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Manga artist and animator Leiji Matsumoto died on February 13.
According toBBC News, the cause of death was acute heart failure.He was 85.
I think he lived a happy life, thinking about continuing to draw stories as a manga artist.
Matsumoto created animated space operas for Japanese television, with an anti-war bent.
Both men called Matsumoto a childhood hero.
Born Akiria Matsumoto in 1938, Leiji Matsumoto began working in manga in 1953 at the age of 15.
He founded his own studio, Studio Leijisha, which his daughter now runs.
Matsumotos anti-war stance came from life experience; he was seven when World War 2 ended.
All wrapped in powerful visuals that were equally mythological and futuristic.
He credits Matsumotos work with founding anime and manga fandom in both Japan and the US.
There is a reason the first every anime convention held in the US was called “Yamato Con.”
