About this list: this is a work-in-progress with the goal of assembling as complete a timeline as possible of the entire Yamato/Star Blazers phenomenon. Data will be added and revised as new information becomes available. As the entries on this list receive coverage elsewhere on this site, links will be added to help you find them. If you notice missing, incorrect, or incomplete items on this list, please contact us and make noise!
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No-class | 2011 | |
No-class | JAN | |
publication | 6 | Weekly Space Battleship Yamato Fact File #48 (De Agostini) |
publication | 11 | Weekly Space Battleship Yamato Fact File #49 (De Agostini) |
online | 13 | Starblazers.com Official Community page opens on Facebook (Voyager Entertainment, Inc.) |
publication | 18 | Weekly Space Battleship Yamato Fact File #50 (De Agostini) |
music | 21 | MP3: Best Selection! Cinema Soundtracks: Space Battleship Yamato~Hawaii available for download from iTunes (Audio City) |
publication | 25 | Weekly Space Battleship Yamato Fact File #51 (De Agostini) |
publication | 25 | Hobby Japan magazine #501 publishes a Yamato cover feature (Hobby Japan Press) |
product | ? | Live-action Yamato T-shirt (Thailand) |
No-class | FEB | |
product | ? | Yamato crew jerseys: Life Group & Science Group styles (Dive Toy Warehouse) |
publication | 1 | Weekly Space Battleship Yamato Fact File #52 (De Agostini) |
product | 5 | GX-58 Andromeda “Soul of Chogokin” toy (Bandai) |
event | 6 | Yamato Crew display at Wonderfest, Tokyo |
publication | 8 | Weekly Space Battleship Yamato Fact File #53 (De Agostini) |
publication | 15 | Weekly Space Battleship Yamato Fact File #54 (De Agostini) |
product | 15 | Yamato/Twitter T-shirt |
publication | 19 | Electone magazine features sheet music for Love Lives end theme from live-action movie (Yamaha Music Media) |
event | 21 | Announcement of negotiation for live-action Star Blazers movie |
publication | 22 | Weekly Space Battleship Yamato Fact File #55 (De Agostini) |
cinema | 25 | Live-action Yamato movie closes in major cities |
product | 25 | Soft vinyl Yamato toy (Plex/Dive Toy Warehouse) |
No-class | MAR | |
publication | 1 | Weekly Space Battleship Yamato Fact File #56 (De Agostini) |
publication | 8 | Weekly Space Battleship Yamato Fact File #57 (De Agostini) |
music | 9 | CD: Zoku Animentine by “Clementine” includes cover of Yamato theme (Sony Music) |
book | 10 | Space Battleship Yamato Model Anthology (Hobby Japan) |
event | 11 | The Great Tohoku Earthquake (9.0 magnitude) strikes Japan |
Book | 14 | Fantasy Science Guide Vol. 10 by Rikao Yanagita features Yamato content (Media Factory) |
publication | 15 | Weekly Space Battleship Yamato Fact File #58; distribution limited by earthquake recovery (De Agostini) |
publication | 22 | Weekly Space Battleship Yamato Fact File #59 (De Agostini) |
publication | 29 | Weekly Space Battleship Yamato Fact File #60 (De Agostini) |
product | 29 | Special edition 1/665 Taito “Super Mechanics” Yamato toy (DeAgostini tie-in) |
publication | 31 | Anison X Jazz sheet music book includes Yamato theme (Yamaha Music Foundation) |
publication | ? | Otaku USA Magazine publishes an interview with Leiji Matsumoto (Sovereign Media) |
