"Dr. Jerk" wrote:Read Tezuka's intro to Denkou again.
He said that at the time, many kids were sending in their own manga to publishing companies as part of some sort of contest or something, and Ishimori was one of them, which Tezuka caught notice and notified for him. Ishimori was still a kid when he was asked to do the backgrounds of the Denkou chapter.
Sorry, still don't get your point! But check this out and see if you agree! Cyborg 009 is said to have started around 1963 or 1964, (depending on which source material you use) and this episode was aired in late 1965, so that the animators may have been aware of the new manga created by one of Tezuka's proteges and maybe created a resemblance in the characters as an homage or tip of the hat to Ishimori or maybe Ishimori did work on the episode. Was Ishimori also an animator or did he only work in the manga medium?
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