Famend manga creator, illustrator, and designer Leiji Matsumoto handed away on February 13 at 11:00 a.m. on account of acute coronary heart failure. He was 85. His fast household already held a service together with his manga creator spouse Miyako Maki because the chief mourner.
Matsumoto was born in 1938 at Kurume Metropolis in Fukuoka Prefecture, and he debuted as a manga artist in 1953 with Michibachi no Bōken (Honeybee’s Journey) whereas he was nonetheless in highschool. After graduating highschool, he moved to Tokyo and have become in style within the Nineteen Fifties as a shōjo manga creator beneath a pen title.
His notable works embrace House Pirate Captain Harlock, Galaxy Specific 999, and Queen Emeraldas — all of which impressed a number of anime or live-action diversifications — and he contributed designs and created the tie-in manga for House Battleship Yamato. He additionally supervised animated music movies for French digital pop group Daft Punk‘s Discovery album, and the movies had been strung collectively into the INTERSTELLA 5555 movie. His designs and works have influenced a number of generations of artists all over the world.
Matsumoto’s mechanical designs ranged from glossy warships impressed by early twentieth century dreadnoughts, to fantastical area trains. His characters equally ranged from cartoonish or caricatured designs to grounded, life like figures.
In 2001 Matsumoto was awarded the “Medal with Purple Ribbon” honor, and in 2010 he was awarded with the “Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold Rays with Rosette.” In 2012 he acquired the Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters) ornament from the French authorities.
Matsumoto was hospitalized in Turin, Italy in November 2019, however his situation finally stabilized the next day. The Asahi Shimbun newspaper reported that it was suspected that he had a stroke on the time of his collapse and that he was in critical situation. He was discharged that December.
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