We’ve discovered some tragic information – legendary manga artist and creator Leiji Matsumoto has died on the age of 85.
The famend creator handed away on February thirteenth at 11 AM from acute coronary heart failure, as reported by a number of Japanese information retailers (NHK, and so forth). Matsumoto’s instantly household, together with his fellow manga creator spouse Miyako Maki have already head a mourning service in his honor since.
Matsumoto obtained his begin within the Nineteen Fifties after graduating highschool making shojo manga, below a pen identify. He then took on the identify Leiji Matsumoto (his unique given identify was Akira) and began engaged on unique works.
Notable collection and works made by Matsumoto embrace iconic titles like Galaxy Express 999, Space Pirate Captain Harlock, Queen Emeraldas, and lots of extra – a number of of which all spawned a number of anime or live-action diversifications.