product | ? | 1/6 Dessler figure (Kaitendoh) |
No-class | APR | |
product | 1 | Live-action Yamato “Space Curry” and “Memorial Clock” prizes awarded to contest winners (House Foods) |
publication | 5 | Weekly Space Battleship Yamato Fact File #61 (De Agostini) |
publication | 12 | Weekly Space Battleship Yamato Fact File #62 (De Agostini) |
event | 15 | “Project Iscandar” announced, program to cleanse radiation from water (Hiroshima International University, Japan) |
publication | 19 | Weekly Space Battleship Yamato Fact File #63 (De Agostini) |
on air | 21 | Rebroadcast of Star Blazers Series 1: Episodes 1 & 2 (SyFy Network) |
ONLINE | 21 | Star Blazers: Sea of Stars audio drama episode 7: The New Menace (Forward Momentum Productions) |
publication | 26 | Weekly Space Battleship Yamato Fact File #64 (De Agostini) |
on air | 28 | Star Blazers Episodes 3 & 4 (SyFy Network) |
ONLINE | 28 | Sea of Stars audio drama episode 8: In Pursuit of Hope (Forward Momentum Productions) |
No-class | MAY | |
event | 1 | Customized Yamato-Go train goes into service (Yurikougen Railway Co., Japan) |
publication | 3 | Weekly Space Battleship Yamato Fact File #65 (De Agostini) |
ONLINE | 4 | Sea of Stars audio drama episode 9: Threads of the Past (Forward Momentum Productions) |
event | 5 | Yamato Party Fan Gathering (Saitama, Japan) |
on air | 5 | Star Blazers Episodes 5 & 6 (SyFy Network) |
publication | 10 | Weekly Space Battleship Yamato Fact File #66 (De Agostini) |
on air | 12 | Star Blazers Episodes 7 & 8 (SyFy Network) |
model | 12 | Leiji Matsumoto Mechanical Universe Series 1/500 Okita battleship & Yukikaze kits previewed at Shizuoka Hobby Show (Finemolds) |
online | 13 | Space Battleship Yamato virtual card battle game available for mobile phone download (Gree Co. Ltd.) |
event | 14, 15 | “Space Waterliners” displays Yamato kits at 22nd Modelers Club Exhibition (Shizuoka, Japan) |
publication | 17 | Weekly Space Battleship Yamato Fact File #67 (De Agostini) |
ONLINE | 18 | Sea of Stars audio drama episode 10: Betrayal at New Telezart (Forward Momentum Productions) |
on air | 19 | Star Blazers Episodes 9 & 10 (SyFy Network) |
publication | 24 | Weekly Space Battleship Yamato Fact File #68 (De Agostini) |
ONLINE | 25 | Sea of Stars audio drama episode 11: It is Always Darkest… (Forward Momentum Productions) |
on air | 26 | Star Blazers Episodes 11 & 12 (SyFy Network) |
ONLINE | 28 | Sea of Stars audio drama episode 12: …Before the Dawn (Forward Momentum Productions) |
product | 29 | Live-action Yamato digital camera and other prizes awarded to contest winners (Famima) |
publication | 31 | Weekly Space Battleship Yamato Fact File #69 (De Agostini) |
No-class | JUNE | |
book | 1 | Prohibited Broadcast Works includes a chapter on Yamato productions (Sansai Books) |
on air | 2 | Star Blazers Episodes 13 & 14 (SyFy Network) |
publication | 7 | Weekly Space Battleship Yamato Fact File #70 (De Agostini) |
on air | 9 | Star Blazers Episodes 15 & 16 (SyFy Network) |
book | 10 | Words of Life Taught by Leiji Matsumoto by Soichiro Miyakawa (Quen Publications) |
publication | 14 | Weekly Space Battleship Yamato Fact File #71 (De Agostini) |
