2021-2025 Timeline

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!

Timelines for the remake productions can be found in their own sections.

No-class 2021
No-class JAN
online 15 Article on Yoshinobu Nishizaki (Magmix)
BOOK 17 Leiji Matsumoto: Essays on the Manga and Anime Legend (McFarland)
No-class FEB
RIP 28 Amy Howard Wilson (voice of Nova in Star Blazers)
No-class MAR
BOOK 1 Showa Anime Card Chronicle (Tatsumi Publishing)
online 25 The History of the Star Blazers mini-documentary (Toy Galaxy)
No-class APR
event 9 Isao Sasaki 60th anniversary concert
online 22 Online poll, favorite Leiji Matsumoto manga (Netlab)
music 25 CD: Departing Ship: a Baritone’s Collection of Hiroshi Miyagawa Songs (BKM records)
No-class MAY
online 1 Cartoon Barroom podcast covers Yamato
online 13 Oldtaku no Radio podcast covers Yamato
online 10 Article: The Science of Warping (Kusolab)
No-class AUG
event 25 Selections from Yamato Grand Symphony performed live at Osaka University of Arts Promenade Concert 2021
No-class SEP
RIP 7 Eiichi Yamamoto (writer)
music 8 CD: Always ~ Masterpiece Story by Ikuko Kawai (Sony Music)
online 16 Online poll, favorite space manga (Voice Note magazine)
publication 22 Duo! Trio! Fun Ensemble for Alto & Tenor Sax features sheet music for Yamato theme (Yamaha Music Entertainment)
BOOK 27 Dawn Chapter, Aquarius Algorithm novel (Kadokawa)
No-class OCT
event 1 Yamato artifacts at Hideaki Anno Exhibition (Tokyo)
BOOK 8 Star Blazers Lambda manga Vol. 3 (Kadokawa)
online 17 Article on Yamato melody at Kure train station (AERAdot)
No-class NOV
event 13 Yamato exhibits at Yokosuka Sea Anime Carnival
online 19 Article: The Revival of Okita (Kusolab)
RIP 26 Makoto Hirahara (musician)
No-class DEC
online 12 Online poll, favorite Kei Tomiyama character (Netlab)
RIP 19 Sayaka Kanda (voice of Teresa in 2202)
No-class
No-class 2022
No-class JAN
event 16 Yamato Montage for Chamber Music performed by Ensemble Vega
event 19 Be Forever Yamato, Rebel 3199 announced
No-class FEB
online 15 Online auction, art by Keisuke Masunaga (Mandarake)
event 23 Yamato Montage for Chamber Music performed by Ensemble Vega
No-class MAR
online 14 Shinya Ogura interview about Farewell to Yamato (Febri)
No-class APR
event 8 Animage & Ghibli exhibition at Fukuoka Asian Art Museum
event 10 Yamaket 19 fan event
event 25 Yakitori Yamato restaurant closes
online ? Yamato Montage for Chamber Music posted on Youtube
No-class MAY
on air 7 Radio Suite Be Forever Yamato broadcast
online 13 Space movie popularity poll (Voice Note magazine)
event 14 Yamato music performed live at Shizuoka Hobby Show
No-class JUN
online ? The Lost Journey webcomic completed
No-class JUL
online 4 Online auction, art by Keisuke Masunaga (Mandarake)
online 7 Fan poll: favorite Kodai lines (Akiba Souken)
on air 21 Yamato model appears on Mass Production Rico TV series
No-class AUG
online 12 Star Blazers Lambda concludes serialization (Comic Newtype)
event 14 Yamato theme performed at Anime Japan Fes 2022
event 20 Yamato Montage for Chamber Music performed by Ensemble Vega
publication 25 Studio Nue 50th anniversary covered in SF Magazine (Hayakawa Shobo)
No-class SEP
on air 3 Masato Ibu appears on No Car, No Life TV series
event 17/18 Yamato models exhibited at Doro Off Exhibition X
book 19 The Lost Journey limited print edition
No-class OCT
online 5 Yamato vs. Arcadia article (Kusolab)
on air 15 Isao Sasaki appears on Singing Battle 2022 Autumn TV series
event 24 Yasuhiko Yoshikazu receives Film Lifetime Achievement award from Japan Agency of Cultural Affairs
event 30 Yamato music performed live at Ensemble Vega concert
online 30 Fan poll: favorite vintage mecha (Akiba Souken)
event 30 Yamaket 20 fan event
No-class NOV
event 1 Nobuhiro Okaseka Illustration Exhibition (through Nov 10)
online 8 Dessler’s language article (Kusolab)
BOOK 10 Star Blazers Lambda manga Vol. 4 and 5 (Kadokawa)
online 16 Online auction, art by Shinya Takahashi
on air 17 Isao Sasaki appears on Showa Songs Best Ten DX TV series
event 18 Yamato music performed live at JSDF Music Festival ’22
No-class
No-class 2023
No-class JAN
ON AIR 4 Yamato actors place in popularity poll on Generation Z Voice Actor’s Choice!
