Garmillas mecha designer interview

From the Star Blazers/Yamato Premium Fan Club magazine Vol. 17: Yasushi Ishizu, mecha designer for the Garmillas side of the remakes, discusses his craft from the very beginning of 2199 all the way through 2205. How did he tackle the enormous responsibility of modernizing the classics? Find out in this expansive interview.

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Yamato 2205 mecha designer interviews, Oct 2021

With each new remake project, fans look forward to how the groundbreaking design work of the originals gets refreshed for modern eyes. Yamato 2205 takes that another step forward with today’s take on the Dark Nebula Empire. When the first film was released, two online news sources spoke to the mecha designers about the process.

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