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Last Yamato 2199 Film's Screenings Shortened Due to Quality Issue
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The official website for the Space Battleship Yamato 2199 film series announced on Monday that part of the seventh and final installment, Space Battleship Yamato 2199 Part 7: Soshite Kan wa Iku, will not be shown during its theatrical screenings "to maintain an acceptable level of quality for the viewers."
The film will be a compilation of episodes 23 through 26 of the television series remake. However, part of episode of 25 will be removed from the screenings. The staff assured fans that the other three episodes will be shown in their entirety, and the removed section will not affect the viewers' enjoyment of the story. In addition, the full version of episode 25 will be on the eventual Blu-ray Disc and DVD release.
The film will open in 16 theaters in Japan on August 24. A TV commercial began airing earlier this month.
The film was scheduled to ship on DVD and Blu-ray Disc in Japan on September 25, but the release was delayed until October 25. The staff had planned to sell advance copies of the Blu-ray Disc version during the volume's August 24-September 6 theatrical run, but the time required to manufacture the Blu-ray Discs and DVDs is preventing this.
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