Oct 13
Anime Anime surveyed the main Japanese streaming services in October 2026 and found no subscription option for Yamato yo Towa ni REBEL3199. DMM TV, U-NEXT, Amazon Prime Video, Lemino, Hulu and FOD carry it as per-chapter rentals, with chapter one at 1,100 yen and later chapters at 1,430 yen on most services. TSUTAYA DISCAS, d Anime Store, Netflix, Disney+, ABEMA and YouTube had no listing. The seventh film opens in theaters on October 30.
Oct 6
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.
Oct 4
Junko Yagami sings the ending theme for "Yamato yo Towa ni REBEL3199 Chapter 7: Rainbow-Colored Reincarnation," the final chapter of the Space Battleship Yamato 2199 series. The song, "Haruka e, Towa e," has lyrics by Yohei Matsui, music by Hiroshi Miyagawa and Akira Miyagawa, and arrangement by Akira Miyagawa. Yagami last performed a Yamato theme in 1983 with "Love Supreme ~Shijou no Ai~" for Space Battleship Yamato: Final Chapter. The music video is out on the official YouTube channel. Seven character visuals on rainbow-colored backgrounds also released, covering figures including Susumu Kodai, Yuki Mori, and Sasha. The chapter begins screenings on Friday, October 30, 2026. General director and scriptwriter Harutoshi Fukui leads the production, with Naomichi Yamato directing and Satelight on animation. The cast includes Daisuke Ono, Houko Kuwashima, Megumi Han, and Koichi Yamadera.
Oct 4
Toshio Masuda, the director and screenwriter who supervised the original Space Battleship Yamato television series and went on to direct several of its theatrical films, died of old age on August 26. He was 98. Mainichi Shimbun and Yomiuri Shimbun both reported the death. Masuda was born in Kobe in October 1927. He joined Nikkatsu in 1954, after working for Shintoho, and made his directorial debut in 1958 with Kokoro to Nikutai no Tabi. At Nikkatsu he directed Rusty Knife, Red Handkerchief, and Red Quay. He co-directed the Japanese sequences of the 1970 film Tora! Tora! Tora! and was nominated for the Best Director Award at the 4th and 13th Japan Academy Film Prizes, for The Battle of Port Arthur and Company Executives. In anime, he oversaw the scripts and supervised the 1974 Star Blazers television series, directed the 1977 Space Battleship Yamato compilation film, and worked as director and screenwriter on the 1978 film Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato, the 1979 film Space Battleship Yamato: The New Voyage, and the 1980 film Be Forever Yamato.
Sep 17
The main visual and full trailer for Yamato yo Towa ni: REBEL3199 Chapter 7: Rainbow-Colored Reincarnation were released on September 18. The film is the final chapter of the seven-part Space Battleship Yamato 2199 series reimagining of the 1980 film Yamato yo Towa ni. It opens October 30. A second Movie Ticket Card with a B2 poster, drawn by character designer Nobuteru Yuki, went on sale the same day.
Aug 11
The trailer for Yamato yo Towa ni REBEL3199 Chapter 7: Rainbow Reincarnation, the final chapter of the series, has been released. The chapter opens in Japanese theaters on October 30, 2026. Blu-ray and DVD volume 7 details were also announced, with pre-orders starting July 31, 2026.
Jun 4
KOA CREATIVE will present "Siena Wind Orchestra Space Battleship Yamato Festival: YAMATO & VILLAINS!!" on October 3, 2026, at Yokohama Minato Mirai Hall. The concert features music by Hiroshi and Akira Miyagawa performed by the Siena Wind Orchestra, with a program focused on the series' villains. Official advance reservations open June 6.