Stampeed Valkyrie Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 This one hits me pretty hard. We lost one of the greatest Anime creators of all time. https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-02-19/legendary-manga-creator-leiji-matsumoto-passes-away-at-85/.195093 God Speed on your final voyage Matsumoto-sensei, and thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big s Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 1 hour ago, Stampeed Valkyrie said: This one hits me pretty hard. We lost one of the greatest Anime creators of all time. https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-02-19/legendary-manga-creator-leiji-matsumoto-passes-away-at-85/.195093 God Speed on your final voyage Matsumoto-sensei, and thanks! I’ve watched so many animated series and movies and videos that he’s worked on and many more that he’s inspired over the years. He definitely made a huge impact on the anime genre and other genres as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Hunter D Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 A true pioneer of the industry has passed. Many thanks for the adventures, RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vepariga Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 Definitely felt his loss this morning with the small tribute they showed on tv. So many of my own stories are inspired by his works. Will live on forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TehPW Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 Leiji Matsumoto, manga creator of epic space sagas, dies aged 85 | Reuters 85 is very long time to have lived well... *salute!* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old_Nash_II Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 Thanks for the most iconic characters for my youth.o You will live forever in the Arcadia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TangledThorns Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 His legendary work is what influenced us to be anime & manga fans, RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chas Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 Rest well in the sea of stars sensei, your spirit and influence will continue through all those your stories have touched. Thank you for everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-ZeroOne Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 For me in the UK, for a long time, Matsumoto and his works were a legend in the true sense of the word - things of myth, spoken of in awed terms and seen in brief tantalizing glimpses but never as a coherent whole. When I finally did get to see them, as actual real things rather than whispers in the anime fan night, they more than lived up to the legend. I don't drink, but if you do, maybe today is the day to pour one into a large glass for Leiji Matsumoto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight26 Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 May his travels in the sea of stars be calm and his memory last forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renegadeleader1 Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 I'm feeling pretty gutted. Leiji Matsumoto was far and away one of my favorite sci-fi manga and anime creators. Still, I think we can all take solace in the fact he lived a full rich life on his terms and along the way brought entertainment and happiness to thousands of not millions of people world wide. 🏴☠️ 🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️ 🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️ 🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️ 🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hikaru Ichijo SL Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 I cried when I saw the news. The original Yamato was and still is one of my favorites. Yamato was the 1st show that really got me into anime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bolt Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 Sad news, indeed. Such a creative power house..✨ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hikuro Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 Truly a sad, sad day in the fandom. His stories were always so well done...it was one of those things where being a young boy watching the scifi channel's anime events you always had a good likelihood of coming across 1 of the Galaxy Express 999 films and be taken away to a far off world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dynaman Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 4 hours ago, Hikaru Ichijo SL said: I cried when I saw the news. The original Yamato was and still is one of my favorites. Yamato was the 1st show that really got me into anime. Same here. Till Star Blazers came along I thought animation was strictly for kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thom Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 Sad news indeed. You helped define the childhoods of a generation and more of kids and adults as well. Thank you for creating a universe that I really wanted to play in. Safe journey into the thereafter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big s Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 20 hours ago, Dynaman said: Same here. Till Star Blazers came along I thought animation was strictly for kids. I remember old Johnny Quest cartoons being pretty brutal, but as far as drama Star Blazers was the first one I saw that had that kind of emotional connection and seemed so different Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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