Leiji Matsumoto
Japanese manga artist (1938–2023)
0.20body-of-work score · ranked #2158 of 2640 directors · 1 film in our library
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- Born
- January 25, 1938 · Kyoto Prefecture
- Died
- February 13, 2023 · Tokyo
- Nationality
- Japan, Empire of Japan
- Directing career
- 3 directorial credits, 1978–2003 · first: Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato (1978) · last: Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem (2003)
- Work
- film director, mangaka, screenwriter, animator
Films in our library, ranked
Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.
- 1Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystemInterstella 5555
2003 · France / Japan · musical, animation, adventure
Letterboxd Top 250 #197
0.201 citation
Complete filmography
All 3 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1978Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato
- 1979Yamato: The New Voyage
- 2003Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem
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