Hideaki Anno is co-directing the feature film Cosmoship Yamato √2199 at Production I.G and Studio Khara, a project announced on October 6 with no release date decided. He also appears as an interview subject in the Ultraman 60th anniversary documentary The Origin of Ultraman, which opened July 3.
In 2026 Anno's name sits on two announced projects and one anniversary message. The largest is Cosmoship Yamato √2199, a feature-length anime film he co-directs with Yutaka Izubuchi at Production I.G and Studio Khara. A website opened on Tuesday, October 6, to announce the film, the same date as the original Space Battleship Yamato television premiere in 1974. Anno is credited for planning, executive production and design works; Izubuchi is credited for design works. Production I.G founder Mitsuhisa Ishikawa shares the planning credit and Shin Office Academy is presenting. The √ in the title is pronounced "Root." A teaser visual shows the Yamato attempting to launch from a devastated land toward space. A release date is not decided, and production began in 2024, when Anno announced he was working on a new Yamato theatrical anime with new footage.
The Yamato announcement follows Studio Khara's 20th anniversary in May, when the studio posted an original illustration by Kazuya Tsurumaki of Evangelion character Rei Ayanami. Anno's anniversary message described a studio that grew from three people in a small office to a company that owns its own studio and continues to produce new works. The two events share a thread: Anno's own studio is a production base for the Yamato film alongside Production I.G.
Separately, Anno is one of the interview subjects in The Origin of Ultraman, a documentary Tsuburaya Productions announced for the tokusatsu franchise's 60th anniversary. It opened July 3 and covers the creation of the original series with archival footage and interviews with original cast and crew and with fans including Guillermo del Toro, Anno and Hideo Kojima. Hirokazu Kore-eda is credited as planner. On the home video side, GKIDS announced at its Anime Expo panel a Blu-ray Disc release of Anno's live-action film Love & Pop for October 6, alongside a 4K UHD Collector's Edition of Look Back on September 8 and a 4K UHD Collector's Edition of the Angel's Egg 4K remaster on September 22.
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A website opened on Tuesday to announce that Hideaki Anno and Yutaka Izubuchi are directing the feature-length anime film Cosmoship Yamato √2199 at Production I.G and Studio Khara. Anno is credited for planning, executive production and design works, with Izubuchi on design works. Production I.G founder Mitsuhisa Ishikawa shares the planning credit, and Shin Office Academy is presenting the project. The √ symbol in the title is pronounced "Root." Anno commented that he wants to keep making Yamato to fulfill a childhood dream and to carry the wishes of his own and the next generation. The announcement came on October 6, the anniversary of the original Space Battleship Yamato television premiere in 1974. A teaser visual shows the Yamato attempting to launch from a devastated land toward space. A release date is not yet decided. Production began in 2024, when Anno first announced he was working on a new Yamato theatrical anime with new footage.
Jul 6
GKIDS announced during its Anime Expo panel on Sunday several home video releases, including a 4K UHD Collector's Edition for Look Back on September 8, a 4K UHD Collector's Edition for the 4K remaster of Angel's Egg on September 22, and a Blu-ray Disc release for Hideaki Anno's live-action film Love & Pop on October 6.
May 19
Studio Khara posted an original illustration by Kazuya Tsurumaki featuring Evangelion character Rei Ayanami for the studio's 20th anniversary. Founder Hideaki Anno issued a message noting the studio grew from three people in a small office to a company that owns its own studio and continues to produce new works.
May 16
Tsuburaya Productions announced a documentary film titled The Origin of Ultraman, opening July 3, to celebrate the tokusatsu franchise's 60th anniversary. The film covers the creation of the original series with archival footage and interviews with original cast, crew, and notable fans including Guillermo del Toro, Hideaki Anno, and Hideo Kojima. Hirokazu Kore-eda is credited as the documentary's planner.