#Leiji matsumoto
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demifiendrsa · 2 years ago
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Legendary manga and anime creator Leiji Matsumoto has passed away on February 13, 2023 at age 85 due to heart failure. 
Some of his notable works include Space Battleship Yamato, Space Pirate Captain Harlock, Galaxy Express 999, and Queen Emeraldas. He also collaborated with Daft Punk to supervise several animated music videos for their Discovery album, and the videos were strung together into the Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem film.
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zegalba · 1 year ago
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Leiji Matsumoto: 'Oyashirazu Sanka' (1978)
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balrog-slayer66 · 1 year ago
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Promotional artwork for "Space Pirate Captain Harlock," illustrated by creator Leiji Matsumoto for the anime series produced by Toei Animation.
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wubbywubwub · 3 months ago
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Daft Punk & Leiji Matsumoto photographed by Chikashi Kasai for Cut magazine March, 2001
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classic-shoujo · 4 months ago
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Gin no Tani no Maria (1958) by Leiji Matsumoto
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This is a drawing of Shep from Interstella 5555 based on how I hear the song Superheroes by Daft Punk
One of my all time favourite drawings I've done (I'm posting my old works so far and then catching up to the present)
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neutron669 · 5 months ago
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Art by Leiji Matsumoto
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whizpurr · 4 months ago
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radetzkymarch · 3 months ago
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So i guess Space Pirate Captain Harlock (1978) is getting a Blu-ray release next month?!
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roposhipin · 4 months ago
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ハーロック
Harlock
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2001hz · 2 years ago
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Leiji Matsumoto: 'Oyashirazu Sanka' Limited Edition Manga Cover Artwork (1978)
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grlbts · 5 months ago
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galaxy express 999
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useyourimagination2020 · 3 months ago
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Galaxy Express 999 / 銀河鉄道999
(via 銀河鉄道999 メガロポリス・ステーション | Tokyo Dragon Road)
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surfingkaliyuga · 6 months ago
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“Captain Harlock” Juni Ba 2021 Cover artwork for Jerome Alquie’s Space Pirate Captain Harlock #6.
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kon-kon-kon-kon · 2 years ago
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animenostalgia · 2 years ago
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Some sad news to share, friends - Leiji Matsumoto, the iconic creator of Space Battleship Yamato (aka Starblazers), Space Pirate Captain Harlock, Galaxy Express 999, and many more, has passed away at the age of 85. A manga artist since the 50s who originally got his start in shoujo manga, Matsumoto’s works were a cornerstone of early anime fandom. American sci-fi fans of the 70s may not have known the terms “anime”, “manga”, or “cosplay”, but they knew and loved Matsumoto’s work, which was many fan’s first exposure to anime back in the day. One of the first recorded “cosplay” gatherings in the US was of fans dressed as mostly Leiji Matsumoto characters!
In other parts of the world, they also fell in love with Matsumoto’s work: as in France, where Harlock was known as Albator, and won the hearts of many fans. So much so that Matsumoto won many prestigious awards there, and would eventually be knighted in 2012 by the French government. French electronic duo Daft Punk was highly influenced by his work, and in 2001 collaborated with Matsumoto to release anime music videos (and eventually a feature-length film version called Interstella 555).
Modern anime & manga owe much to his work, as he was THE pioneer of space opera and what he liked to call “boy’s romance” stories--”romance” in the literarily sense--full of angst, heroism, and fighting for independence while celebrating nature, brotherhood, and friendship. He helped many people learn to never give up on themselves and their dreams, no matter how fantastical they may seem.
May his spirit travel on, in a new adventure in the endless sea of stars.
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