publication | 21 | Weekly Space Battleship Yamato Fact File #72 (De Agostini) |
product | 21 | 24k Gold Yamato figure with acrylic pedestal |
product | 21 | Ag1000 Silver Yamato figure with acrylic pedestal |
publication | 23 | Hyperweapon 2011 Magazine features Yamato Resurrection content (Model Art Co.) |
video | 24 | DVD: Live-action Yamato movie Standard Edition (single disc, TC Entertainment) |
video | 24 | DVD, Blu-ray Disc: Live-action Yamato movie Premium Edition (double disc, TC Entertainment) |
video | 24 | DVD, Blu-ray Disc: Live-action Yamato movie Collector’s Edition (triple disc, TC Entertainment) |
cinema | 27 | Live-action Yamato movie screens at Ikebukuro Sunshine Theater (Tokyo) |
publication | 28 | Weekly Space Battleship Yamato Fact File #73 (De Agostini) |
RIP | 28 | Voice actor Osamu Kobayashi (General Domel, Emperor Zordar, Captain Yamanami) dies of pancreatic cancer at 76 |
product | 30 | Live-action Yamato personal computer and other prizes awarded to contest winners (AM/PM) |
No-class | JULY | |
event | 2 | Leiji Future 2011 exhibition (London) |
event | 4 | Artist/designer Makoto Kobayashi announces production of Series 1 remake at Anime Expo, Los Angeles |
publication | 5 | Weekly Space Battleship Yamato Fact File #74 (De Agostini) |
video | 5 | DVD, Blu-ray Disc: Live-action Yamato movie released in Spain (Warner Brothers) |
publication | 12 | Weekly Space Battleship Yamato Fact File #75 (De Agostini) |
product | 12 | Yamato-themed home electrical systems (3 models, Plan Co. Ltd.) |
event | 13-19 | Leiji Matsumoto Art Exhibition at Daimaru Department Store (Shinsaibashi, Tokyo) |
publication | 14 | Yamato BGM Encyclopedia (doujinshi) |
event | 17 | Leiji Matsumoto live talk show at Daimaru Department Store (Shinsaibashi, Tokyo) |
publication | 19 | Weekly Space Battleship Yamato Fact File #76 (De Agostini) |
music | 20 | CD: Queen of the Night by Yucca contains “Infinity of Space” theme (Edoya Corporation) |
RIP | 23 | Toyoo Ashida, anime director and designer dies at age 67 |
online | 24 | Yamato Resurrection mini garage kits offered at Yamato Crew website (Ndopara shop) |
publication | 26 | Weekly Space Battleship Yamato Fact File #77 (De Agostini) |
No-class | AUG | |
product | 1 | Tachibana publishing offers free Yamato pretzels (in vintage packaging) with book purchase (through Oct 31) |
video | 2 | DVD, Blu-ray Disc: Live-action Yamato movie released in France (Wildside) |
publication | 2 | Weekly Space Battleship Yamato Fact File #78 (De Agostini) |
event | 6 | Aichi Prefectural Governor Hideaki Ohmura cosplays as Dessler at World Cosplay Summit (Nagoya City, Japan) |
publication | 9 | Weekly Space Battleship Yamato Fact File #79 (De Agostini) |
event | 14 | Yamato Resurrection screens at Otakuthon 2011 (Montreal, Quebec) |
publication | 16 | Weekly Space Battleship Yamato Fact File #80 (De Agostini) |
publication | 23 | Weekly Space Battleship Yamato Fact File #81 (Final issue, De Agostini) |
No-class | SEP | |
event | 15 | Internet provider Big Globe employs Yuki Mori cosplayers at Tokyo Game Show |
event | 18 | Yamato parade float appears at 2011 autumn festival (Aizubange-machi, Japan) |
