From the Yamato 2199 Concert 2015 program book: music writer Ryozo Fuwa’s essay on the making of the 2199 music, culminating with Ark of the Stars. He reviews composer Akira Miyagawa’s personal achievements and examines the challenge of not only remaking, but surpassing his father’s work on the original saga.
From the Yamato 2199 Concert 2015 program book: Composer Akira Miyagawa followed in the footsteps of his father Hiroshi Miyagawa to create the music of Yamato 2199, and sound director Tomohiro Yoshida is a self-proclaimed Yamato fan. They talk about the music of both Yamato and Concert 2015.
Bandai Visual’s video release of Yamato 2199 was (and continues to be) the single most important element of the production. While the English subtitles clarify the story for us, however, the rest of the package is entirely in its native language. The main purpose of this videography is to sort all that out. [2 pages]
Translated from the Yamato 2199 soundtrack CD booklets: three essays on composer Akira Miyagawa, sound supervisor Tomohiro Yoshida, and series director Yutaka Izubuchi – the key staff members who took on the heavy responsibility of remaking the greatest anime score of all time.
More songs were composed for Yamato 2199 than any previous Yamato production, and you can get to know them better here with complete translations of their lyrics. Also included are links to hear each one and a phonetic version for singalong purposes. Clear your schedule for this one!
Superfan Luis Cotovio brings you an episode-by-episode breakdown of every track heard in the series, an effort that reveals unreleased tracks, unused tracks, multiple uses of tracks, and other interesting details for the 2199 music connoisseur.
An eyewitness report by Gwyn Campbell. On October 23, 2012, series director Yutaka Izubuchi spoke with composer Akira Miyagawa. They kept the audience entertained for 45 minutes with plenty of insights and anecdotes. Read a complete transcript of their conversation here.
In October 2011, composer Akira Miyagawa was interviewed by Sean Robbins, producer and host of The J-Pop Exchange website. Sean graciously offered us the entire text of that interview for reprint here. So without further ado, we bring you the words of a musician named Miyagawa who is thankfully still among the living.
