For me, telling the story of the Yamato was a private catharsis of sorts. As we made our way through production, I felt like I, too, was sinking into the whirlpool of history swirling around the ...

A haiku by Takewo Yamamoto goes to the effect, “The day the Yamato met its end/ In the sea of oblivion.” April 7 marks the 77th anniversary of the sinking of the Yamato. Its remains still lie ...

Alongside her sister ship Yamato, Musashi was among the largest ... had begun 11 years earlier and were based on four different sinking positions in the Sibuyan Sea, including both the "official ...

Of the just over 3,000 men aboard the Yamato on the morning of April 7, 1945, fewer than 300 were alive at day's end. In the interviews below, meet two Yamato veterans still haunted by memories of ...

But no American battleship holds the same degree of cultural relevance as the Japanese Yamato. The largest battleship ... Even more than Pearl Harbor, the sinking of the two British battleships ...

who won the legal copyright to the Yamato franchise from its creator, Leiji Matsumoto (Galaxy Express 999, Captain Harlock). The film was released on DVD and Blu-Ray earlier this year, so should ...