event | 19 | Space Battleship Yamato “Cafe Crew” restaurant opens (Aoyama, Tokyo) |
publication | 28 | Space Battleship Yamato Modeling Guide “Full Version” (Mediaworks) |
model | 30 | Leiji Matsumoto Mechanical Universe kit: “Flagship” (Finemolds) |
model | 30 | Leiji Matsumoto Mechanical Universe kit: “Missile Ship” (Finemolds) |
No-class | OCT | |
event | 1 | Yamato Resurrection screens at Anime Weekend Atlanta 2011 (Georgia, USA) |
on air | 1 | Live-action Yamato movie broadcast on Sky PerfecTV/standard definition in Japan (through 10/13) |
event | 2 | Live-action Yamato movie screens at Anime Weekend Atlanta 2011 (Georgia, USA) |
cinema | 8 | Charity screening of Be Forever Yamato (Hiroshima) |
on air | 9 | Live-action Yamato movie broadcast on Sky PerfecTV/high definition in Japan |
music | 12 | CD: Animetal USA includes heavy-metal cover of Yamato theme (SMJ) |
online | 20 | Yamato Resurrection Fever pachinko game website goes live (Sankyo) |
music | 20 | CD: Yamato Resurrection Fever special soundtrack (EMI) |
publication | 20 | Yamato Resurrection Fever Official Guide (Sankyo) |
publication | 20 | Yamato Resurrection Fever pamphlet (Sankyo) |
product | 20 | Yamato Resurrection Fever lighter (Zippo) |
online | 24 | Yamato movie and Farewell to Yamato streaming on Yamato Resurrection Fever pachinko game website (through 11/6) |
No-class | NOV | |
product | 1 | Tachibana publishing offers free Yamato Pockey (in vintage packaging) with book purchase (through Jan 31) |
on air | 5 | Live-action Yamato movie broadcast on WOWOW TV in Japan (through 11/26) |
online | 24 | The New Voyage and Be Forever Yamato streaming on Yamato Resurrection Fever pachinko game website (through 11/20) |
event | 10 | Space Battleship Yamato 2199 announced for theatrical release April 7, 2012 (See the 2199 timeline here.) |
event | 14 | Yamato Resurrection Director’s Cut announced for theatrical release January 28, 2012 |
event | 18 | Yamato Resurrection Director’s Cut announced for video release March 23, 2012 |
online | 20 | Final Yamato and Yamato Resurrection streaming on Yamato Resurrection Fever pachinko game website (through 12/4) |
online | 25 | Yamato Resurrection calendar download for those who pre-ordered the paper version (Yamato Crew) |
No-class | DEC | |
RIP | 1 | Shingo Araki, a key animator on Farewell to Yamato, dies at 72 |
cinema | 3 | Live-action Yamato movie in limited release (Australia) |
event | 4 | Yamato Resurrection Fever pachinko game rollout (Sankyo) |
online | 5 | First Yamato movie and Yamato Resurrection streaming on Yamato Resurrection Fever pachinko game website (through 12/18) |
online | 6 | Yamato Resurrection Director’s Cut trailer begins streaming |
video | 14 | DVD, Blu-ray Disc: Live-action Yamato movie released in Australia (Madman Entertainment) |
publication | 15 | Great Mechanics DX Magazine #19 publishes an article on Yamato 2199 (Futaba Corporation) |
event | 18 | Leiji Future 2011 exhibition (Tokyo) |
online | 23 | Bandai Visual site for Yamato Resurrection Director’s Cut goes live |
publication | 25 | Yamato Mechanical Illustrations art book and 2 posters (DeAgostini) |
on air | 26 | Rebroadcast of Space Battleship Yamato Series 1: Episodes 1-6 (Family Theater, Japan) |
