Portrait of Leiji Matsumoto

Writing

Leiji Matsumoto

Career

Active from 1974 to 2024, busiest in 1988 with 11 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score74/100
Highest rated
Poster for Star Blazers
Star Blazers
GoodWatch score83/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 23 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 6.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 7.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Leiji Matsumoto Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.3, average 5.4
  • Historical
    0.8, average 2.6
  • Cringe Humor
    0.6, average 2.2
  • Situational Comedy
    1.3, average 2.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Space Opera 13
  • Military Sci-Fi 6
  • Epic Scale 4
  • Sci-Fi Adventure 4
  • Classic Anime 4
  • Heroic Sacrifice 3
  • Technological Dystopia 3
  • Coming-of-Age 3
  • Sci-Fi Anime 3
  • Melancholic Tone 3
  • Visual Spectacle 3
  • Space Opera Epic 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

71
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

7 titles
Be Forever Yamato - Rebel 3199 - Part 6: Blue Labyrinth
Be Forever Yamato - Rebel 3199 - Part 6: Blue Labyrinth (2026)

Original Story

Be Forever Yamato Rebel 3199: Part 3: Ultramarine Asteroid
Be Forever Yamato Rebel 3199: Part 3: Ultramarine Asteroid (2025)

Original Story

Be Forever Yamato: Rebel 3199: Part 1: Dark Invasion
Be Forever Yamato: Rebel 3199: Part 1: Dark Invasion (2024)

Original Story

Be Forever Yamato: Rebel 3199: Part 2: The Assault of the Burning Sun
Be Forever Yamato: Rebel 3199: Part 2: The Assault of the Burning Sun (2024)

Original Story

Space Battleship Yamato 2205: A New Journey
Space Battleship Yamato 2205: A New Journey (2022)

Original Story

Space Battleship Yamato 2205: The New Voyage - Prior Chapter: Take Off
Space Battleship Yamato 2205: The New Voyage - Prior Chapter: Take Off (2021)

Original Film Writer

Space Battleship Yamato 2202: The Era Called Yamato - Choices of 2202
Space Battleship Yamato 2202: The Era Called Yamato - Choices of 2202 (2021)

Original Story

2010s

19 titles · average score 66
Space Battleship Yamato 2202: Warriors of Love - Ch. 3
Space Battleship Yamato 2202: Warriors of Love - Ch. 3 (2017)

Creator, Original Story

Space Battleship Yamato 2199: A Voyage to Remember
Space Battleship Yamato 2199: A Voyage to Remember (2014)

Creator, Original Story

Space Battleship Yamato 2199: Odyssey of the Celestial Ark
Space Battleship Yamato 2199: Odyssey of the Celestial Ark (2014)
GoodWatch score 71

Original Concept, Original Film Writer

Space Pirate Captain Harlock
Space Pirate Captain Harlock (2013)
GoodWatch score 61

Original Story

Space Battleship Yamato 2199: Offense and Defense on the Outer Reaches of the Galaxy
Space Battleship Yamato 2199: Offense and Defense on the Outer Reaches of the Galaxy (2013)

Original Story

Space Battleship Yamato 2199: Defense of the Galactic March
Space Battleship Yamato 2199: Defense of the Galactic March (2013)

Original Story

Space Battleship Yamato 2199: Arrival! Large Magellanic Cloud
Space Battleship Yamato 2199: Arrival! Large Magellanic Cloud (2013)

Original Story

Space Battleship Yamato 2199: And Now the Warship Comes
Space Battleship Yamato 2199: And Now the Warship Comes (2013)

Original Story

Space Battleship Yamato 2199
Space Battleship Yamato 2199 (2012)
GoodWatch score 73

Original Story

Space Battleship Yamato 2199: Endless Voyage
Space Battleship Yamato 2199: Endless Voyage (2012)

Original Story

Space Battleship Yamato 2199: Desperate Struggle in the Heliosphere
Space Battleship Yamato 2199: Desperate Struggle in the Heliosphere (2012)

