There aren’t many #anime directors more famous than #Evangelion creator #HideakiAnno, but it’s been a while now since Anno made any anime.
After a three-year absence from animation, Hideaki Anno is coming back to help a new project for one of Japan’s most beloved science fiction series, Space Battleship Yamato.
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Anno himself broke the news on Sunday at a special screening in Tokyo of the first episode of the original Space Battleship Yamato on the exact date and time of the 50th anniversary of its original airing at 7:30 p.m. on October 6, 1974.
𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘒𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢 [𝘈𝘯𝘯𝘰’𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘰] 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘚𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘉𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘠𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘺 𝘝𝘰𝘺𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘫𝘪 𝘕𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘬𝘪.
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𝘈𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦, 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘉𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘠𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘱𝘺𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘣𝘺 𝘛𝘰𝘩𝘰𝘬𝘶 𝘚𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘢. 𝘛𝘰 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘭𝘺, 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘚𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘉𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘠𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴.
Space Battleship Yamato is one of the most influential anime of all time, preceding not only Evangelion but other landmark science fiction anime series such as #Macross, #Gundam, and Galaxy Express 999.
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Space Battleship Yamato was Japan’s first space opera to become a major hit, and came at a time when it could leave a deep impression on many young viewers who’d go on to make anime of their own, such as Anno.
Anno revealed that Space Battleship Yamato 2199’s director Yutaka Izubuchi (who’s also a renowned mecha designer with creations such as #Patlabor’s Ingram on his resume) will be involved in Khara’s Yamato project, which is scheduled to enter production in 2025.