The following articles were found on an economic side of The Sankei News paper September 18, 1997. 
It is here in production passing Web.The article on FOCUS is here. 
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"Space battleship Yamato" Popularity leaves and sentences the bankruptcy. 
        Company of animated cartoon production 

The animated cartoon production, video sales company, and waist cape Copretion. by which Hirohumi Nishizaki which made popularity animated cartoon gSpace battleship Yamato" series acted the president received the bankruptcy sentence from the Tokyo district court by the 17th according to the empire data bank of the private confidence investigation organization. The debt total is about 4,831,000,000 yen. 
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It is sad when written, gPopularity leaves". However I will think that advanced one step again aiming at Matsumoto's Yamato in 2001. (^^)

Such circumstances might have been surely suitable so that the copyright might have moved to Ms. Matsumoto, too. 
(Here is guessed) 

By the way, sales of the video might be continued from BANDAI. 


This matter will be not able to influence my Yamato home page and fan activity at all. (^^;)

Retern to YAMATO Home Page By DEZAHL