The Cosmoship Yamato franchise confirmed a new feature film on Tuesday, October 6, 2026: Cosmoship Yamato √2199. The √ symbol is read as “Root.” The announcement arrived with an official site, an X account, and a teaser showing Yamato’s silhouette about to launch against a devastated landscape.
It is the first animated co-production between Production I.G and Studio Khara. Hideaki Anno, creator of Neon Genesis Evangelion, is credited with direction, design, planning, and executive production. Yutaka Izubuchi, chief director of the remakes that began with Space Battleship Yamato 2199, shares direction and design. Shin Office Academy is presenting the project. Planning also includes Production I.G founder Mitsuhisa Ishikawa. The original work is credited to Yoshinobu Nishizaki.
What was already public in 2024
This is not a project appearing from nowhere. In October 2024, after the series’ 50th-anniversary screening, Anno said Khara had received rights from Voyager Holdings and Tohokushinsha to produce new Yamato animation. Izubuchi was already attached. What changes now is the title, the public staff list, and the opening of yamato-r2199.jp.
On the site, Anno writes that he wants to keep making Yamato not only to fulfill a childhood dream, but to put into it prayers and wishes for the next generation and his own. He identifies himself as a fan since his second year of junior high.
What is still unconfirmed
There is no release date, detailed synopsis, or cast. Coverage from Automaton and Anime News Network says the film is set to take a different direction from recent remakes, without spelling out the plot. Meanwhile, the current remake line, Be Forever Yamato: Rebel 3199, has its seventh film set for October 30 in Japan. They are separate projects.
For a geek audience, the weight is in the names: Anno, Izubuchi, I.G, and Khara on one feature from a franchise that helped shape mecha anime. Until more official material arrives, the date and the tone of the story remain open.
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