The opening day stage greeting for the third chapter of the latest installment of the remake series of the popular anime "Space Battleship Yamato", "Be Forever Yamato: Rebel 3199", "Gunjo no Asteroid", was held at Marunouchi Piccadilly (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo) on April 11th. General director Harutoshi Fukui appeared on stage wearing a T-shirt with a mysterious cat design and a happi coat with a large Sasha on the back.
Director Naomichi Yamato and screenwriter Hideki Oka also appeared on stage to greet the audience, and Nakamura Eriko, who plays Mikage Kiryu, acted as the host. Regarding the mysterious cat on Fukui's T-shirt, Oka tilted his head and said, "I haven't figured it out yet either," and Fukui revealed that it was the "trademark of a moving company" that appears in the third chapter.
It seems that Chapter 3 has a lot to offer, and Yamato commented, "This chapter has a lot of content and points to note. I hope you enjoy it down to the last detail."
"Be Forever Yamato: Rebel 3199" is a new interpretation of the original third movie "Be Forever Yamato" released in 1980. Harutoshi Fukui will be the general director, and will also be in charge of the series composition and scriptwriting. Fukui was in charge of the 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 be the general director for this latest work. Yamato will be the director. There are seven chapters in total, with the fourth chapter "Sasha, the Light Blue Maiden" being screened from October 10th.
The first Space Battleship Yamato anime series was broadcast in 1974, and other films have since been produced, including Space Battleship Yamato 2, Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato , Warriors of Love, and Space Battleship Yamato Resurrection. A remake of the first film, Space Battleship Yamato 2199, was screened in theaters and broadcast on TV from 2012 to 2014, and a sequel to 2199, 2202, was screened in theaters and broadcast on TV from 2017 to 2019. A two-part series, 2205, was screened in theaters in 2021 and 2022.
