Hobby Japan Vintage Vol.14 (Hobby Japan MOOK)

[Machine Translation] Special Feature: Space Battleship Yamato: A Chronicle of Plastic Model Models 70s-'80s Targeting middle-aged and older generations, each issue of this model mook features products that the generation with the largest number of active plastic model hobbyists (people in their 40s and 50s) were once crazy about and that are "too new to miss. The magazine is a model mook that features a special feature in each issue, "Too Nostalgic to be New". The first series of "Space Battleship Yamato," which began airing in 1974, had a decisive impact on the evolution of Japanese character plastic models during the boom that began in the late 1970s. In this special issue, we will examine the "Yamato" series by Bandai Models (at that time), which embodied the trend from toy-like plastic models for younger generations to scale model-like nonmovable kits, a trend that has continued to the present day, and re-evaluate the advanced nature of the series in detail.

特集:宇宙戦艦ヤマト プラモクロニクル 70-‘80s 中高年層にターゲットを絞り、現役のプラモデル趣味人口がもっとも多いとされる世代(40 ～ 50 代)が、かつて夢中になった商品群を満載した、「懐かしすぎて新しい」特集を毎号お届けする模型ムック。監修およびプラモデル作例コーディネートは柿沼秀樹氏が担当しています。1974 年に第一作シリーズが放映開始された「宇宙戦艦ヤマト」は、70 年代後半からの大ブームの中、日本のキャラクタープラモの進化に決定的な影響を与えました。本特集では、低年齢層向けの玩具的プラモデルからスケールモデル的な無可動キットへ、という、現在につながる流れを体現したバンダイ模型(当時)の「ヤマト」シリーズを検証し、その先進性を細部にわたって再評価したいと考えています。