Final Yamato TIMELINE

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No-class1981
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PRODUCTION?Early development begins for Final Yamato
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PRODUCTION13Final Yamato brainstorm meeting 1
PRODUCTION28Final Yamato brainstorm meeting 2, Aritsune Toyota presents first premise
No-classJUN
PRODUCTION1Toyota finishes second premise for Final Yamato
PRODUCTION5Final Yamato brainstorm meeting 3
PRODUCTION9Toyota finishes third premise for Final Yamato
PRODUCTION11Final Yamato brainstorm meeting 4
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PRODUCTION24Final Yamato brainstorm meeting 5
PRODUCTION31Toyota finishes fourth premise for Final Yamato, Eiichi Yamamoto starts first script outline
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PRODUCTION6Toyota finishes fifth premise for Final Yamato
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No-class1982
No-classJAN
PRODUCTION16Toyota finishes Final Yamato premises 6 & 7
PRODUCTION19Toyota finishes Final Yamato premise #8, Eiichi Yamamoto starts script synopsis #2
PRODUCTION28-30Final Yamato script meetings
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PRODUCTION1Toyota finishes Final Yamato premise #9
PRODUCTION11Eiichi Yamamoto finishes Final Yamato script synopsis #2
No-classMAR
PRODUCTION2Final Yamato outline draft 1
PRODUCTION9Final Yamato outline draft 2
Music9Prelude to Final Yamato album recording begins (finishes 3/14)
PRODUCTION11Toyota finishes Final Yamato premise #10
PRODUCTION12Final Yamato outline draft 3
PRODUCTION17Final Yamato outline draft 4
No-classAPR
PRODUCTION15Nishizaki approves story for Final Yamato
EVENT27Press conference at the Akasaka Prince Hotel in Tokyo, Nishizaki formally announces commencement of Final Yamato production
No-classMAY
PRODUCTION20Final Yamato script draft 1 completed
MUSIC21 LP & Cassette: Prelude to Final Yamato (Nippon Columbia)
PRODUCTION24Toyota finishes Final Yamato premise #11
PRODUCTION26Toshio Masuda makes scene plan from Final Yamato script
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PRODUCTION6Final Yamato script draft 2 completed
PRODUCTION19Final Yamato script draft 3 completed
PRODUCTION28Final Yamato script meeting to work out final scenes
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PRODUCTION9Final Yamato script draft 4 completed
book31 Yoshinori Kaneda Special art book includes concept sketches for Final Yamato (Tokuma Shoten)
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EVENTYamato Fan Club Gatherings include screening of documentary 'Message Film'
No-class9Fukushima
No-class10Nagasaki, Yamagata
No-class11Takeo
No-class12Akita
No-class13Kagoshima
No-class14Aomori, Miyazaki
No-class15Morioka, Ooita
No-class16Sendai, Kitakyushu
No-class17Kumamoto
No-class20Niigata
No-class21Takamatsu
No-class22Toyama, Tokushima
No-class23Kanazawa, Kochi
No-class24Fukui
No-class25Hiroshima
No-class26Okayama, Tottori
No-class27Himeji, Tsuyama
No-class28Matsue
No-class29Hamada, Matsuyama
No-class30Shimonoseki
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PRODUCTION16Final Yamato music meeting 1
No-classOCT
PRODUCTION18Final Yamato music & FX meetings
Product22 Final Yamato digital wall clock (West Cape Corporation)
Publication? 1983 Final Yamato calendar (West Cape Corporation)
No-classNOV
Publication24 Screen movie magazine includes a bonus Anime Movies for the Spring insert featuring Final Yamato
Book30 The Anime magazine special: Space Battleship Yamato Total Collection includes early coverage of Final Yamato (Kindaieiga Co.)
