March 2024 turned out to be a light but meaningful month with news from multiple fronts, new music & video releases, and a surprise announcement that gave us 50th anniversary bounty we can look forward to.
The second month of Yamato‘s 50th year on planet Earth kept the party going with a nice mixture of live music, models, news flashes, and fan activity. Here’s all the info from February 2024…
Yamato‘s 50th year on planet Earth got off to a great start with the long-awaited reveal for REBEL 3199 Chapter 1, the arrival of 4K Farewell to Yamato in theaters, various live events, and well-wishing for the eventful year to come. Here’s everything that launched us into 2024…
Imagine being able to walk into a movie theater in 2023, to see the original Space Battleship Yamato movie on a big screen. Fans in Japan got to live that dream in December, along with a nice wave of activity to accompany it, including the most welcome news of all as 2023 came to an end. [2 pages]
November 2023 turned into a busier month than expected thanks to a new 2199 manga chapter, various announcements, live events, and a sudden burst of information on Yamato 3199. Here’s how all that (plus the regular heartbeat) kept the flames alive…
October 2023 gave us a nice uptick over the activity of September with product announcements, live events, reruns on TV, a big screen revival, and more. Here’s what held everyone’s attention as Yamato reached its 49th anniversary on Planet Earth.
After that nice bump in August, Yamato world settled back down in September to match the slow pace we saw in July. However, fans must have sensed something in the air, because they came out in droves with live events and online activity to fill in the gaps. Here’s what it all added up to…
In a welcome surprise, activity in August doubled over the slow month of July, bringing us more summer music events and news from multiple fronts, the most exciting of which is a return of the classics to the big screen. Let’s dive right in and see what happened.
Summer doldrums (or whatever) caused activity to drop in the month of July, but the hits were still solid, especially an unexpected announcement that pulled an exceedingly rare gem out of the history vault. Here’s what July had to offer…
June was about as lively as May (meaning not very much). On the other hand, live music was performed, the 2199 manga returned, a new game arrived with access for all, and we finally learned the fate of the long-rumored Star Blazers movie. Here are all the deets…
May 2023 was the lightest month for Yamato activity since the year started, and it likely won’t be the last, since we still don’t have a premiere date for REBEL 3199. But no amount is too little and every month has something new to offer. Here’s what was new in May…
Yamato world held steady for another month with a new Yamaket fan gathering, another round of Hyuga parts, two live concerts, unexpected media blips and the next issue of the Premium Fan Club magazine with some fresh 3199 news. Let’s take it from the top…
Activity in March 2023 dropped a bit compared February, but that didn’t make it any less interesting. Any month that gives us online publishing, three major live events, info on the next series, and a new Blu-ray box set is nothing to regret. Here’s what was news…
In February the pace picked up slightly thanks to online activity and a long-awaited concert, but of course the biggest Yamato news of the month was also the saddest with the passing of the great Leiji Matsumoto himself. Nevertheless, Yamato world continued to spin…
Activity held steady as one of our annual digits changed again, and the world inched closer to the year 3199. Despite continued silence from the home office, music resounded, fans kept on doing what fans do and we all got another memorable month. Here’s what happened in January…
The final month of 2022 ticked up a bit with a flurry of live events and the triumphant return of Michio Murakawa’s Yamato 2199 manga, both online and on paper. Here’s a roundup of everything Yamato fans tuned into as they counted down to 2023.
Yamato world stayed just about as busy in November as the previous few months, always a good sign when there’s no new anime to supercharge things. News announcements, music performances, and online activity kept the heart beating as we got another month closer to 3199. Here’s how it played out…
October 2022 was one of the busier Yamato months we’ve had since the premiere of 2205 Chapter 2, especially at the end when it started to heat up with a quick succession of events and a VERY welcome announcement. Here’s how it all came about…
September 2022 was pretty slow, but there’s no bad month to be a Yamato fan. Between a surprise TV appearance, new Hyuga volumes from Hachette, a spectacular hobby show, and a nice uptick in fan activity, there was always something right around the corner.
August 2022 was about average in terms of activity, but there’s never a dull month in Yamato world. The first full-scale book arrived and Star Blazers Lambda reached its dramatic conclusion all at once! Here’s the rundown of all of that and more…
Activity ticked up slightly in July with the arrival of a new pachinko game, a live-action TV appearance, and the first large-scale hobby show in QUITE a while, all bolstering the regular pace of what we’ve grown used to. Here’s what kept fans on their toes…
Conditions conspired to give us another slow month in Yamato world, but this is a temporary situation as we all know by now. And really, there is no bad month to be a Yamato fan. So here’s all the news that trickled in during the not-bad month of June…
Activity remained steady in May as fans took the wheel and filled in the gaps for their fellow fans with art, modeling, and even a glorious four-hour radio show. Here’s the full rundown of what happened during this interesting month.
Predictably, April 2022 was one of the slowest months for Yamato news in a long time, since we’re back in the stretch between productions. But any news is still good news in this world, and fans are always there to pick up the slack. Here’s what kept it alive…
Activity dropped back to pre-2205 levels in March, reminding us how lucky we are to be fans when a lot of news drops. But even a little is always welcome in Yamato world. Here’s what happened as Chapter 2 was winding down in theaters…
2205 activity got a huge boost with the Chapter 2 premiere as a dramatic new turning point was added to the remake universe, giving us a lot to sort out until the next adventure begins. Here’s what went down in the busy month of February…
As the final month leading up to 2205 Chapter 2 counted down, the pace picked up significantly with lots of online activity, product announcements, and an unexpected announcement for the next Yamato reboot story. Here’s all the news that made it an interesting month.
2205 activity for the final month of 2021 exactly matched the amount we saw in November, highlighted by a brand new trailer and announcements that Part 2 successfully wrapped production. Here’s everything that brought the year to a close…
As expected, activity dropped quite a bit after the giant premiere month for Yamato 2205, but the ripples were still strong. And any month that culminates with a new issue of the fan club magazine is a good one. Here’s what we saw in November 2021…
You have to go all the way back to January 18 (the premiere of 2202 Chapter 4) to find a match for all the Yamato action October had to deliver. 2205 Part 1 opened in 36 theaters with an avalanche of news and merch. If it had included a music release, every category would have been filled. [3 pages]