on air | 27 | Rebroadcast of Space Battleship Yamato Series 1: Episodes 7-13 (Family Theater, Japan) |
on air | 28 | Rebroadcast of Space Battleship Yamato Series 1: Episodes 14-19 (Family Theater, Japan) |
on air | 29 | Rebroadcast of Space Battleship Yamato Series 1: Episodes 20-26 (Family Theater, Japan) |
music | 30 | CD: Yamato Sound Arrange Project Vol. 2 Transition Waves by Brightness |
No-class | 2012 | |
No-class | JAN | |
event | 6 | Live-action Yamato screens at Anime Los Angeles 8 convention |
event | 7 | Yamato Resurrection screens at Anime Los Angeles 8 convention |
publication | 10 | Yamato Resurrection 2012 Art Calendar by Makoto Kobayashi (Yamato Crew) |
cinema | 14 | Preview screenings of Yamato Resurrection Director’s Cut (Akihabara, Tokyo) |
event | 15 | Preview screenings of Yamato Resurrection Director’s Cut (Cafe Crew Restaurant, Tokyo) |
event | 21,22 | Preview screenings of Yamato Resurrection Director’s Cut (Cafe Crew Restaurant, Tokyo) |
cinema | 28 | Yamato Resurrection Director’s Cut at theaters in Tokyo and Osaka (through February 3) |
publication | 28 | Yamato Resurrection Director’s Cut program book (Yamato Studio) |
product | 28 | Yamato Resurrection Director’s Cut clear file (Yamato Studio) |
product | 28 | Yamato Resurrection Director’s Cut posters by Makoto Kobayashi (set of 4/Yamato Studio) |
No-class | FEB | |
publication | 10 | Young Guitar magazine includes heavy metal Yamato score (Shinko Music Entertainment) |
event | 11 | Yamato Cafe the 4th fan gathering (Cafe Crew Restaurant, Tokyo) |
music | 16 | Eternal Edition CD series reissued (Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd.) |
music | 16 | Eternal Edition Premium CD box set reissued (Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd.) |
Music | 16 | CD: Space Battleship Yamato the Best II reissued (Nippon Columbia Co. Ltd.) |
online | 17 | Yamato Portal webpage opened to promote video releases (Bandai Visual) |
video | 17 | Yamato Series 1 Blu-ray box set announced for 7/27 (Bandai Visual) |
No-class | MAR | |
on air | 7 | Premium membership enrollment opens at Yamato Crew website |
product | 13 | Yamato cycling apparel announced for August (Pearl Izumi) |
RIP | 20 | Anime Director Noboru Ishiguro dies at 74 |
music | 21 | CD: Queen of the Night Live by Yucca contains “Infinity of Space” theme (BounDEE) |
model | 22 | Model kits reissued: 1/500 and 1/700 Yamato, 1/700 Andromeda (Bandai) |
video | 23 | DVD: Yamato Resurrection Director’s Cut (Emotion) |
video | 23 | Blu-ray: Yamato Resurrection Director’s Cut (Emotion) |
video | 23 | DVD & Blu-ray: Yamato Resurrection Director’s Cut Limited Edition box set (Yamato Crew) |
event | 31 | Mandarake store showcases Yamato merchandise through April 13 (Akihabara, Tokyo) |
No-class | APR | |
on air | 6,7 | Space Battleship Yamato Series 1 marathon (Family Theater cable & satellite channel, Japan) |
cinema | 7 | Yamato 2199 Chapter 1: The Long Voyage in theaters (through 4/20) See the Yamato 2199 timeline here |
RIP | 9 | Voice actor Takeshi Aono (Sanada) dies at 76 |
on air | 11 | Space Battleship Yamato live-action movie broadcast on Premiere Cinema Wednesday, TBS (Tokyo Broadcasting System) |
