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Hideaki Anno, Yutaka Izubuchi Co-Direct Yamato √2199 Film at I.G, Khara

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.

Key Facts

  • Hideaki Anno and Yutaka Izubuchi are directing the feature-length anime film Cosmoship Yamato √2199, announced on October 6, 2026.
  • Production I.G and Studio Khara are handling animation production for Cosmoship Yamato √2199, and the √ in the title is pronounced "Root."
  • Cosmoship Yamato √2199 has been in production since 2024, and its release date is not yet decided.
  • Hideaki Anno is credited as planning and executive producer on Cosmoship Yamato √2199, with Mitsuhisa Ishikawa also on planning and Shin Office Academy presenting.
  • The current Space Battleship Yamato 2199 remake project, Yamato yo Towa ni: Rebel 3199, opens its final film in Japan on October 30.

Reporting from 5 sources: Anime News Network, Denfaminicogamer, Inside, Anime Anime, and 1 more.

Hideaki Anno, Yutaka Izubuchi Co-Direct Yamato √2199 Film at I.G, Khara

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.

The 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 "Yoshinobu Nishizaki / Shin Office Academy." Izubuchi, an established mechanical designer, is credited for design works.

  • Original work: Yoshinobu Nishizaki
  • Planning and executive producer: Hideaki Anno
  • Planning: Mitsuhisa Ishikawa, founder of Production I.G
  • Director and design works: Yutaka Izubuchi
  • Director and design works: Hideaki Anno
  • Production: Production I.G x Studio Khara
  • Production: Shin Office Academy

Anno has repeatedly tied his career to Yamato. "If I had not encountered Space Battleship Yamato at that time, my life today would not exist," 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.

An official X account opened along with the website, and the title uses the hashtags #SpaceBattleshipYamatoroots2199 and #Yamatoroots2199.

Synthesized by Yomimono from the 5 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.

Space Battleship Yamato √2199 Studio Khara Production I.G Hideaki Anno Yutaka Izubuchi

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