It has been announced that a special exhibition commemorating the 50th anniversary of the broadcast of the popular anime "Space Battleship Yamato", "Space Battleship Yamato Complete Record Exhibition", will be held from July 19th at the convention hall on the 7th floor of Namba SkyO (Chuo-ku, Osaka). The special exhibition was planned and produced by Hideaki Anno, and was also a hot topic when it was held in Shibuya, Tokyo in March. It will run until August 3rd.
More than 2,000 carefully selected valuable materials will be on display, including project plans, character and mechanic design drawings, original drawings, background art, etc. There will also be a large timeline space looking back on 50 years of history, a music introduction corner, and a model of the gigantic Yamato ship.
The merchandise will not only include the items sold at the Tokyo venue, but new products will also be added, and collaboration projects with restaurants and bookstores are also planned.