Michael Hopcroft Posted February 20, 2023 Report Share Posted February 20, 2023 Manga has lost one of its giants with the death of Space Opera legend Leiji Matsumoto. His best-known creations are the legendary space pirate/rebel Captain Harlock, the pioneering Space Battleship Yamato (one of the first anime series to be released in the US, under the title Star Blazers) and the proto-transhumanist fantasy Galaxy Express 999. He also created the music video series Interstellar 5555 for Techno masters Daft Punk. He was known for his distinctive art style with languid lines contrasting with detailed and realistic technology, his controversial relationship with war (to this day his film The Cockpit is banned in much of the world), and his powerful mix of space and seeming-anachronisms like space cruisers modeled on WWII battleships (which always held a fascination for him) and spacefaring railway trains. His legacy, as I mentioned, is complex, yet there is astonishing beauty in much of his work. Scott Ruggels, rravenwood, Pariah and 1 other 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted February 20, 2023 Report Share Posted February 20, 2023 Man, I am not that into Manga, but I remember loving Star Blazers as a kid. And thought Captain Harlock was cool. RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Ruggels Posted February 20, 2023 Report Share Posted February 20, 2023 Weekday afternoons, home from school. Turning on KTVU to watch Starblazers. This was my introduction to Anime. rravenwood 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted February 27, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2023 My first anime I remember much of was Voltron (Defender of the Universe). Then I saw Akira in 1988 (I ran into an oild con friend there) and referred to it as a crossover of 2001: A Space Odyssey and A Nightmare on Elm Street. The big moment was when I rented the first episodes of Urusei Yatsura. That's what got me to the club at one last and it would be decades before I looked back. Old Man 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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