yamaga on anno

Quote from Hiroyuki Yamaga about his relationship with Hideaki Anno during the February 1998 Fanimecon event:

"When I first met Anno in college, the first thing he told me was how he knew every line in Space Battleship Yamato, except for the first episode, and the reason he didn't know every line in the first episode was because he didn't record it, and the reason he didn't record it was because he didn't know if the series would turn out any good."