New Yamato Anime Announced
|After more than a decade of speculation and rumor, Leiji Matsumoto, during his 64th birthday party held January 25th, confirmed production on a Shin Uchuu Senkan Yamato (New Space Cruiser Yamato) TV series. The new television series will be directed by Tomoharu Katsumata, who directed the little known late 1980s theatrical film Future War 198X. Hioshi Mori, a planner on the production of Studio Ghibli’s Nausicaa and Yamada-kun movies, will executive produce. A full Japanese language staff list is available here.
Source: Anime News Service