Be Forever Yamato: Rebel 3199 Anime Film Streams 2nd Teaser Video, a space adventure sequel
Get ready for lift-off! The second film in the Space Battleship Yamato remake series, Yamato yo Towa ni: Rebel 3199 (Be Forever Yamato: Rebel 3199), is blasting off on November 22, with a home video release on January 29!
The crew behind the scenes has just dropped the second teaser trailer for the second film, “Sekijitsu no Shutsugeki” (The Assault of the Burning Sun), and we can’t wait to see what’s in store!
The second film will take off on November 22, and will be available on Blu-ray Disc and DVD on January 29.
©西崎義展／宇宙戦艦ヤマト3199製作委員会
“Kuro no Shinryaku” (Dark Invasion), the first film in the series, opened on July 19 and earned a whopping 58,863,050 yen (approximately US$385,100) in its first three days!
The anime will premiere as seven films, and Crunchyroll is streaming the series.
New cast members joining the fray include:
Naomichi Yamato (From the New World, Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans episode director) is directing the new anime, with Harutoshi Fukui now also credited as supervising director along with his roles as head writer and scriptwriter as in previous anime in the series. Hideki Oka is also returning as co-writer on the script. Nobuteru Yuki is returning as character designer. Junichirō Tamamori, Mika Akitaka, and Yasushi Ishizu are credited for mechanical designs. Hiroyuki Goto is the CG producer, while Shōsuke Uechi is credited as CG director. Tomohiro Yoshida is the sound director.
As with prior anime in the series, late producer Yoshinobu Nishizaki is credited for the original work, and his son Shōji Nishizaki is credited as chief production supervisor and copyright chief supervisor. Akira Miyagawa is returning to compose the music alongside Shu Kanematsu (My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!, The Café Terrace and Its Goddesses). Akira Miyagawa‘s late father and original Space Battleship Yamato composer Hiroshi Miyagawa is also credited for music.
The new project is a sequel to the Uchū Senkan Yamato 2205: Aratanaru Tabidachi – Kōshō -STASHA- (Space Battleship Yamato 2205: The New Voyage Part II: Stasha) film, which opened in February 2022.
Yamato yo Towa ni (Be Forever Yamato) is also the title of the 1980 sequel to the original Yamato anime projects. The 1980 film’s story is not set in the year 3199, but the 2004 original video anime series Dai Yamato Zero-go‘s story is set in that year.
Source: Press release
