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Leiji Matsumoto Works on Anime of Hayabusa Space Probe
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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]