The official Yamato Crew membership website confirmed on Saturday that the Space Battleship Yamato 2199 anime project is a television series in addition to the previously revealed film. (Membership is required to view the page.) The April 7 film is actually the first two episodes of the new television series, combined into one theatrical preview screening about 50 minutes long. It will play in 10 theaters throughout Japan.
The basic story of Yamato 2199 is the same as the first Yamato anime set in 2199, but Yutaka Izubuchi (RahXephon), the 52-year-old animator who worked on mechanical designs and science-fiction concepts on some of the earlier projects in the franchise, is serving as chief director. Yoshinobu Nishizaki, the late producer of the franchise, is credited with the original story. Nobuteru Yuki (Escaflowne, Record of Lodoss War) is designing the characters, and the anime studios XEBEC and AIC are producing the anime. Mechanical designer Makoto Kobayashi (Giant Robo, Last Exile, Space Battleship Yamato Resurrection) revealed at Anime Expo in July that he is working on a Yamato remake for next year.
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