Interviews for Chapter 3 began almost a month before the April 11 premiere and brought back all the familiar faces. Keep an eye on this collection as more get added. UPDATED JUNE 2025!
From the pages of the 3199 Chapter 3 program book: Mecha Designer Mika Akitaka connects the past to the present with a discussion of how Dezarium’s mecha design evolved from its original 1980 forms to what we see in the remake series.
From the pages of the REBEL 3199 Chapter 2 program book: Junichiro Tamamori discusses the evolution of Yamato‘s design into the realm of a Be Forever remake, along with the genesis of the Cosmo Hound based on its earliest development in 1980.
Interviews for Chapter 2 didn’t get rolling until the premiere on November 22, but they delivered plenty of food for thought on the unexpected direction the story takes us in.
A few weeks before the premiere of Chapter 1 on July 19, 2024, “interview season” began with a series of conversations with staff and cast in print and on entertainment websites.
Each theatrical premiere of a remake chapter has been preceded by a TV special with footage and interviews. That tradition is preserved with REBEL 3199, but now we’ve got something new: a complete English transcript! With this, another barrier has been lifted to give us a closer experience to fans in Japan.
