{{Short description|Japanese manga artist (1938–2023)}} {{Redirect|Leiji|the given name|Reiji}} {{Use American English|date=February 2023}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox artist | name = Leiji Matsumoto | image = Leiji Matsumoto - Salon du Livre Genève, 3rd May 2014 3 - cropped.jpg | alt = | caption = Matsumoto signing books in 2014 | native_name = {{Nobold|{{Nihongo2|松本零士}}}} | native_name_lang = ja | birth_name = Akira Matsumoto | birth_date = {{Birth date|1938|01|25}} | birth_place = Kurume, Fukuoka<!-- DO NOT LINK, see MOS:GEOLINK for further guidance -->, Empire of Japan<!-- DO NOT LINK, see MOS:GEOLINK for further guidance --> | death_date = {{Death date and age|2023|02|13|1938|01|25}} | death_place = Tokyo, Japan | years_active = | known_for = Character design, illustration | spouse = Miyako Maki | training = | movement = | notable_works = {{Plainlist| * ''Space Battleship Yamato'' * ''Space Pirate Captain Harlock'' * ''Galaxy Express 999'' }} | patrons = | awards = {{Plainlist| * Order of the Rising Sun<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-11-06/leiji-matsumoto-shigeru-mizuki-earn-government-honors |title=Leiji Matsumoto, Shigeru Mizuki Earn Government Honors |publisher=Anime News Network |access-date=October 21, 2013}}</ref> * Ordre des Arts et des Lettres<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2012-10-27/celebrated-manga-author-leiji-matsumoto-honored-with-prestigious-ordre-des-arts-et-des-lettres-at-the-rank-of-knight |title=Celebrated Manga Author Leiji Matsumoto Honored With Prestigious Ordre des Arts et des Lettres At The Rank Of Knight |publisher=Anime News Network |access-date=October 21, 2013}}</ref>}} | website = {{Official URL}} }} {{Anime and manga}}
{{Nihongo|'''Leiji Matsumoto'''|松本零士|Matsumoto Reiji|extra=born '''Akira Matsumoto''' ({{Lang|ja|松本晟}}); January 25, 1938 – February 13, 2023|lead=yes}} was a Japanese manga artist, and creator of several anime and manga series. His widow Miyako Maki is also a manga artist.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_p.php?num_p=117225 |title=牧美也子のプロフィール |publisher=allcinema |date=July 29, 1935 |access-date=October 21, 2013}}</ref>
Matsumoto was famous for his works such as ''Space Battleship Yamato'', ''Space Pirate Captain Harlock'', and ''Galaxy Express 999''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Yamaguchi |first=Maria |date=February 20, 2023 |title=Leiji Matsumoto, creator of 'Space Battleship Yamato,' dies |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/leiji-matsumoto-creator-space-battleship-yamato-dies-97328062 |work=ABC News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230314163408/https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/leiji-matsumoto-creator-space-battleship-yamato-dies-97328062 |access-date=February 20, 2023|archive-date=March 14, 2023 }}</ref> His style was characterized by mythological and often tragic storylines with strong moral themes, noble heroes, feminine heroines, and a love of strange worlds and melancholic atmosphere.<ref name=toole/>
== Life ==
=== Early life === Leiji Matsumoto was born on January 25, 1938, in Kurume, Fukuoka<!-- DO NOT LINK, see MOS:GEOLINK for further guidance -->.<ref name=natalie>{{cite web|script-title=ja:松本零士が85歳で死去、零時社・松本摩紀子氏「星の海に旅立ちました」|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/513586|access-date=February 21, 2023|date=February 20, 2023|work=Comic Natalie|language=ja}}</ref> He was the middle child of a family of seven brothers, and, in his early childhood, Matsumoto was given a 35mm film projector by his father, and watched American cartoons during the Pacific War. During this time, he gained an interest in science fiction novels by authors Unno Juza and H. G. Wells.<ref name=tatsumi>{{Cite book|last=Tatsumi|first=Mook|title=The World of Leiji Matsumoto|year=2005}}</ref> Matsumoto started drawing at the age of six, and began drawing manga three years later after seeing the works of Osamu Tezuka.<ref name=natalie/> At 18, he moved to Tokyo to become a manga artist.<ref name=tatsumi/>
