After the gigantic month of January, there was ample momentum with Chapter 4 in theaters for most of the month leading right up to the home video release. Many live events and new product releases made it a month to remember. Here’s everything that went down…
If there was an anime pantheon, Tomonori Kogawa would surely be in it. His contributions to the art form have been foundational and his influence as a mentor has been multi-generational. Here he candidly discusses his work on Yamato and many other classic titles.
Voice actor Koichi Yamadera can make a singular claim when it comes to Yamato having played both Kodai AND Dessler on separate occasions. His return in Yamato 2202 Chapter 4 was hyped by four separate interviews that appeared in the media just before the January 2018 premiere. All four are presented here.
As an experienced novelizer of anime properties from Gundam to Street Fighter, Yuka Minakawa was eminently qualified to take on Yamato 2202. With two volumes published, Minakawa discusses the intricacies of adapting the legend to pure text and walking the tightrope of high expectations.
The year got off to an explosive start with the late January release of Chapter 4 in theaters and all the excitement that lead up to it, which included music releases, live events and a big wave of media coverage. Here’s everything that happened during and after the countdown to launch… [3 pages]
Yamato 2202 used up most of the oxygen in the room with 2017 being its debut year, but there’s always room for a nod to the classic Space Battleship Yamato saga in Japanese media and certainly in fan circles. Here’s our annual roundup of things that derived from the beloved original over the last year.
From Hyper Hobby magazine Vol. 6: as Yamato 2202 Chapter 4 approached, Sound Director Tomohiro Yoshida joined the parade to discuss the nuances of balancing dialogue, music, and sound effects for maximum impact.
Ryusuke Hikawa, the original Yamato superfan, is a prominent voice in SF/anime fandom in Japan. This interview with him was published Showa 40 Man magazine Vol. 41 (Crete Publishing, January 2017) and places Yamato’s rise into a context seldom seen elsewhere.
