Author of several anime and manga series Leiji Matsumoto poses during a photocall for the movie Harlock: Space Pirate, directed by Shinji Aramaki, during the 70th Venice Film Festival in Venice on Sep 3, 2013.TOKYO — Leiji Matsumoto, the Japanese manga and anime author known internationally as a creator of the 1970s TV series Space Battleship Yamato, has died aged 85, his office said on Monday .
He is the recipient of several awards from the Japanese government, as well as the Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters from the French government. Matsumoto, who started drawing at the age of six, died of heart failure on Feb 13 in Tokyo, Japanese media reported.
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