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:

• Leiji Matsumoto Official Home Page (Japanese)
• Leiji Matsumoto Encyclopedia (Japanese)
• Star Blazers
• Space Battleship Yamato
• Space Webzine Yamato (Yamato & Star Blazers)
• Star Blazers / Yamato: Wave Motion Web Page
• Star Blazers Fleet Battle System Website
• Star Blazers Fleet Battle System - Main Page
• The E.D.F. Drawing Board
• Visions: The Virtual Fanzine
• The Captain Harlock Archives
• Leiji Matsumoto and his universe: leijiverse
• L'Univers de Yamato! (French)
• Leiji Studio (French)
• MAH's Memory - Yamato Art Gallery (Japanese)
• Albator SSX (French)
• 3DWorld (Japanese)
• L'Univers de Tochiro (French)
• Captain Harlock|Introduction
• leiji matsumoto universe
• Galaxy Harlock (French)
• Cosmo DNA: The Star Blazers/Space Battleship Yamato Fandom Archive

News: Evangelion's Creator Storyboards Main Ttitles for Yamato 2199

According to last night's news at ANN, Hideaki Anno, creator and director of "Neon Genesis Evangelion" and director of the original "Gunbuster", is currently in the process ofillustrating the storyboards for the opening titles sequence of the upcoming "Space Battleship Yamato 2199".

In case some of you don't know this, Anno himself has been a fan the "Space Battleship Yamato" franchise since the 1970s, makes you wonder what nostalogic value he plans to include in the op animation. Nevertheless, he's still commited to his work on "Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo", which is scheduled for release in theaters sometime this Fall.

In the meantime, you can check out features Railway of Fantasy and Brand New Day at starblazers.com to learn of this guy's familiarity with "Space Battleship Yamato".

10:09 PM Canada EST