The agency's latest response: Matsumoto Leiji suffered a stroke and was hospitalized due to overwork. He is now stable.

Recently, many media reported that the Japanese manga master, 81-year-old Matsumoto Leiji, was hospitalized in Italy due to suspected sudden stroke. On November 17, Matsumoto's agency responded that it was not a stroke as speculated by the outside world, but an illness caused by overwork. His condition is now stable and he will be discharged from the hospital and return home at an appropriate time.

Leiji Matsumoto is a famous Japanese cartoonist, who is 81 years old this year. As early as 1954, when he was in the first year of high school, he published "The Adventure of Bee" for the first time and won the "First Rookie King" award. After graduating from high school, he was determined to become a professional cartoonist, so he came to Tokyo and specialized in drawing girls' comics.

His representative works, such as "Space Battleship Yamato", "Galaxy Express 999", "Space Pirate King Harrock", "Queen of 1000 Years" and a series of other large-scale science fiction comics, have caused a huge response.

On the 15th, many media reported that Leiji Matsumoto's health suddenly deteriorated while attending an event in Italy and he was rushed to the hospital. Considering his age, it was speculated that he might have suffered a stroke.