This "International discussion folder" is a fantastic idea !
I'd like to introduce myself :
I am a Matsumoto's work admirer from France.
I discovered his work at the very end of the 70's with "Uchû kaizoku Captain Harlock".
I was a great fan, even cosplaying like the pirate at that time ^_^
Then I grew older and had to go toward "serious" things, you know. And suddenly even Adults we became started to remember the old one-eyed Pirate and I was one of them !
I was lucky because the following year, Matsumoto released new animes like Harlock Saga, and since then many great series.
In France we tried to make a webring to bring together different webmasters fans of Matsumoto's work :
webring Leiji francophone
and we created a shared central forum (in French) :
TokiNoWa
Now a few years later we have been part of many official DVD releases (by writing texts for the booklets, interviews, official website design) as spare time fun.
I am sure that this great place right here we'll allow many fans to exchange great informations and ideas and have great time discussing Matsumoto's work !
I hope fans from many countries will join us