=== Career === thumb|Leiji Matsumoto as the honorary stationmaster of Ōizumi-gakuen Station in 2008 In 1954, Matsumoto made his debut under his real name, Akira Matsumoto, with ''Mitsubachi no bōken'' in the magazine ''Manga Shōnen''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=松本零士の漫画家60周年を記念する3期構成展覧会、第1期は松本作品の原点を紹介 {{!}} CINRA |url=https://www.cinra.net/news/2013-05-01-122005-php |access-date=October 8, 2022 |website=www.cinra.net |language=ja}}</ref>
Matsumoto's big break came with ''Otoko Oidon'', a series that chronicled the life of a rōnin (a young man preparing for university entrance exams), in 1971. In 1972 he created the mature-themed dark comedy Western ''seinen'' series ''Gun Frontier'' for the ''Play Comic'' magazine, which ran from 1972 to 1975. Around the same time he started a series of unconnected short stories set during World War II, ''Senjo Manga Series'', which would eventually become popular under the title ''The Cockpit''.<ref name=toole/>
He was involved in ''Space Battleship Yamato'' (1974) and created the highly popular series ''Space Pirate Captain Harlock'' (1977) and ''Galaxy Express 999'' (1977). In 1978, he was awarded the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen for ''Galaxy Express 999'' and ''Senjo Manga Series''.<ref name="ShogakukanAward">{{cite web|url=http://comics.shogakukan.co.jp/mangasho/rist.html |script-title=ja:小学館漫画賞：歴代受賞者 |publisher=Shogakukan |language=ja |access-date=August 19, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929094941/http://comics.shogakukan.co.jp/mangasho/rist.html |archive-date=September 29, 2007 }}</ref> Animated versions of ''Captain Harlock'' and ''Galaxy Express 999'' are set in the same universe, which spawned several spin offs and related series, most notably ''Queen Emeraldas'' and ''Queen Millennia''.<ref name=toole/>
Matsumoto supervised the creation of several music videos for the French house group Daft Punk, set to tracks from their album ''Discovery''. These videos were issued end-to-end (making a full-length animated movie) on a DVD release titled ''Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem''.<ref name=toole/>
Approximately two dozen bronze statues – each four feet tall – of characters and scenes from ''Space Battleship Yamato'' and ''Galaxy Express 999'' were erected in the downtown area of Tsuruga in 1999. Each statue includes a plaque at its base explaining the character and features Matsumoto's signature.<ref>{{cite web|title=Friday, May 1 Tsuruga, Japan|url=http://www.starblazers.com/html.php?page_id=371|publisher=Starblazers|access-date=May 15, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121116180301/http://www.starblazers.com/html.php?page_id=371|archive-date=November 16, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
[[File:Himiko Cruise Ship.jpg|250px|thumb|''Himiko'', a Tokyo Cruise Ship water bus designed by Leiji Matsumoto]] Matsumoto worked with Yoshinobu Nishizaki on ''Space Battleship Yamato'' (known outside Japan under various names, but most commonly as ''Star Blazers'').<ref>{{cite news |title=Leiji Matsumoto 1978 Interview |work=StarBlazers.com |url=http://www.starblazers.com/html.php?page_id=305 |access-date=September 1, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321124108/http://www.starblazers.com/html.php?page_id=305 |archive-date=March 21, 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Leiji Matsumoto 1976 Interview |work=StarBlazers.com |url=http://www.starblazers.com/html.php?page_id=303 |access-date=September 1, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312080651/http://www.starblazers.com/html.php?page_id=303 |archive-date=March 12, 2012 }}</ref> Matsumoto created a manga loosely based on the series, and the Yamato makes cameo appearances (sans crew) in several of his works including the ''Galaxy Express 999'' manga.<ref name=toole/>
