaoke microphone features Yamato theme (Takara)
No-class
No-class	2001
BOOK	?	Star Blazers Fleet Battle System Game Module II: The Dark Nebula Empire (Musashi enterprises/Voyager Entertainment, Inc.)
No-class	JAN
Book	1	Space Battleship Yamato Real Papercraft (Wani magazine special)
Book	15	Farewell to Yamato ‘Fixed Data’ (Studio DNA media books)
Book	18	Great Yamato special (Gotta Comics/Shogakukan)
Music	24	CD: AniPara Best and More features Yamato theme (Warner Music Japan)
Video	25	DVD: Yamato 2 TV series ‘Memorial Box’ with art by Hirotoshi Sano (Bandai/Emotion)
Video	?	DVD: Star Blazers series 1 part 2 (Voyager Entertainment, Inc.)
No-class	FEB
Music	1	CD: Space Battleship Yamato ‘Eternal Edition’ disc 7 (Columbia Records)
event	10	Premium Talk Vol. 2: Celebrating the Birth of the New Space Battleship Yamato (Lecture and product exhibition)
Game	8	Space Battleship Yamato Wonderswan cartridge game & poster (Bandai)
No-class	MAR
Music	1	CD: Space Battleship Yamato ‘Eternal Edition’ discs 8 & 9 (Columbia Records)
Book	3	Space Battleship Yamato Chronicles (B Media Books/Take Shobo)
Book	5	Great Yamato manga vol. 1 by Leiji Matsumoto (Gotta Comics/Shogakukan)
Book	15	Space Battleship Yamato Wonderswan game strategy guide (Dengeki/Mediaworks)
Music	17	CD: 2001 Anime Hit March features Yamato theme (Columbia Music Entertainment)
Product	23	Keystroke Heroes: Space Battleship Yamato Typing Warp for Mac & Windows (Sourcenext)
Product	23	Keystroke Heroes: Space Battleship Yamato 3D Movie Collection for Windows (Sourcenext)
Music	31	CD: Space Battleship Yamato ‘Eternal Edition’ disc 10 and collector’s box (Columbia Records)
Video	?	DVD: Star Blazers series 1 part 3 (Voyager Entertainment, Inc.)
Product	?	Captain Okita soft vinyl figure and Battleship (Time House)
No-class	APR
Product	16	Popynica BPX-01 Yamato toy (Bandai)
game	22	War Against the White Comet strategic simulator game (Sunset Games)
Product	28	Great Yamato wristwatch (Seiko)
No-class	MAY
product	4	Yamato cel art pencil boards; set of 6 (Anime World Star)
Book	10	My Sweet Anime classic anime retrospective includes Yamato (Esquire Magazine Japan)
Video	25	DVD: Yamato III TV series ‘Memorial Box’ with art by Hirotoshi Sano (Bandai/Emotion)
Video	?	DVD: Star Blazers series 1 part 4 (Voyager Entertainment, Inc.)
No-class	JUNE
Game	20	Space Battleship Yamato: the Faraway Planet Iscandar Playstation 1 reissue (Bandai “The Best”)
Game	28	Yamato featured in Story of Galaxy Express 999 for Playstation 1 (Banpresto)
Product	29	Keystroke Heroes: Space Battleship Yamato Typing Wave-Motion Gun for Mac (Sourcenext)
Product	29	Keystroke Heroes: Space Battleship Yamato Mac Special ‘Typing 2: Big Great Work’ (Sourcenext)
No-class	JUL
Event	26	Big Leiji Matsumoto Exhibition (through Sept. 2)
Video	?	DVD: Star Blazers series 1 part 5 (Voyager Entertainment, Inc.)
No-class	AUG
Book	5	Great Yamato manga vol. 2 by Leiji Matsumoto (Gotta Comics/Shogakukan)
Product	?	Space Battleship Yamato limited edition Zippo lighters; set of 3 (Unifive)
No-class	SEP
Music	1	CD: Music for Athletes features Yamato theme (Nippon Columbia)
Product	7	Keystroke Heroes: Space Battleship Yamato Typing Dispersion Wave-Motion Gun for Mac & Windows (Sourcenext)
Product	21	Keystroke Heroes: Space Battleship Yamato 3D Movie Collection DX for Mac & Windows (Sourcenext)
Product	21	Keystroke Heroes: Space Battleship Yamato typing software Complete Box for Mac & Windows (Sourcenext)
Video	?	DVD: Star Blazers series 1 part 6 (Voyager Entertainment, Inc.)
