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Last night, I found out from ANN that the makers of the film series Space Battleship Yamato 2199 are currently working on a film sequel scheduled for release sometime in 2014. This announcement was first brought up on Japanese television right after the airing of ep. 26 of the edited-for-DVD cut of the film series itself (ep. 26 was originally shown as the last fourth of the 7th and final installment of the film series, titled "Space Battleship Yamato 2199 Chapter 7: And the Warship Comes").
You know, I was hoping that after Chapter 7 of the film series came out, Enagio would start working on the sequel to the primary SBY universe-based film Space Battleship Yamato: Resurrection since the story that began in SBY: R is still remains incomplete. But perhaps the owners of the Space Battleship Yamato franchise felt the need to abandon plans on going back to the primary SBY universe due to the lack of support suffered by SBY: R in Japan and Yamato 2199 becoming more popular than its 1970s predecessor.
2:11 PM Canada EST
Today, ANN announces that the currently running anime film series Space Battleship Yamato 2199 will officially be distributed outside Japan in the future, though no word yet exists on which countries it will be shown in and when or what languages it will be dubbed in or whether it will be the 7-film theatrical series cut or 26-episode DVD cut to be internationally distributed. Morever, ANN indicates that according to a filmed-in-Japan silmulcast for the anime, this series will use "Star Blazers 2199" as its title for outside Japan release (my predications guessed right about how it will be titled outside Japanf, and in case some of you are new to the Space Battleship Yamato experience, the term "Star Blazers" identifies the Space Battleship Yamato franchise for English-dubbed releases in North America, though only the first three SBY T.V. series have U.S.-produced English dubs).
11:20 PM Canada EST
Last night, ANN revealed some news that should excite fans of Space Battleship Yamato. As confirmed, though the film series Space Battleship Yamato 2199 is still running with its fifth chapter/installment to be released in Japanese theaters on April 13, the T.V. series/OVA series cut of the anime itself had gained high nielsen ratings success during its 1st episode's first T.V. airing; it was declared to have won the highest viewership in years for a T.V. broadcast start to ever occur in a Sunday @ 5:00 PM (Japanese time) slot on Japanese T.V. networks TBS and/or MBS. However, audiences between the ages of 35-49 were reported to dominate the entire audience who tuned in for the epic anime series' T.V. broadcast launch (I',m guessing this includes those who knew Space Battleship Yamato from long ago,e ven duirng when the the original SBY series had its first broadcast).
Congrats to the makers of this amazing remake on this win. Keep up the fight, Yamato!
4:46 PM Canada EST
Today, ANN announces that the fifth installment of the 7-film theatrical series Space Battleship Yamato 2199 is scheduled for ...
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Yesterday, ANN revealed that the 4th installment of the 7-film theatrical series cut of Space Battleship Yamato 2199 is scheduled for release on January 12, 2013. Though the premise for this film isn't yet revealed, it is to be titled "Space Battleship Yamato 2199: The Remote Area of the Galaxy's Offense and Defense", and will later be split into episodes 11-14 for the T.V. series cut of the SBY anime itself.
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