REMEMBER THE STAR FORCE THIS HOLIDAY SEASON!

The brave crew of The Yamato, Our Star Blazers, return home on December 8th in the year 2199. They bring with them the hard won Cosmo DNA which restores life to Mother Earth. This is a week of celebration!

 On December 8 2199 Mankind is saved by The Star Force!

THANK YOU STAR FORCE!

Happy Blazers Boss out!

COLLECTION DIARY: MAY 2023

 

It's been a while since I got any NEW Yamato 2199 models. This baby Gelvades-Class Astro Battlecarrier was reprinted about a year or so ago and I grabbed her right before she went back into deep space... 

Happy Blazers Boss out!

RIP MASTER LEIJI MATSUMOTO 🤍✨💞

 REST IN PEACE MASTER Leiji Matsumoto

I have just become aware of this dear mans passing... I have loved Master Matsumoto's work since my childhood and I will always think of him when I go on a glorious cosmic adventure with his wonderful art and films. 

Renowned manga creator, illustrator, and designer Leiji Matsumoto passed away on February 13 at 11:00 a.m. due to acute heart failure. He was 85. His immediate family already held a service with his manga creator wife Miyako Maki as the chief mourner.

Matsumoto was born with the given name Akira in 1938 at Kurume City in Fukuoka Prefecture, and he debuted as a manga artist in 1953 with Michibachi no Bōken (Honeybee's Adventure) while he was still in high school. After graduating high school, he moved to Tokyo and became popular in the 1950s as a shōjo manga creator under a pen name. He then adopted his most famous pen name, Leiji Matsumoto, in 1965.

His notable works include Space Pirate Captain Harlock, Galaxy Express 999, and Queen Emeraldas — all of which inspired multiple anime or live-action adaptations — and he contributed designs and created the tie-in manga for Space Battleship Yamato. He also supervised animated music videos for French electronic pop group Daft Punk's Discovery album, and the videos were strung together into the INTERSTELLA 5555 film. His designs and works have influenced multiple generations of artists around the world.

Matsumoto's mechanical designs ranged from sleek warships inspired by early 20th century dreadnoughts, to fantastical space trains. His characters similarly ranged from cartoonish or caricatured designs to grounded, realistic figures.

In 2001 Matsumoto was awarded the "Medal with Purple Ribbon" honor, and in 2010 he was awarded with the "Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold Rays with Rosette." In 2012 he received the Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters) decoration from the French government.

 STAR BLAZERS has been in our lives for over forty years... it is one of the best human stories.

I have gathered an extensive collection of very good STAR BLAZERS - YAMATO videos.

There are many good Master Matsumoto articles at COSMO DNA 

 Leiji Matsumoto 

Lifelong STAR BLAZERS Boss out!

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EARTH IS SAVED BY THE STAR BLAZERS THIS WEEK IN 2199 - WE CELEBRATE!

The brave crew of The Yamato, Our Star Blazers, return home on December 8th in the year 2199. They bring with them the hard won Cosmo DNA which restores life to Mother Earth. This is a week of celebration!

 On December 8 2199 Mankind is saved by The Star Force!

THANK YOU STAR FORCE!

Happy Blazers Boss out!

REMEMBER THE STAR FORCE THIS HOLIDAY SEASON!

The brave crew of The Yamato, Our Star Blazers, return home on December 8th in the year 2199. They bring with them the hard won Cosmo DNA which restores life to Mother Earth. This is a week of celebration!

 On December 8 2199 Mankind is saved by The Star Force!

THANK YOU STAR FORCE!

Happy Blazers Boss out!

HAPPY 40TH ANNIVERSARY STAR BLAZERS!

HAPPY 40TH ANNIVERSARY STAR BLAZERS!

In America STAR BLAZERS Aired on the 17th of September in 1979. Of course SPACE BATTLESHIP YAMATO has been around since 1974, and that is wonderful!

Music from Space Battleship Yamato 2199: Odyssey of the Celestial Ark

Some of my Classic Star Blazers Collection!

 Leiji Matsumoto 

Lifelong STAR BLAZERS Boss out!

COLLECTION DIARY: AUGUST 2019

This summer we had the complete STAR BLAZERS: Space Battleship Yamato 2199 remake released along with the first half of the remake of STAR BLAZERS: The Comet Empire-YAMATO 2202!

I am very happy to own these glorious remakes. They are actually better than the beloved originals, and that is a very special thing to be a part of! Part Two of YAMATO 2202 is scheduled to release this Fall!



