It has been revealed that voice actress Megumi Ogata will be singing the ending theme song "Persona" for the fifth chapter, "Incandescent Galactic War," of the latest installment in the remake series of the popular anime "Space Battleship Yamato." Ogata commented, "I'm from the Yamato generation. I cried my eyes out at Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato, and was shocked when I heard "Forever" in 2. When I was a rookie voice actress, I was assigned to play Surveillance Fleet Commander Mill, replacing Ichikawa Osamu, who retired after the game Farewell, and I was so thrilled that I said all my lines by heart, which shocked my manager at the time (lol). But now I'm singing the ending theme for Yamato. I'm trembling..."
The song's lyric video was released on February 21st, and the song is now available online. Ogata commented on the song, "The words that were conveyed to me were, 'Not a ballad, but hardcore rock,' and 'A song that will completely destroy what Yamato has been until now.' It was a huge shock (laughs). Of course, I know they meant to 'destroy it in a good way,' but how? That's where the journey of this song began."
"The final scene of this film is the 'turning point' in the introduction, development, turn, and conclusion structure, and I imagined that it would be quite a shock for longtime fans, so my team and I decided to make it a progressive rock song with the theme of 'The world can suddenly change one day. With the concepts of justice and truth as well' and 'And yet we live on. With you'. However, since it's Yamato, I wanted the chorus to have a beautiful melody line that would work even if it was rearranged into a ballad. Then Takahashi Ryo came back and wrote an incredible song...!! (laughs) I wrote lyrics that I put my heart and soul into and sang them. Filled with love for Yamato, and for humanity. I would be happy if I could accompany Yamato's 'current location' as it sails through the modern day."
"Yamato 3199" is a new interpretation of the original works "Yamato Forever" and "Space Battleship Yamato III." Harutoshi Fukui serves as the general director. There are seven chapters in total, with the fifth chapter, "The Incandescent Galactic War," released on February 20th. The sixth chapter, "The Blue Labyrinth," will be released on June 26th.
