The FINAL 2199 Report of the series covers February and March 2017 with the last roundup of news and a huge gallery of art and stills from the Yamato 2199 Pachislot game. All 2199 news from this point forward can be found in the Yamato 2202 reports.
2199 activity in January dropped to about half that of December, only to be expected as 2202 revs up its Wave-Motion Engine for February’s launch. The “Road to 2202” campaign wound down and the Battlefield Infinity mobile game was officially discontinued, but the manga goes on and new games are on the way. Here is the January roundup.
With Yamato 2202 looming ever closer, there was a satisfying uptick that made December the busiest month for Yamato 2199 activities in 2016 – even WITH a downturn in Battlefield Infinity campaigns. Here’s what happened in December 2016…
The Battlefield Infinity mobile game is still the focal point of Yamato 2199 activity, but visibility for 2199 itself is increasing as the Yamato 2202 promotional train gets underway. The month also brought us the unexpected return of the 2199 manga and some more glimpses of products to come in 2017.
2199 activity in October was roughly the same as September with Battlefield Infinity game announcements dominating the month. There was also a pair of fan events to provide another dose of energy, and steps were taken toward new products to come in 2017. Here is all the news of the month.
Activity in the 2199 sphere dipped again in September 2016, but even now there are still new things to see. The Battlefield Infinity mobile game brought a new villain into the fray, the first-ever 2199 Blu-ray box set was announced, Sega added another game to the growing tally, and Twitter action continued apace. See it all here.
Yamato 2199 activity continued its steady decline into the month of August 2016, which is an inevitable sign of both age and the rise of Yamato 2202. Nevertheless, seeds that were planted last year continue to bloom this year in the form of online activity along with the biannual boost of new doujinshis at Comiket.
Despite a slight drop in activity, Yamato 2199 shows no signs of stopping. In July 2016, the Battlefield Infinity mobile game got a big upgrade, surprising new products were announced, the NTT side story came back from hiatus, and fans did their part to fuel the fire.
June 2016 saw a slight rise in Yamato 2199 activity, owing to a two-week revival of the 2014 art exhibition, the usual drumbeat of Battlefield Infinity mobile game campaigns, continuing fan activity, and some interesting news of things to come.
May 2016 saw a slight drop from April, but fresh new campaigns for the Battlefield Infinity mobile game, an unexpected turn in the ongoing manga, the start of the summer hobby show season, and fan activity of all kinds kept everything alive and well.
In April 2016, campaigns for the Battlefield Infinity mobile simulation game continued to dominate, but the usual satellite activity kept rolling and we even got what is likely to be the very last 2199 art book. Plus: manga, events, fan art, modeling, cosplay, and more of what makes life worth living.
The level of 2199 activity in March 2016 held up to previous months with another onslaught of Battlefield Infinity campaigns, more manga, a new miniature and a surprise book, and the ground-shifting announcement of Yamato 2202. How will the transition affect 2199 from here? Finding out is what these reports are for.
In February 2016, Wonder Festival kicked off a new year of hobby shows, an unexpected new book was announced, the Battlefield Infinity mobile game expanded in both frequency and complexity, and more odds and ends made it another fun month to be a fan.
2199 activity dropped in January 2016 but any 2199 activity at all is a good thing. The Battlefield Infinity mobile game continued to find new ways to entertain fans, Hobby Japan unrolled new coverage, and a long-awaited Cosmo Fleet miniature arrived. Here’s the complete January roundup.
December 2015 brought the year to an end with a drumbeat of activity that has been remarkably consistent since the end of anime production. Here’s everything the last month of 2015 had to offer.
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November 2015 was a particularly good month on the fan activity radar, and the latest issue of Ship’s Log brought us some more official news about Series 2. But the real winners this month were players of the Battlefield Infinity mobile game. Here’s the full rundown.
Despite a slow start, 2199 activity in October 2015 was slightly up over that of September. Fan activities are always a reliable place to find the blood still pumping, and this month also gave us a handful of announcements to maintain the anticipation. Here’s the full rundown…
Despite this being the long slow fade-out phase of Yamato 2199, September 2015 activity was still about the same as the previous three months. Online action, new manga, a pair of hobby shows, and other odds and ends continued to keep the flame lit. Here’s our roundup of the month.
August 2015 was enlivened by news of upcoming products and punctuated by two reliable summer events: Comiket and Chara Hobby. Add in a revival of 2014’s traveling Art Exhibition and a historic SF award, and it starts to look like what we’ve all grown accustomed to over the past few years.
Going into July 2015, it looked like very little was in store in terms of new activity. A new art book was promised for the end of the month, but there wasn’t much to bridge the gap. But as the month went on, things got progressively more interesting – and then a MASSIVE news flash made it a month we’d never forget.
June 2015: activity dropped after the video release of Ark of the Stars, but there were still news announcements, an interview with the director, the last music release, a new manga chapter, and plenty of action in the Twitter-verse. It’s all rounded up here.
The arrival of a new movie on home video means we all get to take a big step forward into the next chapter in Yamato history. That’s what May 2015 was all about – the end of the worldwide wait for Ark of the Stars. And it was surrounded by the kind activity that Yamato fans live for. [2 pages]
In April 2015, some very lucky fans got to see the upgraded version of Ark of the Stars at special theatrical screenings of the “Blu-ray edition”, Yamaket 5 brought fans together for a day of celebration, and other interesting news flashes pointed the way to the future.
March 2015 was peppered with interesting developments on multiple fronts as the home video release of Ark of the Stars got another month closer. From Concert 2015 to several unique products and events, here’s everything that crossed the radar scope. [2 pages]
February 2015: two months after the premiere of Ark of the Stars, it shifted to net delivery. February continued the general slowdown seen in January, but also brought new product announcements, new online activity, and a major new concert that kept the Yamato spirit high. Here’s a roundup of all the February action. [2 pages]
January 2015 looked like a well-deserved break compared to December, but it was still a good time to be a fan. New books, models, magazine coverage, the last Yamatalk, and art from both pros and fans made for a memorable month – and news of Ark of the Stars on home video pointed toward the future.
With the premiere day of Ark of the Stars in the rear view mirror, things slowed down somewhat for the rest of the month; December 7-31 saw roughly the same activity as the first five days. But even by itself, that would still count as an above-average month with new products in practically every category. [2 pages]
On this, probably the single busiest day in Yamato history, Ark of the Stars could be seen by anyone in range of a Japanese movie theater, along with a historic amount of related activity. This report is entirely devoted to everything that happened on December 6, 2014. [2 pages]
December 2014 broke the record for the most Yamato activity in a single month, EVER. So much happened that it has been broken into three separate reports for easier reading. This first portion covers December 1-5, in which new music, new books, a chocolate Yamato and more marked the approach of Ark of the Stars. [2 pages]
November 2014 dialed activity up intensely when A Voyage to Remember arrived on home video, and the promotional campaign for Ark of the Stars went nuclear. A rush of products and announcements later in the month gave us the clear signal that Yamato fever was back! [3 pages]
