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Mainichi Shimbun July 19, 1980

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Monthly Animation No. 7 main article

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Middle 1st Age, August 1980

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Hokkaido Shimbun Evening Edition, July 10 1980

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Hobby Japan #132, August 1980

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Yamato & Animation Festival, July-August 1980

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Fanroad, August 1980 issue

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Bouken Oh, August 1980

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The Best One, September 1980

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Animec No. 12, July 2024

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Yamatour 2024 Travelogue, Part 2

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Space Battleship Yamato 2205 Report 13

Posted on August 4, 2022 by TimEldred
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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…

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Character fan art, July 2023

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Mecha fan art, July 2023

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Fan models, July 2023

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1/500 Cross-section model

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Garage kits at Wonder Festival 2023 Summer

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Vintage Report 4: 1977, Part 1

Posted on August 3, 2022 by TimEldred
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It is no exaggeration to state that the period covered in this report was the most pivotal time in all of Yamato history. The movie that would change everything was already in production as the year began and there was low-level buzz about it, but getting that movie in front of the public was the key to everything that followed.

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REBEL 3199 Report 8, Part 2

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Goddesses of Yamato

Posted on August 1, 2022 by TimEldred
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From issue 14 of the Star Blazers/Yamato Fan Club magazine (April 2022): very rare interviews with Sasha’s voice actor Keiko Han and singer Mitsuko Horie. Both cite their Yamato experience as a career-changer, and both recount remarkably similar moments from the recording booth.

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Yamato 2205 Concept Advisor Shinya Ogura’s Chapter 2 commentary

Posted on July 30, 2022 by TimEldred
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Issue 14 of the Star Blazers/Yamato Fan Club magazine (April 2022) featured a series of “testimonials” from the 2205 production staff. This included concept advisor Shinya Ogura, who provides fascinating insight on the science behind the visuals. Here, he describes some of what we see in 2205 Chapter 2.

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Terebiland, December 1978 issue

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Middle 1st Age, December 1978 issue

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Videoimage, January 1979 issue

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High 1st Course, December 1978 issue

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Roadshow, December 1978 issue

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Middle 3rd Age, December 1978 issue

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Space Battleship Yamato 2205 Report 12

Posted on July 10, 2022 by TimEldred
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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…

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Yamato 2205 Writer/Director interviews, Feb 2022

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Here we present a pair of interviews in which Writer Harutoshi Fukui and Director Kenji Yasuda both give their final word on the making of Yamato 2205, unveiling their creative thought process and providing a tiny glimpse at what may come next.

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Cho voice actor interviews, February 2022

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One of the most interesting surprises in Yamato 2205 was not only the unexpected return of Sukeji Yabu, but also his presence as one of the emotional touchstones of the story. This brought his voice actor, Cho, out of the shadows for his first interviews since the remakes began. Three of them are presented here.

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