on air | 13 | Space Battleship Yamato Series 2 marathon, continues April 20 & 27 (Family Theater cable & satellite channel, Japan) |
event | 22 | Yamato~Disney Symphonic Parade at Santori Hall, Akira Miyagawa/Toke Civic Wind Orchestra (Kyodo Tokyo Inc.) |
publication | 25 | Space Battleship Yamato Ship’s Log premium fan club magazine #0 (Yamato Crew) |
event | 27 | Isao Sasaki performs Yamato theme in live mini-concert at Ikebukuro Sunshine City (Tokyo) |
No-class | MAY | |
event | 4 | Yamato Party 2012 fan event (Wakoshi, Tokyo) |
book | 4 | Proud of Yamato Visual Book art collection (Office Legacy) |
event | 5 | Akira Miyagawa conducts Osaka Municipal Orchestra in “Go! Go! City Sound!” concert, including Yamato theme |
event | 17 | custom Yamato model kits displayed at Shizuoka Model Show |
music | 19 | Yamato theme performed by US Marine Corps band (Okinawa) |
product | 21 | Yamato Anti-Flash Protection goggles (set of 2/Exario) |
product | 21 | Yamato can badges (set of 4/Exario) |
product | 21 | Yamato clear files (set of 4/Exario) |
product | 21 | Yamato poster towels (set of 2/Exario) |
event | 26 | Akira Miyagawa conducts Osaka Orchestra for Space Battleship Yamato Music Symposium (Sanda City, Japan) |
product | ? | Yamato crew jersey: Navigation group (Dive Toy Warehouse) |
No-class | JUNE | |
book | 8 | Proud of Yamato Visual Book offered at Yamato Crew website (Office Legacy) |
music | 26 | CD: A Streetcar Named Desire includes Yamato Suite (fontec) |
cinema | 30 | Yamato 2199 Chapter 2: Desperate Battle in the Heliosphere in theaters (through 7/13) See the Yamato 2199 timeline here |
No-class | JULY | |
music | 18 | CD: Yamato Sound Almanac 1974-I Space Battleship Yamato Series 1 BGM (Columbia) |
music | 18 | CD: Yamato Sound Almanac 1977-I Symphonic Suite Yamato (Columbia) |
music | 18 | CD: Yamato Sound Almanac 1977-II Space Cruiser Yamato drama album (Columbia) |
music | 18 | CD: Yamato Sound Almanac 1978-I The World of Hiroshi Miyagawa (Columbia) |
video | 27 | Blu-ray: Space Battleship Yamato Series 1 box set (Bandai Visual) |
music | 27 | Iskandall Part II single on iTunes (by WCDA) |
online | 28 | Live-action Yamato movie screened at Japan Society in Japan Cuts 2012 film program (New York City) |
event | 28 | Yamato Resurrection announced for US import by Funimation (Otakan, Baltimore MD) |
No-class | AUG | |
product | 1 | Yamato cycling wear apparel sets (Pearl Izumi) |
music | 29 | CD: Yamato Resurrection Director’s Cut original soundtrack (Columbia) |
publication | ? | Back Issue magazine #59 publishes an article on Star Blazers comic books (Twomorrows Publishing) |
publication | ? | Geek magazine includes Yamato in “Starship Smackdown” feature (Source Interlink Media) |
No-class | SEP | |
music | 19 | CD: Yamato Sound Almanac 1978-II Farewell to Yamato symphonic album (Columbia) |
music | 19 | CD: Yamato Sound Almanac 1978-III Farewell to Yamato BGM album (Columbia) |
music | 19 | CD: Yamato Sound Almanac 1978-IV I Adore the Eternity of Love disco album (Columbia) |
No-class | OCT | |
PUBLICATION | 1 | Ship’s Log #1 (Yamato Crew Premium Fan Club Magazine) |
CINEMA | 13 | Yamato 2199 Chapter 3: The Endless Voyage in theaters (through 10/27) See the 2199 timeline here |
