Rie Tanaka Joins Yamato 2199 Crew

Rie Tanaka, who also voices as Zodiarts Virgo in Kamen Rider Fourze, is joining in the new Space Battleship Yamato 2199 television anime series and film project, as the official website stated. Tanaka will be voicing Ensign Akira Yamamoto.

• Aside from Tanaka, more voice actors are joining the foray including:
• Shigeru Chiba as Commander Sakezō Sado
• Keiji Fujiwara as Chief Petty Officer Isamu Enomoto
• Aya Hisakawa as Lieutenant Kaoru Niimi
• Rina Satou as Makoto Harada
• Aya Uchida as Warant Officer Yuria Misaki

Space Battleship Yamato Anime Film Opens April 2012

Classic anime Space Battleship Yamato will have its remake and will premiere on April 7, 2012 according to Japan's Nikkan Sports newspaper. The movie will be entitled "Space Battleship Yamato 2199". The said movie is slated 38 years after its first TV series aired in 1974.

The plot is based the same as its TV series in the year 2199. Directing the anime firm is Yutaka Izubuchi, the 52-year-old animator who worked on mechanical designs and science-fiction concepts on some of the earlier projects in the franchise.