Few people give us gifts we can carry for the rest of our lives, even fewer from across oceans on the other side of a language barrier. Leiji Matsumoto was indisputably one of them. Collected here are memories and news stories that exploded across Japanese media (and elsewhere) upon the news of his loss.
On the day Yamato sets sail, it is learned that Domon used illegal means to board the ship. At the hands of its new crew, Yamato begins to move forward with Domon at the helm. Susumu Kodai, who has become captain, challenges his resolve by entrusting the ship to him.
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…
What was it like to build the largest commercially-available model ever made for the Yamato saga? A 20-pound behemoth measuring over 50 inches long when completed? Go step by step through all 60 volumes and see it come together one piece at a time.
What happened with the classic Yamato saga during the year 2205 reached its finale and 3199 quietly went into production? Here’s where we round it all up for look back at how we looked back. [5 pages]
SF writer Haruka Takachiho is a founding member of the famous Studio Nue. In 2022, he took to Twitter to relate a previously-unknown account of his stint as negotiator for the design work of Farewell to Yamato in 1978. His opponent? Producer Yoshinobu Nishizaki. And it’s definitely a tale for the ages.
From Como le va magazine: Toei Pictures Chairman Noriyuki Tada shares his memories of the 1977 Yamato movie. As a young staff member of Toei at the time, he got hooked on the TV series before the movie came along, and his account fills in some interesting details in the Yamato success story.
