The Bolar Wars TIMELINE
About this list: this is a work-in-progress with the goal of assembling as complete a timeline as possible of the entire Yamato/Star Blazers phenomenon. Data will be added and revised as new information becomes available. As the entries on this list receive coverage elsewhere on this site, links will be added to help you find them. If you notice missing, incorrect, or incomplete items on this list, please write to support@starblazers.com and let us know!
Most of the products on this list were released exclusively in Japan and may be available from online vendors, but are NOT sold by Voyager Entertainment, Inc. Please consult our online store to see what we offer.
Most of the products on this list were released exclusively in Japan and may be available from online vendors, but are NOT sold by Voyager Entertainment, Inc. Please consult our online store to see what we offer.
More timelines: Series 1 | Yamato movie | Farewell to Yamato | Series 2 | The New Voyage | Be Forever Yamato | Final Yamato
| No-class | 1980 | |
| No-class | OCT | |
| On Air | 11 | Yamato III TV series Episode 1: The solar system faces destruction! (Yomiuri Television, Saturday nights) |
| On Air | 18 | Yamato III Episode 2: The great battle in the Milky Way! |
| On Air | 25 | Yamato III Episode 3: Yamato sets sail at dawn! |
| Product | ? | Glico confectionary campaign begins for Yamato III |
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| No-class | NOV | |
| On Air | 1 | Yamato III Episode 4: Hit Mars! |
| On Air | 8 | Yamato III Episode 5: SOS! Spaceship Rajendora! |
| On Air | 15 | Yamato III Episode 6: Fierce battle near Planet 11! |
| On Air | 22 | Yamato III Episode 7: The rough seas of Planet Alpha! |
| On Air | 29 | Yamato III Episode 8: The last pioneer! |
| Publication | ? | Yamato III manga by Hiroshi Aizawa debuts in Adventure King Magazine (Akita Shoten) |
| production | ? | Yomiuri TV network reduces Yamato III series from 52 episodes to 25 |
| No-class | DEC | |
| On Air | 6 | Yamato III Episode 9: Duel at Planet Barnard! |
| Music | 10 | |
| On Air | 13 | Yamato III Episode 10: Counterattack of Dagon's new fleet! |
| On Air | 20 | Yamato III Episode 11: Yamato in danger! The demonic Cygnus airspace! |
| On Air | 27 | Yamato III Episode 12: The penal colony in space! |
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| No-class | 1981 | |
| No-class | JAN | |
| On Air | 3 | Yamato III Episode 13: Dreadful! The Bolar Federation! |
| On Air | 10 | Yamato III Episode 14: The dimensional submarine Galman Wolf! |
| On Air | 17 | Yamato III Episode 15: Yamato is captured! |
| On Air | 24 | Yamato III Episode 16: The day of Dessler! |
| On Air | 31 | Yamato III Episode 17: Critical moment of Dessler's empire! |
| No-class | FEB | |
| Book | 10 | |
| On Air | 14 | Yamato III Episode 18: The angry sun! |
| On Air | 21 | Yamato III Episode 19: The way to Planet Phantom! |
| Music | 25 | |
| On Air | 28 | Yamato III Episode 20: Phantom planet! |
| No-class | MAR | |
| On Air | 7 | Yamato III Episode 21: Shattered hope! |
| On Air | 14 | Yamato III Episode 22: Farewell, planet of dreams! |
| On Air | 21 | Yamato III Episode 23: Fierce battle! Skalagek Star Cluster! |
| On Air | 28 | Yamato III Episode 24: The secret of Planet Shalbart! |
| Book | 30 | |
| No-class | APR | |
| Publication | 1 | |
| On Air | 4 | Yamato III Episode 25: Yamato, shoot the sun! (conclusion) Average audience rating: 15.4% |
| Book | 20 | |
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| No-class | MAY | |
| Books | 15 | |
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| No-class | JUN | |
| Book | 10 | |
| Music | 11 | |
| Book | 25 | |
| Book | 25 | |
| Book | 30 | |
| Model | ? | |
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| No-class | JUL | |
| Book | 1 | |
| Book | 30 | |
| No-class | AUG | |
| Publication | ? | Yamato III manga by Hiroshi Aizawa concludes in Adventure King Magazine (Akita Shoten) |
| No-class | OCT | |
| Music | 1 | |
| MUSIC | 25 | |