A later work by Matsumoto called ''Great Yamato'' featuring an updated Yamato was renamed ''Great Galaxy'' due to legal issues with Nishizaki.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.law.co.jp/cases/yamato.htm |script-title=ja:宇宙戦艦ヤマト事件判決 |access-date=July 20, 2008 |work=law.co.jp |language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2003-08-08/yamato-dispute-arises-again |title= Yamato dispute arises again|access-date=September 1, 2009 |work=Anime News Network |date=July 10, 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Cosmoship Yamato Part 1: The Leiji Matsumoto Manga |work=StarBlazers.com |url=http://www.starblazers.com/html.php?page_id=171 |access-date=October 2, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110105145353/http://www.starblazers.com/html.php?page_id=171 |archive-date=January 5, 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Cosmoship Yamato Part 2: The Leiji Matsumoto Manga |work=StarBlazers.com |url=http://www.starblazers.com/html.php?page_id=173 |access-date=October 2, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314162937/http://www.starblazers.com/html.php?page_id=173 |archive-date=March 14, 2012 }}</ref> As of 2009, Matsumoto and Nishizaki were working on independent anime projects featuring the acclaimed ''Space Battleship Yamato'', with the conditions that Matsumoto cannot use the name ''Yamato'' or the plot or characters from the original, and Nishizaki cannot use the conceptual art, character or ship designs of the original.<ref>{{cite news|title=Leiji Matsumoto: A Tribute|work=StarBlazers.com|url=http://www.starblazers.com/html.php?page_id=301|access-date=September 1, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091002032527/http://www.starblazers.com/html.php?page_id=301|archive-date=October 2, 2009}}</ref>
In August 2014, to celebrate the 60th anniversary of his debut, Matsumoto launched the manga ''Captain Harlock: Jigen Kōkai'' (''Captain Harlock: Dimensional Voyage''), illustrated by Kōichi Shimahoshi, in the pages of Akita Shoten's ''Champion Red'' magazine.<ref name=harlock2014/> ''Dimensional Voyage'' is a retelling of the original 1978 ''Space Pirate Captain Harlock'' manga. It had been licensed in the United States by Seven Seas Entertainment.<ref>{{cite news|title=Seven Seas Licenses Captain Harlock: Dimensional Voyage Manga|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-01-11/seven-seas-licenses-captain-harlock-dimensional-voyage-manga/.110910|access-date=May 17, 2017|date=January 11, 2017|work=Anime News Network}}</ref>
=== Personal life === Matsumoto was married to manga artist and Licca-chan creator Miyako Maki.<ref name=death/>
On November 15, 2019, Matsumoto suffered severe respiratory problems and collapsed during an event in Turin, Italy, for the 40th-anniversary tour celebrating the Captain Harlock anime adaptation. He was taken to a hospital in critical condition and had a breathing tube inserted after he was admitted to the emergency unit.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://torino.corriere.it/cronaca/19_novembre_15/matsumoto-ospedale-un-malore-papa-capitan-harlok-grave-db2cd946-07e4-11ea-8951-efe1bce1b1d2.shtml|title=Malore a Torino per Matsumoto: il papà di Capitan Harlock è grave|first=Simona|last=Lorenzetti|date=November 15, 2019|website=Corriere della Sera}}</ref> However, he was considered to be out of danger two days later.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://torino.repubblica.it/cronaca/2019/11/17/news/torino_migliorano_condizioni_matsumoto_sveglio_e_cosciente_il_creatore_di_capitan_harlock-241240923/|title=Torino, migliorano condizioni Matsumoto, sveglio e cosciente il creatore di Capitan Harlock|website=la Repubblica|date=November 17, 2019 }}</ref>
