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Manga artist Leiji Matsumoto dies at 85

Photo taken on Feb, 20, 2023, shows a manhole cover with an illustration of Maetel, a lead character in Japanese cartoonist Leiji Matsumoto's famous "Galaxy Express 999" comic series, in the Fukuoka prefectural city of Kitakyushu, his hometown in southwestern Japan. Matsumoto died of acute heart failure on Feb. 13, 2023, at age 85.

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Manga artist Leiji Matsumoto dies at 85

A man and a child sit near a statue of Maetel, a lead character in renowned Japanese cartoonist Leiji Matsumoto's famous "Galaxy Express 999" comic series, in front of JR Kokura Station in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture in southwestern Japan, on Feb. 20, 2023. Matsumoto died of acute heart failure on Feb. 13, 2023, at age 85, his production studio said.

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Manga artist Leiji Matsumoto dies at 85

A man and a child sit near a statue of Maetel, a lead character in renowned Japanese cartoonist Leiji Matsumoto's famous "Galaxy Express 999" comic series, in front of JR Kokura Station in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture in southwestern Japan, on Feb. 20, 2023. Matsumoto died of acute heart failure on Feb. 13, 2023, at age 85, his production studio said.

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Woman in Maetel costume introduces Galaxy Express 999

HONG KONG, China - A woman in a costume worn by Maetel, a mysterious character in the Japanese manga story "Galaxy Express 999," introduces the work to visitors at a booth opened by the southwestern Japanese city of Kitakyushu at a book fair in Hong Kong, China, on July 16, 2014.

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Life-size bronze statues of popular anime characters unveiled in Tokyo

Renowned cartoonist Leiji Matsumoto unveils a bronze statue of Maetel, a lead character in his famous "Galaxy Express 999" comic series, at a opening ceremony for the Oizumi Anime Gate at Oizumi Gakuen Station in Tokyo's Nerima district on April 4, 2015. Nerima prides itself on being the birthplace of Japan's anime production industry. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cardboard cosplay festival in Japan

A person wearing a cardboard costume resembling anime character Maetel participates in Cardboard Cosplay Festival in Aomori, northern Japan, on Dec. 16, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nishijin fabric bearing "Galaxy Express 999" image

Photo taken July 13, 2018, shows a Nishijin fabric bearing a woven image of Maetel, a mysterious female character in the popular Japanese cartoon "Galaxy Express 999," at Nishijin Textile Center in Kyoto. The fabric, measuring about 2.6 meters in length and 1.3 m in width, will be displayed at an exhibition there running from July 19. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo