An entire generation of Japanese artists and writers grew up on Yamato, and some daydreamed of one day remaking their favorite story for a new audience. One of those few who actually got to do it was Producer Hisaya Yabusaki, who oversaw the production of all the Yamato games for Sony Playstation.

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As the parent company of the Yamato Playstation games, Bandai published this round-table discussion with five key members of the production staff, all of whom were on board for the entire Playstation lineup.

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As a charter member of Studio Nue, Kazutaka Miyatake was one of just three artists who designed Yamato herself inside and out. When the time came to adapt the mecha into the Playstation environment, there was no one more qualified than Miyatake to do the job. He discusses his entire body of work here.

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Keisuke Masunaga redefined the Leiji Matsumoto style for a new generation through various anime projects in the 1990s. This put him in an ideal position to bring the same magic to the Yamato Playstation games, as he describes in these highlights from a May, 2000 interview.

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