Leiji Matsumoto plans to link all his creations in new work
Leiji Matsumoto, the Galaxy Express 999 creator and Daft Punk collaborator/animator, announced a grand plan while guesting at the Tokyo Anime Award Festival last week. He [...]
Space Battleship Yamato
Review: Outlaw Star
From the Western World to the Land of the Rising Sun, Star Wars ushered in a collective cultural love of space fantasy. But it was arguably Leiji Matsumoto who popularised [...]
Leiji Matsumoto’s Gun Frontier manga rebooted
Leiji Matsumoto, the esteemed creator of Space Battleship Yamato, Space Pirate Captain Harlock and Galaxy Express 999, has had his 1972 manga series Gun [...]
Mech suits, starships and space cowboys: Star Wars’ influence on manga and anime
Before Star Wars even landed in Japan, there was already pornographic manga of Luke, Leia and co. in open circulation. The films’ advertising publicity supervisor, Charles [...]
News: Space Battleship Yamato 2202 anime series green-lit
A new Star Blazers/Space Battleship Yamato anime series has been confirmed for the franchise, with the title Uchu Senkan Yamato 2202: Ai no Senshi-tachi (Space Battleship [...]