No-class	OCT
Product	5	Keystroke Heroes: Space Battleship Yamato typing software Complete Box DVD for Windows (Sourcenext)
Event	21	Yamato Party ’01 convention
Product	?	Space Battleship Yamato wristwatches; set of 3 (Banpresto)
Product	?	1/6 Susumu Kodai figurine with gun and helmet (Megahouse)
No-class	NOV
Video	?	DVD: Star Blazers series 1 part 1 (revised) and series 1 box set (Voyager Entertainment, Inc.)
Product	?	1/6 ‘Feuhrer Dessler’ figurine with Ultra-Menace Missile (Megahouse)
No-class
No-class	2002
No-class	JAN
game	6	CD: Pop’n Music 7 game for Playstation 2 features Yamato theme (Konami)
Music	6	CD: Pop’n’Love: Pop’n’Music 7 game soundtrack features Yamato theme (King Records)
Music	17	CD: Hamonepu features Yamato theme
Video	?	DVD: Star Blazers series 2 part 1 (Voyager Entertainment, Inc.)
No-class	FEB
Product	19	Yamato cloissone pins collection (Furuta)
Music	27	CD: Cafe de Anime features Yamato themes (Warner Japan)
No-class	MAR
On Air	21, 22	Space Battleship Yamato movie broadcast on WOWOW
Event	25	Japanese courts award Yamato copyright to Nishizaki
Music	27	CD: AniRap features Yamato theme (Warner Music Japan)
Video	?	DVD: Star Blazers series 2 part 2 (Voyager Entertainment, Inc.)
No-class	APR
On Air	5	Final Yamato broadcast on Hokuriku sunrise
Product	28	Yamato Keychain Figure Collection; set of 10 (Sunkus)
No-class	MAY
On Air	1	Space Battleship Yamato movie broadcast on Family Theatre
On Air	2	Farewell to Yamato broadcast on Family Theatre
On Air	3	The New Voyage broadcast on Family Theatre
On Air	4	Be Forever Yamato broadcast on Family Theatre
On Air	5	Final Yamato broadcast on Family Theatre
On Air	13	Yamato III compilation movie broadcast on Anime Network Japan
Event	26	Space Battleship Yamato voted #22 in list of top 100 favorite anime
Video	?	DVD: Star Blazers series 2 part 3 (Voyager Entertainment, Inc.)
No-class	JUN
Video	?	DVD: Space Battleship Yamato subtitled (Voyager Entertainment, Inc.)
No-class	JUL
Event	7	Captain Okita voted #86 in list of top 100 favorite characters
Event	28	Space Battleship Yamato theme song voted 1st in list of top 100 favorite songs
Video	?	DVD: Star Blazers series 2 part 4 (Voyager Entertainment, Inc.)
No-class	AUG
Online	1	Debut of starblazers.com in US
On Air	1	Leiji Matsumoto appears on Fuji Television
Publication	1	Megaton Punch parody doujinshi (fanzine)
Event	8	Kodai voted #55 in list of top 100 favorite anime heroes
On Air	10	Leiji Matsumoto appears on Kansai Television
Book	13	The Far Place Where the Ring of Time is Linked by Leiji Matsumoto (Tokyo Shoseki)
Event	15	Yamato theme voted #60 of 100 best karaoke songs
No-class	SEP
Video	?	DVD: Star Blazers series 2 part 5 (Voyager Entertainment, Inc.)
No-class	NOV
Music	21	CD: The Hit Parade by Hiroshi Miyagawa features Yamato themes (Columbia Music Entertainment, Inc.)
Video	?	DVD: Star Blazers series 2 part 6 and box set (Voyager Entertainment, Inc.)
Video	?	DVD: Farewell to Yamato subtitled (Voyager Entertainment, Inc.)