PUBLICATION 11 Yamato music coverage in Showa 40 Man Vol. 77
ONLINE 27 Interview with JAXA Astronaut Naoko Yamazaki (Yomiuri Newspaper Online)
No-class FEB
ONLINE 6 Yamato examined in Dream-Science Laboratory column
ONLINE 13 Isao Sasaki interviewed by Zakzak
RIP 13 Leiji Matsumoto dies of heart failure at 85
RIP 15 Voice Actor Shozo Iizuka dies of heart failure
EVENT 23 Yamato Meets Classics concert (Fukuoka)
ONLINE 24 Final Yamato character popularity poll (Akiba Souken)
ONLINE 27 Yamato examined in Dream-Science Laboratory column
No-class MAR
EVENT 23 Yamato Meets Classics concert (Himeji)
No-class APR
ONLINE 5 Online poll, favorite Final Yamato mecha (Akiba Souken)
ONLINE 6 Leiji Matsumoto retrospective article (The Comics Journal)
EVENT 8 Yamato music performed live at Movie Music XIV concert (Kawasaki)
ONLINE 9 Ryusuke Hikawa interview (Hochi Shimbun)
ONLINE 20 Shiro Sanada analysis article (Shizuoka Shimbun)
EVENT 23 Yamato music performed live at Koriyama Brass Band 50th Anniversary concert (Koriyama city)
ON AIR 25 Isao Sasaki performs Yamato theme on Uta-con (NHK)
ONLINE 28 Yamato Grand Symphony analysis article (NOTE website)
No-class MAY
PUBLICATION 2 Yamato Meets Classics concerts covered in Sarasate Vol. 112
No-class JUN
EVENT 3 Leiji Matsumoto’s “galactic funeral” (Tokyo)
EVENT 11 Yamato music performed live at organ recital (Yokohama)
ONLINE 20 Interview with Director Christopher McQuarrie (Collider)
EVENT 23 Yamato music performed live at Organ Hour concert (Aichi Prefecture)
No-class JUL
EVENT 8 Yamato Grand Symphony performed live by Tokyo Symphony Orchestra
EVENT 15 The World of Takashi Yamazaki, Film Director exhibition opens, Matsumoto City Museum of Art (through Oct 29)
No-class AUG
ONLINE 5 Online poll, favorite Farewell to Yamato mecha (Akiba Souken)
PUBLICATION 10 Yamato goods listed in Mandarake Zenbu #117
ONLINE 12 Shinya Takahashi art at Yahoo Japan Auctions
EVENT 13 Isao Sasaki performs at AJF2023 concert (Nagano)
EVENT 23 Sarah Alainn performs Yamato song in concert (Tokyo)
PRODUCT 25 Advance tickets for Space Battleship Yamato and Farewell to Yamato in 4k
PUBLICATION 25 Yamato 4k flyer in theaters
ONLINE 29 Trailer for Yamato movies in 4k
No-class SEP
ONLINE 8 Emotion 40th Anniversary Youtube special, Ep. 6 part 1
EVENT 9 Yamato included in Giant Robots of Japan exhibition at Fukuoka Art Museum (through Nov 12)
ONLINE 22 Emotion 40th Anniversary Youtube special, Ep. 6 part 2
No-class OCT
EVENT 1 Yamato theme performed live at Enjoy Anime Music With Orchestra (Shizuoka)
ONLINE 6 Emotion 40th Anniversary Youtube special, Ep. 6 part 3
ONLINE 13 Hideaki Anno comments on 49th anniversary
CINEMA 21 Be Forever Yamato screened at Fukuyamanime 6 event
EVENT 21,29 Isao Sasaki performs at Anison Fantastic Concerts
No-class NOV
EVENT 5 Yamato Meets Classics concert (Tokyo)
BOOK 5 Space Battleship Yamato Suite for Orchestra annotated score book (Hustle Copy)
BOOK 5 Grand Symphony Yamato annotated score book (Hustle Copy)
EVENT 12 Yamato 4k movies promoted at Kyushu Sumo Tournament
VIDEO 22 Blu-ray: Space Battleship Yamato Series 1 reissue (Bandai/Emotion)
RIP 28 Writer Aritsune Toyota dies of cancer at 85
No-class DEC
PRODUCT 7 Final Yamato LD game, download version (Nintendo)
CINEMA 8 Space Battleship Yamato released in 4k
