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Category Archives: Publishing (Final Yamato)

Final Yamato Movie Program Book

Posted on March 10, 2015 by TimEldred
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As the first official Final Yamato publication direct from the home office, this was the most comprehensive one available when the film premiered in March 1983, with slick color images, many new stills and paintings, and extended essays. See it from cover to cover with translations here.

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Final Yamato Bibliography

Posted on June 27, 2013 by TimEldred
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Final Yamato was the last chance for a publishing bandwagon, and everyone was determined not to be left behind. It was the culmination of everything that had come before with each major publisher pushing for the highest quality they could achieve. In other words, it was a good time to be a fan.

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Westcape Corporation Publications

Posted on June 27, 2013 by TimEldred
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In 1983, West Cape was still head and shoulders above all others in terms of its publishing quality. Other publishers bent over backward to flood the market with their best work, but they simply couldn’t compete with the home office. Here, are the last of the high-end Yamato publications from the production years.

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Manga by Akira Hio

Posted on June 25, 2013 by TimEldred
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Akira Hio was early out of the starting gate since his first manga volume would come out before the movie, so it was adapted from a script that was still somewhat volatile. Fittingly, it helped the Final Yamato manga to follow Hio’s well-established tradition of preserving scenes that would later be cut from the film. See them here.

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Final Yamato Novelizations

Posted on June 25, 2013 by TimEldred
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A collection of the many novelizations of the film published by Asahi Sonorama, Shueisha, and Tokuma Shoten, 1982-83. Also featuring an examination of the story and unique artwork in the Tokuma Shoten edition.

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