=== Death === Matsumoto died of acute heart failure at a hospital in Tokyo on February 13, 2023, at the age of 85.<ref name=death>{{cite web|script-title=ja:「宇宙戦艦ヤマト」「銀河鉄道999」松本零士さん死去、85歳 急性心不全|url=https://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/news/202302200000303.html|access-date=February 20, 2023|date=February 20, 2023|work=Nikkan Sports|language=ja}}</ref> Various manga artists offered condolences, including Yasuhiro Nightow, Nozomu Tamaki, and his wife Maki. ''Galaxy Express 999'' voice actress Masako Nozawa and translator Zack Davisson also gave their condolences.<ref>{{cite web|title=Anime, Manga Industry Members Honor Leiji Matsumoto's Memory|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2023-02-20/anime-manga-industry-members-honor-leiji-matsumoto-memory/.195096|website=Anime News Network|last=Morrissy|first=Kim|date=February 20, 2023|access-date=February 21, 2023}}</ref>
== Style and themes == === Narrative structure === Matsumoto's stories are influenced by the ''Bildungsroman'' tradition, i.e. tales of formative education and self-discovery. Scholar Darren-Jon Ashmore notes that Matsumoto viewed his own space opera sagas, such as ''Galaxy Express 999'' and ''Captain Harlock'', as narratives of growth and transformation, where characters "make choices for themselves and others, giving up much of themselves so that a greater goal is served." Ashmore further explains that Matsumoto was inspired by classic works like Charles Dickens's ''A Christmas Carol'' and Margaret Mitchell's ''Gone with the Wind'', focusing on characters who are "initially the product of their times and circumstances, but ultimately come to be masters of their own fate." The concept of "Arcadia", an idealized, lost paradise of youth, is a recurring motif, stemming from Matsumoto's engagement with Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's ''Italian Journey''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Ashmore |first=Darren-Jon |title=Leiji Matsumoto: essays on the manga and anime legend |date=2021 |publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers |isbn=978-1-4766-7996-9 |editor-last=McCarthy |editor-first=Helen |location=Jefferson, North Carolina |chapter=Sailing a Sea of Stars. Growth and Change in Matsumoto’s Space Opera |editor-last2=Ashmore |editor-first2=Darren-Jon |editor-last3=Poitras |editor-first3=Gilles}}</ref>
A core philosophical concept in Matsumoto's interconnected "Leijiverse" is ''toki-no-wa'' (the wheel of time), representing a cyclical view of history and destiny where heroes and events echo across ages. Ashmore describes this as a reflection of both Buddhist concepts of rebirth and Norse cosmology, where characters function as "eternal champions" navigating repeated epochs of conflict and renewal. This cyclical nature allows for a mutable, non-linear canon where stories and character relationships are constantly re-explored and redefined across different manga and anime adaptations. Central themes across his work include a resistance to societal apathy and conformity, a melancholic nostalgia for a lost heroic past, and the sacrifice of the individual for a greater, often cosmic, purpose.<ref name=":0" />
