A stage greeting to commemorate the screening of the second chapter of the latest installment of the remake series of the popular anime "Space Battleship Yamato," "Yamato Forever REBEL3199," titled "Red Sun's Sortie," was held at Shinjuku Piccadilly on November 23rd, with appearances by voice actors Daisuke Ono, who plays the protagonist Susumu Kodai, Makoto Furukawa, who plays Alphonse, and general director Harutoshi Fukui. When Ono revealed that he wasn't recording with Alphonse (Furukawa), Furukawa responded by saying, "I was recording with Yuki (Kuwashima Houko, who plays Mori Yuki)," to which Ono confronted Furukawa, saying, "What do you mean?" Ono joked, "Furukawa and Houko were sitting next to each other in the studio. I was like, "Huh? Fire!" It was exciting because we were far apart, but I hated Furukawa at that time. I used to call him the other guy!" In the film, Yuki uses harsh words against Alphonse, prompting Furukawa to shout, "Watch them talk!"
"3199" reinterprets and reconstructs the original third film, "Yamato Forever," which was released in 1980. Furukawa said, "If you think I'm going to just follow 'Yamato Forever,' it's completely different! I'm creating the role by building it up with little information. I think the key to him is his growth. It's growth that can be taken in both good and bad ways. How will he change? Kodai and Alphonse are a pair. What will happen to their relationship? I hope you enjoy it."
Hatanaka Yu, who plays Domon Ryusuke, and Uemura Yuto, who plays Ageha Takeru, also took to the stage for the greeting, with Nakamura Eriko, who plays Kiryu Mikage, acting as the host.
The first Space Battleship Yamato anime series was broadcast in 1974, and other works have since been produced, including Space Battleship Yamato 2, Farewell to Yamato, Warriors of Love, and Space Battleship Yamato Resurrection. A remake of the first film, Space Battleship Yamato 2199, was screened in theaters and on TV from 2012 to 2014, and a sequel to 2199, 2202, was screened in theaters and aired on TV from 2017 to 2019. The two-part series, 2205, was screened in theaters in 2021 and 2022.
For 3199, Fukui will serve as general director and will also be in charge of series composition and scriptwriting. Fukui was in charge of series composition and scriptwriting for the remake series Space Battleship Yamato 2202, Warriors of Love, and Space Battleship Yamato 2205: A New Voyage, and will also serve as general director for the latest film. There are seven chapters in total, with the third chapter, "Ultramarine Asteroid," set to premiere on April 11, 2025.
