After assisting Leiji Matsumoto on the Farewell to Yamato manga, artist Hiroshi Aizawa brought his steady hand to Yamato III. It was serialized in Adventure King, but destined never to be reprinted. Here, for the first time since its initial publication, Hiroshi Aizawa’s “lost” manga lives again!
Despite the early ending of Yamato III, interest remained high and there was still plenty of creativity in the mix. The series concluded in early 1981, but the promise of another movie loomed large in the future, so books published throughout ’81 and ’82 still had plenty to talk about. Here is the complete record.
When the TV series began in October 1980, Akira Hio was hard at work on his Be Forever adaptation. With his time already spoken for, publisher Asahi Sonorama had to look elsewhere and awarded the Yamato III manga assignment to one of Hio’s contemporaries, Takayuki Masuo. Here we examine the odd results.
Here we present every page of the Yamato III anime comics in English, originally published in My Anime magazine from 1981-82. Character names have been changed to match Star Blazers continuity, but the story itself is unaltered. Settle in for The Bolar Wars as you’ve never seen it before!
