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I hope Jeffbert post's a link to his book (where to get it) when it's out. I've read the Astro Boy Essays, good book. Ya you must find a copy of McCarthy's book. If I have any money left after my daughters are finished with college and the health to travel a bit I'd like to visit Japan and see the T...

There was some debate as to whether Atom's 'trunks' are actual cloth (or other material) or simply 'painted' on his body. I think the later was Tezuka's intent, though he made an exception in the pluto story arc with Uran being able to wear them. The same question could be made of his boots. In the ...

There was one story from the '63 series where a robot (who didn't KNOW he was a robot) 'grew up' because his 'father' made newer bodies for him over a long period of time. One day he discovered his father in the act of throwing out the old ones and figured out what was going on. There was also a sto...

If you would have read some books about DR Tezuka you would know he could play a lot of music instruments also did sculpture and knew also everything about litrature and the world as a whole which wasn't so common as it is now he was just to put it lightly a fasinasting man all the more reason i re...

Thanks, I found it.

In the original manga story (at least the version that Tezuka reprinted later and Dark Horse has in their collection) Captain Atom, the barker at the show that owned Atom claimed he was very much like a human boy and could even eat and taste food. Tezuka never dealt with what it did with what was le...

Good artwork Toshio, hope you'll be posting more animation.

The Uran in the Pluto manga had special powers of her own, being able to feel the feelings of animals. Urasawa put a totally different spin on the story and the characters. Tenma was not as dark and mysterious has he was in the 2003 series, but he was still aloof and troubled. I'd like to see him do...

The guy with the eye patch reminds me of Moshe Dayan. Wonder if he crossed Tezuka's mind.

Atom is drawn with the higher spike on either the right or left side. I know that part of the confusion is due to the fact that Black Horse comics printed the original art work 'mirror imaged' so the book would read left to right as in the US. Viz correctly printed THEIR mangas in the Japanese / Heb...