Leiji Matsumoto, Japanese manga and anime creator best known for sci-fi sagas, TV series such as Space pirate Captain Harlock and music videos for Daft Punk, died of acute heart failure on February 13. He was 85.
His death was announced by his studio, Studio Leijisha.
One of his most famous science fiction sagas Galaxy Express 999, Queen Emeralds And Battleship Yamato.
In a statement to the BBC, Matsumoto’s daughter and head of the studio, Makiko Matsumoto, said her father “took a trip to the Sea of Stars. I think he lived a happy life and remembered to keep going draw stories as a manga artist.”
Born Akira Matsumoto in 1938 in Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, Matsumoto published his first work, Mitsubachi no Bōken (The Adventures of the Honey Bee)at the age of 15.
His breakthrough came in the early 1970s with the release of Otoko OidoA series that follows a poor young man preparing for university exams, according to the BBC.
With a career devoted to portraying anti-war themes in his art, Matsumoto’s influence is widespread in the manga and anime communities. In the early 2000s, he collaborated with Daft Punk on several popular music videos for the musical duo’s album discovery, perhaps most memorable for the song “One More Time”. The videos were later merged into the film Interstella 5555: The 5th floor of the 5ecrete 5tar 5 system.
Source: Deadline
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