Original Story

Space Battleship Yamato
Space Battleship Yamato (2010)
GoodWatch score 59

Comic Book

2000s

6 titles · average score 75
Galaxy Express 999: Beyond the Diamond Ring
Galaxy Express 999: Beyond the Diamond Ring (2009)

Writer

The Galaxy Railways: A Letter from the Abandoned Planet
The Galaxy Railways: A Letter from the Abandoned Planet (2006)

Original Story

The Galaxy Railways Compilation ~The Far Away Galaxy Railway~
The Galaxy Railways Compilation ~The Far Away Galaxy Railway~ (2005)

Original Series Creator, Original Story

Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem
Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem (2003)
GoodWatch score 75

Art Designer, Original Series Design

Cosmo Warrior Zero: Marina's Special
Cosmo Warrior Zero: Marina's Special (2002)

Writer

Maetel Legend
Maetel Legend (2000)

Writer, Original Series Creator

1990s

3 titles · average score 63
Mii the Tabby
Mii the Tabby (1999)

Comic Book

Galaxy Express 999: Eternal Fantasy
Galaxy Express 999: Eternal Fantasy (1998)
GoodWatch score 63

Author

DNA Sights 999.9
DNA Sights 999.9 (1998)

Original Story

1980s

26 titles · average score 72
Saint Elmo - Apostle of Light
Saint Elmo - Apostle of Light (1986)

as Leiji Matsumoto (voice)

Arei's Mirror ~ Way to Virgin Space
Arei's Mirror ~ Way to Virgin Space (1985)

Screenplay, Original Story

Final Yamato
Final Yamato (1983)
GoodWatch score 79

Original Story, Director

Arcadia of My Youth
Arcadia of My Youth (1982)
GoodWatch score 72

Writer

Queen Millennia
Queen Millennia (1982)
GoodWatch score 69

Art Direction, Original Story

Adieu Galaxy Express 999
Adieu Galaxy Express 999 (1981)
GoodWatch score 76

Writer, Author

Be Forever Yamato
Be Forever Yamato (1980)
GoodWatch score 64

Director, Script

Galaxy Express 999: Eternal Traveler Emeraldas
Galaxy Express 999: Eternal Traveler Emeraldas (1980)

Original Series Creator, Original Concept

Galaxy Express 999: Claire of Glass
Galaxy Express 999: Claire of Glass (1980)

Original Series Creator, Creator

Galaxy Express 999: Can You Love Like a Mother?!!
Galaxy Express 999: Can You Love Like a Mother?!! (1980)

Writer, Creator

The Great Tale of the Great Tatami Progenitor
The Great Tale of the Great Tatami Progenitor (1980)

Comic Book, Director

The Legend of Marine Snow
The Legend of Marine Snow (1980)

Original Story, Director

1970s

10 titles · average score 74
Galaxy Express 999: The Movie
Galaxy Express 999: The Movie (1979)
GoodWatch score 78

Writer, Author

Space Battleship Yamato: The New Voyage
Space Battleship Yamato: The New Voyage (1979)

Writer, Original Film Writer

Galaxy Express 999: Can You Live Like a Warrior!!
Galaxy Express 999: Can You Live Like a Warrior!! (1979)

Original Series Creator, Original Story

Sci-Fi West Saga Starzinger
Sci-Fi West Saga Starzinger (1979)

Original Story

Space Battleship Yamato II: The Comet Empire
Space Battleship Yamato II: The Comet Empire (1979)

Original Story

Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato
Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato (1978)
GoodWatch score 74

Director, Story

Space Pirate Captain Harlock: Mystery Of The Arcadia
Space Pirate Captain Harlock: Mystery Of The Arcadia (1978)
GoodWatch score 72

Comic Book, Creator

Dangard Ace: The Great Space War
Dangard Ace: The Great Space War (1978)

Writer

Space Battleship Yamato
Space Battleship Yamato (1977)
GoodWatch score 73

Characters, Story

Danguard Ace vs Insect Robot Army
Danguard Ace vs Insect Robot Army (1977)

Writer