The film series was first teased by producer Shoji Nishizaki in the
Yamato Crew Report Magazine, stating that production of the sequel is in development. But added that it wasn't yet greenlighted. The first teaser of the film series was revealed on March 31, 2016 with an illustration by Makoto Kobayashi. It was later confirmed that director Nobuyoshi Habara, best known for the
Fafner in the Azure anime and Fukui Harutoshi, the author of the Novel series
Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn will both direct and write the film series. Later on, the first teaser video of the film series was released.
Bandai Visual then later confirmed that the film will be released in both theaters in Japan as well as in several video streaming services in a limited basis. In December 2016, the official website confirmed that
Kenjiro Tsuda will replace
Keiji Fujiwara as Isami Enomoto while
Hiroshi Kamiya and
Masaki Terasoma were added as part of the cast. It soon followed with
Sayaka Kanda as the voice of Teresa alongside a new 30 second trailer. Bandai Visual later released a special trailer of the film with the song "From Yamato with Love" and followed with the 12-minute preview stream of the first chapter. The second film was released on June 24, 2017 the third released on October 14, 2017, while the fourth film is released on January 27, 2018. The fifth film was released on May 25, 2018; the sixth film on November 2, 2018 and the seventh and final film was released on March 1, 2019. As with the first series,
Space Battleship Yamato 2199, Voyager Entertainment and
Funimation both licensed the series in North American territories, which commenced weekly streaming with an English-dubbed version (via Funimation) and an English Subtitled version (via
Crunchyroll) on May 9, 2018. ==Media==