Welcome to Leijiverse, the.Otaku.com-based fan-site WORLD that focuses on the anime and manga works of legendary manga author Leiji Matsumoto (such as Space Pirate Captain Harlock, Galaxy Express 999, Submarine Super 99, Cosmowarrior Zero, The Galaxy Railways, Queen Millenia, The Ultimate Time-Sweeper Mahoroba, SF Sayuiki Starzinger, Danguad Ace, etc) as well as the late Yoshinobu Nishizaki's most legendary sci-fi franchise Space Battleship Yamato (which Matsumoto himself helped create). This will also focus on non-Leiji Matsumoto-created movie and T.V. projects based on the master's characters and works.

If you wish to submitt your own posts on a topic that has anything to do with Leiji Matsumoto's works, please PM me first, and I'll add you to the "guest posters" list, then I'll PM you back an O.K. to add your posts to this WORLD.

Here are some interesting weblinks you should check out:

News: A Live-Action SBY Film Planned

ANN has reported that yesterday at Otakon 2009, legendary Anime industry veteran Noboru Ishiguro (famous for directing "The Su...

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News: New Info On Yamato Rebirth

A while ago, theOtaku.com posted up some news regarding this year's "Space Battleship Yamato" (Star Blazers) movie, which happens to be "Space Battleship Yamato: Reb...

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Funimation Now Has Classic Harlock TV Series In Streaming Videos

8:02 PM Canada EST To all you fans of the "Harlock" franchise out there, here's a reminder that Funimation Entertainment, the studio who holds U.S. rights to Leiji Matsumoto's "Galaxy Railways", now includes two 1970s Sci-Fi Anime T.V. seri...

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News: Arrival of Leiji Matsumoto's Koshika

Yesterday, digital distributor Sunsoft revealed that legendary Sci-Fi Anime/Manga author Leiji Matsumoto (creator of "Captain Harlock" and character/mecha designer of "Space Battleship Yamato") will be launching a new online fully colored Manga se...

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Poll: The Anime/Manga (Multi) Series of Leiji Matsumoto

This weekend is the weekend of the birthday of legendary mangaka Leiji Matsumoto (born on Jnuary 25, 1938), who is known to us otakus for his work on various Anime/Manga series/multiseries, such as "Captain Harlock", "Galaxy Express 999", "Interstellar 555", and "Space Battleship Yamato" (known in North America as "Star Blazers"). To celebrate, I'm posting here, a poll asking Anime fans what are their favorite works by the master himself. Enjoy!

Poll: Favorite Leiji Matsumoto Anime/Manga Series/Multiseries?