PRODUCT 8 Space Battleship Yamato 4k week 1 theater handout
VIDEO 8 4k Blu-ray: Space Battleship Yamato limited edition (Bandai Emotion)
PUBLICATION 8 Space Battleship Yamato/Farewell to Yamato 4k program book
PRODUCT 8 Space Battleship Yamato/Farewell to Yamato 4k theater goods
ONLINE 8 NOTE website publishes Yamato 4k movie review
EVENT 10 Theater talk event for Yamato 4k (Shinjuku Piccadilly)
PRODUCT 14 Final Yamato LD game, physical version (Nintendo)
PRODUCT 15 Space Battleship Yamato 4k week 2 theater handout
ONLINE 21 Isao Sasaki interview on TV Guide Web
ONLINE 22 Yamato 4k promo video (Star Channel)
PRODUCT 23 Space Battleship Yamato 4k week 3 theater handout
ONLINE 28 Farewell to Yamato 4k trailer
CINEMA 30,31 Space Battleship Yamato “1977 version” released in 4k
EVENT 31 Yamato music performed live at New Year’s Eve “Silver Star” concert (Tokyo)
No-class
No-class 2024
No-class JAN
PUBLICATION 1 Yamato covered in Asahi Shimbun newspaper
on air 3 Space Battleship Yamato movie, 4k version (Star Channel)
online 4 Article on Magmix
CINEMA 5 Farewell to Yamato released in 4k
online 5 Farewell 4k review (NOTE)
VIDEO 5 4k Blu-ray: Farewell to Yamato limited edition (Bandai Emotion)
PRODUCT 5 Farewell to Yamato 4k week 1 theater handout
PRODUCT 12 Farewell to Yamato 4k week 2 theater handout
event 19 Prize lottery for 4k promo flags
PRODUCT 19 Farewell to Yamato 4k week 3 theater handout
event 28 Yamato music performed at Elysion Philharmonic Orchestra concert (Kurume City)
No-class FEB
on air 4 Farewell to Yamato movie, 4k version (Star Channel)
event 4 Yamato music performed at Soleil Pipe Organ concert (Kitakyushi)
event 11 Yamato music performed at Filmscore concert (Kawasaki)
online 16 Article on lyricist Yu Aku (Catalog House)
online 16 Article on Anime Herald
CINEMA 25 Space Battleship Yamato in 4k screened at Namba Parks Cinema Film Festival
CINEMA 25 Farewell to Yamato in 4k screened at Namba Parks Cinema Film Festival
VIDEO 28 4k Blu-ray: Space Battleship Yamato standard edition (Bandai Emotion)
CINEMA 29 Space Battleship Yamato in 4k screened at Namba Parks Cinema Film Festival
CINEMA 29 Farewell to Yamato in 4k screened at Namba Parks Cinema Film Festival
No-class MAR
on air 25 Space Carrier Blue Noah (Star Channel)
online 26 Leiji Matsumoto: Manga and Anime Legend of Sci-fi and Beyond symposium (Japan Foundation)
VIDEO 27 4k Blu-ray: Farewell to Yamato standard edition (Bandai Emotion)
music 27 CD: Grand Symphony Yamato Live 2023 (Denon)
online 27 Article on Yamato Grand Symphony (Mikiki)
No-class APR
VIDEO 2 4k Blu-ray: Space Battleship Yamato/Farewell to Yamato box set (Bandai Emotion)
event 7 Yamato music performed at Family Concert~Addicted to Brass (Kobe city)
EVENT 13 Hideaki Anno Exhibition opens at Kanayama Minami Museum, Aichi (through June 23))
online 16 News coverage of Yamato statues in Tsuruga
event 20-21 Yamato panel at HAL-Con 2024 (Kawasaki)
on air 29 Isao Sasaki appears on Premium Songs TV series
No-class MAY
ONLINE 2 Shinya Takahashi original art auctions (Yahoo Japan)
ON AIR 4 Radio Suite 1974 (Nanako Live FM)
ONLINE 6 Yoshinobu Nishizaki profile on Magmix
EVENT 11&12 Yamato models at Shizuoka Hobby Show 2024
ON AIR 19 Isao Sasaki performs Yamato theme on Nodo Jiman
ONLINE 19 Yamato statues in Tsuruga covered by J-Town
