Having a story worth telling was paramount to Tezuka. He once said that a story, like a tree, needed strong roots to be compelling; if these were weak, no amount of flashy detail would hold it up. At the heart of his stories are questions about the seemingly eternal foolishness of mankind. Having endured the hate-filled militarism of the war years in Japan, Tezuka found in manga an accesible medium through which to convey warnings about the consequences of bigotry, disrespect for life and unchecked scientific advances.'What I tried to express in my works can be summed up in the following message:"Love all creatures! Love every living thing!" 'he said. But Tezuka was no naive optimist or trusting humanist. He felt despair at man's continued inhumanity to man, and he understood the identity ... (查看原文)
One explanation for the popularity of comics in Japan... is that Japan had Osamu Tezuka, whereas other nations did not.
In addition to his formidable energy, Tezuka was also driven by the belief that manga and anime should be ackowledged as valid parts of culture. (查看原文)
