The anime top ten for this issue put Yamato at number 1 with 3,613 votes. Lupin III ranked no. 2, Captain Harlock came in at 5, Mobile Suit Gundam at 6, and Galaxy Express 999 at no. 9.
Yamato Special
During the New Year’s holiday, two Yamato films made for the theater will be shown on TV! Let’s experience the excitement of the screen!
Yamato launch toward the year 1980!
Summer 1977. Space Battleship Yamato was released in theaters, triggering an unprecedented “Yamato boom.” It was set in the vastness of space and sang about the preciousness of the Earth and the immutability of love. It was a great roman. Now, you are invited to join us on January 2 at 7:00 pm. Let’s go on a journey with Yamato of 148,000 light years unexplored by mankind!
Depicting eternal love and farewell
Farewell to Yamato reaches its climax. Kenji Sawada’s song From Yamato With Love at the end of this anime masterpiece was also a big hit. Here is the complete review!
2-page Blue Noah update. At the time of publication, the series was up to Episode 11, almost to the halfway point.
The Two Seek “The Blue Bird”…
Maeterlinck’s Blue Bird (Fuji TV, Wednesday, 7pm) will start on January 9, a fantasy fairy tale world!
Tyltyl and Mytyl, a brother and sister, go on a mysterious journey in search of the blue bird of happiness. Everyone knows Maeterlinck’s classic fairy tale The Blue Bird, and now this is the world’s first full-fledged anime version.
The original story takes place over a single long night, but the anime will accomplish this in each episode. From the twinkling of the first star to dawn the next day, Tyltyl and Mytyl will wander through the world of dreams and return home. Their companions on this mysterious journey are a dog, a cat, sugar, bread, milk, time, fire, and water fairies. For the first time in anime, it will include plenty of musical scenes to raise the fantasy mood.
The story begins on a snowy Christmas Eve night. Tyltyl and Mytyl are sad because their mother has fallen ill and is in the hospital. Then the good fairy Beryline appears. She tells them that if they look for the blue bird, happiness will return to them. They set off on an adventurous journey in search of the blue bird…!
Happy Friends
Tyltyl and Mytyl have a lot of friends on their mysterious journey. First of all, there is a male dog, Chiro, and a female cat, Chilette. These two are both rivals and friends. Chiro is loyal, while Chilette is cool and selfish.
Many other spirits also appear. For example, the spirit of light who guides Tytyl and Mytyl journey. The queen of the night who opposes the spirit of light and supports the cat people. The milk spirit, who is a chatty old lady. The Sugar Spirit, who is easily spoiled…!