Final Yamato was met with more media coverage than any of its predecessors. Ever the marketeer, Producer Yoshinobu Nishizaki put as much energy into publicity as he did into the film itself. His devotion to both should be evident in this 1983 essay, originally published in the Final Yamato Roman Album.
In this collection of commentaries, the voice cast of Final Yamato bids farewell to the saga and the characters they inhabited, some for almost ten years. What does one say at the end of a life-changing decade? Find out here. (Originally published in the Final Yamato Roman Album.)
The first version of Final Yamato is now known as the 35mm cut, and it was released to video only once, but copies still survive and allow for a scene-by-scene comparison with the 70mm cut. That’s what this presentation is all about: a unique opportunity to see a Yamato film as a work-in-progress.
