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

Ukiyo-e and leijiverse

Word has it that a 6-image Ukiyo-e series focusing on three of Leiji Matsumoto's most major works is currently in the works, and Anime News Network has shown all the six images. apparently, each of the Matsumoto trinity (Space Battleship Yamato, Captain Harlock, and Galaxy Express 999) is the focus of two images in the Ukiyo-e series. Here's an example from the illustration series below, and visit Anime News Network to see the rest. Note that the black ship with the numbskull insignia in the example image shown here is Harlock's Deathshadow from Cosmoship Yamato, Matsumoto's manga adaptation of the first Space Battleship Yamato television series (the other ship in the picture is of course the Yamato), but I'm sure some may notice that black ship from watching Galaxy Express 999: The Movie.

Image source: Anime News Network

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