=== Female characters === Matsumoto's female characters, while visually distinctive with their tall, willowy designs and long hair, often occupy narrow narrative roles reflective of 1970s Japanese gender norms. Scholar Stefanie Thomas analyzes that in his early space operas (''Space Pirate Captain Harlock'', ''Galaxy Express 999'', ''Queen Emeraldas''), female characters are statistically scarce among main casts and frequently conform to archetypes identified by sociologist Kimio Ito: the object of worship ("the Madonna"), the provider of sexual relations ("the prostitute"), and the source of nurturing ("the great mother"). Thomas argues that while characters like the navigator Kei Yuki demonstrate professional competence, they are often tasked with "emotional labor" to soothe male egos, and female antagonists like the Mazone or Queen Prometheum are portrayed as threatening "Others" who reject traditionally feminine-coded empathy. Matsumoto stated that his female designs were inspired by the German actress Marianne Hold and by "spirited women" from his youth in Kyushu, whom he described as headstrong at home but observant of social proprieties in public.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Thomas |first=Stefanie |title=Leiji Matsumoto: essays on the manga and anime legend |date=2021 |publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers |isbn=978-1-4766-7996-9 |editor-last=McCarthy |editor-first=Helen |location=Jefferson, North Carolina |chapter=Female in a Male Universe: Women in Matsumoto’s Space Operas |editor-last2=Ashmore |editor-first2=Darren-Jon |editor-last3=Poitras |editor-first3=Gilles}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Croquet |first=Pauline |date=February 20, 2023 |title=Leiji Matsumoto, l'auteur de mangas japonais et le créateur d'«Albator», est mort |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2023/02/20/leiji-matsumoto-le-createur-japonais-d-albator-est-mort_6162517_3382.html |access-date=February 21, 2023 |website=Le Monde |language=fr}}</ref>
=== Visual style === Matsumoto's artistic style is characterized by highly detailed mechanical designs, especially for spaceships, which incorporate numerous analog dials and gothic elements. His visual approach to characters creates a stark contrast between the delicate, elegant designs of his young women and the more grotesque or comedic appearance of secondary characters. The design of his female characters was refined in collaboration with his wife, manga artist Miyako Maki.<ref name=":0" />
==Selected works== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! scope="col" | Name ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Role(s) ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Refh}} |- | ''Arcadia of My Youth'' || 1982 || Story ||<ref name=toole>{{cite web|title=The Mike Toole Show: A Leijiverse of Possibilities|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/the-mike-toole-show/2012-06-03|website=Anime News Network|last=Toole|first=Michael|date=June 3, 2012|access-date=February 21, 2023}}</ref> |- | ''Arcadia of My Youth: Endless Orbit SSX'' || 1982–1983 || Story ||<ref name=toole/> |- | ''Arei no Kagami'' || 1985 || Story ||<ref >{{cite book|last1=Clements|first1=Jonathan|author-link1=Jonathan Clements|last2=McCarthy|first2=Helen|author-link2=Helen McCarthy|title=The Anime Encyclopedia: A Guide to Japanese Animation Since 1917|year=2006|publisher=Stone Bridge Press|isbn=1845765001}}</ref> |- | ''Barairo no tenshi'' || 1964 || ||<ref name=toole/> |- | ''Captain Harlock: Dimensional Voyage'' || 2014 || Story ||<ref name=harlock2014>{{cite web|title=Leiji Matsumoto to Launch New Captain Harlock Manga|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-07-18/leiji-matsumoto-to-launch-new-captain-harlock-manga/.76806|website=Anime News Network|last=Sherman|first=Jennifer|date=July 18, 2014|access-date=February 21, 2023}}</ref> |- | ''Cosmo Warrior Zero'' || 2001 || Story ||<ref name=toole/> |- | ''Dokuganryū Masamune ~Sengoku no Arcadia Gaiden~'' || 2019 || ||<ref name=toole/> |- | {{Interlanguage link|Fire Force DNA Sights 999.9|ja|火聖旅団 ダナサイト999.9}}|| 1998 || ||<ref name=toole/> |- | ''Galaxy Express 999'' || 1977–1981 || Story ||<ref name=toole/> |- | ''Ganso Dai Yojohan Dai Monogatari'' || 