Queen Millennia (1982) Original animation cel, with painted background Toei Animation Cel has no holes, it's cutted, but it's a very rare cel VERY RARE Hand-drawn by an official animator who worked on the anime It’s made during the production and for the production. Very rare and incredible artwork See photos. Queen Millennia (Japanese: 新竹取物語 1000年女王) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Leiji Matsumoto which was serialized from 28 January 1980 through 11 May 1983 in both the Sankei Shimbun and Nishinippon Sports newspapers. The manga series was adapted into a 42-episode anime television series by Toei Animation and broadcast on Fuji Television and its affiliates from 16 April 1981 through 25 March 1982. An anime film was released on 13 March 1982 shortly before the TV series ended.