Volume 8 of the Star Blazers/Yamato fan club magazine turned the spotlight on fightercraft and the pilots who fly them. Among the many features under this heading was a fresh interview with Mecha Designer Junichiro Tamamori, who now turns his formidable talents toward Yamato 2205.
The lead feature of Star Blazers/Yamato fan club magazine Vol. 7 (May 2020) was a pair of interviews with the SF and scientific research staff, which brought insight into their contributions to the series. The first interview is presented here.
The lead feature of Star Blazers/Yamato fan club magazine Vol. 7 (May 2020) was a pair of interviews with the SF and scientific research staff, which brought insight into their contributions to the series. The second interview is presented here.
As the writer of Yamato 2202, Harutoshi Fukui has consistently had the most to say about it in one insightful interview after another. Inevitably, there had to be a last one. It was published over two consecutive issues of the official fan club magazine and brings an era to a thought-provoking close.
As the Executive Producer of Space Battleship Yamato saga, Shoji Nishizaki is by definition the primary source for all information about the state of the franchise. He gave this interview shortly after Yamato 2202 Chapter 7 closed in theaters.
From Hobby Japan #599, March 2019: in his final solo interview for Yamato 2202, Director Nobuyoshi Habara spoke passionately about his time with the saga, which he began as a fan of the original TV series. He also shared previously-untold stories about the making of Chapter 7 and some of his favorite moments in the series.
At the dawn of Yamato 2202‘s production, Executive Producer Shoji Nishizaki spoke directly to fans through the pages of the fan club magazine. At the sunset of that long project, he spoke again to offer his personal reflections and a nod toward the future.
Two comprehensive interviews with Writer Harutoshi Fukui and Director Nobuyoshi Habara were published with the premiere of Chapter 7. Both covered similar material in slightly different ways, so both have been combined here.
Published by Gigazine: Art Director Yoshio Tanioka discusses the process of his work on Yamato 2202, supervising the background department. He discusses in depth the task of visualizing the world of the story, and the great effort required of both the hand and the mind.
One day before Yamato 2202 Chapter 7 closed out its first theatrical run, Anime Anime published this thought-provoking interview with Harutoshi Fukui in his capacity as the only writer to create both Yamato and Gundam stories. Also included are his introductions to the Chapters 6 & 7 program books.
Amidst the final round of staff and cast interviews for Yamato 2202 Chapter 7 was a conversation between the top rivals: Daisuke Ono (voice of Kodai) and Koichi Yamadera (voice of Dessler). As 2202 recedes over the horizon, here’s their parting gift to us.
Published by Gigazine: in this lengthy discussion, Junichiro Tamamori gives his perspective on the mecha design of 2202 and the evolution of Yamato in particular with new observations and theories. Also includes extensive artwork from the design phase.
As Yamato 2202 Chapter 7 approached, another wave of staff/cast interviews started slowly and then exploded along with the March 1 premiere. Hiroshi Kamiya (the voice Klaus Keyman) was there at the beginning and the end. Here we present his first and last interviews for the final chapter of the series.
A flurry of interviews accompanied the premiere of Yamato 2202 Chapter 7 in February and March, 2019. Various online news services asked cast and staff members for their impressions as the latest chapter in the legendary Yamato saga came to a close.
From Animage magazine vol. 488: with Yamato 2202 Chapter 7 approaching, Daisuke Ono (Kodai) and Hiroshi Kamiya (Keyman) sat down to give their first impressions of the ending as actors, and their thoughts on which Yamato characters they would take on their own personal missions.
From Animage magazine Vol. 489: having completed his work on Yamato 2202, Klaus Keyman’s voice actor Hiroshi Kamiya was one of the first to talk about the full experience. In this thoughtful interview, he shares his learning process and relationship with his unique character.
From the Yamato 2202 Chapter 6 program book: in this interview, art director Yoshio Tanioka describes the process for creating a visual world, and what it takes to translate the artistic style of Assistant Director Makoto Kobayashi into all of the lavish, detailed, and stunning background art seen on screen in Yamato 2202.
When Yamato 2202 Chapter 6 premiered in Japan, multiple interviews were published with actor Koichi Yamadera, who performed as both the voice of Dessler and the singer of the ending theme song. He talked about these different demands, the progress of the series, and the death of a beloved co-star.
Gigazine is an online source for some of the most in-depth Yamato 2202 interviews anywhere. In the days just before the premiere of Chapter 6, they topped themselves with a huge 2-part interview with the wizards at CG studio Sublimation. In this part, they take a tour of the studio and dig deeper into their intricate work on the series.
Gigazine is an online source for some of the most in-depth Yamato 2202 interviews anywhere. In the days just before the premiere of Chapter 6, they topped themselves with a huge 2-part interview with the wizards at CG studio Sublimation. Here is part 1.
As the premiere date approached for Yamato 2202 Chapter 6, promotional interviews appeared in Japanese media that brought more new voices to the ongoing conversation. This time it was Ayahi Takagaki in the first voice actor interview to focus on her character, Captain Saki Todo.
As Yamato 2202’s premiere on Japanese TV approached in early October, this casual and spirited interview was published with voice actors Daisuke Ono (Kodai) and Kenichi Suzumura (Shima), catching them in a unique moment when the series was poised to both begin on TV and reach for climactic heights in the theater.
In this meeting of the minds, 2202 Director Nobuyoshi Habara compares and contrasts his work with that of Megalobox Director You Moriyama. Both tasked with reviving classic anime of the 1970s, they have much to say on many levels.
In this excerpted interview with Akiba Souken, Sound Director Tomohiro Yoshida expands on information in other interviews, notably the conceptual and technical processes of matching music to images in Yamato 2202.
These two interviews were conducted during the runup to Yamato 2202 Chapter 4. Included here is a single session with Akira Miyagawa and a conversation with Miyagawa and vocalist Isao Sasaki that focused entirely on the famous Yamato theme.
Music interview: Akira Miyagawa × Nobuyoshi Habara
From the CD booklet in Yamato 2202 Original Soundtrack Volume 1: Composer Akira Miyagawa and Director Nobuyoshi Habara were interviewed as Chapter 4 and the second musical recording neared completion, to summarize what had been done so far and the plan for the rest.
The role of an anime sound director is second only to that of an animation director, since sound tells parts of the story that images cannot. In this interview with Gigazine, Yamato 2202 Sound Director Tomohiro Yoshida discusses his role in detail and examines the history of Yamato sound.
If there was an anime pantheon, Tomonori Kogawa would surely be in it. His contributions to the art form have been foundational and his influence as a mentor has been multi-generational. Here he candidly discusses his work on Yamato and many other classic titles.
