Question: Who designed the anime series in the 1970s, that had a name the lead ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy World War II battleships?

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Japanese ironclad Ryūjō: Ryūjō (龍驤 ) , was a steam ironclad warship of the Imperial Japanese Navy, designed by Thomas Blake Glover and built in Scotland for the private navy of the fief of Kumamoto, where it was called the "Jo Sho Maru".  It was delivered to the new Imperial Japanese Navy on 8 May 1870, and sailed from Nagasaki to Yokohama with a British captain, and named "Ryōshō" (龍驤 , りょうしょう ) , later called "Ryūjō" (龍驤 , りゅうじょう ) .  Until the commissioning of the ironclad "Fusō" in 1878, she was the flagship (and the most powerful ship) of the Imperial Japanese Navy.

Japanese battleship Yamato: Yamato (大和 ) was the lead ship of the "Yamato" class of Imperial Japanese Navy World War II battleships.  She and her sister ship, "Musashi" , were the heaviest battleships ever constructed, displacing 72,800 tonnes at full load and armed with nine 46 cm (18.1 inch) 45 Caliber Type 94 main guns, which were the largest guns ever mounted on a warship.  Neither ship survived the war.

Nagato-class battleship: The "Nagato"-class battleships (長門型戦艦 , Nagato-gata senkan ) were a pair of dreadnought battleships built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War I, although they were not completed until after the end of the war.  "Nagato" , the lead ship of the class, frequently served as a flagship.  Both ships carried supplies for the survivors of the Great Kantō earthquake in 1923.  They were modernized in 1933–36 with improvements to their armor and machinery and a rebuilt superstructure in the pagoda mast style.  "Nagato" and her sister ship "Mutsu" briefly participated in the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937 and "Nagato" was the flagship of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto during the attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 that began the Pacific War.

Chinese cruiser Ning Hai: Ning Hai () was a light cruiser in the Republic of China Navy (ROCN) before World War II and the lead ship of her class.  She was sunk in the early days of the Second Sino-Japanese War by aircraft from the Imperial Japanese Navy, and her wreck was raised and repaired by the Japanese, re-entering service with the Japanese Navy in the Pacific War as the escort vessel Ioshima (五百島 ) .  She was sunk again in September 1944 by a USN submarine.

Japanese battleship Tosa: Tosa (土佐 ) was a planned battleship of the Imperial Japanese Navy.  Designed by Yuzuru Hiraga, she was envisioned as the lead ship of the "Tosa" class of two 39900 LT ships.  The battleships would have been armed with ten 410 mm guns and bring Japan closer to its goal of an "Eight-four" fleet (eight battleships and four battlecruisers).  However, after the Washington Naval Conference and the signing of the Washington Naval Treaty, all work on the ship was halted.  With the vessel required to be destroyed in accordance with the terms of the treaty, the incomplete "Tosa" was then subjected to various tests to gauge the effect of Japanese weaponry before being scuttled on 9 February 1925.

Space Battleship Yamato (fictional spacecraft): Space Battleship "Yamato" was the title spaceship from the anime series "Space Battleship Yamato", designed by Leiji Matsumoto in the 1970s.  According to the fictional continuity of the anime series, the spacecraft was built inside the remains of the Japanese battleship "Yamato".  In the American dub of the series "Star Blazers", the spaceship has the same origin, but was renamed the "Argo" (after the mythical ship "Argo" of Jason and the Argonauts).  In Spanish-speaking countries, its name was changed to "Intrépido" ("Intrepid").

Japanese battleship Katori: Katori (香取 (戦艦) ) was the lead ship of the two "Katori"-class pre-dreadnought battleships built in the first decade of the 20th century, the last to be built by British shipyards for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN).  Ordered just before the start of the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–05, the ship was completed a year after its end.  She saw no combat during World War I, although the ship was present when Japan joined the Siberian Intervention in 1918.  "Katori" was disarmed and scrapped in 1923–25 in accordance with the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922.

Gato-class submarine: The "Gato"-class were a class of submarines built for the United States Navy and launched in 1941–1943; they were the first mass-production U.S. submarine class of World War II.  Together with their near-sisters the "Balao" and "Tench" class es, their design formed the majority of the United States Navy's World War II submarine fleet.  Named after the lead ship of the class, USS "Gato" , the "Gato"s and their successors formed the core of the submarine service that was largely responsible for the destruction of the Japanese merchant marine and a large portion of the Imperial Japanese Navy in World War II.  "Gato"' s name comes from a species of small catshark.  Like most other U.S. Navy submarines of the period, boats of the "Gato" class were given the names of marine creatures.  In some references, the "Gato"s are combined with their successors, especially the "Balao" class.

Japanese battleship Shikishima: Shikishima (敷島 ) was the lead ship of the "Shikishima" class of pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Imperial Japanese Navy by British shipyards in the late 1890s.  During the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905, the ship fought in the Battles of Port Arthur, the Yellow Sea and Tsushima and was lightly damaged in the latter action, although shells prematurely exploded in her main guns in the latter two engagements.  "Shikishima" remained in home waters during World War I.  The ship was reclassified as a coastal defence ship in 1921 and served as a training ship for the rest of her career.  She was disarmed and hulked in 1923 and finally broken up for scrap in 1948.

Japanese cruiser Furutaka: Furutaka (古鷹 重巡洋艦 , Furutaka jūjun'yōkan ) was the lead ship in the two-vessel "Furutaka"-class of heavy cruisers in the Imperial Japanese Navy.  The ship was named after Mount Furutaka, located on Etajima, Hiroshima immediately behind the Imperial Japanese Navy Academy.  It was commissioned in 1926 and was sunk 12 October 1942 by USS "Salt Lake City" and "Duncan" at the Battle of Cape Esperance.

Supporting paragraphs: Space Battleship Yamato (fictional spacecraft) Japanese battleship Yamato
Answer: Leiji Matsumoto