Though entire forests probably had to be clearcut for the enormous amount of Yamato publishing in Japan, the amount of ink spent on Star Blazers in America is comparatively miniscule – which only makes these few examples that much more important. All the Star Blazers content from these magazines is presented here in full for the sake of posterity, along with a few that joyfully skip straight back to Space Battleship Yamato.
Starburst Vol. 1, No. 2
Starburst Magazines, March 1978
Space Cruiser
Snooty review by Tony Crawley, 3 pages & poster
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See the entire magazine here
Starburst No. 17
Marvel UK, January 1980
SF In The East
Arrivederci and other anime reviews, 4 pages
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See the entire magazine here
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Animerica Vol. 3, No. 8
Viz Communications Inc., September 1995
Yamato Forever
Articles by Robert Fenelon, Walter Amos, and others, 7 pages
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Animerica Vol. 7, No. 3
Viz Communications Inc., April 1999
Space Cinema Yamato
Series overview, 6 pages
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Animag No. 10
Pacific Rim Publishing Co., 1989
Space Cruiser Yamato
Historical articles by Robert Napton and others, 17 pages
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Otaku USA Vol. 4, No. 6
Sovereign Media Inc., June 2011
Freedom & Adventure
Leiji Matsumoto interview, 3 pages (part of this one)
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Comics Collector No. 4
Krause Publications, summer 1984
Manga and Anime
Historical article by Ardith Carlton, 9 pages
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Mecha Press No. 9
IANUS Publications, May/June 1993
Space Cruiser Yamato
Overview by Martin Ouellette, 8 pages
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Comics Collector No. 3
Krause Publications, spring 1984
Space Cruiser Yamato
Anime & manga overview by Ardith Carlton, 5 pages
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Otaku USA Vol. 1, No. 4
Sovereign Media Inc., February 2008
Multiple articles
by Patrick Macias, Tomohiro Machiyama,
David Merrill, and Tim Eldred, 15 pages
Click here to read a PDF with all pages
Japanimation No. 3
Eclectic Press, 1987
Series 2 Character & Episode Guide
by Allen Rowe, 8 pages
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Manga Mania Vol. 1, No. 7
Dark Horse International, January 1994
Yamato Voyages in a Sea of Stars
by Paul Davison and Peter J. Evans, 4 pages
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Special thanks to Luis Cotovio
Mangazine No. 36
Antarctic Press, November 1994
Anime Feature: Yamato
Articles by Water Amos, Rob Fenelon,
Douglas Dlin, and Martin King, 12 pages
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Anime FX No. 12
Ashdown Publishing, March 1996
Space Cruiser Yamato Cutaway
by Graham Bleathman, 4 pages
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Starlog No. 35
O’Quinn Studios, June 1980
SF Animation at its Best:
Make Way for Star Blazers
by James H. Burns, 3 pages
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Special thanks to Chris Morin
Questar Vol. 2, No. 4, Issue 12
MW Communications, June 1981
A Japanese Import With Quality
by CJ Henderson, 3 pages
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Special thanks to Edward Hawkins
Epic Illustrated No. 25
Marvel Comics Group, August 1984
Space Cruiser Yamato
by Jo Duffy, 4 pages
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Special thanks to Edward Hawkins
Japanimation No. 2
Eclectic Press, 1987
The Legend of Space Cruiser Yamato
by Allen Rowe, Lester Swint and Scot Carr, 18 pages
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Anime Zine No. 2
Minstrel Press Inc., 1987
After the Comet Empire…Yamato 3
by Martin King and Robert Fenelon, 9 pages
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Special thanks to Robert Fenelon
Back Issue No. 59
Twomorrows Publishing, August 2012
Beyond Capes: We’re off to Outer Space ~ Star Blazers in Comics
by Daniel DeAngelo, 8 pages
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Hey Tim, fantastic resource, many thanks! I also noticed that you don’t have the issues of Animerica which featured SB material. Hit me up on FB if you want me to send you some scans….(I’ll probably end up posing a few on the usual FB groups either way).