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 | Promotional website for live-action Space Battleship Yamato movie goes live |
No-class | 2010 | |
No-class | JAN | |
on air | 1 | TV commercial debuts for the live-action Space Battleship Yamato movie |
publication | 1 | Promo flyers for the live-action Space Battleship Yamato movie available in theatres |
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 | Exhibit for live-action Yamato movie at Next Generation World Hobby Fair (Tokyo) |
product | 19 | Yamato and Black Tiger origami (giveaway at World Hobby Fair exhibit) |
cinema | 26 | First trailer released for live-action Yamato movie |
No-class | JULY | |
cinema | 3 | Advance tickets go on sale for live-action Yamato movie |
product | 3 | Hello Kitty & Daniel in Yamato Battlesuits strap mascots (free with advance movie tickets) |
online | 7 | Online tie-in: live-action Yamato movie and Ministry of Culture |
event | 17-25 | Exhibit for live-action Yamato movie at Canal City complex (Fukuoka, Japan) |
event | 26 | Live-action Yamato postcards given away with SMAP concert tickets |
event | 30 | Exhibit for live-action Yamato movie at Sapporo (through 8/5) |
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 | Exhibit for live-action Yamato movie at Chuubu district |
event | 20-27 | Exhibit for live-action Yamato movie at Kansai district |
No-class | SEP | |
event | 17 | Announcement of Steven Tyler’s theme song for live-action Yamato movie |
cinema | 18 | Second trailer released for live-action Yamato movie |
product | 18 | Live-action Yamato clear files (free with advance movie tickets) |
online | 23 | Official Yamato movie website updated |
online | 30 | English version of official Yamato movie website goes live |
No-class | OCT | |
on air | 4 | Love Lives by Steven Tyler begins airplay (Sony Music Japan) |
product | 6 | Live-action Yamato flyers & displays in theaters |
book | 6 | Live-action Yamato novelization (Shogakukan) |
product | 21 | Live-action Yamato press folder |
product | 23 | Lottery winners receive entry cards for Live-action Yamato preview screening |
cinema | 24 | Live-action Yamato movie preview screening (Tokyo) |
product | 28 | “Kukure” curry in Yamato packaging (House Foods) |
No-class | NOV | |
cinema | 1 | Live-action Yamato movie preview screening with cast & crew (Yurakucho, Tokyo) |
online | 1 | Yamato Earth launches at official live-action movie website (Google) |
publication | 1 | Toho Cinemas Magazine publishes a Yamato cover story (Toho) |
publication | 1 | Cinema Cinema #28 publishes a Yamato cover story (Gakken Marketing) |
event | 2 | First food and product campaign begins for live-action Yamato movie (Through 11/28, Famima and am/pm stores) |
publication | 5 | Kinejun Magazine publishes a Yamato cover story (Kinema Junpo Co.) |
cinema | 6 | Live-action Yamato movie preview screening at American Film Market festival (Santa Monica, California) |
cinema | 10 | Live-action Yamato movie preview screening (Osaka) |
on air | 12 | Debut of Hitachi TV commercial tie-in with live-action Yamato movie |
online | 12 | Yamato Earth iPhone app launches |
publication | 15 | Screen Plus #25 publishes a Yamato cover story (Modern Movie Co.) |
product | 15 | O’zack potato chips in Yamato packaging (House Foods) |
online | 17 | Live-action Yamato image gallery (Epson) |
online | 18 | Fanet website launches Yamato “Love Laboratory” (Shogakukan) |
cinema | 19 | Live-action Yamato movie preview screening (Fukuoka) |
publication | 19 | Flix Plus magazine publishes a Yamato cover story (Business Co.) |
event | 20 | Live-action Yamato prop exhibition (through Dec. 4, Akasaka, Tokyo) |
online | 20 | TBS website launches Yamato content |
online | 20 | TV Dogatch website launches Yamato content |
