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Leiji Matsumoto

Director, Writer

January 25, 1938 — February 13, 2023 (85 years)
Leiji Matsumoto was a Japanese mangaka, creator of several anime and manga series. His wife Miyako Maki is also a manga artist.

Known For

  • Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem
    Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem2003
  • Space Pirate Captain Harlock
    Space Pirate Captain Harlock2013
  • Space Battleship Yamato
    Space Battleship Yamato2010
  • Galaxy Express 999: The Movie
    Galaxy Express 999: The Movie1979
  • Star Blazers
    Star Blazers3 seasons
  • Arcadia of My Youth
    Arcadia of My Youth1982
  • Space Battleship Yamato
    Space Battleship Yamato3 seasons
  • Star Blazers 2199
    Star Blazers 21994 seasons
  • Adieu Galaxy Express 999
    Adieu Galaxy Express 9991981
  • Galaxy Express 999
    Galaxy Express 9991 season
  • Space Pirate Captain Harlock
    Space Pirate Captain Harlock1 season
  • Starzinger
    Starzinger1 season
  • The Cockpit
    The Cockpit3 episodes
  • Queen Millennia
    Queen Millennia1982
  • Arcadia of My Youth: Endless Orbit SSX
    Arcadia of My Youth: Endless Orbit SSX1 season
  • Final Yamato
    Final Yamato1983
  • Queen Millennia
    Queen Millennia1 season
  • Galaxy Express 999: Eternal Fantasy
    Galaxy Express 999: Eternal Fantasy1998
  • Be Forever Yamato
    Be Forever Yamato1980
  • Space Pirate Captain Harlock: Mystery Of The Arcadia
    Space Pirate Captain Harlock: Mystery Of The Arcadia1978

Filmography

2003
Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem
1999
Harlock Saga
1983
Final Yamato
1981
Queen Millennia
1980
Be Forever Yamato
1979
Star Blazers
1978
Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato: Warriors of Love
1978
Space Pirate Captain Harlock: The Mystery of the Arcadia

2016
99.9 Criminal Lawyer · as Self
2015
Daft Punk Unchained · as Self
1976
Tetsuko's Room · as Self

2021
Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2205 - The New Voyage - Prior Chapter: Take Off · as Original Film Writer
2011
Starzinger
2011
Starzinger III
2011
Starzinger II
2010
Danguard Ace
2010
Danguard Ace 2
2010
Space Pirate Captain Harlock
2010
Danguard Ace 3
2001
Cosmo Warrior Zero
1982
Arcadia of My Youth
1980
Galaxy Express 999: Eternal Traveler Emeraldas
1980
Galaxy Express 999: Claire of Glass
1979
Space Battleship Yamato: The New Voyage
1978
Danguard Ace: The Great Space War
1977
Danguard Ace vs Insect Robot Army
1977
Planetary Robot: Danguard Ace

2026
Be Forever Yamato - Rebel 3199 - Part 6: Blue Labyrinth · as Original Story
2026
Be Forever Yamato: Rebel 3199 - Part 5: White Heat Galactic War · as Original Work
2025
Be Forever Yamato: Rebel 3199: Part 4: Light Blue Maiden (Sasha) · as Original Story
2024
Be Forever Yamato: Rebel 3199 · as Creator: Original Story
2022
Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2205 - A New Voyage - Later Chapter: Stasha · as Original Story
2021
Star Blazers Chronicle 2202 · as Original Story
2018
Gintama 2 - The Exceedingly Strange Gintama-chan · as Characters
2018
Galaxy Express 999 · as Manga
2017
Space Battleship Yamato 2202: Warriors of Love - Ch. 3 · as Original Story
2017
Space Battleship Yamato 2202: Chapter 1 · as Original Story
2014
Space Battleship Yamato 2199: Odyssey of the Celestial Ark · as Original Concept
2014
Space Battleship Yamato 2199: A Voyage to Remember · as Original Story
2013
Harlock: Space Pirate · as Original Story
2012
Space Battleship Yamato 2199: Endless Voyage · as Original Story
2012
Star Blazers 2199 · as Original Story
2012
Star Blazers 2199 · as Creator: Original Story
2012
Ozma · as Original Story
2010
Space Battleship Yamato · as Comic Book
2007
The Galaxy Railways: A Letter from the Abandoned Planet · as Original Story
2004
Space Symphony Maetel · as Original Story
2003
The Galaxy Railways · as Creator: Original Story
2003
Submarine Super 99 · as Comic Book
2002
Space Pirate Captain Herlock - The Endless Odyssey · as Comic Book
2002
Gun Frontier · as Supervising Producer
2002
Gun Frontier · as Manga
2000
Maetel Legend · as Original Series Creator
1999
Harlock Saga · as Comic Book
1998
DNA Sights 999.9 · as Original Story
1998
Queen Emeraldas · as Comic
1998
Galaxy Express 999: Eternal Fantasy · as Author
1993
The Cockpit · as Comic Book
1985
Captain Harlock and the Queen of a Thousand Years · as Created By
1983
Final Yamato · as Original Story
1982
Arcadia of My Youth: Endless Orbit SSX · as Creator
1982
Arcadia of My Youth · as Planner
1982
Queen Millennia · as Art Direction
1982
Queen Millennia · as Original Story
1981
Adieu Galaxy Express 999 · as Planner
1981
Adieu Galaxy Express 999 · as Author
1981
Queen Millennia · as Creator
1980
Galaxy Express 999: Can You Love Like a Mother!? · as Original Series Creator
1980
Be Forever Yamato · as Original Story
1980
Maeterlinck's Blue Bird · as Character Designer
1980
Galaxy Express 999: Can You Live Like a Warrior!? · as Original Story
1979
Galaxy Express 999 · as Planner
1979
Galaxy Express 999 · as Author
1978
Galaxy Express 999 · as Comic Book
1978
Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato: Warriors of Love · as Story
1978
Space Pirate Captain Harlock: The Mystery of the Arcadia · as Comic Book
1978
Starzinger · as Comic
1978
Space Pirate Captain Harlock · as Comic Book
1977
Space Battleship Yamato · as Characters
1974
Space Battleship Yamato · as Series Director
1974
Space Battleship Yamato · as Creator: Original Story