You Say Yamato

Anime Music Video
Title:	You Say Yamato
Creator:	Nick Pollotta, Phil Foglio
Date:	1983
Format:	Fandub
Length:	Unknown
Music:	Unknown
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Fandom:	Star Blazers
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You Say Yamato was a Star Blazers parody fandub produced by Nick Pollotta and Phil Foglio. Shown at Eastcon 1983, it's considered the earliest example of an anime fandub. Its public showing was referenced in Issue 10 of The Star Blazers Fandom Report.

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Who started this goofy sub-sub-subculture? Well, the earliest evidence of anime parody dubbing is a legendary treasure known as "You Say Yamato". It's an episode of Star Blazers dubbed wacky, and while it undoubtedly is the granddaddy of them all, whether or not it can be called 'influential' is debatable because nobody had a copy of the damn thing, and if you didn't live in New York or New England you didn't even get to SEE it. I myself was begging for a copy as early as 1985, and even my desperate pleas went ignored, because, you know, if they copied it they might get in trouble with the copyright holders. Well, that was the excuse I was given, anyway. Having since obtained a copy, I find the legend of "You Say Yamato" looms large because of its early entry into the field and its relative obscurity, rather than because of its comedy value.

Dave Merrill, Let's Anime: the secret history of anime parody dubbing