“Kimagure Orange Road” mangaka Matsumoto Izumi has passed away

It was announced on the official blog website that Matsumoto Izumi (61), the mangaka of the popular ’80s manga series “Kimagure Orange Road” passed away on October 6th.

Matsumoto has been fighting with cerebrospinal fluid hypovolemia since 2004 and passed away at the hospital where he was hospitalized. Cerebrospinal fluid hypovolemia s a disease which causes headaches and dizziness due to the leakage of cerebrospinal fluid due to severe trauma to the head.

Matsumoto was born on October 13, 1958 in Takaoka City, Toyama Prefecture.  Since 1984, “Kimagure Orange Road” has been serialized in “Weekly Shonen Jump” and the cumulative circulation of the series exceeded 20 million.

The series received an anime adaptation in 1987.

WAVE STUDIO released the following statement:

Matsumoto Izumi died at the hospital that he has been for some time after midnight on October 6th.  We would like to express our sincere gratitude to those who have been associated with us both publicly and privately, and those who have loved the work. In recent years, Matsumoto Izumi has been suffering from indefinite complaints due to cerebrospinal fluid hypovolemia, but has continued to fight the illness with the desire to return to work, but he also worried about his heart which was operated on several years ago.  According to the doctor, he passed away while sleeping, so he did not suffer.  Please note that the funeral has already been held only by close relatives.  We would like to express our gratitude to everyone who took care of us during our lifetime and we hope that you will continue to enjoy the works of Matsumoto Izumi”.

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