Galaxy Express 999 (1979) [TSHS] episode 113 (Betamax rip) original broadcast with subtitled commercials [15C4E84F]

              Here’s a release in honor of the late, great Leiji Matsumoto (January 25, 1938-February 13, 2023). Thanks to Dougo13 for providing the rare old recording from his collection. It’s hard to put into words just how important this man’s work has been to me for nearly 40 years. In 1984, a friend of mine returned from a visit to Canada with episodes of the French dubbed “Albator, le corsaire de l’espace.” Thanks to video rental stores I was able to watch a competently dubbed tape of Captain Harlock episodes 1 and 9, and a heavily edited version of the first Galaxy Express movie. A crackly, faded multi-generation VHS copy of Arcadia of My Youth with burnt-in English subtitles solidified my obsession with the Matsumoto universe. Years later I would discover that Dougo13 owned the original Arcadia tape that spawned those myriad lower quality copies that were going around the collectors circuit in the 1980s, recorded by a friend of his from a Vancouver cable station. Cap’n Dave recently discussed this movie on his excellent Let’s Anime site, you can read that here: https://letsanime.blogspot.com/2023/01/vengeance-of-my-youths-arcadia.html The fictional universe Matsumoto created will live on in all the wonderful works he gave us. Rather than wishing that he R.I.P., I prefer to imagine his soul now traveling among the sea of stars. Be Forever, Matsumoto-sensei.