A stage greeting to commemorate the screening of 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 on April 12th at Marunouchi Piccadilly (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo), with appearances by Megumi Han, who plays Sasha, Aya Hisakawa, who plays Kaoru Niimi, Tasuku Hatanaka, who plays Ryusuke Domon, Yuto Uemura, who plays Takeru Ageha, and general director Harutoshi Fukui. When the topic turned to developments from the fourth chapter onwards, Hatanaka revealed, "The latest information (from my own recording) is so amazing that I'm like, what should I do!?"
Hatanaka said, "The issues that await us from now on are relevant to the present day. We will go that far. Although I am new to the series, I believe that depicting human relationships, including these issues, is what makes Yamato good. I will continue to work hard at it." Kamimura said, "I think the things we will face from now on will be beyond our imagination. I am prepared and approaching the dubbing with strong feelings."
"Be Forever Yamato: Rebel 3199" is a new interpretation of the original third movie "Be Forever Yamato" released in 1980. 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 be general director for this latest film. Naomichi Yamato will be the director. There are seven chapters in total, with the fourth chapter "Sasha, the Light Blue Maiden" set to premiere on 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.
