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!
No-class | 2009 | |
No-class | JULY | |
Event | 18 | Director Noboru Ishiguro announces development of live-action Yamato movie at Otakon, Baltimore MD |
No-class | OCT | |
Production | ? | Live-action Yamato movie begins production |
online | 1 | |
No-class | 2010 | |
No-class | JAN | |
on air | 1 | |
publication | 1 | |
publication | 1 | Coverage of the live-action Space Battleship Yamato movie appears in major Japanese newspapers |
No-class | APR | |
publication | 17 | Live-action Yamato movie newspaper distributed to movie theatres in Japan |
No-class | JUNE | |
event | 19, 20 | |
product | 19 | |
cinema | 26 | |
No-class | JULY | |
cinema | 3 | Advance tickets go on sale for live-action Yamato movie |
product | 3 | |
online | 7 | |
event | 17-25 | |
event | 26 | |
event | 30 | |
No-class | AUG | |
event | 1-31 | “Yamato X Kitty Collaberation” live stage show (Sanrio Puroland theme park, Japan) |
event | 1 | Touring exhibition of props from live-action Yamato movie begins at Sanrio Puroland |
event | 9-16 | |
event | 20-27 | |
No-class | SEP | |
event | 17 | Announcement of Steven Tyler’s theme song for live-action Yamato movie |
cinema | 18 | |
product | 18 | |
online | 23 | |
online | 30 | |
No-class | OCT | |
on air | 4 | |
product | 6 | |
book | 6 | |
product | 21 | |
product | 23 | |
cinema | 24 | Live-action Yamato movie preview screening (Tokyo) |
product | 28 | |
No-class | NOV | |
cinema | 1 | Live-action Yamato movie preview screening with cast & crew (Yurakucho, Tokyo) |
online | 1 | |
publication | 1 | |
publication | 1 | |
event | 2 | |
publication | 5 | |
cinema | 6 | |
cinema | 10 | Live-action Yamato movie preview screening (Osaka) |
on air | 12 | |
online | 12 | |
publication | 15 | |
product | 15 | |
online | 17 | |
online | 18 | |
cinema | 19 | Live-action Yamato movie preview screening (Fukuoka) |
publication | 19 | Flix Plus magazine publishes a Yamato cover story (Business Co.) |
event | 20 | |
online | 20 | |
online | 20 | |
event | 24 | |
book | 24 | |
on air | 24 | Live-action Yamato TV special (TBS, repeated daily through 11/28) |
music | 24 | |
publication | 25 | |
cinema | 25 | Live-action Yamato movie preview screening (Nagoya) |
cinema | 25 | Live-action Yamato movie preview screening (Tokyo) |
publication | 25 | |
cinema | 26 | Live-action Yamato movie preview screening (Tokyo) |
event | 28 | “Countdown Event” for live-action Yamato movie held at prop exhibition (Akasaka, Tokyo) |
on air | 29 | SMAP X SMAP TV special features Yamato movie coverage |
on air | 29 | Yamato Navigation TV special (TBS, repeated daily through 12/3) |
publication | 29 | |
event | 30 | Second product campaign begins for live-action Yamato movie (Through 12/20, Famima and am/pm stores) |
No-class | DEC | |
cinema | 1 | |
product | 1 | |
publication | 1 | |
music | 1 | |
product | 1 | |
product | 1 | |
product | 1 | |
product | 1 | |
product | 1 | |
publication | 1 | |
publication | 1 | |
publication | 1 | Fourth Grader magazine publishes a Yamato cover story (Shogakukan) |
event | 1 | “A dream is a feast” campaign begins for special Yamato lottery (House Foods) |
product | 1 | |
cinema | 12 | Director and star of live-action movie appear at a screening in Osaka |
product | 13 | |
product | 16 | |
event | 18 | |
event | ? | Yamato movie display at “Tenjin Fantasy of Light” exhibit (Fukuoka City, Japan) |
No-class | 2011 | |
No-class | JAN | |
product | ? | |
No-class | FEB | |
publication | 19 | |
cinema | 25 | Live-action Yamato movie closes in major cities |
No-class | APR | |
product | 1 | |
No-class | MAY | |
product | 29 | |
No-class | JUNE | |
video | 24 | |
video | 24 | |
video | 24 | |
cinema | 27 | |
product | 30 | |
No-class | JULY | |
video | 5 | |
music | 20 | CD: Queen of the Night by Yucca contains “Infinity of Space” theme (Edoya Corporation) |
No-class | AUG | |
video | 2 | |
No-class | OCT | |
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 (Georgia, USA) |
on air | 9 | Live-action Yamato movie broadcast on Sky PerfecTV/high definition in Japan |
No-class | NOV | |
on air | 5 | Live-action Yamato movie broadcast on WOWOW TV in Japan (through 11/26) |
No-class | DEC | |
cinema | 3 | Live-action Yamato movie in limited release (Australia) |
video | 14 | DVD, Blu-ray Disc: Live-action Yamato movie released in Australia (Madman Entertainment) |
No-class | 2012 | |
No-class | JAN | |
event | 6 | Live-action Yamato screens at Anime Los Angeles 8 convention |
No-class | APR | |
on air | 11 | Space Battleship Yamato live-action movie broadcast on Premiere Cinema Wednesday, TBS (Tokyo Broadcasting System) |
No-class | JULY | |
online | 28 | Live-action Yamato movie screened at Japan Society in Japan Cuts 2012 film program (New York City) |
No-class | 2013 | |
No-class | AUG | |
VIDEO | 19 | |
No-class | OCT | |
CINEMA | 19 | |
No-class | 2014 | |
No-class | APR | |
video | 29 | |
No-class | JUL | |
product | ? | |
No-class | 2016 | |
No-class | MAY | |
CINEMA | 14 | Live-action movie screening at Odaiba Cinema Mediage (Tokyo) |
No-class | DEC | |
CINEMA | 25 | Live-action movie screening at Odaiba Cinema Mediage (Tokyo) |
No-class | 2023 | |
No-class | FEB | |
ON AIR | 12&19 | Movie broadcast on Tokyo BS12 |
No-class | JUNE | |
ON AIR | 18 | Movie broadcast on Tokyo BS12 |
No-class | JUL | |
EVENT | 15 | The World of Takashi Yamazaki, Film Director exhibition opens, Matsumoto City Museum of Art (through Oct 29) |
No-class | 2024 | |
No-class | DEC | |
on air | 29 | Space Battleship Yamato live-action movie (Star Channel) |