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New 'Yamato' Anime to Open in Japanese Theaters in 2009

posted 16 years ago by Otaku-sempai
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The story includes updates. From Anime News Network:

The producers of the new Yamato space opera anime project have confirmed their plans for a theatrical release this year at the Tokyo International Anime Fair 2009 on Wednesday. The project was first revealed last August when Yoshinobu Nishizaki, the producer of the original Space Battleship Yamato series and movies, announced the creation of the "Yamato Studio" in Tokyo.

Nishizaki's new project is set in 2220, or 21 years after the first Yamato story. An expanding black hole threatens Earth, so three hundred million people set forth into space as part of an emigration operation. The transport fleet is attacked, and the Yamato leads the counterstrike. 38-year-old Susumu Kodai, the hero of the first series, is now a space captain with a daughter named Miyuki with his wife Yuki (the heroine of the first series).

Update: Story details added.

Update 2: Tohokushinsha Film Corporation is producing the project.

Link: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-03-18/new-yamato-anime-to-op en-in-japanese-theaters-in-2009

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[–] Otaku-sempai 16 years ago

Posted at Anime News Network:

December's Yamato Film Detailed by Director Nishizaki
posted on 2009-05-18 04:26 EDT

700 shots with CG; signature wave-motion gun can now fire 6 times in a row

Yoshinobu Nishizaki, the 74-year-old producer of the Space Battleship Yamato science-fiction anime franchise, provided some more details to the Sports Nippon newspaper on Monday on his newest attempt to revive the franchise this year. As chief director, Nishizaki is planning to complete the Uchuu Senkan Yamato Fukkatsu-hen film in October for a December opening in Japanese theaters — 26 years after the last Yamato film. Out of the 1,860 cuts (shots) in the film, 700 are being produced with computer graphics. In particular, the battle scenes will composite 3D sequences and computer graphics. Nishizaki established a new studio called Enagio last year just to produce this film.

The biggest theme of the new film will be environmental issues and how humans have treated the planet Earth. As previously announced, the new film is set in 2220, or 21 years after the first Yamato story and 17 years after the story of the last film, "Final Yamato." A 320,000-kilometer-wide black hole threatens Earth, so 300 million people set a course for Amaaru, 27,000 light years away. The transport fleet is attacked, and the new Yamato battleship leads the counterstrike. 38-year-old Susumu Kodai, the hero of the first series, is now a space captain, and he has a daughter named Miyuki with his wife Yuki (the heroine of the first series).

The title battleship's size will be mostly unchanged at 263 meters in length and 62,000 tons in mass. In the previous anime stories, the Yamato's signature wave-motion gun can take out an entire fleet, but firing the gun used to leave the ship drained of power — and vulnerable — until it can recharge. In the new film, the gun can fire six shots in a row.

You can read the rest of the article here: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-05-18/december-yamato-film-d etailed-by-director-nishizaki

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[–] Dark_Sithlord 15 years ago

Oh geez. I'm such a yamato fan but come on, these "earth is in peril (AGAIN)" stories are getting really old.
So that makes what, counting the three tv series, plus the 5 movies, 5 times the earth has come close to being wiped out, in like a 7 year time frame. Give it a rest already.

HahA! I agree for the most part. The Earth always seems to be in danger in one form or another. But if it means getting another Yamato movie, I'll buy into it, hook, line and sinker. The stakes are highest and the mission takes on more urgency when the world is in danger.

[–] Otaku-sempai 15 years ago

"CGI Space Battleship Yamato Film Production Finishes; TV Specials Announced" Full story at Anime News Network: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-10-28/cgi-space-battleship-y amato-film-production

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