No-classDEC
publication1 My Anime magazine publishes a Final Yamato cover story (Akita Shoten)
BOOK15 Final Yamato novel part 1 (Cobalt Library/Shueisha)
PRODUCTION15Final Yamato songs recorded by Tomoko Kuwae, Transam and Isao Sasaki at Sound City in Minato, Tokyo
PRODUCTION18Final Yamato song "Love Supreme" recorded by Junko Yagami
Publication20 IKO vol. 1 Yamato Special doujinshi (fanzine)
BOOK31 Final Yamato 'AM Juju' novel part 1 (Animage/Tokuma Shoten)
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No-class1983
No-classJAN
MUSIC2 LP & Cassette: Final Yamato Theme Music Collection 1 (Tokuma/Animage)
ON AIR15Final Yamato 4-hour radio drama on All Night Nippon
Event18Press conference at Akasaka Tokyu Hotel in Tokyo. Yoshinobu Nishizaki confirms that Final Yamato will conclude the saga
MUSIC21 LP & Cassette: Final Yamato symphonic album 1 (Nippon Columbia)
MUSIC25 EP: Two who love b/w See you again (Tokuma/Animage)
MUSIC25 EP: Rainbow to Tomorrow b/w Fight! Cosmo Tiger (Tokuma/Animage)
No-classFEB
MUSIC1 EP: Kodai [I] & Yamato b/w Yamato tribute-Poseidon (Nippon Columbia)
PUBLICATION1 Animedia magazine publishes a Final Yamato cover story (Gakken)
EVENT12Yamato Festival in Osaka Welfare Hall
BOOK15 Final Yamato 'SF' novel part 1 (Asahi Sonorama)
Book15 Keibunsha #138 Final Yamato part 1 'Big Encyclopedia' (Kodansha)
MUSIC21 LP & Cassette: Lonely Girl by Junko Yagami includes Love Supreme from Final Yamato (Discomate)
PRODUCTION22-24Voice recording for Final Yamato at Avaco Studio
PUBLICATION25Yamato fan club magazine #33 shows first and only wave of Final Yamato 'fancy goods'
BOOK28 Final Yamato manga volume 1 by Akira Hio (Sun Comics/Asahi Sonorama)
Game? Final Yamato 'Game for Adult' 3D simulation game (IF Series/Bandai)
No-classMAR
publication1 The Anime magazine publishes a Final Yamato cover story (Kindaieiga Co.)
MUSIC1 EP: Love Supreme b/w Love of Yuki (Discomate)
MUSIC1 EP: Yamato '83 b/w Yamato '83 karaoke (Nippon Columbia)
EVENT15Space Battleship Yamato: Grand Festival is held at Kosei Nenkin hall in Shinjuku, Tokyo
BOOK15 Final Yamato novel part 2 (Cobalt Library/Shueisha)
BOOK15 Final Yamato novel part 1 (Fanfan Library/Shueisha)
Publication15 Kinejun motion picture times #856 publishes a Final Yamato cover story (Kinema Jumpo Co.)
Cinema19 Final Yamato is released through Toei-affiliated theaters
PUBLICATION19 Final Yamato movie program book (West Cape Corporation)
Event19"Big Space Project: Yamato Launch" attraction at Takarazuka Family Land (through June 5)
MUSIC21 EP: Yamato 10-year tribute b/w Final Yamato symphonic tracks (Nippon Columbia)
EVENT25-30Final Yamato final goods fair at Tokyu Department Store, Kichijoji, Tokyo
Event29-31 Final Cruise 1 (sea cruise)
BOOK31 Final Yamato 'SF' novel part 2 (Asahi Sonorama)
EVENT31Final Cruise 2 (sea cruise through 4/2)
MODEL? 1/1000 Yamato (Bandai)
MODEL? Cosmo Zero reissue (Bandai)
MODEL? 1/700 Yamato non-cutaway version reissue (Bandai)
MODEL? 1/500 Yamato "New Cosmic Model" reissue (Bandai)
Model? Cosmo Tiger II reissue (Bandai)
No-classAPR
MUSIC1 LP & Cassette: Final Yamato Theme Music Collection 2 (Tokuma/Animage)
EVENT2Final Cruise 3 (sea cruise through 4/4)
PUBLICATION10 Animage magazine publishes Final Yamato cover story (Tokuma Shoten)
BOOK10 Final Yamato novel part 2 (Fanfan Library/Shueisha)
BOOK15 Final Yamato 'AM Juju' novel part 2 (Animage/Tokuma Shoten)
MUSIC21 LP & Cassette: Final Yamato symphonic album 2 (Nippon Columbia)
Video21 VHS and Beta: Final Yamato 35mm version (VAP)
Publication25 The Anime magazine special: Final Yamato Visual Big Compendium (Kindaieiga Co.)
