“In 1974, Yamato was the sole production, but in 1979, Yoshiyuki Tomino created Gundam, Director Rintaro made the Galaxy Express 999 movie, and Hayao Miyazaki made Cagliostro Castle. All of the people I just m
(There were at least two for the live-action movie and one for each of 2199‘s first three chapters.) It premiered December 3 on TV Saitama and jumped around to other major networks throughout the month: one on the 4th, two on the 5th, three on the 6th, two on the 7th, and ...
Yamato Resurrection played in Japanese movie theatres throughout the month of January and February, and a steady flow of merchandising built up nicely to a new public event that connected directly back to those of the production years. Tokyo’s Akihabara district has become famous for a variety ...
January 1: Live-action movie teaser The year started with a big bang indeed, a 30-second teaser commercial for the live-actionSpace Battleship Yamatomovie, directed by Takashi Yamazaki and starring Takuya Kimura. The commercial got prime-time viewing and all of Japan’s major newspapers containe...
“In 1974, Yamato was the sole production, but in 1979, Yoshiyuki Tomino created Gundam, Director Rintaro made the Galaxy Express 999 movie, and Hayao Miyazaki made Cagliostro Castle. All of the people I just mentioned were born in 1941. Their works all came together like a frenzy in 1979...