Issue 12 of the Star Blazers/Yamato Premium Fan Club magazine was published shortly before the premiere of Yamato 2205. It contained interviews with Director Kenji Masuda and Writer Harutoshi Fukui, and some other odds and ends found nowhere else. Here is all that content in one big bundle.
One of the best things about being a Yamato fan is getting blindsided by a full-power promo campaign. That’s what happened to all of us on August 9 when a brand new 2205 trailer flew in from nowhere and delivered an infoblast right up the middle. Here’s a complete analysis of what’s in it.
Few things in Yamato world are more exciting than anticipation for the next big project. Thanks to Covid 19, Yamato 2205 got the longest windup in the history of the saga, taking over two years to reach its first big news drop. That history is rounded up here, including everything revealed in June 2021. [2 pages]
From issue 6 of the Star Blazers/Yamato Premium fan club magazine: the three primary designers of Yamato 2205 gathered to compare the depths of their Yamato fandom, revisit their days working on 2199, and look forward to what’s in store on their next voyage.
From Star Blazers/Yamato magazine vol. 5: in October 2019, Kenji Yasuda was announced as the series director for Yamato 2205, The New Voyage. In his first interview, he describes his entry into the anime industry, the directors who fostered him, and his hopes for 2205.
