{"rewrite":{"id":"r_91a48bcb287a220a109f6cd4","clusterId":"c_7cff357713a264b07345bfa6","slug":"junko-yagami-returns-to-yamato-with-final-chapter-ending-theme","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Junko Yagami Returns to Yamato With Final Chapter Ending Theme","summary":"Junko Yagami sings the ending theme for \"Yamato yo Towa ni REBEL3199 Chapter 7: Rainbow-Colored Reincarnation,\" the final chapter of the Space Battleship Yamato 2199 series. The song, \"Haruka e, Towa e,\" has lyrics by Yohei Matsui, music by Hiroshi Miyagawa and Akira Miyagawa, and arrangement by Akira Miyagawa. Yagami last performed a Yamato theme in 1983 with \"Love Supreme ~Shijou no Ai~\" for Space Battleship Yamato: Final Chapter. The music video is out on the official YouTube channel. Seven character visuals on rainbow-colored backgrounds also released, covering figures including Susumu Kodai, Yuki Mori, and Sasha. The chapter begins screenings on Friday, October 30, 2026. General director and scriptwriter Harutoshi Fukui leads the production, with Naomichi Yamato directing and Satelight on animation. The cast includes Daisuke Ono, Houko Kuwashima, Megumi Han, and Koichi Yamadera.","whyItMatters":"The ending theme pairs Yagami with Akira Miyagawa, whose father Hiroshi composed the 1980 source song the track is based on, making the final chapter a generational handoff inside the franchise's own music.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe ending theme is a rework, not a new composition. \u0026#34;Haruka e, Towa e\u0026#34; is based on \u0026#34;Shin Ginga Tanjou,\u0026#34; which Hiroshi Miyagawa composed for the 1980 film \u0026#34;Yamato yo Towa ni,\u0026#34; with Akira Miyagawa writing the new arrangement. Yohei Matsui wrote the lyrics, following his work on the previous chapter\u0026#39;s \u0026#34;Hikari no Nami.\u0026#34;\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJunko Yagami first sang for the franchise on the single \u0026#34;Love Supreme ~Shijou no Ai~,\u0026#34; released February 5, 1983, as the theme for \u0026#34;Space Battleship Yamato: Final Chapter.\u0026#34; She said of the new track: \u0026#34;I never thought the day would come when I could sing a Yamato theme song again after more than 40 years.\u0026#34; Akira Miyagawa noted that his father was a fan of Yagami, and that Yagami began singing because she admired The Peanuts.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 7\u0026#39;s plot turns on the mystery of who the Dezarium are and whether their memories are true. Sasha loses proof that she has lived, and Alphonse reaches a conclusion about his own existence. To resist the heavy nuclear bomb \u0026#34;Grand Reverse,\u0026#34; the partisan fleet assembles and the space battleship Arizona launches.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Junko Yagami's return lands on the final chapter, not the opening, so the Yamato theme song cycle closes with the same voice that carried its 1983 ending.","twitterPost":"Junko Yagami returns to Yamato for the final chapter, 43 years after her last Yamato theme.","threadsPost":"Junko Yagami returns for the final chapter of Yamato yo Towa ni REBEL3199. The ending theme is where the series books Yagami, 43 years after her last Yamato song, so the closing chapter gets the closing voice the franchise first used.","newsletterBlurb":"Junko Yagami returns to Space Battleship Yamato for the first time since 1983, singing the ending theme for \"Yamato yo Towa ni REBEL3199 Chapter 7: Rainbow-Colored Reincarnation.\" The track, \"Haruka e, Towa e,\" draws on a 1980 Hiroshi Miyagawa composition with a new arrangement by Akira Miyagawa. The music video is out, and the chapter opens October 30, 2026.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime Anime\",\"url\":\"https://animeanime.jp/article/2026/10/02/103456.html\",\"title\":\"First theme song tag team in 43 years! \\\"Space Battleship Yamato\\\" x Junko Yagami, \\\"Yamato yo Towa ni REBEL3199\\\" Final Chapter ED \\\"Haruka e, Towa e\\\" MV Released \\u0026 Comments Arrive!\"},{\"source\":\"Anime Anime\",\"url\":\"https://animeanime.jp/article/2026/10/03/103460.html\",\"title\":\"Yamato yo Towa ni REBEL3199 Chapter 7: General Director Fukui Says \\\"I Didn't Know If This Was Good\\\" - Confesses Anxiety and Relief! 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