In response to the dying of manga artist Leiji Matsumoto, a flower stand was arrange in his hometown of Nerima Ward, Tokyo, and followers have been sorry to say goodbye with flowers.
Mr. Matsumoto, who handed away on the thirteenth of this month, has been energetic in Nerima Ward, Tokyo for a very long time after shifting to Tokyo from Fukuoka, and was chosen as an honorary citizen, and the ward arrange a flower providing stand on the deck of the native Oizumi Gakuen Station.
On the twenty first, many followers visited from the morning, handed out flowers and put their fingers collectively, remembering Mr. Matsumoto’s achievements and contributing to the revitalization of the local people.
On the deck, there are bronze statues of Maetel and Tetsuro, who seem in “Galaxy Express 999”, and many individuals have been seen taking footage on the twenty first.
A neighborhood girl who visited together with her 3-year-old son stated, “I’ve been a fan of ‘Galaxy Express 999’ since I was in the first grade of elementary school, and I learned that there are various worlds during the adventure. I’m lonely because I’m my favorite manga artist. Yesterday, when I showed my son, who likes trains and space, a video of ‘999’, he was fascinated by it, and I felt that the charm never faded.”
Also, a girl in her 50s stated, “Thank you for delivering a work full of dreams and romance, and I told you to travel slowly in the wide universe.”
The flower stand will likely be put in till the twenty sixth of this month.
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