No-class	DEC
On Air	5	All 5 Yamato movies broadcast on channel NECO
Game	10	Dai Yamato slot machine game and how-to-play video (Sankyo)
Event	21	Adult viewers vote Yamato #50 of best 100 anime
Book	28	Yamato Party Memorial (fanzine)
No-class
Book	?	Anime Song Chorus features Yamato sheet music
No-class
No-class	2003
On Air	?	The Yamato theme is used in a TV commercial for ‘One Cup’ noodle
No-class	JAN
On Air	1	Space Battleship Yamato TV series is rebroadcast on Family Theatre
On Air	5	All 5 Yamato movies rebroadcast on channel NECO
Event	7	The Yamato theme is voted #2 place in ‘Karaoke Best 10’
Publication	8	Brain Concert Repertoire Collection #1: Space Battleship Yamato score for brass band by Akira Miyagawa (Brain Music)
product	?	Star Blazers series 3 poster (Voyager Entertainment, Inc.)
Video	?	DVD: Star Blazers series 3 part 1 (Voyager Entertainment, Inc.)
No-class	FEB
Product	17	1/6 Yamato crewman action doll (RZM)
On Air	20	Yamato 2 TV series is rebroadcast on Family Theatre
Book	28	Cosmoship Yamato manga reissue vol. 1 by Leiji Matsumoto (Akita Top Comics/Akita Shoten)
No-class	MAR
Game	20	Dai Yamato Fever pachinko game debut (Sankyo)
Game	20	Dai Yamato Fever 7 game for Playstation 2 (Sankyo)
Product	23	1/6 Gamilas officer action doll (RZM)
Book	25	Cosmoship Yamato manga reissue vol. 2 by Leiji Matsumoto (Akita Top Comics/Akita Shoten)
Event	27, 30	Hiroshi Miyagawa conducts Japan Philharmonic Orchestra at Tokyo Art Theatre
On Air	31	Three of the movies are broadcast on late-night ‘Daily Life Television’
Video	?	DVD: Star Blazers series 3 part 2 (Voyager Entertainment, Inc.)
No-class	APR
Product	18	Keystroke Heroes: Space Battleship Yamato Typing Wave-Motion Gun for Windows (reissue/Sourcenext)
Product	18	Keystroke Heroes: Space Battleship Yamato Typing Dispersion Wave-Motion Gun for Windows (reissue/Sourcenext)
Book	25	Cosmoship Yamato manga reissue vol. 3 by Leiji Matsumoto (Akita Top Comics/Akita Shoten)
Event	25	Great Yamato ‘Cosmo World’ exhibit in Osaka (through May 5)
Video	?	DVD: The New Voyage subtitled (Voyager Entertainment, Inc.)
No-class	MAY
Video	?	DVD: Star Blazers series 3 part 3 (Voyager Entertainment, Inc.)
No-class	JUN
On Air	9	Yamato III TV series is rebroadcast on Family Theatre
No-class	JUL
Music	23	CD: Showa Kids TV Singles Vol. 10 features Yamato theme (Columbia Music Entertainment, Inc.)
Book	23	The Primer Regarding Laws of Fantasy Science Vol. 2 by Eiichi Morita features Yamato content (Media Factory)
Event	29	Reconciliation of copyright dispute: Nishizaki awarded story rights, Matsumoto awarded visual rights, overall ownership awarded to Tohokushinsha Corporation
Music	30	CD: Leiji Matsumoto Animation World features Yamato songs (Columbia Music Entertainment, Inc.)
Video	?	DVD: Star Blazers series 3 part 4 (Voyager Entertainment, Inc.)
No-class	AUG
On Air	16	Space Battleship Yamato TV series 1 marathon on Family Theatre
Music	27	CD: Because Anime is There features Yamato theme
Video	?	DVD: Be Forever Yamato subtitled (Voyager Entertainment, Inc.)
Product	?	Character Costume Series: Yuki Mori set (Azone)
No-class	SEP
Video	?	DVD: Star Blazers series 3 part 5 (Voyager Entertainment, Inc.)
No-class	OCT
On Air	7	Yamato III TV series is rebroadcast on Family Theatre
No-class	NOV
MUSIC	3	CD: Lonely Girl by Junko Yagami includes Love Supreme from Final Yamato (King Record Co.)
Event	16	Space Battleship Yamato voted #1 in best 10 anime contest
Event	23	Yamato Party ’03 convention
book	25	Outer Space of Leiji Matsumoto: Conte de liens d’eternite manga history retrospective (Yahata Shoten)
Video	?	DVD: Star Blazers series 3 part 6 and box set (Voyager Entertainment, Inc.)
No-class	DEC
Music	17	CD: Hane-Ken Land: the film music of Kentaro Haneda features music from Final Yamato (Columbia Music Entertainment)

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