1970 || Story ||<ref name=toole/> |- | ''Great Yamato'' || 2000–2001 || ||<ref name=toole/> |- | ''Great Yamato No. Zero'' || 2004–2007 || Story ||<ref name=toole/> |- | ''Gun Frontier'' || 1972–1975 || Story ||<ref name=toole/> |- | ''Gun Frontier ~Harlock & Tochirō Seishun no Tabi~'' || 2017 || || <ref name=toole/> |- | ''Harlock Saga'' || 1998–1999 || Story ||<ref name=toole/> |- | ''Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem'' by Daft Punk || 2003 || Production<br>Supervisor ||<ref name=toole/> |- | ''Leiji Matsumoto Anime Masterpiece Theatre'' || 1980 || || <ref name=toole/> |- | ''Maetel Legend'' || 2000 || Story ||<ref name=toole/> |- | ''Maeterlinck's Blue Bird: Tyltyl and Mytyl's Adventurous Journey'' || 1980 || Character<br>Designer ||<ref name=toole/> |- | ''Marine Snow no Densetsu'' || 1980 || || <ref name=toole/> |- | ''Miraizer Ban'' || 1976–1978 || ||<ref name=toole/> |- | ''Mystery Eve'' || 1970 || ||<ref name=toole/> |- | ''Otoko Oidon'' || 1971–1973 || ||<ref name=toole/> |- | ''Out of Galaxy Gin no Koshika'' || 2009 || ||<ref name=toole/> |- | ''Ozuma'' || 2012 || Story ||<ref name=toole/> |- | ''Planet Robot Danguard Ace'' || 1977–1978 || Story ||<ref name=toole/> |- | ''Queen Emeraldas'' || 1978–1979 || Story ||<ref name=toole/> |- | ''Queen Millennia'' || 1980–1983 || Story ||<ref name=toole/> |- | ''Saint Elmo – Hikari no Raihousha'' || 1986 || Credited ||<ref name=toole/> |- | ''Senjo Manga series'' || 1973–1978 || ||<ref name=toole/> |- | ''Sexaroid'' || 1968–1970 || ||<ref name=toole/> |- | ''Sexaroid 4'' || 2017 || ||<ref name=toole/> |- | ''Shishunki 100 Man-nen'' || 1972-1973 || ||<ref name=toole/> |- | ''Space Battleship Yamato'' || 1974 || ||<ref name=toole/> |- | ''Space Pirate Captain Harlock'' || 1977–1979 || Story ||<ref name=toole/> |- | ''Space Symphony Maetel'' || 2004–2005 || Producer ||<ref name=toole/> |- | ''Starzinger'' || 1978–1979 || Story ||<ref name=toole/> |- | ''Submarine Super 99'' || 1970–1972 || Story ||<ref name=toole/> |- | ''The Cockpit'' || 1993 || Story ||<ref name=toole/> |- | ''The Galaxy Railways'' || 2003–2007 || Producer ||<ref name=toole/> |- | ''The Ultimate Time Sweeper Mahoroba'' || 1993–1998|| ||<ref>{{cite web|title=Leiji Matsumoto Plans Cosmo Super Dreadnought Mahoroba Film|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-12-19/leiji-matsumoto-plans-cosmo-super-dreadnought-mahoroba-film|website=Anime News Network|last=Loo|first=Egan|date=December 19, 2011|access-date=February 21, 2023}}</ref> |- | ''Torajima no Mii me'' || 1999 || Story ||<ref name=toole/> |}
== References == {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category}} * {{Official website}} {{in lang|ja}} * {{anime News Network|people|id=3138}} * {{IMDb name}} * [https://leijiverse.com Leijiverse]—The world of Leiji Matsumoto * [http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/matsumoto_leiji Leiji Matsumoto] at ''The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction'' * [http://mediaarts-db.jp/mg/authorities/277 Leiji Matsumoto manga] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315083707/http://mediaarts-db.jp/mg/authorities/277 |date=March 15, 2016 }} and [http://mediaarts-db.jp/an/anime_series?utf8=✓&asf%5Bkeyword%5D=松本零士&asf%5Bmedia%5D%5B%5D=tv_a&asf%5Bmedia%5D%5B%5D=tv_sp&asf%5Bmedia%5D%5B%5D=movie&asf%5Bmedia%5D%5B%5D=ova&asf%5Bmedia%5D%5B%5D=event&asf%5Bmedia%5D%5B%5D=personal&asf%5Bmedia%5D%5B%5D=etc&asf%5Bmedia%5D%5B%5D=blank anime]{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} at Media Arts Database {{in lang|ja}} * [https://animekritik.wordpress.com/2012/03/08/matsumotos-ozma-interview-translation/ ''Ozma'' interview] * [http://animekritik.wordpress.com/2012/03/15/new-ozma-reportinterview/ ''Ozma'' interview with ''Asahi Shimbun'']
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