Happy Blazers Boss out!

EARTH IS SAVED BY THE STAR BLAZERS THIS WEEK IN 2199 - WE CELEBRATE!

The brave crew of The Yamato, Our Star Blazers, return home on December 8th in the year 2199. They bring with them the hard won Cosmo DNA which restores life to Mother Earth. This is a week of celebration!

 On December 8 2199 Mankind is saved by The Star Force!

THANK YOU STAR FORCE!

The second volume of 2199 released last week!
Funimation had a cool stream this week to celebrate... check it out!

Happy Blazers Boss out!

STAR BLAZERS 2199 SPECIAL EDITION GLORY!

I am very happy to own the new STAR BLAZERS Special Edition version of SPACE BATTLESHIP YAMATO 2199! This is a universe which has been a part of my life since my childhood and I love it almost as much as Classic STAR WARS! I am so pleased to see Star Blazers reborn for this generation. Funimation did this release perfectly with respect and honor for the original... it is wonderful!

Very Happy Blazers Boss out!

STAR BLAZERS 2199 PART ONE LIMITED EDITION SERIES BOXED SET!

ONE YEAR... ONE SHIP... ONE HOPE.
The SPACE BATTLESHIP YAMATO 2199 glorious reboot on Blu-ray and HD DVD released today!

THIS IS WONDERFUL!



I just ordered mine at Amazon... Dam Right!!!

STAR BLAZERS Boss out!

REMEMBER THE STAR FORCE THIS HOLIDAY SEASON!

The brave crew of The Yamato, Our Star Blazers, returned home this week in the year 2199. Their year long mission saved the Earth. As we enter the height of the holiday season with the Twelve Days of Christmas I am going to be thinking about what The Star Force, did for us!

 On December 8 2199 Mankind is saved by The Star Force!

"Miracles Don't Just Happen...We Need To Make Them Happen!"

Thank You Star Force!

Boss out!

HAPPY 43rd ANNIVERSARY TO STAR BLAZERS - SPACE BATTLESHIP YAMATO 2199!

Space Battleship Yamato turns forty three this weekend, and to celebrate I am playing with my new order of Yamato 2199 Bandai models which were just delivered yesterday; October 6... right on time baby!

Baby Joe Boss watching Star Blazers in October 1979!

The Original Opening... so dam-great!

The Quest For Iscandar Series One!

The Original Soundtrack Done As An Opera... Baby!

This Sci-Fi Grandfather stayed True The Whole Time... and We Love You for that Master Leiji Matsumoto 😍

I AM SO HAPPY THAT STAR BLAZERS - YAMATO 2199 IS ALIVE AND VERY WELL TODAY!

THE NEW YAMATO 2202 GARMILLAS FLEET SET IS COMING!

Bandai announced their NEW Yamato 2202 Garmillas Fleet set coming to us this December... just in time for the holidays! This is going to be a nice set to fill out our Imperial fleet... The Glory!

Imperial Garmillas Fleet Boss out!

COLLECTION DIARY: JULY 2017

I have been letting my STAR BLAZERS Collection and game project slide for to long, so I put some money and effort into getting that updated this month! There are a lot of super cool new models coming out with the new 2202 series and I have to own them. Move up on the project rosters little buddies!

Happy Blazers Boss out!

BANDAI'S THIRD GLORIOUS YAMATO 1/1000 SCALE KIT!!!

It looks like we are going to have a wonderful third version of our beloved Yamato for Halloween this year! My Japanese buddies online are great about sharing the news from their part of the world and sure enough images for the new 1/000 scale kit are showing up now.

Bandai previewed the raw prototype months back but now we can see just how lovely Yamato 3 is! This new 2202 version has the full badass large scale lighting kit like all of the new UNCN Battleships... of course!
We can expect to see more images of the kit and the beautiful cover art soon; as the October release date is not far off! I should think this is going to be the best version of Yamato in 1/1000 scale!

Happy Blazers Boss out!

STAR BLAZERS (LIVE ACTION) MOVIE NEWS!

The gang at Movie Talk have been trusted movie pundits in my little network of pop-news for years now. When John and crew talk about news like this it is correct. This is kind of good news to me because I hated the Japanese live-action film. Maybe this American version will be good.

I want a good live-action STAR BLAZERS. I do not say I want a "Great Film" because I know dam-well a live version of this masterpiece simply can not be as good as the full series story we know and love... like a great novel series; but good will still be awesome... I bet!

Go STAR BLAZERS GOooo!!!

Blazers Boss out!