The Making of Series 2, Part 8

Roadshow Magazine Coverage

Elsewhere on this site, we explore the rich and busy history of Space Battleship Yamato publishing in Japan. During the production years, it was a crowded field occupied by many different publishers and licensors all covering the same material in different ways.

One such company was Shueisha, which published a very popular monthly magazine called Roadshow. Its mission was to cover the latest in film and TV entertainment. Shueisha published a considerable number of Yamato books, so in the spirit of mutual promotion, Roadshow became a strong vehicle to increase visibility in the mainstream.

From December 1978 to May 1979, they published a six-part Yamato Newspaper that kept pace with Yamato 2 and reported on its many developments with the same editorial style as anything in the live-action world. Shown here are all six of the Roadshow articles in this series. Click on the links to read translated text.

Part 1 (January 1979 issue) read it here


Part 2 (February 1979 issue) read it here


Part 3 (March 1979 issue) read it here


Part 4 (April 1979 issue) read it here


Part 5 (May 1979 issue) read it here


Part 6 (June 1979 issue) read it here



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