MODEL | 15 | Yamato Resurrection garage kits (MEF) |
No-class | NOV | |
BOOK | 2 | The Law of Anime Hit Movies by Morihiko Saitoh covers the first Yamato film (Knowledge Four) |
PUBLICATION | 20 | Yamato Visual Collection 2013 calendar (Yamato Crew) |
MUSIC | 21 | CD: Yamato Sound Almanac 1979-I The New Voyage symphonic collection (Columbia) |
MUSIC | 21 | CD: Yamato Sound Almanac 1980-I Be Forever symphonic collection part 1 (Columbia) |
MUSIC | 21 | CD: Yamato Sound Almanac 1980-II Be Forever symphonic collection part 2 (Columbia) |
No-class | DEC | |
ONLINE | 1 | Cosmo DNA website goes live (you’re reading it now) |
PRODUCT | 11 | Yamato 2: Teresa, the Guidance of Love Pachislot game press kit (Yamasa) |
ON AIR | 23 | Yamato Resurrection Director’s Cut (Family Theater) |
PUBLICATION | 28 | Ship’s Log #2 (Yamato Crew Premium Fan Club Magazine) |
music | 30 | CD: Yamato Sound Arrange Project Vol. 3 Synthesis by Brightness |
No-class | 2013 | |
No-class | JAN | |
PUBLICATION | 11 | 1965 Man magazine publishes a Yamato cover story (Crete Planning Box) |
CINEMA | 12 | Yamato 2199 Chapter 4: Defense of the Galactic Frontier in theaters (through 1/26) See the 2199 timeline here |
MUSIC | 23 | CD: Yamato Sound Almanac 1980-III ’80 Yamato Festival in Budokan Live concert (Columbia) |
MUSIC | 23 | CD: Yamato Sound Almanac 1981-I Yamato III symphonic collection (Columbia) |
BOOK | 31 | Captain Legend, a Book for the Space Age by Keisuke Hirota includes Yamato content (Ichijinsha) |
No-class | FEB | |
PRODUCT | 4 | Yamato 2: Teresa, the Guidance of Love Pachislot game in circulation (Yamasa) |
No-class | MAR | |
R.I.P. | 5 | Voice actor Goro Naya (Captain Okita) dies at 83 |
MUSIC | 20 | CD: Yamato Sound Almanac 1978-V Yamato 2 BGM collection part 1 (Columbia) |
MUSIC | 20 | CD: Yamato Sound Almanac 1978-VI Yamato 2 BGM collection part 2 (Columbia) |
MUSIC | 20 | CD: Yamato Sound Almanac 1979-II The New Voyage BGM collection (Columbia) |
PRODUCT | 20 | Yamato Sound Almanac CD storage box (Columbia) |
EVENT | 24 | “Yamaket” gathering at Toriroji 4 convention (Tokyo) |
PRODUCT | 28 | Iscandar Fierce Battle Cosmofleet Collection (set of 10/Megahouse) |
No-class | APR | |
PUBLICATION | 5 | Great Yamato manga by Leiji Matsumoto reissued (Shogakukan) |
ON AIR | 7 | Yamato 2199 premieres on TV (MBS/TBS) See the 2199 timeline here |
PUBLICATION | 8 | Ship’s Log #3 (Yamato Crew Premium Fan Club Magazine) |
CINEMA | 13 | Yamato 2199 Chapter 5: The Sorrow of Intergalactic Space in theaters (through 4/27) See the 2199 timeline here |
EVENT | 23 | Yamato talk show featuring Yuki Mori voice actress (sponsored by Family Theater) |
VIDEO | 24 | Bluray: Farewell to Yamato (Bandai/Emotion) |
ON AIR | 27 | Yamato series 1 marathon (Family Theater) |
EVENT | 27 | Magnificent Universe of Matsumoto Manga exhibit opens (Wakayama Art Museum, Ginza, Tokyo) |
ON AIR | 28 | Yamato movie marathon (Family Theater) |
No-class | MAY | |
MUSIC | 22 | CD: Yamato Sound Almanac 1980-IV Be Forever Yamato symphonic collection (Columbia) |
No-class | JUN | |
PUBLICATION | 10 | Ship’s Log #3.5 (Yamato Crew Premium Fan Club Magazine) |