ONLINE 21 Hideaki Anno birthday Tweet
ONLINE 23 BS10 Star Channel movie broadcasts announced
ONLINE 24 Isao Sasaki profile blog
PUBLICATION 24 Yasuhiko Yoshikazu cover story in Geijutsu Shincho [Art New Trends] (Shinchosa)
ONLINE 25 Saga of a Space Battleship Episode 1 fan film (Typhon Productions)
online 25 Fan film: Saga of a Space Battleship Episode 1 (Typhon Productions)
No-class JUN
on air 2 The New Voyage (Star Channel)
event 2 Yamato music performed at Oyama to Space concert (Oyama)
event 8 Yamato music performed at Osaka Shion Wind Orchestra 155th concert (Osaka)
event 8 Yamato artifacts at Yoshikazu Yasuhiko Exhibition (Hyobo Prefectural Art Museum)
on air 9 Be Forever Yamato (Star Channel)
on air 18 Isao Sasaki appears on Utacon TV series
event 23 Yamato music performed at Kashiwa City Wind Orchestra concert
No-class JUL
EVENT 4 The World of Director Takashi Yamazaki exhibit opens at Battleship Yamato Museum in Kure (through Nov. 24)
EVENT 6 Yamato & Villains concert (Tokyo)
EVENT 7 Yamato theme performed at Asao Philharmonic Family Concert (Kawasaki City)
on air 7 Final Yamato (Star Channel)
PUBLICATION 11 Yamato cover story in Mono magazine No. 942 (World Photo Press)
RIP 12 Noriko Ohara (voice actor: Jiro Shima & Sabera)
on air 14 Yamato Resurrection (Star Channel)
event 20 Yamato panel at Asahi Culture Center (Tokyo)
MUSIC 23 CD: Yamato of Two People/Yamato Meets Classics standard edition (Sony Music)
MUSIC 23 CD: Yamato of Two People/Yamato Meets Classics limited edition (Sony Music)
EVENT 26 Yamato theme performed at The Ultimate Titanic Concert (Osaka)
on air 29 Final Yamato (Star Channel)
on air 30 Yamato Resurrection, Director’s Cut (Star Channel)
No-class AUG
ONLINE 1 Saga of a Space Battleship Episode 2 fan film (Typhon Productions)
event 3 Yamato music performed at Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra concert (Miyagi Prefecture)
on air 4 Yamato 2 Complete Edition (Star Channel)
event 6 Yamato lamp at Bonbori Festival, Kamakura (Studio Khara)
on air 11 Yamato III: Destruction of the Solar System (Star Channel)
EVENT 11 Yamato theme performed at Super Anime Song Spirits 2024
event 24 Space Battleship Yamato Strings concert (Mt Fuji Kawaguchiko Music Festival)
online 26 Article on writer Keisuke Fujikawa (Keio Student Newspaper)
PUBLICATION 30 Yamato feature in Spectator magazine Vol. 53 (Gentosha)
No-class SEP
online 6 50th Anniversary logo unveiled (Studio Khara)
EVENT 7 Yamato models at Kansai Character Modeler Festival
on air 8 Odin: Photon Space Sailor Starlight (Star Channel)
BOOK 10 Yamato featured in SF Anime and War (Tatsumi Publishing)
EVENT 14&15 Yamato models at Yokohama Modeler’s Club Exhibition
event 15 Yamato music performed at Kansai University Symphonic Band concert (Osaka)
online 22 Article on Yamato influence on JAXA’s Hayabusa (NHK)
online 29 Profile of Prime Minister/Yamato fan Shigeru Ishiba (J-Town)
No-class OCT
event 6 Symphonic Suite Yamato concert (Tokyo)
CINEMA 6 50th Anniversary Screening event, Studio Khara Yamato project announced
event 6 50th Anniversary Screening talkshow (Shinjuku Piccadilly Theater)
PRODUCT 6 50th Anniversary goods sold in theaters (Studio Khara)
on air 13 Space Battleship Yamato 50th Anniversary TV special (Star Channel)
on air 13 Space Battleship Yamato movie, 4k version (Star Channel)