event | 24 | Prize lottery campaign begins at Hep Navio Mall, Osaka (through 12/12) |
book | 24 | Live-action Yamato “Junior Cinema” novelization (Shogakukan) |
on air | 24 | Live-action Yamato TV special (TBS, repeated daily through 11/28) |
music | 24 | CD single: Love Lives by Steven Tyler (Sony Music Japan) |
publication | 25 | Cinema Square #34 publishes a Yamato cover story (Hinode Publications) |
cinema | 25 | Live-action Yamato movie preview screening (Nagoya) |
cinema | 25 | Live-action Yamato movie preview screening (Tokyo) |
publication | 25 | Big Comic features a Yamato cover (Shogakukan) |
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 | CG World + Digital Video #149 publishes a Yamato cover story (Works Corporation) |
event | 30 | Second product campaign begins for live-action Yamato movie (Through 12/20, Famima and am/pm stores) |
No-class | DEC | |
cinema | 1 | Live-action Yamato movie premiere; cast and crew appear live at Toho Nichigeki Theater in Ginza, Tokyo (Toho Studios) |
product | 1 | Live-action Yamato handfan given to lottery winners at Toho Nichigeki screening |
publication | 1 | Live-action Yamato movie program book (Toho) |
music | 1 | CD: Live-action Yamato movie soundtrack (Crown Tokuma Music) |
product | 1 | Live-action Yamato clear files (TBS/Stellatuhan) |
product | 1 | Live-action Yamato pencil board (TBS/Stellatuhan) |
product | 1 | Live-action Yamato lapel pin set (TBS/Stellatuhan) |
product | 1 | Live-action Yamato pocket watch (TBS/Stellatuhan) |
product | 1 | Live-action Yamato wall tapestry (TBS/Stellatuhan) |
publication | 1 | T magazine publishes a Yamato cover story (Toho Cinemas/Kadokawa Media House) |
publication | 1 | TV Guide magazine publishes a Yamato cover story (Tokyo News Agency) |
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 | Yamato “Big Brown Sugar Bread” in convenience stores (Yamazaki) |
cinema | 12 | Director and star of live-action movie appear at a screening in Osaka |
product | 13 | Ergonomic chairs as seen in Yamato movie (Ergohuman) |
product | 16 | Hello Kitty/Yamato pendant and mirror (2 sets/TBS & Sanrio) |
event | 18 | Yamato X Tokyo Tower Exhibition (through 1/5) |
event | ? | Yamato movie display at “Tenjin Fantasy of Light” exhibit (Fukuoka City, Japan) |
No-class | 2011 | |
No-class | JAN | |
product | ? | Live-action Yamato T-shirt (Thailand) |
No-class | FEB | |
publication | 19 | Electone magazine features sheet music for Love Lives end theme from live-action movie (Yamaha Music Media) |
cinema | 25 | Live-action Yamato movie closes in major cities |
No-class | APR | |
product | 1 | Live-action Yamato “Space Curry” and “Memorial Clock” prizes awarded to contest winners (House Foods) |
No-class | MAY | |
product | 29 | Live-action Yamato digital camera and other prizes awarded to contest winners (Famima) |
No-class | JUNE | |
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) |
product | 30 | Live-action Yamato personal computer and other prizes awarded to contest winners (AM/PM) |
No-class | JULY | |
video | 5 | DVD, Blu-ray Disc: Live-action Yamato movie released in Spain (Warner Brothers) |
music | 20 | CD: Queen of the Night by Yucca contains “Infinity of Space” theme (Edoya Corporation) |
No-class | AUG | |
video | 2 | DVD, Blu-ray Disc: Live-action Yamato movie released in France (Wildside) |
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 | DVD & Bluray: Live-action Yamato movie released in UK (Manga Entertainment) |
No-class | OCT | |
CINEMA | 19 | Live-action Yamato movie begins tour of US theaters (Eleven Arts) |
No-class | 2014 | |
No-class | APR | |
video | 29 | DVD & Blu-ray: Live-action Yamato movie (Funimation) |
No-class | JUL | |
product | ? | Live-action Yamato jackets (Cosplay) |
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) |