People · Dossier
Active since 1974
Leiji Matsumoto
松本零士
Director · Staff
67
Director and staff · 67 anime credits across four decades. Best known for Original Creator on Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2199.
Derived from credit data — not curated copy
1974 – 2024
51 years active
67
Staff credits
Best known for · Direction
Original Creator
2012
Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2199
Original Creator
Background
Birth place: Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan Leiji Matsumoto was a well-known creator of several anime and manga series. He is famous for his space operas such as Uchuu Senkan Yamato. His style is characterized by tragic heroes; tall, slender, fragile-looking heroines with strong wills and, in some cases, god-like powers; and a love of analog gauges and dials in his spacecraft. Matsumoto died from acute heart failure on February 13, 2023 at the age of 85. Matsumoto was married to former mangaka Miyako Maki. (Source: Wikipedia)
Top staff positions
Original Creator
60
Director
7
Character Design
3
Creator
3