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| No-class | 1982 | |
| No-class | JUN | |
| Publication | 1 | Yamato III Anime Comics conclude in My Anime Magazine (Akita Shoten) |
| No-class | JUL | |
| book | 15 | |
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| No-class | 1983 | |
| No-class | DEC | |
| On Air | 28 | Yamato III compilation movie broadcast |
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| No-class | 1984 | |
| No-class | DEC | |
| On Air | 26 | Yamato III compilation movie broadcast on Fuji Television |
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| No-class | 1985 | |
| No-class | JAN | |
| Video | 21 | |
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| On Air | ? | Yamato III is added to the Star Blazers syndication package, increasing the number of episodes to 77 |
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| No-class | 1987 | |
| No-class | DEC | |
| On Air | 30 | Yamato III compilation movie rebroadcast on Hiroshima Television |
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| No-class | 1988 | |
| Video | ? | |
| Music | ? | |
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| No-class | 1990 | |
| No-class | SEP | |
| Video | 25 | |
| No-class | OCT | |
| Video | 25 | |
| No-class | NOV | |
| Video | 22 | |
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| No-class | 1992 | |
| No-class | FEB | |
| Video | 28 | |
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| No-class | 1993 | |
| Video | ? | |
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| No-class | 1994 | |
| No-class | JAN | |
| Video | 21 | |
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| No-class | 1995 | |
| No-class | JAN | |
| Music | 1 | |
| No-class | APR | |
| Music | 1 | |
| No-class | JUN | |
| On Air | 15 | Yamato III compilation movie broadcast on Chiba Television |
| No-class | AUG | |
| On Air | 10 | Yamato III compilation movie broadcast on Osaka Television |
| On Air | 18 | Yamato III compilation movie broadcast on Chiba Television |
| Music | 19 | |
| No-class | SEP | |
| Music | 21 | |
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| No-class | 1998 | |
| No-class | OCT | |
| Video | 25 | |
| No-class | NOV | |
| Video | 25 | |
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| No-class | 1999 | |
| No-class | MAR | |
| On Air | 21, 26 | Yamato III compilation movie broadcast on CS Power Movie |
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| No-class | 2001 | |
| No-class | FEB | |
| Music | 1 | |
| No-class | MAY | |
| Video | 25 | |
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| No-class | 2002 | |
| No-class | MAY | |
| On Air | 13 | Yamato III compilation movie broadcast on Anime Network Japan |
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| No-class | 2003 | |
| No-class | JAN | |
| VIDEO | ? | |
| No-class | MAR | |
| VIDEO | ? | |
| No-class | MAY | |
| VIDEO | ? | |
| No-class | JUN | |
| On Air | 9 | Yamato III TV series is rebroadcast on Family Theatre |
| No-class | JUL | |
| VIDEO | ? | |
| No-class | SEP | |
| VIDEO | ? | |
| No-class | OCT | |
| On Air | 7 | Yamato III TV series is rebroadcast on Family Theatre |
| No-class | NOV | |
| VIDEO | ? | |
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| No-class | 2004 | |
| No-class | NOV | |
| Music | 25 | |
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| No-class | 2005 | |
| No-class | MAY | |
| Music | 18 | |
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| No-class | 2007 | |
| No-class | OCT | |
| Product | 15 | |
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| No-class | 2009 | |
| No-class | OCT | |
| Product | 1 | The Bolar Wars: Extended webcomic begins at starblazers.com |
| No-class | DEC | |
| on air | 26 | Yamato III TV series rebroadcast in an overnight marathon (Family Theatre TV network) |
| on air | 31 | Yamato III TV series rebroadcast in an all-day marathon (Family Theatre TV network) |
| No-class | 2010 | |
| No-class | JAN | |
| online | 29 | |
| product | 29 | |
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