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Leiji Matsumoto松本零士alternative words: Matsumoto Leiji, Reiji Matsumoto, Matsumoto Reiji keywords: anime , author , manga related topics: Captain Harlock , Space Battleship Yamato , Galaxy Express 999 related web sites: http://www.leiji-matsumoto.ne.jp , http://www2s.biglobe.ne.jp/~neyan/emeraldas/eme4_3.htm , http://www.nasu-net.or.jp/~kid/COMIC/reiji2.html , http://www.bellcity.ne.jp/~wild7/reiji/reiji.html , http://arcadia2000.free.fr/arcadiaf.htm explanation: Born January 25, 1938 in Fukuoka, this precocious mangaka had already begun to publish at the age of 19 in a monthly magazine "Shojo". By its writing style, his works should be better suitable for anime screen than on paper, for he has realized 3 great hits in that domain. They are in chronological order, "Space Battleship Yamato" (1974), "Galaxy Express 999" (1977) and "Captain Harlock" (1978). | |