July 2020 held the line in terms of Yamato activity in Japan, about the same going back to spring. Quarantined fans had plenty of output to share online, the Hachette model and Star Blazers Lambda continued, and unexpected gems turned up as they always do. Here’s how it unspooled as COVID summer lumbered on…
The space cavalry, led by Saito, fights a fierce battle against Gatlantis soldier Zabaibal, who retaliates with a reflection satellite gun stolen from Garmillas. Saito forces his way through one obstacle after another to face Zabaibal alone. And finally, Teresa appears before Kodai.
When Final Yamato closed in 1983, Executive Producer Yoshinobu Nishizaki was already devising a new slate of projects that would bring it back in new and interesting ways. It took longer than he expected, but most of those projects came to fruition. This index is a guide to articles that sort it all out.
In Yamato terms, 2019 will go down in history as the year 2202 came to a close. But as usual, there was plenty of attention given to the original saga if you knew where to look. Here then is our annual review of what went on with O.G. Yamato in the final year of this decade. [2 pages]
