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Thrust into the theater of war somewhere in space, reading Space Battleship Yamato 2199, I couldn’t help but to feel like I’d tuned in a few minutes too late to a grandiose epic already several scenes underway. Now over 40 years old, the original Space …Read more »
Since it started to run in Japan as a theatrical release in 2012, fans overseas have wondered about a release for the new Space Battleship Yamato series, Yamato 2199 . It wasn't clear if the spectacular remake of the landmark original series (released here as …Read more »
1974’s Space Battleship Yamato is considered among the greatest Japanese animated series of all time, revolutionizing not only anime itself but its promotion and merchandising. Inspired by its melodramatic sci-fi storytelling, several Yamato “maniacs” (so named before “otaku” was in common use) joined the anime …Read more »
A Space Battleship Yamato fan event in Tokyo this weekend had something special for attendees: a 4-minute preview of Space Battleship Yamato 2199 , a remake of the 1974 anime classic also known as Star Blazers . Now that same footage is streaming at Amazon.jp, …Read more »
Leiji Matsumoto has been a driving force in the world of anime for literal decades. His works have influenced, inspired, and carried on. His loss is heartbreaking, but he filled our world with beautiful stories in his time. So many, in fact, that we’d be …Read more »
VA and singer Shoko Nakagawa (who also goes by Shokotan) had a serious health scare but appears to be doing better now. Shokotan had been dealing with a fever (she assured everyone she tested negative for COVID) and took some medicine to try to feel …Read more »
Shoko Nakagawa, who goes by Shokotan, is open about the fact that she experienced bullying at school and it really affected her. Unfortunately, she’s still being bullied, and this time it’s much worse. The new form of bullying comes not from kids mocking her, but …Read more »
This past weekend a fire broke out at the home of mechanical designer Kazutaka Miyatake. The cause of the fire is still being investigated. Miyatake survived and was hospitalized, but his wife, 60-year-old Tomoko Watanabe, unfortunately died. Miyatake remains in the hospital as of the …Read more »
The hype surrounding the recent Sailor Moon remake is yet another reminder that the Japanese animation industry is an unrelenting, ouroborosian machine that consumes itself just as fast as it reinvents itself. Sailor Moon ’s staggering popularity in Japan was matched in the U.S. by …Read more »
The Hollywood remake train keeps rollin’. It was announced this week a Hollywood version of Space Battleship Yamato has been greenlit, with a tentative release date of 2017 or 2018. The Space Battleship Yamato film, which may be titled Star Blazers after Yamato’s American dub, …Read more »
It really is about who you know. Through an amazing chain of unlikely events, I got to see the live-action Space Battleship Yamato movie, fully subtitled in English, three and half weeks before my plane ticket says I’m flying to Japan for the December 1 …Read more »
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