Leijiverse 999

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.

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Created By stararnold

A Guide To Yamato Resurrection

Author's Note: Two year's ago, I wrote for theOtaku.com, a guide to the "Space Battleship Yamato" (Star Blazers) franchise, mainly focusing on its 1970s and 1980s...

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News: GE999 TV Series On Arrive On R1 DVD

For all you North America-based fans of Leiji Matsumtoto anime out there. Tonight is a moment of good news because after years of waiting, ANN has confirmed that the 1978 anime T.V. series adaptation of the 1977 manga serial classic "Galaxy Express 999" will finally be brought on region 1 DVD, except that the release includes only Japanese audio with English subtitles, unlike the 1979 film version of the same manga, whose R1 DVD release includes both dub and sub options. However, no release date is yet confirmed, but the release will be handled by S'more Entertainment, a company specializing in DVD releases of vintage television series and cult films within the North American continent.

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News: Son of Original SBY's music composer to Join Yamato 2199 Staff

Minutes earlier, ANN revealed that Akira Miyagawa, the music composer for the "Mazinger Z" re-magining T.V. series "Shin Mazinger Sh...

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News: Leiji Matsumoto's Ozuma To Arrive 3/16/2012

According to ANN yesterday, Leiji Matsumoto (creator of "Captain Harlock" and "Galaxy Express 999" and director of the original "Space ...

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News: Yamato 2199 To Contain 26 Episodes

After visiting ANN during the X-Mas weekend, I'm posting here a new update regarding "Space Battleship Yamato: 2199", the upcoming remake of the 1974 Japanese animated classic T.V. series "Space Batleship Yamato". Anime News Network revealed that the upcoming series, like each of the first two SBY T.V. series, will contain 26 episodes. Moreover, the staff working on the series are considering a theatrical compilation film series cut of the entire series itself, with the first film still being episodes 1 and 2 edited together for theatrical screening in April 2012 and the other six each being four "Yamato: 2199" episodes edited together. However, the release dates for compilation films 2-7 of "Space Battleship Yamato: 2199" aren't yet announced.

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