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Active since 1985
Izumi Matsumoto
まつもと泉
Director · Staff
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Director and staff · 6 anime credits across 12 years. Best known for Original Creator on Kimagure Orange Road: I Want to Return to That Day.
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1985 – 1996
12 years active
6
Staff credits
Best known for · Direction
Original Creator
1988
Kimagure Orange Road: I Want to Return to That Day
Original Creator
Background
Blood type: A Birth place: Takaoka, Toyama Prefecture, Japan In 2005, Matsumoto revealed that he was afflicted with a cerebrospinal fluid disease (possibly stemming from a car accident when he was three years old) that had forced him to take six years off work, and he hoped to bring attention to this disorder through a new manga. On 3 November 2019, Matsumoto revealed that he had been diagnosed with spinal stenosis. Matsumoto died at 61 on October 6, 2020.
Top staff positions
Original Creator
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