CINEMA | 15 | Yamato 2199 Chapter 6: Arrival! Large Magellanic Cloud in theaters (through 6/29) See the 2199 timeline here |
VIDEO | 21 | Bluray: Space Battleship Yamato movie (Bandai/Emotion) |
PUBLICATION | 27 | Space Battleship Yamato Circa 1966 (doujinshi, West River Corp.) |
No-class | JULY | |
EVENT | 1 | Yamato theme becomes the official jingle of the Kure train station (Kure, Japan) |
MODEL | 1 | Mecha Collection “Cosmo Clear” version campaign begins (set of 6/Bandai) |
EVENT | 6 | Leiji Matsumoto 60th Anniversary exhibit opens (Ehime Prefectural Museum of Art, Matsuyama) |
VIDEO | 24 | DVD & Bluray: Space Battleship Yamato MV (Music Video, Bandai/Emotion) |
MUSIC | 24 | CD: Yamato Sound Almanac 1982-II Guitar rhapsody album (Columbia) |
MUSIC | 24 | CD: Yamato Sound Almanac 1982-III Piano rhapsody album (Columbia) |
MUSIC | 24 | CD: Yamato Sound Almanac 1982-IV Violin rhapsody album (Columbia) |
MUSIC | 24 | Star Blazers Sound Almanac albums available worldwide on iTunes |
No-class | AUG | |
VIDEO | 19 | DVD & Bluray: Live-action Yamato movie released in UK (Manga Entertainment) |
EVENT | 19 | Leiji Matsumoto Message to the Future exhibit opens (Harmo Museum of Art, Shimosuwa) |
PUBLICATION | 22 | Ship’s Log #4 (Yamato Crew Premium Fan Club Magazine) |
CINEMA | 24 | Yamato 2199 Chapter 7 And the Ship Sailed On in theaters (through 9/6) See the 2199 timeline here |
PUBLICATION | 24 | The Universe of Leiji Matsumoto (Shogakukan) |
VIDEO | 28 | Bluray: The New Voyage (Bandai/Emotion) |
No-class | SEP | |
EVENT | 14 | Living Legend Leiji Matsumoto exhibit opens (Saitama City Cartoon Museum) |
MUSIC | 18 | CD: Yamato Sound Almanac 1981-II Yamato III BGM collection part 1 (Columbia) |
MUSIC | 18 | CD: Yamato Sound Almanac 1981-III Yamato III BGM collection part 2 (Columbia) |
MUSIC | 18 | CD: Yamato Sound Almanac 1982-I Prelude to Final Yamato (Columbia) |
PRODUCT | 24 | Storage box for Yamato movie Bluray discs (Yamato Crew) |
ON AIR | 29 | Yamato 2199 concludes on TV (MBS/TBS) See the 2199 timeline here |
No-class | OCT | |
ON AIR | 2 | Yamato Resurrection (TBS) |
EVENT | 3 | Le Monde de Leiji Matsumoto exhibit opens (Paris, France) |
CINEMA | 19 | Live-action Yamato movie begins tour of US theaters (Eleven Arts) |
VIDEO | 25 | Bluray: Be Forever Yamato (Bandai/Emotion) |
ONLINE | 30 | Deadline announces live-action Star Blazers movie news |
No-class | NOV | |
EVENT | 3 | “Yamaket 2” gathering at Toriroji 5 convention (Tokyo) |
MUSIC | 6 | CD: Beyond the Sea by JMSDF Tokyo Band features Yamato themes (Universal Music Japan) |
R.I.P. | 8 | Vocalist Chiyoko Shimakura dies at 75 |
MUSIC | 20 | CD: Yamato Sound Almanac 1983-I Final Yamato Music Collection, Part 1 (Columbia) |
MUSIC | 20 | CD: Yamato Sound Almanac 1983-I Final Yamato Music Collection, Part 2 (Columbia) |
MUSIC | 20 | CD: Yamato Sound Almanac 1983-I Final Yamato Music Collection, Part 3 (Columbia) |
PUBLICATION | 28 | Ship’s Log #5 (Yamato Premium fan club magazine) |
MODEL | 30 | Mecha Collection Special Box includes 33 models (Bandai) |
No-class | DEC | |
EVENT | 8 | Leiji Future 2013 (Odaiba, Tokyo) |
VIDEO | 25 | Bluray: Final Yamato (Bandai/Emotion) |
music | 30 | CD: Yamato Sound Arrange Project Vol. 4 Crossover by Brightness |