A new teaser trailer has been revealed for the first part of the Yamato yo Towa ni: REBEL 3199 anime project. The 26-episode anime will premiere as seven theatrical films in Japan, starting with the first part titled “Kuro no Shinryaku” on July 19, 2024.
Naomichi Yamato (Macross Delta: Zettai Live!!!!!! assistant director) is directing REBEL3199, with Harutoshi Fukui (Space Battleship Yamato 2205, Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2202) as series screenwriter and co-scriptwriter. Fukui is also credited as chief director, with studio MOTHER as the main animation production company and Satelight providing production assistance.
Other staff involved with the project includes:
- • Scriptwriter: Hideki Oka (Space Battleship Yamato 2205, Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2202)
- • Character designer: Nobuteru Yuuki (Space Battleship Yamato 2205, Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2202)
- • Mechanical design: Junichiro Tamamori (Space Battleship Yamato 2205, Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2202)
- • Mechanical design: Yasushi Ishizu (Space Battleship Yamato 2205, Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2202)
- • Mechanical design: Mika Akitaka (Space Battleship Yamato 2205)
- • CG director: Shosuke Uechi (Space Battleship Yamato 2199 Hoshi-Meguru Hakobune)
- • Music composer: Akira Miyagawa (Space Battleship Yamato 2205, Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2202)
- • Music composer: Hiroshi Miyagawa (Space Battleship Yamato 2205, Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2202)
- • Sound director: Tomohiro Yoshita (Space Battleship Yamato 2199 Hoshi-Meguru Hakobune)
Yamato yo Towa ni: REBEL3199 serves as a new sequel project to the Uchu Senkan Yamato 2205: Aratanaru Tabidachi – Kōsho -STASHA- film, which opened in Japan in February 2022. Yamato yo Towa ni (also known in English as Be Forever Yamato) is also the title of the 1980 sequel to the original Yamato anime series. However, the 1980 film’s story is not set in the year 3199.
The original Space Battleship Yamato TV series aired in Japan from 1974 to 1975 and inspired several sequel series and movies. The remake anime project began with the 2012-2013 Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2199.
Crunchyroll is streaming the Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2199, describing the remake as:
The power-hungry Gamilas have taken over Earth, and only a distant planet has the key to save humans from extinction. Granted the schematics of a high-powered engine, the Space Battleship Yamato is built to traverse the galaxy and retrieve hope for their survival. Battling extraterrestrial forces along the way, the crew of the Yamato will stop at nothing to save their home.