{"rewrite":{"id":"r_0ad179f177bd191e34c47cb0","clusterId":"c_6c455aedd0e8fbf81740cc2f","slug":"hideaki-anno-and-yutaka-izubuchi-announce-space-battleship-yamato-sqrt2199","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Hideaki Anno, Yutaka Izubuchi Co-Direct Yamato √2199 Film at I.G, Khara","summary":"A website opened on Tuesday to announce that Hideaki Anno and Yutaka Izubuchi are directing the feature-length anime film Cosmoship Yamato √2199 at Production I.G and Studio Khara. Anno is credited for planning, executive production and design works, with Izubuchi on design works. Production I.G founder Mitsuhisa Ishikawa shares the planning credit, and Shin Office Academy is presenting the project. The √ symbol in the title is pronounced \"Root.\" Anno commented that he wants to keep making Yamato to fulfill a childhood dream and to carry the wishes of his own and the next generation. The announcement came on October 6, the anniversary of the original Space Battleship Yamato television premiere in 1974. A teaser visual shows the Yamato attempting to launch from a devastated land toward space. A release date is not yet decided. Production began in 2024, when Anno first announced he was working on a new Yamato theatrical anime with new footage.","whyItMatters":"Anno first floated this project at the franchise's 50th anniversary in October 2024, and the eventual credit line puts him alongside the chief director of the 2199 remake, tying the original series' most prominent fan to the reboot line itself.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe project is a first for its two animation studios: Production I.G and Studio Khara have not co-produced a film before. Original work is credited to Yoshinobu Nishizaki, who created the 1974 series, and the copyright line reads \u0026#34;Yoshinobu Nishizaki / Shin Office Academy.\u0026#34; Izubuchi, an established mechanical designer, is credited for design works.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eOriginal work: Yoshinobu Nishizaki\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003ePlanning and executive producer: Hideaki Anno\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003ePlanning: Mitsuhisa Ishikawa, founder of Production I.G\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eDirector and design works: Yutaka Izubuchi\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eDirector and design works: Hideaki Anno\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eProduction: Production I.G x Studio Khara\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eProduction: Shin Office Academy\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnno has repeatedly tied his career to Yamato. \u0026#34;If I had not encountered Space Battleship Yamato at that time, my life today would not exist,\u0026#34; he has said. He also planned the opening sequence for the earlier Space Battleship Yamato 2199 series. His interest began in the second year of junior high school, and he has described himself as a fan for 49 years, dating to the original broadcast. He missed the first episode when it aired, then watched the second through the final episode, running home from cram school and skipping Great Mazinger to do it.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn official X account opened along with the website, and the title uses the hashtags #SpaceBattleshipYamatoroots2199 and #Yamatoroots2199.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"The Yamato title borrows a math symbol: the √ in Space Battleship Yamato √2199 is read as \"Root,\" and Hideaki Anno's production started in 2024, before this October 6 announcement existed.","twitterPost":"The √ in Space Battleship Yamato √2199 is read \"Root,\" and Hideaki Anno started production in 2024.","threadsPost":"Space Battleship Yamato √2199 reads the √ as \"Root,\" and Hideaki Anno began production in 2024, well before the October 6 announcement. The math symbol is doing double duty: it flags a new branch of the Yamato name while the film stays in production limbo with no release date.","newsletterBlurb":"Hideaki Anno and Yutaka Izubuchi are co-directing a new feature film, Cosmoship Yamato √2199, at Production I.G and Studio Khara. A teaser visual is out, production has been running since 2024, and no release date is set yet.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-10-05/hideaki-anno-yutaka-izubuchi-co-direct-yamato-2199-film-at-i.g-khara/.242524\",\"title\":\"Hideaki Anno, Yutaka Izubuchi Co-Direct Yamato √2199 Film at I.G, Khara\"},{\"source\":\"Denfaminicogamer\",\"url\":\"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/261006e\",\"title\":\"New Theatrical Anime 'Space Battleship Yamato √2199' by Hideaki Anno × Yutaka Izubuchi Announced! 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