Title : Yamato Perfect Manual #1 RA# : Excellent 53 Pub/Date : Tokuma Shoten/1983 Pages : 212 Price : 1200 yen
Glossy colour cine digest; EXHAUSTIVE rough and final designs for characters, mechanics, and scenes.
Covers the story of the TV Seasons 1, 2, and Arrivederci Yamato, including each episode, in digest form. Glossy cine digests and rough and final designs are all that are included for each story.
A special colour character glossary was thoughtfully included, listing photos and names of all characters from all episodes and movies before Final Yamato. Earth, Gamilons, Comet Imperials, Black Nebulans, Galmans, and Bolars all get credits.
This Roman album is larger than most, and is especially valuable because it contains the digest of the first Yamato TV season. The only other RA that does this is RA #1, which has been out of print even as far back as 1980.
The cover illustrations on the outer jacket differ from those on the actual outer cover of the book (which is unusual). Both illustrations are quite beautiful. The inner cover illustration is of Yamato sleeping in the setting sun, locked into the sea bed on Earth before its first awakening.