This issue was published December, 1978, the day of broadcast for Yamato 2 Episode 9.
Text on lower left side:
Yamato 2 Production Story
(From producer Osamu Hiroka)
The movie gained explosive popularity this summer. However, the Yamato 2 series has a total of 39 episodes, and the production team has been working hard to make the series a success. This means that the relationships and mecha can be explored more deeply than in the movie.
“We can’t just rehash the movie!” This is the motto of our staff, and they are on fire.
The creative meetings are just like a battlefield. The chiefs of each department, such as art, photography, and mecha drawing, bring their best ideas and the latest techniques from their respective standpoints, and they are all fighting like hell!
The production schedule is hard, and there are times when we work all night long, night after night, but the staff’s energy is always there to create a fresher visual. The energy of the staff is more than enough to keep up with the physical workload.
[Translator’s note: he did actually claim that there were 39 episodes in this text, but that was obviously a mistake.]
