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Leiji Matsumoto Works on Anime of Hayabusa Space Probe

posted on by Egan Loo
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Manga/anime creator Tsuyoshi Kusanagi will narrate Matsumoto's animated segment.

Last year, Hayabusa became the first spacecraft to bring material from an asteroid to Earth. Public interest in the mission K-ON and #6's iPad.

Besides the animated Hayabusa segment, Fuji TV plans a live studio appearance by the second person to walk on the moon, Sōichi Noguchi will relate his stories of friendship with William McCool, a crew member on the ill-fated final voyage of the Space Shuttle Columbia.

Matsumoto has been a major proponent of space exploration in general and Japan's the space program.

Three 3D Galaxy Express 999 anime film shorts planning his new Zero Desigze anime for release this year.

[Via Temple Knights]


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