CINEMA29Final Yamato concludes its first theatrical run, having attracted 2.5 million viewers
Book30 Roadshow magazine special: Final Yamato (Shueisha)
No-classMAY
Book1 Animedia magazine special: Final Yamato (Gakken)
Book13 This is Animation select #4 Final Yamato (Shogakukan)
Book15 Keibunsha #148 Final Yamato part 2 'Big Encyclopedia' (Kodansha)
MUSIC21 LP & Cassette: Final Yamato Drama album (Nippon Columbia)
Book30 Roman Album #56 Final Yamato (Tokuma Shoten)
Book30 Terebi Land magazine special: Color Graph #31 Final Yamato (Tokuma Shoten)
Book30 Final Yamato Mecha Big Collection (Asahi Sonorama)
No-classJUN
MUSIC21 LP: Final Yamato Digital Trip Synthesizer Fantasy (Nippon Columbia)
BOOK30 Final Yamato manga volume 2 by Akira Hio (Sun Comics/Asahi Sonorama)
No-classAUG
MUSIC21 LP & Cassette: Final Yamato symphonic album 3 (Nippon Columbia)
No-classNOV
Cinema5-13 Final Yamato re-released in an "Encore Roadshow" in 70mm with multi-channel stereo
Publication5 Final Yamato movie program book second edition (West Cape Corporation)
No-classDEC
BOOK10 Final Yamato super deluxe hardcover (West Cape Corporation)
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No-class1984
No-classFEB
Cinema11-17Final Yamato 70mm version screens in Osaka
No-classMAY
Event10Yamato films exhibited at Cannes Film Festival, including 70mm version of Final Yamato
No-classJUN
Video? LD: Final Yamato (Nippon Columbia)
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Video? VHS: Final Yamato (VAP)
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No-class1985
Video? VHD: Final Yamato (Japan Victor)
Game? Laserdisc game based on Final Yamato appears in Taito Game Centers, Japan
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No-class1986
No-classAUG
EVENT23Fan Club screening of Final Yamato (35mm version) in Meguro Public Hall, Tokyo
No-classSEP
Video21 LD & VHS: Final Yamato Music Video (Nippon Columbia)
No-classOCT
MUSIC25 CD: Final Yamato 2-Disc 'Best Collection' (Animage)
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No-class1987
No-classAUG
Cinema3-7Summer Vacation Anime theatre exhibition includes Yamato exhibit, screens Space Battleship Yamato, Arrivederci, Be Forever and Final Yamato in Shibuya, Tokyo
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No-class1988
No-classMAY
Event11Yamato movies and other Westcape productions marketed at Cannes Film Festival.
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No-class1989
Video? LD: All five Yamato movies are released in a 'Perfect Collection' box set (Bandai/Emotion)
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No-class1990
No-classMAY
Video25 VHS: Final Yamato in 'Perfect Collection' packaging (Bandai/Emotion)
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No-class1993
No-classSEP
Video24 LD: Final Yamato reissued with Hiroyuki Kitazume art (Bandai/Emotion)
No-classNOV
Book25 Yamato Collection 5: Final Yamato Sun Wide Comics Special by Akira Hio (Asahi Sonorama)
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No-class1995
No-classJAN
MUSIC1 CD: Final Yamato 3-disc symphonic album (Nippon Columbia)
No-classAPR
MUSIC1 CD: Final Yamato Drama (Nippon Columbia)
No-classAUG
VIDEO? VHS: Subtitled version of Final Yamato released in US (Voyager Entertainment, Inc.)
No-classSEP
MUSIC21 CD: Final Yamato BGM collection (Nippon Columbia)
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No-class1996
No-classMAR
MUSIC21 CD: Prelude to Final Yamato (Nippon Columbia)
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No-class1998
No-classJUL
Video25 LD & VHS: Final Yamato reissued with 25th anniversary Toshihiro Kawamoto art (Bandai/Emotion)
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No-class1999
No-classAUG
Video25 DVD: Final Yamato (Bandai/Emotion)
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No-class2000
No-classNOV
ON AIR9Final Yamato broadcast on Family Theatre
ON AIR19Final Yamato broadcast on Family Theatre
ON AIR30Final Yamato broadcast on Family Theatre
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No-class2001
No-classMAR
MUSIC1 CD: Space Battleship Yamato 'Eternal Edition' discs 8 & 9 (Columbia Records)
No-classAPR
ON AIR5Final Yamato broadcast on Hokuriku sunrise
No-classMAY
ON AIR5Final Yamato broadcast on Family Theatre
No-classDEC
ON AIR5All 5 Yamato movies broadcast on channel NECO
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No-class2003
No-classJAN
ON AIR5All 5 Yamato movies rebroadcast on channel NECO
No-classNOV
MUSIC3 CD: Lonely Girl by Junko Yagami includes Love Supreme from Final Yamato (King Record Co.)
MUSIC25 Yamato Eternal Edition Premium box (Columbia Music Entertainment, Inc.)
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No-class2004
No-classMAR
Video? DVD: Final Yamato subtitled (Voyager Entertainment, Inc.)
Video? DVD: Yamato movie box set (Voyager Entertainment, Inc.)
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No-class2005
No-classMAY
MUSIC18 CD: Final Yamato BGM collection (reissue/Columbia Music Entertainment, Inc.)
No-classJUN
BOOK19 Final Yamato manga by Akira Hio (reissue/Media Factory)
No-classNOV
CINEMA4, 5All five Yamato movies screen at Toho Virgin cinemas, Roppongi, Tokyo
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No-class2006
No-classJAN
Product? 1/6 Yuki character doll 'wedding version' (Zero Goods Universe)
Product? 1/6 Yuki character doll 'Final Yamato version' (Zero Goods Universe)
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No-class2007
No-classAUG
Video24 DVD: Space Battleship Yamato movies 'Memorial Box' (Bandai/Emotion)
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No-class2009
No-classNOV
video25DVD: All five Yamato movies reissued (Bandai/Emotion)
No-classDEC
on air11, 31Final Yamato rebroadcast (Family Theatre TV network)
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No-class2010
No-classFEB
book23 Final Yamato manga by Akira Hio (reissue/Media Factory)
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