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.
As an experienced novelizer of anime properties from Gundam to Street Fighter, Yuka Minakawa was eminently qualified to take on Yamato 2202. With two volumes published, Minakawa discusses the intricacies of adapting the legend to pure text and walking the tightrope of high expectations.
From Hyper Hobby magazine Vol. 6: as Yamato 2202 Chapter 4 approached, Sound Director Tomohiro Yoshida joined the parade to discuss the nuances of balancing dialogue, music, and sound effects for maximum impact.
Composer Akira Miyagawa gave several interviews during the runup to Yamato 2202 Chapter 3, but this one from Gigazine was the most comprehensive by far, from today’s recording techniques all the way back to his childhood to find out what it was like to have Hiroshi Miyagawa as a father.
From Yamato fan club magazine Ship’s Log: a boy who ran around with a homemade target scope on his bicycle helmet grew up to become a developer of the Cosmo Fleet Specials and the Yamato Girls Collection. This is a conversation with Kouji Takakura, who produced many Yamato products for Megahouse.
When it came time to promote Yamato 2202 Chapter 3, Akira Miyagawa was called upon to join the ranks of staff members who gave media interviews. No less than six were published in a single month, all approaching the challenge of creating Yamato music from every possible angle.
Following the precedent of Chapters 1 and 2, media coverage leading up to Chapter 3 was intense, with over two dozen interviews appearing before and after the premiere. Here we present the first of three roundups that bring you those interviews in English.
From Ship’s Log fan club magazine #19, September 2017: for the first time, illustrator/animator Kia Asamiya talks about his involvement in Yamato from the very beginning as a loyal viewer to his first professional experience and finally his participation in both 2199 and 2202.
Following the precedent of Chapter 1, media coverage leading up to Chapter 2 was intense, with over 25 interviews appearing within a two-week period in June 2017. Here we present those interviews in English.
From Model Graphix magazine: Junichiro Tamamori had the dream job of modernizing Yamato, along with the other Earth mecha, for 2199. For Yamato 2202, his first project was to take on Space Battleship Andromeda.
Media surrounding the premiere of Yamato 2202 Chapter 1 was the most intense in Yamato history up to that point with over 30 interviews and articles appearing in print and online within a two-week period. All of that material is presented here in English.
In the month of January, Yamato 2202 writer Harutoshi Fukui took the lead in media interviews. Here we bring you interviews from two separate magazines that each brought something unique to the discussion. [2 pages]
From Ship’s Log #16. In Yamato 2202, Daisuke Ono and Houko Kuwashima appear as Susumu Kodai and Yuki Mori. We asked them about their enthusiasm for the new series. Hopes and fears…we bring you the passionate message of these two people who faced the recording with various feelings.
From Great Mechanics G, Winter 2016 issue. This quarterly magazine consistently delivered the most in-depth and knowledgeable 2199 coverage, and they picked right up where they left off in this extended conversation with Yamato 2202 writer Harutoshi Fukui.
Direct from issue 15 of Ship’s Log, the Yamato Crew Premium fan club magazine, we bring you a fresh interview with the phenomenally-talented illustrator Makoto Kobayashi. It touches on his previous involvement with the saga leading up to a description of his duties on Yamato 2202 and a hint of things to come.
From Ship’s Log #14: Nobuyoshi Habara’s first interview in his capacity as the supervising director of Yamato 2202, in which he discusses his work on Resurrection and 2199, his time as a fan watching Yamato on TV, and his intentions for the new series.
In issue #14 of the fan club magazine Ship’s Log, Producer Furukawa and Exec Producer Nishizaki talk about something you rarely hear in anime production: the process of rounding up primary staff members. In this interview, they welcome aboard Character Designer Nobuteru Yuuki and Composer Akira Miyagawa.
From Yamato Crew Premium fan club magazine Ship’s Log #13, published March 28, 2016. Head writer Harutoshi Fukui delivers his first interview for the series, marked by a passionate and unusually insightful analysis of its source material, Farewell to Yamato.
From Yamato Crew Premium fan club magazine Ship’s Log #13, published March 28, 2016. The third in a series of interviews with Producers Shoji Nishizaki and Hirotaka Furukawa on the new production Space Battleship Yamato 2202 and other projects in development.
From fan club magazine Ship’s Log #12: “Last time, our Producer Speaks Special Report was a great sensation, and this time we delve into the “second series” to the limit of confidential information. Everything said here is an official statement and this report is true.”
From fan club magazine Ship’s Log, July 2015. When the curtain closed on Yamato 2199 in May 2015, it was the first time since 2009 that fans had no new production to look forward to. That uncertainty was broken two months later with this interview, containing the official announcement of the next big thing!
