Star Blazers relevant but not about the movie. I saw this posted on the official Star Blazers Facebook Page
"Makoto Kobayashi, mecha designer of Yamato Resurrection and occasional employee of Enagio Studio announced at the closing ceremonies of Anime Expo that he is currently contributing to a remake of Star Blazers! (He actually meant Space Battl...eship Yamato but used the English title for the benefit of the American audience.)
This confirms what we learned last December in Tokyo for Yamatour 2010. At our farewell dinner with the staff of Yamato Party, we were told that they had seen pre-production art for a new TV series that would remake the original. Story development had been underway for quite a while, scripts were written, and designs were being worked on. These are the pickiest Yamato fans on Earth, and they were very impressed by what they saw.
In fact, I saw some of the mecha designs myself by accident; I purchased several collections of model sheets from Yamato Resurrection last year, and a few dozen images from the new series somehow slipped in. They're mostly Yamato interiors, reimagined with new technology. The exterior of the ship is largely unchanged and has already been seen by many; we were told that the 1/500 Bandai model kit released in December is essentially the new TV version. The designs that fell into my hands also included fighter craft and a few pages of Gamilas ships. There were also some text documents with very early concept notes about important points to be developed.
The most critical data has not yet been announced: when and how it will debut. Kobayashi's announcement merely confirms that he is working on the project for next year. No other details are available, but we'll keep watching."
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