RIP 17 Toshiyuki Nishida (actor, live action Tokugawa)
online 18 Article on Hideaki Anno (Nikkei Business)
online 21 Article on Hideaki Anno (Daily Cyzo)
online 21 Article on Hideaki Anno (Daily Sports)
PUBLICATION 21 Yamato featured in Mamor magazine Vol. 214 (Fusosha Publishing)
online 28 Article on Series 1 (Futaman)
event 31 Yamato panel at Tokyo International Film Festival
No-class NOV
CINEMA 1 Farewell to Yamato in 4k screened at Tokyo International Film Festival
BOOK 1 Dawn Chapter 2, Malignant Memory novel (Kadokawa)
event 2/3 Yamato models exhibited at Rowguanes ’24 Exhibition X
CINEMA 3 Space Battleship Yamato in 4k screened at Tokyo International Film Festival
CINEMA 4 Be Forever Yamato screened at Tokyo International Film Festival
event 6 Yoko Asagami panel at Tokyo International Film Festival
online 10 Article on Yamato Choral and Piano Suite (Yomiuri Online)
RIP 18 Mitsuru Kashiwabara (sound designer)
online 20 Yamato discussion on The Bob Cesca Show (podcast)
on air 22 Yamato III (Star Channel)
online 30 50th Anniversary Special Selection Screening trailer on Youtube
PRODUCT 30 Yamato shirts (Series of 6, Hard Core Chocolate)
PRODUCT 30 Yamato commemorative shochu wine (Oshika Shuza)
No-class DEC
online 1 Interview with artist Kia Asamiya (Mantan Web)
PUBLICATION 7 50th Anniversary Special Selection Screening flyer in theaters
EVENT 8 Yamato models at HOBAS Club Exhibition
online 13 Article on Series 1 (Magmix)
PRODUCT 21 Yamato hot dog in theaters
event 21/22 Yamato music performed at Melody Yamato concert (Battleship Yamato Museum, Kure)
event 22 Kazuko Kawashima talk event (Tokyo)
music 25 CD & LP: Symphonic Suite Space Battleship Yamato 2024 Mix (Columbia)
PUBLICATION 26 Yamato cover story in Figure King Vol. 323 (World Photo Press)
online 26 Article on Yamato saga (Minpo Online)
CINEMA 27 50th Anniversary Special Selection Screening, Program 1
PRODUCT 27 Special Selection Screening goods sold in theaters
event 27 Special Selection Screening talkshow (Shinjuku Piccadilly Theater)
on air 29 Space Battleship Yamato live-action movie (Star Channel)
on air 30 Space Battleship Yamato movie, 4k version (Star Channel)
on air 31 Farewell to Yamato movie, 4k version (Star Channel)
No-class
No-class 2025
No-class JAN
on air 1 The New Voyage (Star Channel)
ONLINE 1 Saga of a Space Battleship Episode 4 fan film (Typhon Productions)
on air 2 Be Forever Yamato (Star Channel)
on air 3 Final Yamato (Star Channel)
CINEMA 3 50th Anniversary Special Selection Screening, Program 2
event 4 Special Selection Screening talkshow (Shinjuku Piccadilly Theater)
on air 4 Yamato Resurrection (Star Channel)
on air 5 Yamato Resurrection Director’s Cut (Star Channel)
online 7&8 Articles on classic Yamato (Magmix)
on air 10 Isao Sasaki appears on Anison Days TV series
CINEMA 3 50th Anniversary Special Selection Screening, Program 3
event 10 Special Selection Screening talkshow (Shinjuku Piccadilly Theater)
online 11 Online auction, art by Shinya Takahashi
ONLINE 15 Hideaki Anno comments on 50th anniversary screenings
BOOK 17 Godzilla vs. the Self-Defense Forces, “War Theory” of Anime (Bungeishunju Publishing)
VIDEO 29 DVD & Blu-ray: Star Blazers/Space Battleship Yamato Series 1 box set (Dynit, Italy)

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