Well, supposedly, that interior was from a real hotel called the Yamato, I can't recall if it was a pre-war or post-war...no, given everything else I'm fairly sure it was pre-war. Anyway, it wouldn't surprise me if they (either the Japanese builders of the Yamato hotel or simply the Yamato 2199 production staff) cribbed from the Bradbury, it's fairly iconic.greg wrote:Well, according to a Bandai rep at the Shizuoka Hobby Show in May, there will be more Yamato anime coming. I'm excited about that.davemerrill wrote:Got to see the 2199 Ark Of The Stars film. Easily one of the best Yamato films and it's almost sinful how much it makes us want more 2199.
The movie is really cool, huh? The middle third act plays out much like a Star Trek episode. Very surreal. I also like how the hotel they stay in is patterned after the Bradbury Building in downtown Los Angeles (or at least the glass atrium ceiling is). The animators are most likely Blade Runner fans! Who isn't though, really?
Yamato 2199 The Stellar Ark is a very impressive movie. It neatly fits within a notable gap in the series, timewise, without damaging the overall flow of the story. It's both a great standalone movie and a very effective 'back door pilot' for a second series. I didn't feel it had any slow part or any noticeable drag, it seemed to tick along just fine.
I liked it. I do hope Voyager Ent. et al finally get their collective fingers out of that nasty place and MAKE MORE because damn, the sheer potential for a second series is mind boggling.