#Queen Emeraldas

[demifiendrsa]

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.

[beesgav]

I'm not certain if characterization makes sense here but the scale fits and that's all that matters

[animenostalgia]

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.

[remyfrenchrat]

she's everything. oh and he's there too

i actually love emeraldas & the rose motif she took after maya so so much

was gonna add tochiro into this drawing but i got lazy

[spiraltoro]

took me a lot of time to decide if i post it or not recently got a wacom tablet donated from a friend i have been struggling with drawing from 0, all i have done was scrapped, so i tried redrawign some previous works. digital coloring is hard asf o.o

[melancholia33]

Family picture.

( my first Toshiro 😊)

[capitanharlock78]

Emeraldas and Tochiro fanart

link for the artist⬇️

pixiv.net

[lasaraconor]

[witheredrednight]

Reminder that I am also a Leijiverse fan

[useyourimagination2020]

Galaxy Express 999 x Queen Emeraldas

[xylospringsdomain]

A Second Queen Emeraldas Pirce.

[balrog-slayer66]

Promotional artwork for "Queen Emeraldas" illustrated by Leiji Matsumoto.

[beesgav]

Thinking about that au again

[sofadoodlez]

they are going to commit crimes

[la-hannya]

So heartbroken that Leiji Matsumoto has passed. What a legend. Highly recommend his works. He made such a badass female character like Emeraldas

[mikurulucky]

Emeraldas with freckles. ‘Nuff said. 😊